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The Parallax View (1974)
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Genre: Drama, 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:
atmospheric, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, political, intense, serious, realistic, neo noir, bleak ...
Plot:
politics, corruption, conspiracy, investigation, reporter, murder, journalism, undercover, media, twists and turns, senator, political conspiracy, political corruption, paranoia, murder mystery, visceral, political intrigue, state affairs, amateur detective, dishonesty, mistrust, president, espionage, manipulation, surveillance ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
seattle, los angeles, latin america, washington state, usa, united states of america, united states ...
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Most similar movies to The Parallax View
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and tense films with plots about conspiracy, dishonesty, politics, betrayal, suspense, murder and storytelling mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Parallax View: Chinatown (1974), All the President's Men (1976), Seven Days in May (1964), The Pelican Brief (1993), Kill the Messenger (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double ...
Style:
neo noir, twist ending, atmospheric, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
private detective, corruption, investigation, femme fatale, rape, twists and turns, suspense, police, murder, conspiracy, father daughter incest, murder mystery ...
Time:
20th century, year 1937, 1930s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, america, pacific ocean ...
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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, realistic, serious, thought provoking, cerebral ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
journalism, politics, investigation, newspaper, political conspiracy, conspiracy, political corruption, white house, american politics, journalist, president, media ...
Time:
70s, year 1972, year 1973, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, miami, florida
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100%
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:
tense, political, suspenseful, atmospheric, intense ...
Plot:
cold war, politics, conspiracy, white house, military, u.s. air force, espionage, terrorism, secret service, suspense, betrayal, race against time ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 60s, future
Place:
pentagon, latin america, california, austin texas, russia ...
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100%
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:
suspenseful, tense, clever, exciting, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
political conspiracy, investigation, state affairs, suspense, politics, conspiracy, reporter, lawyer, corruption, political corruption, murder, legal action ...
Time:
90s, future, 20th century
Place:
new orleans, washington d.c., new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist ...
Style:
political, tense, suspenseful, thought provoking, clever ...
Plot:
journalism, reporter, u.s. government, conspiracy, journalist, drug smuggling, media manipulation, politics, investigation, media, secrets, brainwashing ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
california, los angeles, iran, usa, latin america ...
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A modern nightmare nearly becomes reality in this tension-filled story about an "incident" at a nuclear power plant. Jane Fonda stars as Kimberly Wells, an ambitious TV reporter covering a story on energy sources, who is present at the ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
reporter, power plant, politics, journalism, investigation, radiation, disaster, suspense, media, nuclear power, nuclear, environmental ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, pennsylvania
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100%
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:
psychological, political, tense, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Plot:
conspiracy, cold war, political conspiracy, brainwashing, manipulation, korean war, senator, assassin, political intrigue, spy, suspense, politics ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, year 1952
Place:
new york, north korea, korea, usa, ussr ...
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A young woman doctor discovers something sinister going on in her hospital. Relatively healthy patients are having 'complications' during simple operations and ending up in comas. The patients are then shipped off to an institute that ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, neo noir, scary, atmospheric ...
Plot:
conspiracy, hospital, investigation, suspense, twists and turns, amateur detective, coma, serial killer, medical, black market, intern, obsession ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts
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100%
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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:
exciting, suspenseful, political, atmospheric, talky ...
Plot:
terrorism, conspiracy, espionage, politics, investigation, police investigation, serial killer, spy, terrorist, hitman, assassin, terrorist plot ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 70s, 60s
Place:
paris france, france, europe, vienna, london ...
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100%
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:
suspenseful, tense, political, intense, serious ...
Plot:
secret service, political corruption, murder mystery, politics, suspense, political conspiracy, assassination, conspiracy, justice, usa president, witnessing a crime, white house ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident. In director Roman ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, captivating, political, tricky ...
Plot:
writers, twists and turns, politics, political conspiracy, investigation, suspense, writer's life, betrayal, secrets, spy, conspiracy, suspicion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new england, london, new york, massachusetts, england ...
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100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, brutal, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
vengeance, father daughter relationship, murder, investigation, corruption, fighting the system, uncover truth, suspense, riddles and clues, conspiracy, political corruption, violence ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
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100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
When his army unit was ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saved his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, then-Captain Ben Marco, was knocked unconscious. Brokering the incident for political capital, Shaw eventually ...
Style:
psychological, clever, political, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
conspiracy, gulf war, political conspiracy, suspense, brainwashing, mind control, sniper, senator, politics, assassination, political corruption, surveillance ...
Time:
20th century, future, year 1991
Place:
usa, washington d.c., new york
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67%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Dirty tricks stand to soil an ambitious young press spokesman's idealism in a cutthroat presidential campaign where 'victory' is relative.
Style:
dark, talky, political, clever, realistic ...
Plot:
politics, political intrigue, election, suspense, lobbyist, campaign, media, presidential campaign, political corruption, conspiracy, corruption, justice ...
