Movies and TV shows like The Looming Tower

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The Looming Tower (2018)
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The Looming Tower (2018)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 492 min.
TV show
Story: Tracing the rising threat of Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda, it takes a controversial look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI inadvertently might have set the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the war in Iraq.
Style: rough, suspense, political, disturbing, tense, thought provoking, interesting
Plot: cia, terrorism, counter terrorism, fbi, terrorist, cia agent, spy, war on terror, war, espionage, brutality, fbi agent, real life, danger, showdown, terrorist plot, special agent, rivalry, world war two, police officer, military, police, religion, islam, 9/11 ...
Time: september 11 2001, 90s, 2000s, year 1998, year 2001, 1990s
Place: usa, syria
Keyword: attack

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, captivating, suspense and realistic films and TV series with plots about terrorism, terrorist, spy, espionage, danger, politics and military mostly in Drama, History and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Looming Tower: The Path to 9/11 (2006), Shooter (2016), Condor (2018), Yosi, The Regretful Spy (2022), Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Path to 9/11 (2006)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story: The Path to 9/11 was a two-part miniseries that aired in the United States on ABC television from September 10 – 11, 2006, and also in other countries. The film dramatizes the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York City and the events leading ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, atmospheric, bleak
Plot: terrorism, white house, hijacking, politics, danger, government agency, state affairs, dishonesty, head of state, 9/11, vice president, u.s. vice president ...
Time: september 11 2001, 90s, 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c., new york, manhattan new york city
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Shooter (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Bob Lee Swagger is an expert marksman living in exile who is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Based on the best-selling Bob Lee Swagger novel by Stephen Hunter, Point of Impact, and the 2007 Paramount film ...
Style: captivating, suspense, exciting, tense, political ...
Plot: sniper, military, shooter, conspiracy, assassination, soldier, police, betrayal, fbi, veteran, wanted, mental health ...
Place: afghanistan, usa, ukraine, hawaii
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Condor (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Young CIA analyst Joe Turner has his idealism tested when he learns that the CIA has been using an algorithm he developed to spy on American citizens, leading the organization to a terrorist plot that threatens the lives of millions. Inspired by ...
Style: tense, exciting, captivating, erotic, action adventure ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: cia, government conspiracy, murder, investigation, spy, twists and turns, analyst, computer hacker, danger, dialogue, fight scenes, espionage ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, washington d.c.
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Yosi, The Regretful Spy (2022)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 367 min.
TV show
Story: An Argentinean intelligence agent infiltrates the Jewish community to gather information that is then allegedly used to perpetrate two of the worst terrorist attacks in Latin American history, leaving over 100 dead.
Style: disturbing, captivating, suspense, tense, realistic ...
Plot: reconnaissance, terrorist, terrorism, undercover agent, spy, male protagonist, special agent, secret agent, spy mission, fighting crime, terrorist bombing, prospector ...
Place: israel, egypt, argentina, paraguay, patagonia
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Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When CIA analyst Jack Ryan stumbles upon a suspicious series of bank transfers his search for answers pulls him from the safety of his desk job and catapults him into a deadly game of cat and mouse throughout Europe and the Middle East, with a ...
Style: serious, suspense, captivating, exciting, action adventure ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cia, espionage, investigation, terrorism, spy, agent, terrorist, conspiracy, twists and turns, cia agent, danger, shooting ...
Time: future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, langley virginia, washington d.c.
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75%
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The Agency (2001)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Agency is a CBS television drama that followed the inner-workings of the CIA. The series was created by Michael Frost Beckner and was executive produced by Michael Frost Beckner, Shaun Cassidy Productions and Radiant Productions in association ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, rough, cerebral, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: espionage, terrorism, cia, undercover, working undercover, state affairs, government agency, national security, conspiracy, intelligence, secret agent, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Ghosts of Beirut (2023)
Genre: History, Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Told from the American, Israeli and Lebanese perspectives, discover one of the greatest espionage stories of modern times: the manhunt for Imad Mughniyeh, the elusive Lebanese terrorist who outwitted his adversaries in the CIA and Mossad for over ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, harsh, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: manhunt, pursuit, cia, hunted, islamic terrorism, jihad, assassination, state terrorism, espionage, iraq war, mossad, terrorist ...
Place: lebanon, israel
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100%
When They See Us (2019)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 296 min.
TV show
Story: Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park.
Style: suspense, captivating, detective, political, educational ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: investigation, legal, social injustice, black, criminal justice, black lives matter, black cast, racial injustice, black history, lgbtq, suspect, false accusation ...
