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Executive Action (1973)
4K
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Rogue intelligence agents, right-wing politicians, greedy capitalists, and free-lance assassins plot and carry out the JFK assassination in this speculative agitprop.
Style:
political thriller, neo noir, political, independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, political drama
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, assassination, murder, conspiracy theory, corruption, assassination of president, paranoia, intelligence agency, cia, kennedy assassination, sniper, police officer, assassin, criminal, cold war, fascism, election, paranoid, alternate history, politics, frame up, political conspiracy, anti capitalism, investigation, undercover ...
Time:
year 1963
Place:
dallas texas
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Most similar movies to Executive Action
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and political thriller films with plots about state affairs, politics, assassination, conspiracy, dishonesty, political conspiracy and political corruption mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Executive Action: JFK (1991), Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977), All the President's Men (1976), No God, No Master (2012), Able Danger (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
181K
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 189 min.
Story:
New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
Style:
tense, political thriller, controversial, political, disturbing ...
Plot:
investigation, assassination, kennedy assassination, president, political conspiracy, conspiracy theory, legal, politics, cia, assassination of president, cold war era, courtroom ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 90s, year 1991, year 1963
Place:
america, washington d.c., north america, midwest, chile ...
Similarity:
100%
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 ...
Style:
political thriller, political, neo noir, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nuclear threat, vietnam war, cold war, president, u.s. president, danger, terrorism, conspiracy, nuclear missile, military, u.s. military, u.s. air force ...
Place:
montana, usa, vietnam, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National headquarters. He is surprised to find top lawyers already on the defense case, and the discovery of ...
Style:
political thriller, political, cerebral, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
journalism, newspaper, political conspiracy, politics, conspiracy, political corruption, investigation, american politics, white house, investigative journalism, whistleblower, president ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973, year 1972, year 1976
Place:
washington d.c., usa, north america, miami, florida
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A plot to overthrow the United States government is uncovered in New York City in the summer of 1919 when William Flynn, a field agent for the Bureau of Investigation, is sent to investigate a bomb threat that has targeted some of America's ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, independent film, art film ...
Plot:
politics, investigation, law enforcement, danger, society, terrorism, state affairs, assassination, political unrest, assassination attempt, war on terror, anarchism ...
Time:
year 1919, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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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, serious, realistic, suspenseful, black and white ...
Plot:
uncover truth, investigation, fighting the system, race against time, undercover, assassination, rebellion, life is a bitch, danger, dishonesty, government agency, society ...
Place:
new york, usa
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42%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A U.S. Army general alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
Style:
political thriller, tense, political, black and white, suspense ...
Plot:
cold war, conspiracy, politics, u.s. air force, white house, terrorism, president, coup d'etat, u.s. president, betrayal, mistress, espionage ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, future, 70s
Place:
austin texas, russia, texas, spain, america ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The film's plot is based on the Kennedy assassination and subsequent investigation. The film begins with the assassination of President Marc Jarry, who is about to be inaugurated for a second six-year term of office. Henri Volney, state ...
Style:
political, realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
political conspiracy, conspiracy, government corruption, assassination, kennedy assassination, coup d'etat, uncover truth, witnessing a crime, political corruption, legal investigation, dedicated lawyer, state affairs ...
Time:
20th century, year 1979, 70s
Place:
france, yale university
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Two Supreme Court Justices have been assassinated. One lone law student has stumbled upon the truth. An investigative journalist wants her story. Everybody else wants her dead.
Style:
political, suspense, suspenseful, tense, political thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
political conspiracy, politics, investigation, conspiracy, conspiracy theory, lawyer, spy, political corruption, corruption, secret service, fbi, surveillance ...
Time:
90s, future, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., new orleans, southern usa, new york
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An ambitious reporter, investigating a senator's assassination, realizes witnesses to the shooting are systematically dying and discovers a multi-million dollar corporation which serves as a front for the recruitment of political assassins.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, neo noir, political, intense ...
