Movies like Nothing Personal 1995
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Nothing Personal (1995)
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A raw depiction of the Belfast 'troubles' as savage tribal warfare. Set shortly after the 1975 cease fire, the film focuses on the tribulations of Kenny, Protestant leader of a group of Shankill Road Loyalists, and his one-time friend Liam, a Catholic.
Style:
tense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic
Plot:
ira, irish republican army, anglo irish relations, heroes, military, gang, politics, terrorism, life is a bitch, rebellion, injustice, fighting the system, legal, society, political intrigue, chaos, false accusation, political unrest, tragic hero, courtroom drama, social decay, dishonesty, state affairs, dedicated lawyer, uncover truth ...
Time:
70s
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, england, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and bleak films with plots about life is a bitch, society, state affairs, legal, rebellion, dishonesty and fighting the system mostly in Drama, Thriller and Romance genres. Some movies like Nothing Personal: The Informant (1997), Boxed (2002), Omagh (2004), Citizen Verdict (2003), Word of Honor (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A former Irish Republican Army fighter, Gingy McAnally (Anthony Brophy), is reluctant about being called back into service after serving time in prison. He executes the grisly task but ends up captured by a sympathetic British police lieutenant ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
terrorism, irish republican army, ira, spy, anglo irish relations, political unrest, police investigation, rebellion, state affairs, politics, fighting the system, tragic hero ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
ireland, europe, belfast, northern ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The thriller Boxed addresses the little-known fact that the Irish Republican Army would bring in sympathetic priests to administer last rites to those they were about to execute. The film analyzes the fallout that occurs when one of these priests ha ...
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
ira, fighting the system, uncover truth, rebellion, idealism, moral dilemma, social decay, church, society, life is a bitch, legal, tragic hero ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The movie starts at the 1998 bomb attack by the Real IRA at Omagh, Northern Ireland. The attack killed 31 people. Michael Gallagher one of the relatives of the victims starts an examination to bring the people responsible to court.
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, emotional, uplifting ...
Plot:
terrorism, politics, bomb, rebellion, fighting the system, injustice, redemption, uncover truth, human spirit, legal, society, false accusation ...
Time:
year 1998
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Marty Rockman, the notorious producer of the hit reality-TV show "So Sue Me", has a brand new concept: "Citizen Verdict". Each week a real criminal case will be tried before the American people, but this time they're also ...
Style:
serious, disturbing, realistic, bleak, thought provoking ...
Plot:
jury, courtroom drama, tv show, legal investigation, dishonesty, power relations, courtroom, society, state affairs, fighting the system, law enforcement, rebellion ...
Place:
usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Prompted by a just-published book that holds ex-lieutenant Ben Tyson accountable for a hushed-up massacre committed by his platoon in a Hue hospital 18 years before, the army recalls Tyson to stand trial for murder. Tyson, confronted by an army ...
Style:
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courtroom drama, vietnam war, uncover truth, protagonist as suspect, dishonesty, law enforcement, society, life is a bitch, legal, army investigation, dedicated lawyer, rebellion ...
Place:
vietnam, asia
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Movies similar to Bloody Sunday
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Belfast 1972: The politically naive Bernie is trying to bring up a normal family in less than normal surroundings. Her best friend is accidentally shot dead by the IRA, and her neighbours are constantly raided by the army. In this climate of fear ...
Style:
serious, realistic
Plot:
irish republican army, anglo irish relations, family relations, politics, school, ira, injustice, power relations, campaign, tragic hero, terrorism, legal ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, europe, northern ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
There is no question that the Arab terrorist portrayed by Robert Davi is guilty of killing five US citizens in Barcelona. Even his lawyers have zero respect for the rabidly sociopathic Davi. But Jewish defence attorney Ron Leibman is obsessed with ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
lawyer, professor, terrorist, court, terrorism, legal, injustice, power relations, hotshot lawyer, rebellion, legal investigation, society ...
Time:
80s
Place:
europe, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, Romance
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Cal, a young man on the fringes of the IRA, falls in love with Marcella, a Catholic woman whose husband, a Protestant policeman, was killed one year earlier by the IRA.
Style:
political, art house, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
terrorism, ira, irish republican army, guilt, religion, anglo irish relations, older woman younger man, couples, tragic love, political unrest, couple relations, forbidden love ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
europe, northern ireland, belfast, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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653
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, one woman takes on the U.S. military and General Dynamics; maker of the F-16, thought to be the very best tactical fighter in the world. Air Force Captain Theodore T. Harduvel was one of the best F-16 pilots the U.S. had to ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, serious, suspenseful, thought provoking ...
