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Madoff: Made Off with America (2013)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Bernie Madoff is at the hub of the biggest conspiracy the world has ever known, according to Mr. X. Dave Edmund, a small Independent film maker puts it all on the line to bring the world the truth.
Style:
tense, explanatory, political, educational, suspenseful, dramatic
Plot:
conspiracy, investigation, scandal, wall street, corruption, greed, true crime, journalism, interview, social commentary, whistleblower, ethical dilemma, angry, courtroom drama, narration, mafia, thief, money, politics, russian mafia, theft, bank, con men, liar, money laundering ...
Place:
new york, america, los angeles, usa, california, monaco, manhattan new york city ...
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Most similar movies to Madoff: Made Off with America
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, realistic and serious films with plots about investigation, corruption, conspiracy, whistleblower, social commentary, ethical dilemma and journalism mostly in Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Madoff: Made Off with America: Booger Red (2015), Interview with the Assassin (2002), Barschel: A Murder in Geneva (1993), The Last Debate (2000), Sambavasthalathu Ninnum (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Booger Red is a hybrid documentary/narrative about a veteran reporter who searches for the truth behind the largest purported child sex ring in Texas history. On his journey through the bowels of East Texas, he's forced to confront his own ...
Style:
tense, moody
Plot:
investigative journalism, journalism, investigation, ambiguity, sexual abuse, social commentary, true crime, haunting, moral ambiguity, conspiracy, identity crisis, corruption ...
Place:
texas
Similarity:
95%
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, tense, suspenseful, realistic, mockumentary ...
Plot:
kennedy assassination, conspiracy, politics, found footage, assassination, conspiracy theory, investigation, state affairs, political conspiracy, murder, society, u.s. president ...
Time:
year 2002, year 1963, 21st century
Place:
dallas texas, america, usa, texas
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A conspiracy-theorizing filmmaker meets with a prospective producer in order to pitch a movie about the death of real-life German politician Uwe Barschel, in which the official ruling of suicide raised more questions than answers.
Style:
thought provoking, political thriller, tense, dramatic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
conspiracy, scandal, true crime, cover up, investigative journalism, investigation, political intrigue, suspicion, german politics, corruption, journalism, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
year 1987
Place:
geneva switzerland, west germany
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Four members of the media are chosen as moderator and panel for the single televised debate of presidential candidates one week before the election. These four use the debate forum as never before, resulting in what critics call a hijacking of the ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, tense, political thriller, suspenseful ...
Plot:
media manipulation, election, reporter, political scandal, presidential candidate, journalism, debate, political unrest, political activism, presidential election, media coverage, political campaign ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
80%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Young and bright politicians are preparing for the election. Every candidate's dirty clothes will be shown to the people and created scandals and used as an advantage.
Style:
thrilling, political, psychological, captivating, political thriller ...
Plot:
scandal, intrigue, election, political intrigue, political unrest, politics, political campaign, political scandal, reputation, ambition, campaign, corruption ...
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Hidden Truth Waiting to be Unveiled...
Style:
tense, crime thriller, suspenseful, dark
Plot:
child abuse, corruption, investigative journalism, investigation, hidden truth, justice, expose, cover up, whistleblower, police procedural, social issues, fraud ...
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
On the first of May 1947, the bandit Salvatore Giuliano conducted a raid to the mountain pass Portella della Ginestra, with a view to capturing Sicily's most prominent communist, Giacomo Licausi. What actually happened was a regular massacre, ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, political thriller, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, massacre, trial, political corruption, investigation, cover up, conspiracy, mafia, true crime, corruption, justice, civil unrest ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s
Place:
sicily
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
It is the job of the press to cover corporate crime, government plots and society. It is in this context that young female reporter on the beat Erika rolls up her sleeves and goes to work regarding what seems to be a government cover up. She is ...
Style:
political thriller, thrilling, captivating, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigative journalism, conspiracy, reporter, journalist, female reporter, investigative reporter, investigation, political scandal, cover up, government corruption, political conspiracy, press agent ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
70%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A live reading of passages from the Mueller report for “The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts,” Robert Schenkkan’s stage adaptation of the Mueller Report. Robert Schenkkan is a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning screenwriter ...
Style:
political, captivating, thrilling, serious, reflective ...
Plot:
usa president, usa politics, investigation, donald trump, american politics, political scandal, politician, political candidate, scandal, political activism, political leader, political campaign ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In the year 1996, the entire nation was politically facing a serious issue. In addition, the country was suffering from another dangerous problem. In this scenario, a Government Employee took up the responsibility.
Style:
serious, realistic, dramatic, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
social commentary, moral dilemma, bureaucracy, political intrigue, power struggle, government corruption, conspiracy, whistleblower, investigation, activism, legal battle, urban
Time:
90s
Similarity:
64%
4K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio senator Sam Hastings decides to quit politics, he is rapidly drafted to help with the campaign of the ...
Style:
clever, serious, realistic, cynical, political ...
Plot:
politics, political corruption, campaign, cover up, manipulation, fighting the system, state affairs, society, journalism, legal, dishonesty, ambition ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, seattle, new york, washington d.c.
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The massive scandal comes to light through a father's unwavering search for the truth behind the sudden death of his family.
Style:
bleak, emotional, heartbreaking, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
investigation, bereavement, private investigation, family tragedy, family drama, grief, medicine, illness, physician, medical examination, doctor, fighting illness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
For reporter Tom Edwards, the eye of the storm was where he least expected it.
