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150 Milligrams (2016)
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150 Milligrams (2016)
Original name: La Fille de Brest
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 128 min.
Story: In the hospital where she works in Brest, France, a lung specialist discovers a direct link between suspicious deaths and state-approved medicine. She fights single-handedly for the truth to come out.
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, suspenseful
Plot: doctor, health, whistleblower, scientist, television, female protagonist, death, blood, danger, illness, woman, economist, journalist, swimming, book, radio, panic attack, surgery, heart, autopsy, fight for justice, train station, doctor patient relationship, medical research, member of parliament ...
Time: year 2016, 2000s, 2010s, year 2011, year 2009, year 2010
Place: france, brittany

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, captivating, tense and psychological films with plots about biopic, doctor, hospital, danger, real life, cigarette smoking and writers mostly in Drama, Biography and War genres. Some movies like 150 Milligrams: Gods (2014), A Short Stay in Switzerland (2009), Camille (2019), Peaceful (2021), Lea (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Gods (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Set in communist Poland of the 80s the movie depicts early career of cardio surgeon Zbigniew Religa.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, tense, sexy
Plot: surgeon, politics, doctors and patients, rise to the top, ambition, power relations, state affairs, heart, hospital, doctor, reckless driving, patient ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1985, year 1987
Place: poland
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A Short Stay in Switzerland (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Just after losing her husband to a similar condition, Dr Anne Turner is diagnosed with a fatal neurological condition. So she plans to end her life herself. Based on a true story.
Style: psychological, captivating, suspense
Plot: euthanasia, wanting to die, family relations, doctor, female doctor, sick woman, illness, social problems, relationship problems, sick, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch ...
Place: switzerland
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Camille (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Camille, a young idealistic photojournalist, goes to the Central African Republic to cover the civil war that is brewing up. What she sees there will change her destiny forever.
Style: suspense, melancholic, touching, thought provoking, suspenseful
Plot: war photographer, journalist, murder, civil war, photographer, militia, female protagonist, christmas, photograph, photography, feminist, psychoanalysis ...
Time: year 2014, year 2013, 2010s
Place: africa
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Peaceful (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A son in denial of a serious illness. A mother facing the unbearable. And between them a doctor fighting to do his job and bring them to acceptance. The three of them have one year and four seasons to come together and understand what it means to ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot: cancer, medical examination, acceptance, mother son relationship, changing lives, family relations, fighting illness, life is a bitch, family problems, illness, lifestyle change, terminal illness ...
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78%
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Lea (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Lea grew up in a crime family in Calabria. The father of her daughter Denise is also a member of the Mafia. Lea, however, wants a different life for her daughter, free of violence, fear and falsehood. She decides to cooperate with justice, to ...
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing, contemplative
Plot: trial, husband wife relationship, murder, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, police, courtroom, mafia, biopic, train station, police arrest, daughter ...
Time: 2000s, 90s, 80s, 2010s
Place: italy, milan italy
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Rosewater (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In 2009, Iranian Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari was covering Iran's volatile elections for Newsweek. One of the few reporters living in the country with access to US media, he made an appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, in a taped ...
Style: suspense, brutal, suspenseful, surreal, tense ...
Plot: prison, journalism, reporter, torture, brutality, investigation, captivity, macabre, twists and turns, false accusation, life is a bitch, danger ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: iran
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Brain on Fire (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, Ireland
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Susannah Cahalan, an up-and-coming journalist at the New York Post becomes plagued by voices in her head and seizures, causing a rapid descent into insanity.
Style: medical drama, thought provoking, realistic, suspenseful, neurotic ...
Plot: fighting illness, hospital, strong female lead, human brain, journalist, diagnosis, visual hallucination, doctor, newspaper reporter, catatonia, female protagonist, hallucination ...
Time: 21st century
Place: america
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The Pirates of Somalia (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: After an inspiring chance encounter with his idol, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur uproots his life and moves to Somalia looking for the story of a lifetime. Hooking up with a local fixer, he attempts to get embedded with the local Somali pirates, ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, suspense, factual, cult classic ...
Plot: pirate, drug, journalist, journalism, journey, danger, point of view, news report, escapades, culture clash, village, writers ...
Time: 2000s, year 2008
Place: somalia, africa, canada
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63%
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Heal the Living (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 103 min.
Story: It all starts at daybreak, three young surfers on the raging seas. A few hours later, on the way home, an accident occurs. Now entirely hooked up to life-support in a hospital in Le Havre, Simon’s existence is little more than an illusion. ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, psychological, touching, sincere ...
Plot: hospital, surfing, surfer, surgeon, surgery, death of son, multiple storylines, doctor, death, lgbt, friends, family relations ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: belgium
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Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer (2018)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The story of the investigation and trial of abortion provider Dr Kermit Gosnell.
Style: psychological, tense, suspense, serious, captivating ...
Plot: courtroom, law and order, investigation, murder, criminal, crime investigation, doctor, danger, legal, murderer, violence, fighting crime ...
