Movies like The Best Man 1964
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The Best Man (1964)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.
Style:
serious, realistic, cynical, political, rough, clever, witty, biting, contemplative
Plot:
politics, political intrigue, ambition, election, election campaign, corrupt politician, rise to the top, rivalry, media, head of state, opponent, state affairs, power relations, american politics, satire, political corruption, lgbt, social realism, time travel, intrigue, mccarthyism, government corruption, presidential election, suspense, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
60s, 1960s
Place:
los angeles
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, political, clever and serious films with plots about politics, state affairs, campaign, media, suspense, political intrigue and politician mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Best Man: Advise & Consent (1962), The Big Brass Ring (1999), Power (1986), Knife Fight (2012), Running Mates (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A Senate investigation into the President's newly-nominated Secretary of State gives light to a secret from the past, which may not only ruin the candidate, but the President's character as well.
Style:
political, realistic, thought provoking, clever, witty ...
Plot:
politics, courtroom drama, political corruption, gay bar, american politics, corruption, political conspiracy, political intrigue, fighting the system, legal, idealism, journalism ...
Time:
70s, 1930s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Blake Pellarin is on the campaign trail to become president of the United States. While making a stop in St. Louis, a chance encounter brings his past back to haunt him.
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic
Plot:
campaign, media satire, haunted by the past, political conspiracy, political corruption, politics, state affairs, dishonesty, gays and lesbians, media, head of state, journalism ...
Time:
90s
Place:
missouri, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio senator Sam Hastings decides to quit politics, he is rapidly drafted to help with the campaign of the ...
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politics, political corruption, cover up, manipulation, campaign, fighting the system, society, state affairs, political intrigue, legal, journalism, dishonesty ...
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Place:
usa, new york, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A political strategist juggling three clients questions whether or not to take the high road as the ugly side of his work begins to haunt him.
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semi serious, realistic, witty, cynical, talky ...
Plot:
politics, ambition, satire, private vs public, political intrigue, dishonesty, political corruption, society, campaign, americana, state affairs, lesbian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A governor running for President gets revealed to be a serial philanderer.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, political, biting
Plot:
campaign, lifestyle, ambition, fighting the system, rise to the top, society, head of state, workplace, political intrigue, democrat, love affair, legal ...
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing an old friend and fudging principles to make the necessary deals, as well as further straining his already part-time family life. ...
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realistic, serious, clever, suspenseful, political ...
Plot:
politics, political corruption, betrayal, dishonesty, state affairs, fighting the system, relationship vs career, workplace, moral dilemma, couple relations, legal, infidelity ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Danmarks statsminister Anders Fogh Rasmussen er blevet myrdet. Den hovedmistænkte er statsministerens homoseksuelle elsker Emil. I tiden efter mordet møder vi en lang række af verdens politikere og magtfulde mennesker, fra Kofi Annan til Pia ...
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Plot:
campaign, politics, state affairs, society, assassination, dishonesty, satire, minister, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, gays and lesbians, media ...
Time:
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Place:
denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Dirty tricks stand to soil an ambitious young press spokesman's idealism in a cutthroat presidential campaign where 'victory' is relative.
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Plot:
politics, political intrigue, election, suspense, lobbyist, campaign, media, presidential campaign, political corruption, conspiracy, corruption, justice ...
Time:
future, 70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, ohio, california, cincinnati ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
LBJ: The Early Years was a television movie that appeared on the NBC network in February 1987, depicting the life of former President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson from 1934 until 1973. Actor Randy Quaid won a Golden Globe award for his ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, sincere, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
john f. kennedy, politics, usa president, ambition, media, rise to the top, campaign, state affairs, head of state, democratic party, political election, american ...
Time:
60s, 1940s, 1930s, 50s, year 1968 ...
Place:
washington d.c., dallas texas, texas, america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.
Style:
political, thought provoking, witty, realistic, cynical ...
Plot:
politics, election, american politics, father son relationship, satire, idealism, political campaign, political rally, u.s. senator, campaign, honest, manipulation ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
california, latin america, usa, san diego california, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA, France, Germany, Japan
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the ...
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washington d.c., new york, california, new hampshire
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Political drama about the rise of Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats during the 2010 election. After the election failed to produce an outright winner, Clegg was catapulted into an unaccustomed position of influence and was the recipient of ...
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politics, campaign, state affairs, political intrigue, rivalry, ambition, rise to the top, politician, election, parliament, society, british history ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
The President of the French Republic, visiting Saint-Etienne in the Loire, in a striking plant dies, victim of a bomb attack. The political world is agitated: early presidential elections to be held within the next thirty-five days. There is no ...
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, realistic, political ...
Plot:
politics, rivalry, head of state, political intrigue, campaign, ambition, workplace situations, rise to the top, media, president, french politics, political conflict ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Fifteen-year-old Owen Norris is at the top of his graduating middle-school class, and wants to know how the world works. He has no friends, spends almost all of his time studying, and has an almost nonexistent relationship with his white-collar ...
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the weeks after the 2000 U.S. presidential election and the subsequent recounts in Florida.
Style:
realistic, political, factual, intense, talky ...
Plot:
political conspiracy, politics, president, presidential election, political corruption, election, democrat, justice, republican, campaign, dishonesty, state affairs ...
Time:
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usa, florida, texas, california, new jersey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Transport Minister Bertrand Saint-Jean is awoken in the middle of the night by his head of staff. A bus has gone off the road into a gully. He has no choice but to go to the scene of the accident. Thus begins the odyssey of a politician in a world ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Mock documentary about an upstart candidate for the U.S. Senate written and directed by actor Tim Robbins. Bob Roberts is a folksinger with a difference: He offers tunes that protest welfare chiselers, liberal whining, and the like. As the ...
Style:
political, witty, cynical, talky, humorous ...
Plot:
political satire, election campaign, politics, satire, manipulation, political campaign, journalism, conspiracy, republican, senator, ambition, society ...
Time:
90s
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, nicaragua, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
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political, serious, realistic, cynical, clever ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics.
Style:
talky, political, intense, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Eldorado, a fictitious country in Latin America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the jaded journalist Paulo Martins opposes two equally corrupt political candidates: a pseudopopulist ...
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
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Country: Spain
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: USA
Duration: 750 min.
TV show
Story:
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