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The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012)
15K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, India, Qatar
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Style:
tense, emotional, intense, realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, independent film, urdu ...
Plot:
immigrant, culture clash, wall street, muslim, 9/11, terrorism, conspiracy, political unrest, american dream, danger, starting over, false accusation, civil rights, dishonesty, hopes, indians, politics, islam, secrets, globalization, business, money, entrepreneurship, intrigue, political intrigue ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york, middle east, pakistan, istanbul turkey, usa, canada, boston ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and tense films with plots about politics, state affairs, terrorism, dishonesty, danger, society and undercover mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like The Reluctant Fundamentalist: Syriana (2005), The Honourable Woman (2014), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), Tyrant (2014), The Informant (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: United Arab Emirates, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Duration: 58 min.
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Nessa Stein, the daughter of a Zionist arms procurer who as a child witnessed his assassination. Now an adult, Nessa inherits her father's company and changes course from supplying arms to laying data cabling networks between Israel and the ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Duration: 129 min.
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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, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of an unassuming American family drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation. Bassam "Barry" Al Fayeed, the younger son of the dictator of a war-torn nation, ends a self-imposed 20-year exile to return to his ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, stylized, serious, realistic ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A former Irish Republican Army fighter, Gingy McAnally (Anthony Brophy), is reluctant about being called back into service after serving time in prison. He executes the grisly task but ends up captured by a sympathetic British police lieutenant ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
ireland, northern ireland, europe, belfast
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40%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A teen seductress pulls three other privileged Malibu kids into her devious scheme, and unforeseen consequences force the group to face their own fears and mortality.
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, teen ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sexual content, best friend, dishonesty, dangerous attraction, danger, disorder, teenage life, boy girl relationship, profanity, teenager, manipulation, moral dilemma ...
Time:
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38%
511
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
washington d.c., usa
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38%
13K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India, USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
New York is a contemporary story of friendship set against the larger than life backdrop of a city often described as the centre of the world. Omar has gone abroad for the first time in his life and soon enough he begins to see and love America ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, disturbing, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
injustice, friendship, society, life turned upside down, false accusation, terrorism, muslim, fbi, immigrant, male nudity, indians, heartwarming ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2009, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, india
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An American reporter is held hostage by Muslim fundamentalists in Karachi against the release of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, political thriller, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
captivity, terrorism, journalism, hostage, politics, confined, prison, kidnapping, war on terror, rebellion, danger, negotiation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pakistan, usa
Similarity:
37%
60K
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:
sexy, serious, tense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
middle east, iraq, washington d.c., illinois, chicago ...
Similarity:
37%
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:
bleak, tense, political, thought provoking, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens
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Similarity:
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280
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, emotional, thought provoking ...
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Time:
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Place:
palestine, europe, london, england, palestinian authority ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, poignant ...
Plot:
terrorism, islam, injustice, vengeance, society, couple relations, life is a bitch, rivalry, introspection, danger, false accusation, politics ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, paris france, france, usa, europe ...
Similarity:
36%
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Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, political thriller
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36%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A Cuban emigre, living in Miami and involved in an affair with the American seaman who rescued her and her daughter years earlier, must face her husband after he is unexpectedly released from a Cuban prison.
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, tense, emotional
Plot:
political prisoner, immigrant, life is a bitch, betrayal, politics, idealism, society, couple relations, dishonesty, love and romance, state affairs, revolution ...
Time:
year 1991
Place:
miami, latin america, usa, cuba, florida
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 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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36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, tense, emotional, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, palestinian authority, middle east, jerusalem
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The Merchant (Harvey Keitel) is a Westerner. A merchant dealing in precious stones from Afganistan and Turkey. He's above suspicion. In truth, the "Stone Merchant" is a Christian convert into Islam. He's rich, cultured, ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, exciting, tense
Plot:
obsessive quest, danger, assassination attempt, manipulation, terrorism, state affairs, race against time, against the rules, politics, terrorist attack, special agent, fall in love ...
Place:
middle east, cappadocia turkey, rome italy, afghanistan, turkey ...
Similarity:
35%
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Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, conspiracy, politics, bomb, rebellion, danger, society, vengeance, terrorism, state affairs, rivalry, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
35%
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Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, suspenseful, black and white ...
Plot:
uncover truth, investigation, fighting the system, race against time, undercover, assassination, rebellion, life is a bitch, danger, dishonesty, government agency, society ...
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
34%
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
political thriller that charts the exploits of disillusioned ex-hacker Terell Lessor. A return to New York, coupled with a humiliating attempt at getting a new job, serves as the catalyst for him to take action against those who slighted him in the ...
Style:
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Plot:
terrorism, prodigy, undercover, secret agent, campaign, fighting the system, society, dishonesty, rebellion, vengeance, rivalry, politics ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
34%
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Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
It's not politics as usual, or is it? The governor of Louisiana is about to become the vice-presidential candidate for his party but a murder and an international web spanning from South Africa to Pakistan and North Korea might just get in the ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, louisiana
Similarity:
34%
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals details of a secret meeting held just after the start of the Vietnam ...
Style:
political thriller, political, neo noir, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nuclear threat, vietnam war, cold war, president, u.s. president, danger, terrorism, conspiracy, nuclear missile, military, u.s. military, u.s. air force ...
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A troubled hedge fund magnate, desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire, makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.
Style:
suspenseful, intense, psychological, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
year 2012, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, california
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Dirty tricks stand to soil an ambitious young press spokesman's idealism in a cutthroat presidential campaign where 'victory' is relative.
Style:
political thriller, talky, tense, political, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
politics, election, political intrigue, campaign, lobbyist, twists and turns, presidential campaign, intern, media, political corruption, conspiracy, corruption ...
Time:
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Place:
ohio, usa, columbus ohio, iran, cincinnati ohio ...
Similarity:
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3K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
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Style:
political, political thriller, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political intrigue, minister, corruption, problem, political unrest, politics, corrupt system, power struggle, political scandal, social commentary, character study, investigation ...
Place:
india
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33%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
London of the late 19th century is a haven for political exiles of all sorts - refugees, partisans, anarchists. Verloc has made his living spying for the Russian goverment, an agent provacateur of sorts, while simultaneously providing information to ...
Style:
psychological, harsh, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
terrorism, betrayal, murder mystery, politics, police inspector, secret agent, sabotage, conspiracy, undercover, state affairs, dishonesty, danger ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 1996, 1880s, 18th century ...
Place:
london, england, europe, scotland, russia
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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