Style:
tense, suspense, crime drama, fast paced, twisted ...
Plot:
investigation, investigative journalism, suspicion, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, danger, faith, interview, conspiracy, obsession, city, surveillance ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Lawyers must defend a prisoner accused of murdering two of his inmates during the Attica prison riots in 1971.
Style:
tense, historical drama, realistic, intense, political ...
Plot:
prison, courtroom, riot, injustice, social commentary, trial, violence, lawyer, defense attorney, civil rights, corruption, racial tension ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
50%
170
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After his cousin commits suicide, journalist Stewart Cooper begins to unravel a web of shaming, lies, and secrets. Following the leads he discovers the involvement of the police, his cousin’s ex and the man she had an affair with – her church ...
Style:
crime drama, psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, crime investigation, relationships, private investigation, brother, religious faith, crime solving, uncover truth, secret, affair, faith, male female relationship ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The real-life struggle to contain the environmental and financial damage caused to Alaska by the oil spill from the Exxon Valdez is dramatized.
Style:
political, tense, bleak, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
ecological disaster, environmental, environmentalism, oil company, legal battle, bureaucracy, investigation, political conflict, activism, ethical dilemma, remorse, ecology ...
Time:
year 1989
Place:
alaska
Similarity:
49%
110
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Dramatisation of the abortive real-life attempt by Simon Mann to organise a coup to take over Equatorial Guinea in 2004. The case achieved notoriety because one of the financial backers of the project was Sir Mark Thatcher, son of British ex-PM ...
Style:
political thriller, serious, tense, suspenseful, dark
Plot:
conspiracy, controversy, power struggle, corruption, political corruption, covert operation, espionage, true crime, investigation, international law, smuggling, coup d'etat ...
Place:
west africa, africa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Mahindra, a 30-year-old lawyer, enjoys the peak of his personal and professional life until he takes on a controversial gang assault case. Representing the negative side leads to turmoil, as his career and love life begin to crumble under pressure.
Style:
serious, intense, suspenseful, realistic, tragic
Plot:
moral ambiguity, defense attorney, ethical dilemma, courtroom, courtroom drama, social commentary, guilt, law firm, investigation, corruption, family conflict, urban ...
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 177 min.
Story:
Officer Magdy investigates the suicide of a groom on his wedding night. he knows that the groom was impotent. Later he realizes that impotence is becoming an epidemic that spreads among all men. However, no one wants to declare that out of shame. A ...
Style:
detective, psychological, tense, political drama
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
egypt, cairo egypt
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story of Barry Minkow, a young and charismatic figure in business who reaches CEO status by lying and scheming his way to the top.
Style:
crime drama, suspenseful, dramatic, realistic, tense
Plot:
gambling, con man, deception, fraud, scandal, greed, manipulation, embezzlement, corporate crime, rise and fall, biopic, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The true story of John Hawkins as featured on America's Most Wanted.
Style:
suspenseful, tension, dark, psychological
Plot:
murder, true crime, insurance fraud, serial killer, scam, male homosexuality, investigation, deception, fraud, manipulation, manhunt, biopic ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The true story of Rosario Livatino, a young judge in Sicily in the early 1980s, who have been nicknamed 'The Boy Judge' from the President of the Republic. He's strictly incorruptible, working hard and refusing even to shake hands ...
Style:
crime drama, realistic, serious, intense, heroic ...
Plot:
mafia, justice, organized crime, courage, assassination, social commentary, biopic, investigation, whistleblower, ethical dilemma, martyr, power struggle ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
sicily, italy
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Dr. Alexander Brown (Martin Sheen) arrives in Las Vegas, awarded for his recent medical invention. An ex-G.I. tells Brown he was a test subject during the 1950's, exposed to atomic bomb radiation in the Nevada desert-- will Brown help the man ...
Style:
historical drama, thought provoking, serious, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
nuclear testing, cold war, ethical dilemma, guilt, conspiracy, whistleblower, investigation, conscience, regret, corruption, flashback, biopic ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
las vegas, nevada
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A software worker/reporter named Arjun loves a fellow reporter Netra. When minister Krishna offers him a lucrative trucking job due to financial troubles, complications arise as he attempts to flee.
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, romantic drama, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, escape attempt, social commentary, financial difficulty, journalism, corruption, class struggle, urban, betrayal, conspiracy, cat and mouse ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
family conflict, problem, rural area, water, business, businessman, countryside, whistleblower, integrity, ethical dilemma, public health, controversy ...
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41%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Sequel of 2014's Political Drama "Prathinidhi".
Style:
political thriller, suspense, intense, tense, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political scandal, corruption, whistleblower, power struggle, suspicion, investigation, conspiracy, justice, investigative journalism, moral ambiguity, betrayal, urban ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
A television drama that revolves around a family that runs a pharmaceutical company.
Style:
emotional, realistic, sentimental, touching, dramatic ...
Plot:
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Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
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Style:
crime drama, tense, serious, dark, period piece ...
Plot:
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Time:
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271
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
crime drama, suspense, dark, tense, emotional ...
Plot:
police brutality, racism, police corruption, corruption, interracial relations, racial injustice, racial tension, female protagonist, social commentary, investigation, vigilante justice, revenge ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
Deepak Pradhan, a young police officer, gets transferred to North Bengal where his junior officers are involved in corrupt practices. When disturbing events from the past start to surface and the pressure builds, will Deepak be able to hold on to ...
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