Movies like The Terrorist 1998

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The Terrorist (1998)
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The Terrorist (1998)
Original name: தீவிரவாதி
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A young female terrorist goes on a suicide assassination mission, but her resolve to complete it is put to the test.
Style: psychological, tense, bleak, realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, atmospheric, sexy, thought provoking ...
Plot: terrorism, politics, assassination, conflict, assassin, criminal, war on terror, threat, political conflict, struggle, pregnancy, soldier, terrorist, suicide bomber, battles, danger, head of state, coming of age, state affairs, partisan, murder, coma, terrorist group, terrorist plot, landmine ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: india, sri lanka, asia, middle east

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and tense films with plots about terrorism, politics, danger, society, deadly, state affairs and terrorist mostly in Drama, Thriller and War genres. Some movies like The Terrorist: The War Within (2005), October (1994), The Rider Named Death (2004), Fatwa (2006), The Informant (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The War Within (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A Pakistani involved in a planned attack in New York City experiences a crisis of conscience.
Style: disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, tense, poignant ...
Plot: terrorism, injustice, introspection, danger, society, couple relations, rivalry, life is a bitch, vengeance, false accusation, politics, terrorist plot ...
Time: year 2005
Place: new york, paris france, usa, europe, france ...
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95%
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October (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In October 1970, one group from the Front de Liberation du Quebec kidnapped the British Consul in Montreal. Few days later, a second group did the same with one of the Minister of the Quebec Government. If the first was released, the second was ...
Style: sad, political, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: terrorism, kidnapping, murder, terrorist, good versus evil, danger, confined, society, politics, rebellion, state affairs, revolution ...
Time: 70s, year 1970
Place: canada, quebec
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88%
The Rider Named Death (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In pre-Soviet Russia, Boris Savinkov leads a terrorist faction of Socialist-Revolutionary Party members responsible for the deaths of governors and ministers.
Style: thought provoking, serious, captivating, realistic, clever ...
Plot: assassination, terrorism, politics, state affairs, terrorist group, political corruption, political unrest, revolution, heroes, rebellion, rebelliousness, head of state ...
Time: 20th century
Place: russia, moscow russia
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85%
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Fatwa (2006)
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, suspense, psychological, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: save the day, political conspiracy, politics, danger, undercover, rivalry, state affairs, terrorism, dishonesty, murder, propaganda, heroes ...
Place: washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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The Informant (1997)
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: serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, independent film
Plot: terrorism, ira, struggle, conflict, 007, anglo irish relations, trouble, spy, freedom, life is a bitch, society, fighting the system ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: ireland, northern ireland, europe, belfast
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Good Morning, Night (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The 1978 kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro, president of the most important political party in Italy at the time, Democrazia Cristiana, as seen from the perspective of one of his assailants -- a conflicted young woman in the ranks of the Red ...
Style: serious, tense, disturbing, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: terrorism, hostage, revolution, politics, murder, rebelliousness, political unrest, captivity, danger, state affairs, head of state, society ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 2003, year 1978
Place: italy, europe, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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War Book (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In a contemporary Commons briefing room, a government minister and several aids enact the ‘war book’ exercise: a protocol written in the 1950s which is periodically played out to test post-nuclear scenarios. Low-budget but high-concept, War Book ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot: politics, nuclear explosion, nuclear war, danger, chaos, international crisis, state affairs, international relations, terrorism, end of the world, terrorist attack, government official ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, england, london, mumbai india, pakistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
The Hamburg Cell (2004)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Ziad Jarrah, a young Lebonese man from a good family goes to Germany to attend college and starts dating a Turkish girl named Aysel. Although not very religious and accustomed to Western ways, Ziad becomes "brothers" with some ...
Style: psychological, serious, bleak, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot: terrorism, hijacking, war on terror, muslim, obsession, political unrest, political conspiracy, politics, assassination, danger, against humanity, head of state ...
Time: september 11 2001, 90s, 2000s
Place: northern germany, new york, manhattan new york city, hamburg germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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September 11 (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, Egypt, Japan, Mexico, USA, Iran
Duration: 134 min.
Story: 11 directors show their view on the terrorist attacks on the world trade center in New York.
Style: disturbing, stylized, talky, intellectual, factual ...
