Movies like Fatwa
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Fatwa (2006)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In the midst of a personal crisis, junior senator Maggie Davidson (Holly) ascertains that she's the subject of a terrorist plot.
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
political conspiracy, save the day, politics, undercover, terrorism, rivalry, dishonesty, state affairs, murder, suspense, heroes, assassination, human nature, government agency, terrorist, death, adultery, taxi driver, bomb, drug use, drug overdose, empire, danger, deadly, crimes
Time:
contemporary
Place:
washington d.c., usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and tense films with plots about danger, deadly, dishonesty, rivalry, murder, state affairs and chases and races mostly in Thriller, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Fatwa: Enemies Among Us (2010), The Enemy Within (1994), Fatal Secrets (2009), Detonator (2003), The Way of War (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
It's not politics as usual, or is it? The governor of Louisiana is about to become the vice-presidential candidate for his party but a murder and an international web spanning from South Africa to Pakistan and North Korea might just get in the ...
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suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, psychological ...
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assassination, campaign, political corruption, politics, dishonesty, haunted by the past, rivalry, graphic violence, state affairs, corruption, sex, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
louisiana, usa
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Colonel Casey discovers what appears to be plans by General Lloyd to use fake military excercises to assist Jack Giddings in his plans to remove President Foster from office. Colonel Casey, and President Foster must find evidence that there is a ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, political thriller
Plot:
conspiracy, political conspiracy, terrorism, political corruption, betrayal, undercover, manhunt, government agency, race against time, state affairs, revolution, political intrigue ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
"BALANCING THE BOOKS" is a character-driven suspense drama about an attractive woman who enlists the help of her two best friends to confront a traumatic experience she can no longer deny. Julia, divorced and successfully self-employed, ...
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psychological, tense, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
rivalry, dishonesty, couple relations, secret, suspense, uncover truth, maniac, murder, family problems, sexual abuse, woman in danger, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
417
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A former FBI agent must stop a crazy man from blowing up bombs.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, save the day, one man army, undercover, race against time, special agents, vengeance, rivalry, law enforcement, master criminal, fbi, campaign ...
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Paramilitary operative David Wolfe stumbles upon an international conspiracy connecting presidential cabinet members to a Middle Eastern terrorist plot. Wanting to expose the truth, Wolfe defies orders and returns to the US as an army of one ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, state affairs, assassination, political corruption, political conspiracy, dishonesty, government agency, race against time, military, political intrigue, conspiracy, one against many ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Admiral McKee (Tom Skerritt) is retired, when following the events of 9/11 he receives a call from the White House informing him that his commander in chief requires him to serve his country once again. Shortly after this he is sworn into office as ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, law enforcement, head of state, save the day, government agency, special agents, secret agents, heroes, race against time, state affairs, political intrigue ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 90s
Place:
afghanistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When a stunt man dies in Miami, his uncle, a New York mob boss, sends a hit man to tail the stunt coordinator, whom the boss wants dead. The hit man, Eric O'Bryne, gets close to his mark's daughter, and through her he asks her dad to teach ...
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serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, undercover, witnessing a crime, gangsters, working undercover, introspection, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, rivalry, dishonesty, chase, vengeance ...
Place:
usa, miami, florida, new york
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37%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A dramatic thriller about a couple who own an advertising agency. The husband apparently commits suicide, but the police and the insurance company decide to investigate his death.
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A slow-paced, action thriller about a virus that strikes a New Mexico county and the local veterinarian who gets caught in the middle.
Style:
bleak, serious, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
quarantine, suspense, dishonesty, plague, disaster, epidemic, save the day, virus, rivalry, pandemic, apocalypse, conspiracy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Tom Flynn, the idealist owner of a left-leaning radical café/bookstore and the quixotic publisher of a hard hitting 911 conspiracy expose, finds himself entangled with a mysterious Eastern European beauty, Kasia, who is on the run from strong hand ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, realistic, serious, political thriller
Plot:
uncover truth, fighting the system, investigation, undercover, politics, race against time, life is a bitch, rebellion, government agency, dishonesty, society, assassination ...
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
political thriller that charts the exploits of disillusioned ex-hacker Terell Lessor. A return to New York, coupled with a humiliating attempt at getting a new job, serves as the catalyst for him to take action against those who slighted him in the ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, surprise ending ...
Plot:
terrorism, prodigy, secret agents, undercover, campaign, society, rivalry, politics, rebellion, fighting the system, vengeance, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A web of intrigue and conspiracy lies beneath the euphoria as the U.S. is about to put a man on the moon for the first time in over thirty years
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, captivating
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, fighting the system, manhunt, life turned upside down, special agents, rebellion, undercover, assassination, law enforcement, dishonesty, politics, space travel ...
Place:
washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Monica Barrett, a successful Federal judge, learns she is on the President's shortlist to fill the new vacant spot on the Supreme Court. When her lover turns out to be a male prostitute, Monica's life is shattered by blackmail and sexual ...
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psychopath, political intrigue, blackmail, scandal, senator, suspense, rivalry, strong female presence, dishonesty, rapist, state affairs, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After years of meticulous planning, a terrorist operation is reaching its final stages. The authorities have received no intelligence; they are in a race against time but don't yet know it. As the operation unfolds, we see the working lives of ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
radical, terrorism, firefighter, save the day, secret agents, political conspiracy, working undercover, special agents, government agency, race against time, undercover, counter terrorism ...
Place:
london, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Set in a post-9/11 America, four Americans come together to build a truck bomb and plan to detonate it on a target in the U.S. Highlighting the days leading up to the event.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, conspiracy, politics, bomb, rebellion, society, rivalry, vengeance, state affairs, life is a bitch, terrorism, religions or cults ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On their way to a weekend hunting trip in the Ozarks, four friends get in to a car accident, killing the driver of the other car...
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
vengeance, gangsters, dishonesty, partners, rivalry, murder, suspense, car accident, car, devil, mafia, danger ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Danny O'Neill is a bomb disposal expert assigned to a case where terrorists have developed an "invisible" liquid explosive which is activated within the human body.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, assassination, senator, undercover, investigation, police detective, special agents, government agency, politics, terrorist, fbi, extramarital affair ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
An anonymous hacker has hacked all of Paris' cameras and observes the city unbeknownst to its inhabitants. Petty crimes and moments of stolen intimacy, he sees everything. Until the day that an explosion lays wasted to the Gare ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, rivalry, politics, track down, surveillance, computer hacker, state affairs, mind game, voyeurism, murder, police, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After picking up an alluring woman,Toby, a gifted chemist slumming as a high school teacher, is kidnapped by her violent boyfriend and ordered to use his skills to create methamphetamine for a group of drug traffickers. When Toby refuses, his ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An average man finds himself in a position to prevent the murder of a family member -- the unnerving descent of a man caught between resilience and ruthlessness.
Style:
tense, serious, psychological, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
moral dilemma, intrigue, dishonesty, rivalry, human nature, life is a bitch, life turned upside down, feud, murder, nude, sexual content, graphic violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals details of a secret meeting held just after the start of the Vietnam ...
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tucker is a chronic underachiever and a loser. A Vietnam war veteran who just can't seem to keep out of trouble, in the years since his discharge. The only thing he got out of the war was his skill with a rifle. Now, serving a long stretch in ...
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Audience:
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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