Plot:
politics, conspiracy, reporter, corruption, political conspiracy, journalism, murder, investigation, undercover, paranoia, assassin, media ...
Time:
70s, year 1974, 20th century
Place:
seattle, los angeles, washington state, usa, latin america
Similarity:
33%
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, realistic, tense, political thriller
Plot:
coup d'etat, conspiracy, terrorism, political corruption, state affairs, betrayal, government agency, undercover, manhunt, special agent, revolution, danger ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
33%
34K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Algeria
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Repression is the rule of the day in this film that skewers Greek governance of the 1960s. Z, a leftist rabble rouser, is killed in what appears to be a traffic accident. But given the political climate, the death of such a prominent activist raises ...
Style:
political thriller, political, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
conspiracy, politics, military, investigation, corruption, police, government, government corruption, justice, political corruption, politician, violence ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
greece, france, africa, europe
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder in which the President of The United States is involved occurs in front of his eyes. He is forced to run yet may hold evidence that could convict the President. A political thriller ...
Style:
suspense, political thriller, tense, suspenseful, political ...
Plot:
murder mystery, secret service, politics, usa president, political corruption, father daughter relationship, political conspiracy, president, conspiracy, justice, witnessing a crime, white house ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
32%
2K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Fact and fiction are combined in this story about Jack Ruby and a stripper, Candy Cane, and how they become involved in a conspiracy to kill J.F.K.
Style:
neo noir, independent film, captivating, serious, realistic
Plot:
spy, nightclub, assassination plot, killer, john f. kennedy, italian mafia, professional killer, cia agent, italian gangster, corruption, mafia, conspiracy ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, year 1992, 60s
Place:
usa, chicago, texas
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.
Style:
tense, political thriller, suspense, psychological, exciting ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
conspiracy, political conspiracy, cia, chase, surveillance, conspiracy theory, mind control, paranoia, amnesia, obsession, taxi driver, twists and turns ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, ...
Style:
suspenseful, entertaining, intense, exciting, political ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
secret service, assassination attempt, obsession, hitman, assassination of president, assassination plot, killer, election, conspiracy, assassin, gunfight, president ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
washington d.c., california, los angeles, usa, phoenix arizona ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin's trail.
Style:
political thriller, suspenseful, political, exciting, intense ...
Plot:
conspiracy, hitman, terrorism, assassin, police investigation, spy thriller, politics, assassination plot, serial killer, assassination attempt, espionage, french president ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s, year 1973, 70s
Place:
paris france, france, algeria, europe, big ben london ...
Similarity:
32%
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 ...
Style:
neo noir, independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, vietnam war, prison, assassination, terrorism, paranoia, vietnam veteran, prison escape, murder, communism, paranoid, conspiracy theory ...
Time:
70s
Place:
asia, vietnam, europe, spain, san francisco ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
This compelling political drama is based on the true story of high-ranking Pentagon official Daniel Ellsberg, who, during the Nixon era, strove to preserve American democracy by leaking top-secret documents to the New York Times and Washington Post. ...
Style:
disturbing, sincere, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
whistleblower, politics, uncover truth, dishonesty, military, introspection, soldier, state affairs, head of state, political conspiracy, political corruption, vietnam war ...
Place:
new york, asia, usa, vietnam
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two Texas border guards find a jeep buried for 20 years in the desert, with a skeleton, a scoped rifle, and a box with $800,000 in cash. They decide to keep the money, but quietly check up on the info they find. Soon the Feds are running all over ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kennedy assassination, police detective, border patrol, conspiracy, police investigation, danger, witnessing a crime, tough law enforcer, partners against crime, political conspiracy, assassination, state affairs ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 80s, year 1963
Place:
texas, usa, san antonio texas, austin texas
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A secretary is found dead in a White House bathroom during an international crisis, and Detective Harlan Regis is in charge of the investigation. Despite resistance from the Secret Service, Regis partners with agent Nina Chance. As political ...