Plot: terrorism, war on terror, 9/11, politics, justice, skyscraper, state affairs, danger, innocence lost, life is a bitch, injustice, love affair ...
Time: september 11 2001, 2000s
Place: middle east, usa, new york, iran, europe ...
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Black & White (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Rajan Mathur (Anil Kapoor) is a Professor in Urdu literature in Dr. Zakir Hussain's College. He resides in Chandni Chowk with his activist wife, Roma Mathur (Shefali Shah). Professor Mathur comes across a young boy called Numair Qazi (Anurag ...
Style: captivating, realistic, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: terrorism, hidden identity, danger, recruitment, society, introspection, police, bomb, working undercover, escapades, rivalry, rain ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new delhi, india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
My Little Assassin (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: 1981: Marita Lorenz checks into an Havana hotel and, in a flashback, remembers 22 years' before. At 19, visiting Cuba from New York, she comes to the attention of Fidel Castro, the country's rebel president. He invites her to be his ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, sincere
Plot: spy, politician, special agent, politics, assassination, state affairs, love and romance, fall in love, translator, political unrest, love affair, hospital ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, cuba
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Language of the Enemy (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An American Jewish man visiting Jerusalem for the funeral of his father gets sucked into a world of violent intrigue after meeting a mysterious, beautiful Palestinian woman.
Style: realistic, tense, emotional, psychological, independent film ...
Plot: terrorism, political unrest, danger, politics, couples, israeli palestinian conflict, society, unfulfillment, undercover, femme fatale, intrigue, life turned upside down ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, palestinian authority, middle east, jerusalem
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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One Less God (2017)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, Nepal
Duration: 128 min.
Story: In 2008, a band of young Islamic militants from Pakistan lands in Mumbai, their primary target, the iconic Taj Mahal hotel. With Indian forces unable to regain control, for 4 days the guests must battle to survive as the terrorists seek to drive ...
Style: captivating, thrilling, disturbing, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: terrorism, terrorist attack, siege, hotel, terrorist, islamic terrorism, terrorist bombing, survival, threat, war on terror, struggle for survival
Time: year 2008
Place: mumbai india, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Madras (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story: A portrayal of the lives of the people living in North Madras, focusing on the politics inside the slums and how their plight remains the same, despite the political class luring them constantly during elections.
Style: tense, serious, realistic, disturbing, feel good ...
Plot: politics, rivalry, vengeance, dishonesty, society, betrayal, murder, state affairs, slum, buddies, urban, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Policeman (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A member of an Israeli anti-terrorist unit clashes with a group of young radicals.
Style: serious, realistic, disturbing, biting, bleak
Plot: israeli palestinian conflict, state affairs, fighting the system, rebellion, terrorism, danger, social decay, swat, society, rebelliousness, social differences, israeli ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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I, the Other (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Not available
Style: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: friendship, terrorism, partner, betrayal, mind game, confined, rivalry, buddies, dishonesty, danger, disorder, isolation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, europe, sicily
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The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: An American Actress with a penchant for lying is forceably recruited by Mosad, the Israeli intelligence agency to trap a Palestinian bomber, by pretending to be the girlfriend of his dead brother.
Style: political thriller, realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mossad, espionage, terrorism, secret agent, intrigue, politics, state affairs, political intrigue, danger, dishonesty, mistaken identity, double agent ...
Time: 80s
Place: middle east, lebanon, beirut lebanon, israel, germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Horses of God (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Tunisia, Morocco
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The film follows two brothers over the course of a decade. While they begin as kids in search of thrills in the sprawling slums of Morocco’s Sidi Moumen, we witness their gradual, and ultimately shocking, radicalisation.
Style: disturbing, rough, serious, realistic, social ...
Plot: terrorism, suicide bomber, terrorist attack, islam, muslim, radical, danger, society, family relations, murder, brother brother relationship, poverty ...
Time: year 2012, september 11 2001, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place: middle east, maghreb, tunisia, africa, morocco
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Down Came a Blackbird (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A woman struggles with the death of her lover. He was killed by South-American fascists.
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, thought provoking, emotional ...
Plot: kidnapping, clinic, dystopia, journalism, terrorism, danger, life is a bitch, confined, against humanity, legal, politics, media ...
