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Favorite Son (1988)
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
TV show
Story:
Favorite Son is a miniseries about political intrigue that aired on NBC in 1988 a week before that year's presidential election. It starred Harry Hamlin, Linda Kozlowski, James Whitmore, Robert Loggia, John Mahoney, Ronny Cox, and a pre-Seinfeld Jason Alexander. The miniseries was adapted from the 1987 novel of the same written by Steve Sohmer, who also wrote the teleplay.
Style:
political thriller
Plot:
u.s. senator, political conspiracy, die hard, conspiracy, usa politics, fbi, sex scene, politics, nun, president, usa president, election, u.s. president, senator, campaigning, political campaign, presidential election, presidential campaign, election campaign, u.s. vice president, vice president, garter, lingerie
Time:
20th century
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, political thriller, serious and tense films and TV series with plots about conspiracy, die hard, politics, spy, political conspiracy, betrayal and u.s. president mostly in Thriller, Action and Drama genres. Some movies like Favorite Son: Designated Survivor (2016), Shadow Conspiracy (1997), The Night Agent (2023), Executive Power (1997), Air Force One Is Down (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Tom Kirkman, a low-level cabinet member is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack during the State of the Union kills everyone above him in the Presidential line of succession.
Style:
exciting, political, political thriller, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
politics, president, counter terrorism, usa president, usa politics, investigation, terrorism, weapons, american politics, spy, die hard, conspiracy ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
washington d.c., afghanistan, usa, chicago
Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, exciting, political thriller, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, washington d.c.
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Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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While monitoring an emergency line, a vigilant FBI agent answers a call that plunges him into a deadly conspiracy involving a mole at the White House.
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, political thriller
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
political conspiracy, die hard, torture, usa president, political corruption, conspiracy, extramarital affair, cover-up, secret agent, campaign, political intrigue, who done it ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Action
Country: UK, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, political thriller, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
hostage, rescue, captive, air disaster, death threat, espionage, military, president, terrorism, assassination, rogue soldier, conspiracy ...
Place:
serbia
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A politician's campaign manager (Speakman) discovers that the candidate (Shatner) is a front for a military organization plotting a political overthrow of the government. In trying to expose the candidate's right-wing activities, he puts ...
Style:
political, independent film, serious, realistic, political thriller
Plot:
political conspiracy, conspiracy, election campaign, terrorist plot, terrorist group, corrupt politician, die hard, car chase, terrorism, chase, campaign, political corruption ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
washington d.c.
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
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Style:
political thriller
Plot:
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Similarity:
63%
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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, political thriller, serious, sincere, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
56%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
53%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
exciting, tense, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
secret service, hostage, conspiracy, secret service agent, fbi, kidnapping, investigation, older man teenage girl relationship, special agent, betrayal, confined, twists and turns ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
52%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
50%
719
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
TV show
Story:
Paul Hood is the newly appointed director of the OP Center, a special agency gathering a wide variety of experts monitoring international crisis. On his first day on the job, nuclear missiles are stolen from the former Soviet Union by terrorists. ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
46%
82K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, political, thought provoking, intense, exciting ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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43%
242
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Poland, Turkey
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
serious, tense, captivating, suspenseful, exciting
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
39%
Movie in collections
60K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
39%
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
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Similarity:
38%
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Country: USA, UK, Bulgaria, India
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, clever, tense, political thriller, sexy ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
exciting, suspense, political, political thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
24 is an American television series produced for the Fox network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method ...
Style:
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Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, south america, new york, usa ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, mysterious, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Portugal, Canada, Bulgaria
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Secret Service Agent Mike Banning is framed for the attempted assassination of the President and must evade his own agency and the FBI as he tries to uncover the real threat.
Style:
tense, exciting, suspense, captivating, intense ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
secret service, agent, terrorist, secret service agent, president, fbi, spy, lone hero, gunfight, white house, justice, state affairs ...
Time:
2010s, future, year 2019, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., west virginia, usa, north carolina, virginia ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
dark, neo noir, spy action
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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usa
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