Movies like A Glimpse of Hell
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A Glimpse of Hell (2001)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A Navy officer tries to set the record straight after the Navy blames a 1989 explosion aboard the USS Iowa on a homosexual affair between two sailors.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak
Plot:
u.s. navy, military, society, investigation, fighting the system, military life, ship, political conspiracy, campaign, dishonesty, state affairs, army investigation, battleship, battles, police corruption, lgbt, war, murder, gays and lesbians, assassination attempt, law enforcement, witnessing a crime, political corruption, basic training, dedicated lawyer ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, iowa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and disturbing films with plots about dishonesty, society, life is a bitch, legal, deadly, law enforcement and state affairs mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like A Glimpse of Hell: Word of Honor (2003), Blind Faith (1998), Quicksand (2002), Hide in Plain Sight (1980), Afterburn (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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 ...
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Place:
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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 ...
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thought provoking, realistic, serious
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gay, lgbt, murder, criminal lawyer, gay slur, false accusation, courtroom drama, siblings relations, interracial relations, racism, police corruption, injustice ...
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Randi Stewart is a sergeant on a marine base where her father is the commanding officer. She is being treated by the new base psychiatrist, Bill Turner. Her brother, Gordon Stewart is running for political office. General Stewart is murdered and ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, psychotronic
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army investigation, murder, psychiatrist, dangerous attraction, military life, uncover truth, dishonesty, power relations, femme fatale, life is a bitch, military, state affairs ...
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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 ...
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disturbing, realistic, emotional, suspenseful, serious ...
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prison, confined, fighting the system, uncover truth, false accusation, courtroom drama, society, legal, life is a bitch, dishonesty, law enforcement, legal action ...
Time:
80s
Place:
texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
True story of a divorced father in search of his children when his ex-wife enters the witness relocation program.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
mafia, witness protection, custody, gangsters, dishonesty, witnessing a crime, obsessive quest, fighting the system, rebellion, society, ex husband ex wife relationship, bank robbery ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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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 ...
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aviation, state affairs, dishonesty, hopes, heroes, politics, law enforcement, righting the wronged, legal, fighting the system, rivalry, investigation ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
World War II has ended and many soldiers return to their houses and families. But three of them find themselves with big problems when they arrive at their home village.
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Time:
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Place:
texas, usa
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71%
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 ...
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Place:
usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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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:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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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 ...
Style:
serious, realistic, cynical, clever, political ...
Plot:
politics, political corruption, cover up, manipulation, campaign, fighting the system, society, state affairs, political intrigue, legal, journalism, dishonesty ...
Time:
80s
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Genre: Drama
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Peter Wilcox (Voight), as skipper of the 'Rainbow Warrior', a Greenpeace ship, docks in Auckland, July 1985, preparing for a protest against French nuclear testing in the south pacific. When a bomb rips open the vessel, killing a crew ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful
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terrorist attack, spy, environmental, environmental issue, disaster, catastrophe, conspiracy, law enforcement, investigation, rivalry, terrorism, heroes ...
Time:
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Place:
new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
What happens when the truth is not enough? A New Jersey police detective comes across new evidence in the Kennedy assassination
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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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
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Time:
90s
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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:
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Time:
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Place:
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65%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Andrew Luster, the heir to the Max factor fortune, is convicted of rape on 86 counts. This Lifetime original movie recounts the rapes committed by the infamous Andrew Luster and the women who brought him to justice.
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serious, suspenseful, disturbing, rough, sexy ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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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 ...
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serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful
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Time:
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Place:
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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:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Fundamentalist sect member BeckyLyn is accused of killing her husband. Queenie, another wife in the polygamist sect, doesn't believe BeckyLyn is capable of such violence and desperate to prove her innocence reaches out to her excommunicated son ...
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serious, realistic, disturbing, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
false accusation, murder, righting the wronged, society, religions or cults, estrangement, church, uncover truth, religion, polygamy, dishonesty, on the run ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A few Palestinian guerilla's break into an Israeli camp in the occupied territories. They kill a few Israeli soldiers before they are killed, apart from one who dies in the camp after being captured alive. The Israeli military dispatch an ...
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
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62%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Country: France, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A law student is seduced by a beautiful woman he doesn't know, and after a one night stand with her, his roommate warns him to be careful because he suspects she may have other motives. Years later, she returns and hires him as her lawyer to ...
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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serious, realistic, thought provoking, captivating, rough ...
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