Time: 90s
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46%
Interview with the Assassin (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Out of work TV cameraman Ron Kobelski is approached by his formerly reclusive neighbor Walter Ohlinger. Ohlinger claims that he was the mysterious "second gunman" that shot and killed President Kennedy. Ohlinger has kept quiet all these ...
Style: political, suspenseful, tense, realistic, mockumentary ...
Plot: kennedy assassination, conspiracy, politics, found footage, assassination, conspiracy theory, investigation, murder, state affairs, political conspiracy, society, u.s. president ...
Time: year 2002, year 1963, 21st century
Place: dallas texas, usa, texas, america
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The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: This made-for-television film documents the takeover of the TWA airliner in flight from Athens to Rome in 1985. The focus is on the flight attendant, Uli Derickson, whose courage and hope helped save all but one of the passengers on the plane. The ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, exciting, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, air disaster, aviation, mossad, war on terror, spy, lebanese civil war, airplane, hijacking, stewardess, confined, leadership ...
Time: 80s
Place: rome italy, greece, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Corporate (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Two corporate giants compete in order to recklessly maximize their respective profits.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, thought provoking
Plot: uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, workplace, society, politics, ambition, corporate world, business ethics, corporate executive, business, erotica, entrepreneurship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
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45%
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami (1988)
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: independent film, serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful
Plot: lawyer, terrorism, law, professor, trial, power relations, injustice, hotshot lawyer, confined, danger, dishonesty, life is a bitch ...
Time: 80s
Place: spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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AFR (2007)
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 ...
Style: serious, cynical, clever, thought provoking, mockumentary ...
Plot: campaign, dishonesty, society, state affairs, assassination, politics, satire, minister, media, artists and showbiz, head of state, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Let the Wind Blow (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A collegian in turbulent Mumbai attempts to improve his lifestyle.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot: coming of age, working class, rich and poor, follow your dream, social differences, political unrest, parents and children, society, youth, state affairs, hopes, family relations ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: asia, india, bombay india
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44%
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For My Father (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Two outcasts, a suicide bomber and an Israeli girl, fall in love during a desperate weekend in Tel Aviv.
Style: serious, psychological, touching, sincere, suspense ...
Plot: self discovery, moral dilemma, introspection, forbidden love, terrorism, danger, destructive relationship, human nature, friendship, tragic love, political unrest, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, palestine, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
The Face Reader (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Nae-kyung, the most skillful face reader in Joseon dynasty, was living in seclusion when he was offered a lucrative partnership by Yeon-hong, a Korean geisha. Nae-kyung accepts the proposal to read the faces of Yeon-hong’s guests only to get ...
Style: captivating, realistic, atmospheric, psychological, tense ...
Plot: political intrigue, royal court, joseon dynasty, head of state, betrayal, coup, society, asian history, lifestyle, coup d'etat, political unrest, dishonesty ...
Time: 15th century
Place: korea, asia, east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.1
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Naomi (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Ilan Ben-Natan is a man on his sixties and a well-known professor of astrophysics at the University of Haifa. He is married with Naomi, a 28 years old, attractive book illustrator. Inclined to suspect, he finds out her wife's betrayal and then ...
Style: realistic, tense, psychological, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: infidelity, murder, couples, obsession, love triangle, redemption, crumbling marriage, investigation, disposing of a dead body, jealousy, affair, lust ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
The Baby Doll Night (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 180 min.
Story: Hossam returns home to Cairo for New Year's Eve after a year's separation from his wife. At the airport, his plans for a romantic night (and to conceive a child) are thwarted by several events, including a terrorist plot.
Style: realistic, psychological, tense, captivating, sad ...
Plot: terrorism, danger, airport, terrorist bombing, political unrest, conspiracy, homecoming, society, satire, disorder, nothing goes right, rivalry ...
Time: september 11 2001, 21st century
Place: egypt, iraq, new york, africa, middle east ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Omagh (2004)
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: realistic, serious, emotional, disturbing, uplifting ...
Plot: terrorism, politics, bomb, fighting the system, injustice, legal, human spirit, society, uncover truth, redemption, danger, false accusation ...
Time: year 1998
Place: ireland, northern ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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