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150 Milligrams (2016)
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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, television, female protagonist, death, blood, danger, illness, woman, economist, biopic, journalist, swimming, book, radio, photograph, panic attack, surgery, heart, autopsy, fight for justice, train station, doctor patient relationship, medical research ...
Time:
year 2016, 2000s, 2010s, year 2011, year 2009, year 2010
Place:
france, brittany
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Most similar movies to 150 Milligrams
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, captivating and suspenseful films with plots about biopic, doctor, hospital, death, female protagonist, journalist and danger mostly in Drama, Biography and Crime genres. Some movies like 150 Milligrams: Camille (2019), Lea - Something About Me (2015), Gods (2014), Rosewater (2014), The Pirates of Somalia (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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, suspenseful, thought provoking, touching
Plot:
war photographer, photograph, murder, christmas, female protagonist, civil war, photographer, photography, arm wrestling, feminist, psychoanalysis, biopic ...
Time:
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Place:
africa
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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, contemplative, disturbing
Plot:
trial, husband wife relationship, mafia, female protagonist, courtroom, police, mother daughter relationship, murder, biopic, daughter, train station, arrest ...
Time:
2000s, 90s, 80s, 2010s
Place:
italy, milan italy
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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:
sexy, captivating, serious, realistic, tense
Plot:
surgeon, heart, politics, doctors and patients, ambition, rise to the top, power relations, state affairs, doctor, hospital, nurse, patient ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1987, year 1985
Place:
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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:
suspenseful, brutal, suspense, surreal, captivating ...
Plot:
prison, journalism, brutality, macabre, reporter, violent, torture, propaganda, investigation, adaptation, captivity, twists and turns ...
Time:
2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
iran, middle east
Similarity:
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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, suspense, factual, exciting, cult classic ...
Plot:
drug, journalist, pirate, journalism, point of view, journey, danger, village, weapons, escapades, culture clash, news report ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008
Place:
somalia, africa, canada
Similarity:
72%
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, neurotic, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
strong female lead, hospital, diagnosis, psychiatry, fighting illness, human brain, journalist, visual hallucination, doctor, female protagonist, newspaper reporter, catatonia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
america, new york
Similarity:
70%
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:
suspense, captivating, psychological, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
euthanasia, death, wanting to die, suicide, doctor, female doctor, family relations, sick woman, family drama, ethical dilemma, dysfunctional family, illness ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
switzerland
Similarity:
69%
87K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, France, Chile, China
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, cerebral, sad, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
president, first lady, american history, kennedy assassination, assassination, u.s. president, loss of husband, biopic, widow, funeral, strong female character, depression ...
Time:
60s, year 2016, 90s, 2010s, year 1963
Place:
usa, washington d.c., austin texas, america, texas ...
Similarity:
66%
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, suspense, tense, rough, disturbing ...
Plot:
lgbt, murder, child murderess, teenager, murderer, doctor, prison, weirdo, murder investigation, violence, victim, brutality ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young music student has a seizure forcing her to undergo brain surgery. She comes out of the surgery unable to count or read and has difficulty adapting to life.
Style:
medical drama, emotional, serious, dramatic, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
capture, hospital, doctor patient relationship, female protagonist, trauma, identity crisis, amnesia, biopic, resilience, ethical dilemma, recovery, mortality ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 104 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, social, serious, tense ...
Plot:
bicycle, journalism, tour de france, cyclist, cycling, racing, cancer, biopic, investigation, doping, suspicion, race ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2016, 2000s, 90s, year 1999 ...
Place:
ireland, france, new jersey
Similarity:
56%
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:
suspense, touching, suspenseful, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
hospital, surfing, heart, surfer, multiple storylines, death, doctor, death of son, surgeon, surgery, lgbt, danger ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
belgium
Similarity:
52%
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, psychological, captivating, contemplative
Plot:
postman, father daughter relationship, obsession, construction, socially awkward, palace, family relations, love, french countryside, couples, society, victorian england ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1910s, 1870s, 1880s
Place:
france
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The story of the investigation and trial of abortion provider Dr Kermit Gosnell.
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
courtroom, law and order, investigation, murder, crime investigation, criminal, danger, legal, fighting crime, medical malpractice, violence, murderer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa, oklahoma city
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
On November 25th 1970, a man committed ritual suicide inside the Tokyo headquarters of the Japanese Ministry of Defence, leaving behind a legacy of masterpieces and a controversy that echoes to this day. The man was Yukio Mishima, one of ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
tragic hero, state affairs, political unrest, downfall, rebelliousness, writer's life, life is a bitch, idealism, heroes, writers, lgbtq, historical event ...