Time: 80s, year 1989, 90s, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place: new york
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100%
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Waco (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 292 min.
TV show
Story: The FBI and ATF seize religious leader, David Koresh's Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas in the spring of 1993. A six-part television series covering a deadly standoff between the federal government and the Branch Davidians spiritual ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, anime ...
Plot: true crime, siege, raid, fbi, cult leader, fbi agent, gunfight, criminal psychology, criminal justice, badass, religion, anti hero ...
Time: year 1993, 90s, 20th century
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Sleeper Cell (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A chilling and unflinching look at all sides of a complicated issue, focusing on an African-American Muslim who joins an Islamic sleeper terrorist cell in the United States while working undercover for the FBI.
Style: tense, rough, suspenseful, captivating, erotic ...
Plot: terrorist, undercover agent, spy, undercover, fbi, heroes, race against time, danger, special agent, terrorist plot, pretense, chases and races ...
Place: los angeles, usa, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 157 min.
Story: A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, political, realistic, harsh ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot: terrorism, cia, espionage, military, 9/11, special forces, manhunt, al qaeda, islamic terrorism, propaganda, terrorist plot, investigation ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, september 11 2001, 2000s, year 2011 ...
Place: middle east, pakistan, iraq, baghdad iraq, afghanistan ...
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100%
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United 93 (2006)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A real time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
Style: realistic, emotional, controversial, tense, political ...
Plot: terrorism, 9/11, airplane, hijacking, war on terror, terrorist, al qaeda, islamic terrorism, air disaster, aviation, survival, tragic event ...
Time: september 11 2001, year 2006, 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place: new york, middle east, virginia, cleveland ohio, manhattan new york city ...
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100%
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The Spy (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, USA
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story: In the 1960s, Israeli clerk-turned-secret agent Eli Cohen goes deep undercover inside Syria on a perilous, years-long mission to spy for Mossad.
Style: factual, serious, realistic, historical drama, exciting ...
Plot: espionage, mossad, spy, israeli palestinian conflict, secret mission, politics, arab, national security, arab israeli conflict, secrets, history lesson, real life ...
Time: 2010s, 60s
Place: middle east, syria, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis (2003)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: This is the story of the days directly after 9/11, and the president's whereabouts. Scheduled to air shortly before the second anniversary of the September 11 attacks, DC 9/11 takes an inside look at the Bush Administration, beginning with the ...
Style: bleak, serious, thought provoking, captivating, sincere ...
Plot: terrorism, head of state, life is a bitch, political conspiracy, danger, government agency, dishonesty, state affairs, leadership, politics, hijacking, 9/11 ...
Time: september 11 2001, year 2001, 2000s
Place: usa, new york, washington d.c., manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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SIX (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Action drama series inspired by the real missions of Navy SEAL Team Six.
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, veteran, twists and turns, navy, danger, violence, heroes, friendship, brutality, multiple storylines, betrayal, blood ...
Place: afghanistan, usa, iraq
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100%
The Long Road Home (2017)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Relive a heroic fight for survival during the Iraq War, when the 1st Cavalry Division from Fort Hood was ferociously ambushed on April 4, 2004, in Sadr City, Baghdad — a day that came to be known in military annals as “Black Sunday.”
Style: rough, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: iraq war, military, war, soldier, wartime life, army, danger, courage, battles, killed in action, death, friendship ...
Place: afghanistan, iraq
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100%
The Enemy Within (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Erica Shepherd is a brilliant former CIA operative, now known as the most notorious traitor in American history serving life in a Supermax prison. Against every fiber of his being but with nowhere else to turn, FBI Agent Will Keaton enlists Shepherd ...
Style: tense, exciting, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: spy, cia, fbi, cia agent, female agent, terrorist, fighting crime, partner, die hard, secret mission, partners against crime, unlikely hero ...
Time: 21st century
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The Comey Rule (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 210 min.
TV show
Story: An immersive, behind-the-headlines account of the historically turbulent events surrounding the 2016 presidential election and its aftermath, which divided a nation. This two-part biopic tells the story of two powerful figures, Comey and Trump, ...
Style: political, disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating ...
Plot: president, political intrigue, politician, political unrest, influence, politics, investigation, corrupt politician, donald trump, special agent, u.s. president, conflict ...
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Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing. (1997)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The incredible story of the events leading up to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York and the capture of the terrorists.
Style: contemplative, thought provoking, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot: terrorism, world trade center manhattan new york city, disaster, politics, undercover, witnessing a crime, state affairs, leadership, chases and races, law enforcement, incompetent official, failed attempt ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Show Me a Hero (2015)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 358 min.
