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The Candidate (2018)
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The Candidate (2018)
Original name: El reino
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Manuel is a crooked politician who enjoys the lifestyle that kickbacks afford. He eats at fancy restaurants, parties with his friends on yachts, and provides a very luxurious lifestyle for his family. Manuel brazenly bribes, extorts, and pays off anyone who threatens to expose the activities of his inner circle. When he is singled out to take the fall for a case of fraudulent government contracts, rather than admit to any wrongdoing, Manuel decides to sell out his whole party in an effort to avoid jail time. It's a decision that puts many lives at risk.
Style: suspense, tense, psychological, captivating
Plot: politician, corruption, treason, corrupt politician, politics, police, journalist, deception, husband wife relationship, arrest, evidence, money, party, death, office, bank, mafia, mediterranean, fraud, treachery, male nudity, male pubic hair, ship, fight, police officer ...
Time: 2000s
Place: spain, china, iberian peninsula, canada

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Most similar movies to The Candidate

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, psychological, suspenseful and tense films with plots about husband wife relationship, murder, death, investigation, police, twists and turns and politics mostly in Thriller, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Candidate: Smoke & Mirrors (2016), May God Save Us (2016), Nobody's Life (2002), The Invisible Guest (2016), The Parallax View (1974). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Smoke & Mirrors (2016)
Genre: Biography, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A tale of cheats and impostors, taking its inspiration from true facts and from one of the most intriguing characters of recent decades: the spy Francisco Paesa.
Style: suspense, tense, rough, disturbing, touching ...
Plot: spy, espionage, corruption, biopic, jail, government, police, minister, politics, cold war, train station, terrorism ...
Time: 90s, year 1988, year 1986, year 1998, year 1994 ...
Place: spain, paris france, geneva switzerland, thailand, laos ...
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May God Save Us (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Madrid, summer 2011. Economic crisis. 15-M movement and 1.5 million pilgrims waiting for the Pope’s arrival live side by side in a Madrid that’s hotter and more chaotic than ever. In this context, detectives Velarde and Alfaro must find what ...
Style: suspense, captivating, suspenseful, tense, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, murder investigation, police inspector, murder, pope, church, priest, who done it, whodunit, police officer, partner ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016
Place: spain, madrid
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Nobody's Life (2002)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story: It all began with a little white lie.
Style: psychological, tense, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: suspicion of adultery, infidelity, family relations, liar, couples, family life, dishonesty, love and romance, secret life, love triangle, husband wife relationship, male female relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iberian peninsula, spain, europe, madrid
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
The Invisible Guest (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story: "The Invisible Guest” turns on a young businessman who wakes up in a hotel room locked from the inside with the dead body of his lover next to him. He hires a prestigious lawyer, and over one night they work together to clarify what happened ...
Style: surprise ending, suspense, psychological, twist ending, mind blowing ...
Plot: uncover truth, lawyer, infidelity, lie, interrogation, murder suspect, evidence, death, blackmail, moral dilemma, strong female character, suspect ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016
Place: iberian peninsula, barcelona, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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The Parallax View (1974)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An ambitious reporter, investigating a senator's assassination, realizes witnesses to the shooting are systematically dying and discovers a multi-million dollar corporation which serves as a front for the recruitment of political assassins.
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, neo noir, political ...
Plot: politics, corruption, conspiracy, investigation, reporter, journalism, murder, assassin, media, senator, political conspiracy, paranoia ...
Time: 70s, year 1974, 20th century
Place: seattle, los angeles, washington state, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 6.4
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Boy Missing (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Víctor is a child who is found casually roaming by a country road. His mother, Patricia, a well-known lawyer specialist in media trails, realizes about it and she goes to the hospital, where explains to the police that Víctor is deaf, and ...
Style: psychological, surprise ending, tense, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: kidnapping, lawyer, deaf, seaport, police, school, blackmail, trial, pregnant woman, danger, plot twist, twists and turns ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, catalonia
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 6.6
 2K
Mother (2019)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story: This is the 2019 feature film currently in post-production. Not the 2017 Oscar nominated short from the same director.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: older woman teenage boy relationship, teenager, motherhood, missing son, female protagonist, loss of son, teenage boy, women, dangerous attraction, sexual attraction, fatal attraction, loss ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 6.6
 55K
Transsiberian (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Spain, Lithuania
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A Trans-Siberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers.
Style: suspense, tense, twist ending, psychological thriller, psychological ...