Plot:
aviation, state affairs, dishonesty, hopes, heroes, politics, law enforcement, righting the wronged, legal, fighting the system, rivalry, investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In Ireland, American lawyer Ingrid Jessner and her activist partner, Paul Sullivan, struggle to uncover atrocities committed by the British government against the Northern Irish during the "Troubles." But when Sullivan is assassinated in ...
Style:
controversial, political, thought provoking, tense, serious ...
Plot:
politics, terrorism, conspiracy, corruption, lawyer, blackmail, irish republican army, torture, courtroom drama, suspense, killer, anglo irish relations ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Films like Witness for the Prosecution
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Set in the Seventies, Hennessy is a Irishman who believes in peace, but who has had connections to the IRA. Hennessy's family is killed, and he plots revenge, setting out to assassinate Queen Elizabeth of England.
Style:
political, exciting, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ira, irish republican army, revenge, anglo irish relations, terrorism, manhunt, repression, political corruption, royal family, political intrigue, political unrest, rebellion ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, london, europe, england, belfast
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
For the children of Northern Ireland, violence and hatred are a way of life passed from one generation to the next. In "Children in the Crossfire" four children from both sides of the conflict come to America through a special project, and ...
Style:
realistic, serious
Plot:
coming of age, youth, self discovery, life is a bitch, politics, society, state affairs, religions or cults, injustice, political unrest, unemployment, friendship ...
Time:
80s
Place:
ireland, los angeles, england, california, northern ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Anton O'Neill returns home after five years at sea, he finds that 1970's Ireland is a radically different place to the one he left behind. Northern Ireland is in flames, and civil unrest has spilled south of the border to his beloved ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, bleak
Plot:
ira, terrorism, police detective, moral dilemma, on the run, injustice, law enforcement, rebellion, life is a bitch, society, love and romance, rebelliousness ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1972
Place:
ireland, europe, belfast, paris france, dublin ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Thirteen years after the end of the Vietnam War, a family who was tragically affected by the war are forced to emigrate to America.
Style:
serious, sincere, bleak, political, realistic
Plot:
vietnam war, fighting the system, human spirit, life is a bitch, society, military, hopes, immigrants, tragic hero, parents and children, political unrest, re-education ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, california, usa, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
in 1957 an African-American criminal lawyer (Courtney B. Vance) defends his nephew, who faces the death penalty for murdering a white boy. Charles S. Dutton, Kadeem Hardison, Garland Whitt and Lonette McKee costar in this drama of racial and social ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious
Plot:
gay, lgbt, murder, criminal lawyer, gay slur, false accusation, courtroom drama, siblings relations, interracial relations, racism, police corruption, injustice ...
Time:
50s
Place:
bronx new york city, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Sarah Walsh, a tough New Orleans attorney who serves on a murder trial jury and does some investigating of her own.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, sincere, tense
Plot:
murder, courtroom, courtroom drama, false accusation, investigation, uncover truth, legal, dishonesty, life is a bitch, dedicated lawyer, court, prosecutor ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In a remote jungle outpost in the Far Eastern theater of World War II, a hotheaded American soldier murders an allied British sergeant in cold blood. Stalwart American Lt. Colonel Barney Adams (Mitchum) is dispatched to defend him in the ensuing ...
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Multi-award-winning writer Jimmy McGovern's brand new film based on the UK's controversial joint enterprise law. Jimmy McGovern's gritty drama stars Nico Mirallegro as guileless 17 year old Johnjo O'Shea, who goes from innocent ...
Style:
tense, thought provoking, serious, realistic, gloomy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
murder, courtroom drama, legal, courtroom, injustice, false accusation, family relations, parents and children, lawyer, murder mystery, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An innocent man framed for murder, and the system that just wants another minority conviction.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
murder, racism, fighting the system, redemption, going straight, protagonist as suspect, injustice, frame up, life is a bitch, hopes, society, legal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. As a graduate student in New York in the 1960s, Daniel is involved in the antiwar protest movement and contrasts his ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine both received Emmy nominations for their performances in this made-for-TV movie. The plot follows Nelson Mandela's 27-year struggle to end apartheid.
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
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Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
survival, infidelity, post apocalypse, human nature, life is a bitch, dishonesty, betrayal, couple relations, chaos, vestiges of humanity, couples, social decay ...
Time:
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Place:
ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A worker at a Russian nuclear facility gets exposed to a lethal dose of radiation. In order to provide for his family, he steals some plutonium and sets out to sell it on Moscow's black market with the help of an incompetent criminal.
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Clarence Brandley, a black man wrongly accused in 1980 of the murder of a 16-year-old white high school girl named Cheryl Ferguson. Brandley worked at Conroe High School, where Ferguson was visiting as a member of the ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Six people tell their stories on a single subject - how they got wrongfully convicted to death penalty, but later got exonerated.
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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30%
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Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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