Time:
future, 70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, ohio, california, cincinnati ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
19 years after President Timothy Keegan was assassinated, his brother Nick discovers a dying man claiming to have been the gunman. While trying to avoid his wealthy and domineering father's attempts to control his actions, Nick follows the ...
Style:
political, surreal, anamorphic, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, assassination of president, assassination, winter, social satire, paranoia, investigation, hitman, political conspiracy, satire, sex scene, female nudity ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 60s, 50s, year 1958 ...
Place:
havana cuba, new york, philadelphia
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, France, UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The film is set in France in the 1990s, the French were defeated by the Germans early in World War II, an armistice was signed in 1940 which effectively split France into a German occupied part in the North and a semi-independent part in the south ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, intense, serious, political ...
Plot:
war criminal, world war two, investigation, politics, murder, justice, on the run, fighting the system, jewish, nazi, law enforcement, state affairs ...
Time:
1940s, 90s
Place:
france, poland, europe, provence, paris france ...
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Threats from sinister foreign nationals aren't the only thing to fear. Bedraggled college professor Michael Faraday has been vexed (and increasingly paranoid) since his wife's accidental death in a botched FBI operation. But all that takes ...
Style:
neo noir, tense, psychological, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Plot:
conspiracy, terrorism, twists and turns, suspense, terrorist, murder, professor, paranoia, deception, fbi, uncover truth, mysterious character ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., virginia, west virginia, kansas ...
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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, disturbing, bleak, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nuclear threat, terrorism, vietnam war, conspiracy, general, military, cult, disaster, assassination, hostage, ransom demand, prison escape ...
Place:
montana, vietnam, asia, usa
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A Senate investigation into the President's newly-nominated Secretary of State gives light to a secret from the past, which may not only ruin the candidate, but the President's character as well.
Style:
political, realistic, thought provoking, clever, witty ...
Plot:
politics, courtroom drama, political corruption, gay bar, american politics, corruption, political conspiracy, political intrigue, fighting the system, legal, idealism, journalism ...
Time:
70s, 1930s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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30%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Political thriller about Laine Hanson's nomination and confirmation as Vice President. An allegation that she was involved in a sexual orgy at the age of 19 is leaked to the press. As pressure mounts on Laine, she's torn between fighting ...
Style:
political, thought provoking, clever, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
politics, idealism, vice president, president, conspiracy, election, political intrigue, sex scandal, campaign, society, dishonesty, state affairs ...
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20th century, 90s
Place:
washington d.c., california, usa, ohio, virginia
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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:
controversial, political, thought provoking, captivating, enigmatic ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 109 min.
Story:
This espionage thriller represents a landmark in spy movies introducing the sly, dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer. The story, centers on Palmer's investigation into British Intelligence security. He's soon enmeshed in a world of ...
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atmospheric, suspenseful, exciting, tense, enigmatic ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Surveillance expert Harry Caul is hired by a mysterious client's brusque aide to tail a young couple. Tracking the pair through San Francisco's Union Square, Caul and his associate Stan manage to record a cryptic conversation between them. ...
Style:
psychological, cerebral, neo noir, disturbing, meditative ...
Plot:
paranoia, surveillance, spy, conspiracy, suspense, loneliness, obsession, investigation, murder, character study, wiretap, dream ...
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30%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
David Locke (Jack Nicholson) is a world-weary American journalist who has been sent to cover a conflict in northern Africa, but he makes little progress with the story. When he discovers the body of a stranger who looks similar to him, Locke assumes ...
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Plot:
desert, reporter, existentialism, journalism, hotel, loneliness, identity, isolation, politics, passport, journalist, war correspondent ...
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Place:
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100%
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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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A second generation cameraman in Australia finds evidence that his father had filmed a nuclear test that allowed aboriginies to be exposed to and killed by radiation. He begins a search for a secret that if true, his government has already killed ...
Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
conspiracy, investigation, aborigine, survival, dead father, murder, politics, conspiracy theory, advertising, contamination, political conspiracy, political corruption ...
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When reporter Rachel Armstrong writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, the government demands that Rachel reveal her source. She defies the special prosecutor and is thrown in jail. Meanwhile, her attorney, Albert ...
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Plot:
journalism, cia, reporter, lawyer, suspense, courtroom drama, media, investigation, corruption, journalist, courtroom, murder ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, washington d.c.
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29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Police Inspector Renko tries to solve the case of three bodies found in Moscow's Gorky Park but finds his attempts to solve the crime impeded by his superiors. Working on his own, Renko seeks out more information and stumbles across a ...
Style:
political, neo noir, tense, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, spy, murder, conspiracy, police investigation, espionage, kgb, murder investigation, suspense, politics, murder mystery, police corruption ...
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80s
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moscow russia, russia, ussr, sweden, stockholm sweden ...
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29%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The story about three radical environmentalists coming together to execute the most intense protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam.
Style:
suspenseful, intense, meditative, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
suspense, terrorism, dam, crime gone awry, character study, environmental issue, rebellion, radical, environmentalism, bomb, gang, society ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
oregon, california, usa
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29%
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