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Death of a President (2006)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A fictional investigative documentary looks back on the "assassination" of George W. Bush and attempts to answer the question of who committed the murder. Perhaps less morbid and disturbing to watch now than during Bush's presidency, the film doesn't address Bush's policies at all, instead focusing on the way a nation assigns blame in a time of crisis.
Style:
controversial, satirical, stylized, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, thought provoking, clever, enigmatic, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
terrorism, politics, assassination, sniper, investigation, conspiracy, president, culture clash, brutality, state affairs, political conspiracy, dishonesty, secret service, spy, violence, assassin, death, murder, anarchist, gulf war, found footage, catastrophe, gangsters, distopia, obsession ...
Time:
september 11 2001, near future, year 2007, 70s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
iraq, middle east, usa, chicago illinois, washington d.c., syria, afghanistan ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, complex and interesting films with plots about corruption, dialogue, greed, betrayal, murder, mentor and runaway mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Death of a President: Closed Circuit (2013), The International (2009), Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008), Rendition (2007), The Star Chamber (1983). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A terrorist attack in London results in the capture of suspect Farroukh Erdogan (Denis Moschitto). The attorney general appoints Claudia Simmons-Howe (Rebecca Hall) as special advocate on Erdogan's legal team. On the eve of the trial, ...
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serious, tense, suspenseful, political, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, suspense, conspiracy, spy, legal action, lawyer, murder, politics, dishonesty, legal investigation, law enforcement ...
Time:
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Place:
london, england, boston, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK, France
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:
clever, exciting, suspenseful, sexy, enigmatic ...
Plot:
conspiracy, spy, interpol, murder, investigation, intrigue, assassin, espionage, chase, lawyer, gunfight, revenge ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, middle east, israel, usa, berlin germany ...
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92%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Based on Martin McGartland's real life story as a informant for the British Police to spy on the IRA. Taking place from 1987-1991, Martin (Jim Sturgess) works his way up the ranks of the IRA, while keeping his informant with the police Fergis ...
Style:
factual, brutal, captivating, stylized, tense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
ira, irish republican army, crime gone awry, terrorism, brutality, snitch, secret agents, state affairs, undercover, gangsters, suspense, spy ...
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ireland, canada, middle east, england, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside ...
Style:
rough, serious, tense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
terrorism, politics, conspiracy, kidnapping, terrorist, surveillance, islamic terrorism, torture, spy, cia, war on terror, police brutality ...
Time:
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Place:
middle east, washington d.c., iraq, israel, egypt ...
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81%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Disgusted with criminals escaping the judicial system via technicalities, an idealistic young judge investigates an alternative method for punishing the guilty.
Style:
exciting, intense, serious, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
vigilante, conspiracy, vigilantism, hitman, murder, judge, vengeance, political corruption, justice, lawyer, suspense, courtroom ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert government team which tracks the movements of potential terrorists.
Style:
clever, bleak, thought provoking, tense, political ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
espionage, terrorism, spy, intelligence, surveillance, secret service, investigation, islam, betrayal, manipulation, suspense, conspiracy ...
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79%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The accidental shooting of a boy in New York leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.
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new york, new jersey, new orleans, usa, brooklyn new york city ...
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79%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A convert to Islam sends the U.S. government a tape showing him in three nondescript storage rooms, each of which may contain a nuclear bomb set to detonate in less than a week. Helen Brody, an FBI agent in L.A., is tasked with finding the bombs ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, middle east, iran
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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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:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Three stories told simultaneous in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special ...
Style:
serious, thought provoking, psychological, political, realistic ...
Plot:
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Place:
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78%
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 ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
U.S. government agent Scott is assigned to rescue the daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get things done, though, Scott is shocked to find that others are willing to go even further to protect a ...
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A college professor who moonlights as a forensic psychiatrist for the FBI, receives a death threat claiming he has only 88 minutes to live.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, tense, stylized, rough ...
Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the country.
Style:
suspenseful, intense, psychological, thought provoking, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
china, california, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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spy, terrorism, betrayal, politics, bomb, murder mystery, police inspector, conspiracy, russian, secret agents, sabotage, state affairs ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Country: France, Germany, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Duration: 134 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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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 ...
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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