Plot: train, travel, murder mystery, murder, snow, couples, sexual tension, drug, winter, train travel, drug smuggling, marital problem ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: russia, china, siberia
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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I Dream of Murder (2006)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Johanna is a therapist on the verge of a midlife crisis. When one of her patients is found brutally murdered, she takes it upon herself to solve the mystery. But why is this stressed-out shrink willing to risk her marriage, her career and her entire ...
Style: psychological, suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, serial killer, midlife crisis, investigation, doctors and patients, therapist, police, female protagonist, car accident, haunted by the past, danger, power relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Chinatown (1974)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double ...
Style: neo noir, detective, atmospheric, twist ending, bleak ...
Audience: date night
Plot: private detective, corruption, investigation, femme fatale, rape, police, murder, conspiracy, domestic violence, father daughter incest, incest, investigator ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, year 1974, year 1937
Place: los angeles, california, usa, eastern europe, america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 4.5
 3K
The Drowning (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A psychiatrist faces his past, present and future when he finds himself involved in the treatment of a young man recently released from prison for a murder committed when the boy was just 11 years old.
Style: suspense, tense, psychological, captivating
Audience: girls' night
Plot: suicide, saving a life, mental patient, psychiatrist, husband wife relationship, juvenile delinquent, self defense, haunted by the past, danger, death, psychopath, young boy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
The Ghost Writer (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident. In director Roman ...
Style: serious, political thriller, captivating, atmospheric, political ...
Plot: writers, twists and turns, politics, political conspiracy, investigation, betrayal, writer's life, spy, espionage, cia, conspiracy, suspicion ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new england, new york, massachusetts, britain, oxford university ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 6.9
 3K
I'm a Killer (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Inspired by true events from the 1970s, the story revolves around a young detective who becomes the head of a police unit focused on catching a rampant serial killer of women, nicknamed 'The Silesian Vampire'.
Style: realistic, suspense, suspenseful, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, police, investigation, husband wife relationship, trial, false accusation, murder suspect, lie, police detective, suspicion, dead body ...
Time: 70s
Place: poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 6.9
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The Firm (1993)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story: Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the ...
Style: suspense, tense, surprise ending, clever, psychological ...
Plot: lawyer, corruption, law firm, murder, conspiracy, surveillance, investigation, legal, chase, seduction, blackmail, courtroom ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: memphis, boston, tennessee, usa, harvard university ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Candlestick (2014)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A social gathering is rocked to its core when Jack accuses his best friend's wife of infidelity. But as the allegations start flying, it soon emerges that a far more sinister game may be at play...
Style: suspense, serious, psychological, suspenseful, sinister ...
Plot: infidelity, rivalry, psychopath, lie, resentment, secret, perfect crime, romantic rivalry, troubled marriage, evil plot, femme fatale, clue ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The Constant Gardener (2005)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Kenya, France, USA, Switzerland
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very ...
Style: political thriller, suspenseful, tense, political, suspense ...
Plot: conspiracy, spy, investigation, corruption, murder, cover up, death, aids, politics, marriage, idealism, politician ...
Time: 2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place: africa, sudan, germany, kenya, south africa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Iris (2016)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The sudden disappearance of a wealthy banker's wife cracks open a dizzying world of secret fetishes, desperate acts and elaborate deceptions.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological, sincere ...
Plot: ransom demand, ransom, fake kidnapping, bank, abduction, investigation, uncover truth, husband wife relationship, mysterious disappearance, disappearance, kidnapping, politics ...
Time: 2010s
Place: paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The Pelican Brief (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story: Two Supreme Court Justices have been assassinated. One lone law student has stumbled upon the truth. An investigative journalist wants her story. Everybody else wants her dead.
Style: tense, political thriller, political, suspense, clever ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: political conspiracy, state affairs, investigation, politics, conspiracy, reporter, lawyer, courtroom, corruption, conspiracy theory, political corruption, murder ...
Time: 90s, future, 20th century
Place: new orleans, washington d.c., new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Gone Girl (2014)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story: With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Style: psychological, suspense, surprise ending, clever, twist ending ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, boys' night ...
Plot: twists and turns, murder mystery, missing person, psychology, infidelity, manipulation, investigation, femme fatale, adultery, marriage, missing wife, psychopath ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 2000s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: peru, america, usa, new york, manhattan new york city ...
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48%
The Headless Woman (2008)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina, France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 87 min.
Story: After running into something with her car, Vero experiences a particular psychological state. She realizes she might have killed someone.
