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Exile (2011)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Exile is a British psychological thriller television series dealing with the topic of Alzheimer's disease against a background of corruption. It stars John Simm and Jim Broadbent and was broadcast on BBC One. The series received varyingly positive reviews.
John Simm received a BAFTA nomination for his role as Tom Ronstadt, as did the director John Alexander.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, realistic, captivating, dark, sincere, gloomy, psychological thriller
Plot:
parents and children, mental illness, homecoming, family relations, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, life turned upside down, investigation, murder mystery, mental health, corruption, alzheimer's disease, father son relationship, family history, dementia, family secret
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
england
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, crime drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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38%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min.
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A mother suspects that her son could be the killer of a recently found dead girl, and becomes caught in a torturous dilemma of whether to denounce him, or protect him and hide the act.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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34%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england
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29%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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29%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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A Brighton crime boss turned entrepreneur and the disintegration of a criminal mind. (From IMDB)
Style:
rough, serious, tense, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
dishonor among criminals, haunted by the past, organized crime, gangster, gang war, memory loss, mental illness, rivalry, family relations, criminal heroes, elderly, life is a bitch ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
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Style:
bleak, atmospheric, serious, costume drama, grindhouse ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england
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28%
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Country: Brazil
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
tense, serious, realistic, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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27%
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Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Time:
21st century
Place:
england, indiana
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27%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
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Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, captivating, rough ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, conspiracy, murder, police investigation, lawsuit, courtroom, legal system, police detective, vicious, police brutality, haunted by the past, injustice ...
Time:
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Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 57 min.
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Place:
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Duration: 60 min.
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Plot:
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Duration: 79 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 180 min.
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tense, psychological, atmospheric, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Place:
england, europe
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Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Peru
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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tense, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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serious, realistic, psychological, tense, captivating ...
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 45 min.
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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Style:
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Audience:
family friendly
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 52 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 50 min.
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TJFF presents the pilot episode of the award-winning Israeli series that inspired the American hit, Homeland. Set in 2008, this first episode focuses on two Israeli soldiers being released after 17 years of captivity in Lebanon. It powerfully ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, realistic, tense, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min.
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Place:
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