TV show
Story: Mayor Nick Wasicsko took office in 1987 during Yonkers' worst crisis when federal courts ordered public housing built in the white, middle class side of town, dividing the city in a bitter battle fueled by fear, racism, murder and politics.
Style: serious, tense, captivating, rough, political ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: politics, racism, state affairs, society, life is a bitch, hunting, urbanization, corporation, white house, true crime, pop culture, secrets ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 2010s, 90s
Place: usa, new york, dominican republic, new york state
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40%
The Siege at Ruby Ridge (1996)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 192 min.
Story: A mini-series dramatization of the controversial 1992 attack by federal agents on the Idaho home of Randy Weaver, a white seperatist. The ten-day siege, begun over a minor gun charge, resulted in the deaths of Weaver's son, wife and dog, and a ...
Style: realistic, serious, thought provoking, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, social change, fbi, conspiracy, true crime, siege, white supremacist, shootout, extremist, police, religion, crime gone awry ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, idaho
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Malta, Morocco
Duration: 144 min.
Story: An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.
Style: intense, suspenseful, realistic, tense, factual ...
Audience: manly
Plot: cia, war, terrorism, rescue mission, mercenary, swat team, military, navy seal, courage, gunfight, commando, combat ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, year 2016, year 2011, 21st century
Place: libya, middle east, africa, pentagon, langley virginia ...
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38%
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La unidad (2020)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
TV show
Story: A secret unit of cops is assembled to stop a terrorist band from attacking Spain after their leader is arrested there.
Style: political, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: terrorist, police, terrorism, danger, retribution, murder, government, police operation, international crisis, revenge, investigation, team ...
Time: 21st century
Place: madrid
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Tokyo Trial (2016)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada, Japan, Netherlands
Duration: 200 min.
TV show
Story: In the wake of World War II, 11 Allied judges are tasked with weighing the fates of Japanese war criminals in a tense international trial.
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating, political, historical drama ...
Plot: world war two, war, politics, political unrest, soldier, historical figure, society, historical event, world politics, justice, legal, conspiracy ...
Time: post world war two, 1940s, 20th century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The First Circle (2006)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 440 min.
TV show
Story: A ten-episode television series based on the novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Set in a relatively comfortable Stalin-era prison in the town of Marfino where a community of prisoners with highly technical skills do research for the state.
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot: prison, prospector, jail, scientific experiment, spy, soviet spy, experiment, secret, multiple storylines, totalitarian regime, communism, josef stalin ...
Place: ussr, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Invisible Line (2020)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The birth of the Basque terrorist gang ETA and its first attack, of which José Antonio Pardines, a Guardia Civil traffic officer, was the victim.
Style: political thriller, suspense, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: terrorism, ideology, violence, political propaganda, murder, family problems, repression, siblings, assassination, secret organization, franco regime (francoism), spanish history ...
Time: 60s, 1950s, 20th century
Place: basque country, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The true story of Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets had some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.
Style: political, realistic, clever, factual, humorous ...
Audience: adult
Plot: cia, cold war, womanizer, politics, politician, congress, congressman, spy, propaganda, arms dealer, conspiracy, friendship ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 2000s, year 2007, year 1980 ...
Place: afghanistan, washington d.c., texas, pakistan, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Mauritanian (2021)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A detainee at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center is held without charges for over a decade and seeks help from a defense attorney for his release.
Style: thought provoking, suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: lawyer, courtroom, islamic terrorism, al qaeda, prisoner, american politics, brutality, prison, torture, american imperialism, war on terror, imprisonment ...
Time: year 2002, year 2003, year 2001, year 2005, year 1990 ...
Place: north africa, jordan, hamburg germany, germany, baltimore ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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22 July (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark, Finland
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: The story about the people working on July 22 2011, when a terror attack happened in Norway.
Style: suspenseful, bad ending, thought provoking, suspense
Plot: journalist, teacher, police, counter terrorism, terrorism, terrorist attack, politics, terrorist group, police corruption, islam, terrorist, nordic ...
Time: year 2011
Place: oslo norway
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
TURN: Washington's Spies (2014)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The story of New York farmer, Abe Woodhull, who bands together with a group of childhood friends to form The Culper Ring, an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in America’s fight for independence.
Style: period piece, serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, american revolution, american history, colonial america, espionage, political unrest, treason, rebellion, rivalry, ambition, undercover, rebelliousness ...
Time: 18th century, 1780s, 1770s
Place: usa, new jersey, america, new york, connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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