Time: 21st century
Place: philadelphia, usa
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Bruno Reidal: Confession of a Murderer (2021)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Raulhac, Cantal, France, September 1, 1905. In the forest surrounding his hometown, the young seminarian Bruno Reidal murders a child and then surrenders himself to the authorities.
Style: psychological, rough, tense, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: lgbt, murder, child murderess, murderer, teenager, prison, doctor, gay interest, cruelty, graphic violence, murder mystery, victim ...
Place: france
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The Ideal Palace (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story: At the end of the 19th century, Joseph Ferdinand Cheval (Jacques Gamblin), is a simple postman who travels every day along the Drôme, from village to village. Alone, he is upset when he meets the woman of his life, Philomena (Laetitia Casta). From ...
Style: sentimental, contemplative, captivating, psychological
Plot: construction, father daughter relationship, postman, obsession, palace, socially awkward, family relations, love, french countryside, couples, society, female nudity ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1870s, 1910s, 1880s
Place: france
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Jackie (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, France, Chile, China, Germany, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.
Style: period piece, emotional, heartbreaking, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: president, first lady, american history, assassination, kennedy assassination, u.s. president, loss of husband, biopic, grief, widow, depression, visceral ...
Time: 60s, year 2016, 2010s, 90s, year 1963
Place: usa, washington d.c., austin texas, dallas texas, america ...
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Team Spirit (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 117 min.
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Style: exciting, touching, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: financial crisis, bank, financial problem, finance, fired from the job, risk, suicide, death of father, loss of job, lie, financial ruin, wall street ...
Time: 2000s, year 2016
Place: paris france
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The Program (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will expose Armstrong.
Style: suspense, controversial, inspirational, serious, social ...
Plot: journalism, bicycle, cycling, tour de france, cyclist, racing, biopic, cancer, race, investigation, doping, corruption ...
Time: year 2015, year 2016, 2000s, year 1999, 90s
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The Children of the Century (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
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Duration: 135 min.
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Style: atmospheric, stylized, captivating, sexy, visually stunning ...
Plot: sex, love affair, writers, lifestyle, destructive relationship, love and romance, sexuality, obsessive love, forbidden love, poet, female writer, infidelity ...
Time: 19th century, 1820s, 1830s
Place: paris france, italy, venice, france, europe ...
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Story: 55 Steps is based a the inspiring true story of Eleanor Riese, a mental illness patient herself, who brings a class action suit to give competent mental patients the right to have a say in their medication while they’re in a hospital, and Colette ...
Style: psychological, suspense, disturbing, tense, sincere ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: mental patient, lawyer, female protagonist, female lawyer, mental health, opposites attract, female friendship, friendship, psychology, dishonesty, danger, society ...
Time: year 1991, year 1985
Place: san francisco
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Luxembourg
Duration: 103 min.
Story: They are the perfect French haute bourgeois couple: Paul is a respected surgeon and Lucie cooks and gardens exquisitely. But now, in the autumn of his life, Paul can’t resist the lure of an ambiguous and dangerous relationship with a mysterious ...
Style: realistic, serious, tense, psychological, exciting ...
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Country: UK, France, USA
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Story: The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.
Style: suspense, inspirational, breathtaking, intense, touching ...
Audience: adult
Plot: survival, trapped, isolation, mountain, wilderness, climbing, canyon, courage, alone, human spirit, loneliness, desert ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, year 2003 ...
Place: utah, usa
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The 33 (2015)
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Country: Chile, Colombia, Spain, USA
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Style: factual, touching, suspense, serious, period piece ...
Audience: boys' night
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Country: Yugoslavia
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Story: Life and times of Nikola Tesla, famous scientist whose inventions were stolen, but whose greatest contribution to mankind remain a mystery to this day.
Style: serious, thought provoking, captivating, bleak, contemplative
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Style: suspense, tense, captivating, touching, suspenseful ...
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Style: realistic, emotional, serious, exciting, captivating ...
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Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1970
Place: japan
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40%
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Whistle Blower (2014)
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Story: Lee Jang-hwan receives widespread acclaim and media attention after successfully cloning human embryo stem cells. A TV news program PD, Yoon Min-cheol, receives a phone call from an anonymous source who says he has worked with Dr. Lee on the stem ...
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Style: captivating, thought provoking, tense, suspenseful, heartbreaking ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 127 min.
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Style: psychological, depressing, serious, crying, heartbreaking ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, chick flick, teen drama, adult
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Place: usa
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38%
Memoir of War (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: France, Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 127 min.
Story: June 1944, France is still under the German Occupation. The writer Robert Antelme, major figure of the Resistance, is arrested and deported. His young wife, Marguerite, writer and resistant, was torn by the anguish of not having her news and her ...
Style: serious, romantic, heartbreaking, factual, realistic ...
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
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Style: medical drama, disturbing, psychological, suspense, suspenseful ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Sully (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
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Style: inspirational, factual, realistic, suspense, intense ...
Audience: family outing, teens, chick flick, family friendly, adult
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Time: year 2016, year 2009, 2010s, 20th century, year 2015 ...
Place: new york, usa, persia, manhattan new york city
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