Style: tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, aesthetic ...
Plot: feminist, memory loss, car accident, uncover truth, women, twists and turns, hospital, recovery, danger, woman, woman peeing, gender ...
Time: 2000s
Place: argentina, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Savage (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story: It's summer, somewhere in the Dordogne, young people disappear. The wildest rumors circulate, we are talking about a feline prowling. Laura, seeks to elucidate the mystery and meets Paul, a strange writer who attracts him as much as he scares ...
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: camping, missing person, police, flashback, sex scene, murder, mysterious stranger, danger, suspicion, death, friendship, women ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 6.9
 5K
Stockholm (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The story of the encounter between a boy and a girl. He confesses that he fell in love with her at first sight, but she does not believe him. However, as they walk through the night in Madrid, they share their desires, secrets, and maybe a few ...
Style: psychological, talky, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: discussion, wooing, night, battle of the sexes, gain trust, youth, stalking, love and romance, vicious, disability, death, sexuality ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, madrid, europe, stockholm sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
The Guardian Angel (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Finland, Denmark, Croatia
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Criminal investigator Anders Olsen begins to solve a case in which a bank robber shoots two bank clerks and runs into the streets of Copenhagen with the money. When arrested, he claims to have committed the crime alone. Some eyewitnesses say the ...
Style: psychological, captivating, suspense, tense, psychological thriller
Plot: mind control, hypnotist, criminal, police, past, prisoner, society, danger, twists and turns, cop, investigation, yoga ...
Time: 1950s, year 1951, post world war two, year 1947
Place: denmark, copenhagen
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Peacock (2010)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A man with a split personality fools his small town into believing his two alter egos are man and wife, although a struggling young mother holds the key to his past and sparks a battle between the personalities.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, intense, thought provoking ...
Plot: mental illness, split personality, small town, guilt, mental disorder, single mother, double life, small town life, social relations, husband wife relationship, twists and turns, lgbt ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: usa, nebraska
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 7.1
 160K
State of Play (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Handsome, unflappable U.S. Congressman Stephen Collins is the future of his political party: an honorable appointee who serves as the chairman of a committee overseeing defense spending. All eyes are upon the rising star to be his party's ...
Style: clever, political thriller, political, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: conspiracy, political conspiracy, journalism, politics, corruption, journalist, investigation, reporter, murder, congress, politician, spy ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 7.5
 18K
The Beasts (2022)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Antoine and Olga, a French couple, have been living in a small village in Galicia for a long time. They practice eco-responsible agriculture and restore abandoned houses to facilitate repopulation. Everything should be idyllic but for their ...
Style: interesting
Plot: farmer, mother daughter conflict, rural setting, couples, isolated place, mother daughter relationship, poverty, horse, village, broken down car, murder, contaminated water ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
The Uninvited Guest (2004)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story: What if ... you let a stranger into your house to use your phone, but while you've been patiently waiting in the kitchen, he just disappears ... or does he? Félix, an architect who has just split up with his girl-friend and inhabits a huge ...
Style: psychological thriller, scary, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: intruder, hearing voices, ghost, european, surrealism, fear, house, conundrum, haunted, old dark house, unsettling, stranger ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 6.1
 83K
Broken City (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In a broken city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure, the mayor. Billy's relentless pursuit of justice, matched only by his streetwise ...
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, rough, political, intense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: investigation, conspiracy, private detective, infidelity, betrayal, politics, mayor, political corruption, twists and turns, corruption, ex law enforcer, blackmail ...
Time: year 2013, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 7.2
 14K
Black Box (2021)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Matthieu is a young and talented black box analyst on a mission to solve the reason behind the deadly crash of a brand new aircraft. Yet, when the case is closed by authorities, Matthieu cannot help but sense there is something wrong with the ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, captivating, crime thriller, suspense
Plot: airport, airplane, air disaster, investigation, mission, plane crash, crash, crime solving, uncover truth, problem, forensics, main character dies ...
Time: 2020s
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 5.8
 159
Chorabali (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Sumon is compelled to grow up in the city's underworld as mafia lord Osman Ali's killer machine. After killing a pregnant woman carrying Osman Ali's illegitimate child, Sumon's conscience leads him to defy Ali's order.
Style: tense, psychological, suspense, captivating, detective
Plot: murder investigation, murder mystery, overdose, blackmail, whodunit, partner, society, who done it, investigation, police investigation, partners against crime, police detective ...
Time: 21st century
Place: kolkata
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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