Style:
detective, suspenseful, suspense, political, neo noir ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
conspiracy, politics, murder, president, secret service, corruption, political conspiracy, assassin, murder investigation, framed for murder, illicit affair, white house ...
Time:
90s
Place:
washington d.c., usa, korea, asia, north korea
Similarity:
31%
64K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Eric O'Neill, a computer specialist who wants to be made an agent is assigned to clerk for Robert Hanssen, a senior agent with 25 years in the FBI, and to write down everything Hanssen does. O'Neill's told it's an investigation ...
Style:
political thriller, tense, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
espionage, surveillance, investigation, spy, double agent, cia, betrayal, working undercover, fbi, manipulation, suspicion, mission ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
usa, moscow russia, soviet union, ussr, washington d.c.
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him.
Style:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, conspiracy, military, cold war, spy, assassin, assassination plot, soldier, prisoner, sergeant, assassination attempt, airport ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
germany, washington d.c., chicago, europe, russia ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.
Style:
suspense, political, exciting, suspenseful, political thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, conspiracy, cia, mercenary, politics, assassination, espionage, sniper, covert operation, ambush, violence, drug cartel ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
colombia, washington d.c., langley virginia, usa, iraq ...
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Switzerland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A secret service agent is framed as the mole in an assassination attempt on the president. He must clear his name and foil another assassination attempt while on the run from a relentless FBI agent.
Style:
political thriller, suspenseful, intense, rough, action packed ...
Plot:
secret service, frame up, conspiracy, investigation, on the run, blackmail, assassination attempt, treason, president, assassination, espionage, uncover truth ...
Time:
year 2006, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
toronto ontario canada, washington d.c.
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Drama documentary based on Bill O'Reilly's and Martin Dugard's 2012 non-fiction book "Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot". It follows the parallel lives of John F. Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald from the winter 1959-1960 to ...
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, stylized, captivating ...
Plot:
kennedy assassination, head of state, politics, assassination, couple relations, state affairs, brother brother relationship, american politics, husband wife relationship, death of brother, president, john f. kennedy ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1963, year 1962
Place:
usa, washington d.c., texas, russia, dallas texas
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK, France, Turkey
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their investigation takes them from Berlin, ...
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, tricky, suspense, intense ...
Plot:
conspiracy, interpol, assassin, investigation, gunfight, conspiracy theory, chase, politics, twists and turns, hitman, lawyer, revenge ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, berlin germany, italy, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The Manchurian Candidate is a political thriller from American director John Frankenheimer. An American soldier is brainwashed into being a killer for the communist Russians during the Korean War.
Style:
political thriller, psychological, political, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
conspiracy, cold war, political conspiracy, brainwashing, assassin, manipulation, nightmare, senator, cold war era, communism, korean war, election ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, year 1962, 50s, year 1952
Place:
new york, north korea, china, washington d.c., korea ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Mexico, UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Though around them a criminal world seethes, Julie and Antonio are a young and loving couple with a new baby and a solid, white-collar sense of stability. But when a loose social connection suddenly ties them to a major political assassination, the ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious
Plot:
assassination, assassination attempt, political corruption, uncover truth, life turned upside down, fighting the system, life is a bitch, politics, frame up, political conspiracy, love, political intrigue ...
Place:
mexico, london, mexico city
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.
Style:
political thriller, tense, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
conspiracy, espionage, cia, uncover truth, fighting the system, political conspiracy, life turned upside down, who to trust, hitman, manhunt, politics, photograph ...
Time:
70s, year 1975, 20th century
Place:
new york, middle east, persia, usa, brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Bobby Bishop (Sheen) is a special assistant to the President of the United States. Accidentally, he meets his friend professor Pochenko on the street. Pochenko has time to tell Bishop about some conspiracy in the White House but then immediately ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, political thriller, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
political conspiracy, conspiracy, on the run, betrayal, assassination, corruption, assassination plot, politics, lone hero, political corruption, assassination attempt, intrigue ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
29%
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