Time:
20th century, year 1970, 60s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
An engaging drama about the less known aspects of the trading activity inside one of the biggest banks in the world - Société Générale. The movie tracks the rise and fall of anonymous trader turned superstar turned escape goat - Jérôme Kerviel ...
Style:
exciting, touching, suspenseful, tense, 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:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, tense, sincere, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
mental patient, mental health, lawyer, female lawyer, female protagonist, opposites attract, female friendship, friendship, psychology, danger, society, escapades ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
46%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Russian poet, singer and actor Vladimir Vysotsky was an idol of the 1970s and '80s. In 1980, at the age of 42, he passed away during the Moscow Olympic Games. This is the story of his last great love as handed down to his son from a family ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, dramatic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
drug addiction, musician's life, artists and showbiz, society, addiction, life is a bitch, kgb, songwriter, actor, concert, writers, biopic ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s, year 1979
Place:
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Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 94 min.
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, unusual plot structure, inspirational, intense, breathtaking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, isolation, trapped, mountain, wilderness, canyon, courage, alone, desert, trap, loneliness, life & death ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, year 2003 ...
Place:
utah, usa
Similarity:
43%
42K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Chile, Colombia, Spain, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
factual, suspense, touching, period piece, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, rescue, disaster, life, catastrophe, stranded, natural disaster, hopes, doctor, honest, radio, trapped ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 70s, 21st century
Place:
chile, peru, south america, latin america, australia
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, unusual plot structure, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
charity, hospital, female doctor, female protagonist, doctor patient relationship, social problems, help, social issues, one day, life is a bitch, society, social relations ...
Place:
russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
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22K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Inspired by real events, this fictional dramatization gives an insider account of how the women of Newsnight secured Prince Andrew's infamous interview.
Style:
thought provoking, informative
Plot:
journalist, male nudity, interview, journalism, prince, scandal, social issues, royalty, royal family, british royal family, career, female journalist ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, london, buckingham palace
Similarity:
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648
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A film inspired by the life and work of Nelly Arcan. The portrait of a fragmented woman, lost between irreconcilable identities: writer, lover, call girl and star. Several women in one, navigating between great exaltation and great disenchantment. ...
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
writers, seductress, love interest, female sexuality, prostitute, confession, customer, female protagonist, doctor patient relationship, female pubic hair, female masturbation, teenage sexuality ...
Place:
montreal
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.
Style:
medical drama, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
biology, medical research, genetics, profanity, black, women, research, death, fight, black history, medical, escapades ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 1940s, 90s, 2000s
Place:
north carolina, baltimore
Similarity:
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480
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Darling is a woman of today. It seems to always choose the wrong path. Suffers but does not look like a victim. Do not feel sorry for herself. On the contrary, shows a passion for life against all odds. She is struggling to exist. If you fall, get ...
Style:
serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
farm, hopes, love and romance, loss of innocence, resilience, female protagonist, young woman, toxic relationship, mature, small town, longing, naivete ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
37%
110
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Germany, Canada
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Prague, 1920. Milena's father wants her to follow in his footsteps and be one of the first female doctors in Czechoslovakia, but she is determined to be a writer. She elopes to Vienna with the Jewish music critic Ernst Pollak, and starts a ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, bleak, atmospheric, melancholic ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, concentration camp, female protagonist, persecution, marxism, communism, biopic, writers, journalism, feminism, political activism, identity ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s
Place:
prague, vienna, czechoslovakia, europe
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Feisty ER nurse takes on the medical establishment when she uncovers an epidemic of misdiagnosis.
Style:
medical drama, dramatic, realistic, suspenseful, inspirational ...
Plot:
hospital, investigation, whistleblower, medical malpractice, ethical dilemma, activism, investigative journalism, doctor, nurse, kiss, stethoscope, wheelchair ...
Similarity:
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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 ...
Plot:
therapist, dangerous attraction, couples, femme fatale, intrigue, hospital, danger, sister sister relationship, illness, dishonesty, rivalry, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on actual events from Hurricane Katrina. When the floodwaters rose, power failed, and heat soared, exhausted caregivers at a New Orleans hospital were forced to make profound, heart-wrenching decisions.
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
hurricane katrina, flood, physician, hospital, medicine, hurricane, disaster, doctor, natural disaster, health, rescue, medical ...
Time:
2020s, year 2005, 2000s
Place:
new orleans
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The incredible true story behind the most controversial Italian court cases in recent years. Stefano Cucchi was arrested for a minor crime and mysteriously found dead during his detention. In one week's time, a family is changed forever.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, suspenseful, tense, sad ...
Plot:
abuse of power, bureaucracy, italian police, police, mysterious death, interrogation, lawyer client relationship, brutality, medical examination, prisoner, prison, politics ...
Place:
rome italy
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