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The Laundromat (2019)
 6.3
 55K
The Laundromat (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When her idyllic vacation takes an unthinkable turn, Ellen Martin begins investigating a fake insurance policy, only to find herself down a rabbit hole of questionable dealings that can be linked to a Panama City law firm and its vested interest in helping the world's wealthiest citizens amass larger fortunes.
Style: political thriller, tense, captivating, realistic, disturbing, semi serious, thought provoking, intellectual, political, clever ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: corruption, money, politics, insurance fraud, finance, law enforcement, cons and scams, investigation, wall street, police investigation, storytelling, justice, dialogue, dishonesty, human nature, dark humor, women, conspiracy, entrepreneurship, journalism, strength, historical event, reporter, mission, reflection ...
Time: 90s, year 2019, 21st century, contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, tense, clever and political films with plots about dishonesty, corruption, politics, money, conspiracy, murder and society mostly in Drama, Crime and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Laundromat: The Informant! (2009), Casino Jack (2010), The Report (2019), The Big Short (2015), The Big White (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Informant! (2009)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Mark Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company’s multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of ...
Style: clever, dark comedy, psychological, tense, suspense ...
Plot: investigation, whistleblower, fbi, psychology, legal, corruption, business, greed, mental illness, bipolar disorder, undercover, spy ...
Time: 20th century, year 2009, 2000s, 90s, year 1994
Place: usa, illinois, hawaii, tokyo
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Casino Jack (2010)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Based on a true story, a hot shot Washington DC lobbyist and his protégé go down hard as their schemes to peddle influence lead to corruption and murder.
Style: political, factual, satirical, visually appealing, stylized ...
Audience: adult
Plot: native american, politics, manipulation, gambling, conspiracy, profanity, cons and scams, corruption, ambition, lifestyle, dishonesty, investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c.
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100%
 7.2
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The Report (2019)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: The story of Daniel Jones, lead investigator for the US Senate’s sweeping study into the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program, which was found to be brutal, immoral and ineffective. With the truth at stake, Jones battled tirelessly to ...
Style: political, uplifting, ambiguous ending, psychological, enigmatic ...
Plot: investigation, cia, politics, torture, corruption, spy, u.s. government, war crime, government corruption, truth, justice, humiliation ...
Time: year 2019
Place: washington d.c., san francisco
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100%
 7.8
 480K
The Big Short (2015)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.
Style: intellectual, realistic, tense, intelligent, inspirational ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, chick flick, family friendly, teen drama ...
Plot: finance, wall street, business, economics, stock market, money, financial crisis, greed, economic crisis, fraud, loan, analysis ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, year 2007, year 2015, future ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, las vegas
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67%
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 6.3
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The Big White (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, Canada, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: To remedy his financial problems, a travel agent has his eye on a frozen corpse, which just happens to be sought after by two hitmen.
Style: dark comedy, humorous, clever, realistic, black comedy ...
Plot: kidnapping, murder, dark humor, disorder, down on your luck, comedy of errors, insurance fraud, life insurance, frozen body, winter, snow, insurance agent ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: alaska, usa
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100%
The Laramie Project (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: "The Laramie Project" is set in and around Laramie, Wyoming, in the aftermath of the murder of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard. To create the stage version of "The Laramie Project," the eight-member New York-based Tectonic Theatre ...
Style: thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, bleak, sincere ...
Plot: murder, gay, politics, gay bashing, sexuality, violence, gay slur, sin, hypocrisy, interview, gay interest, lgbt ...
Time: year 1998, 90s, 21st century
Place: usa, wyoming
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100%
 7.1
 88K
Wag the Dog (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.
Style: black comedy, political, talky, dark comedy, realistic ...
Plot: politics, conspiracy, political corruption, journalism, cia, election, satire, government, political conspiracy, president, secret service, senator ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: washington d.c., albania, persia, usa
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100%
 6.2
 5K
Thin Ice (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the home of a reclusive farmer.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Plot: unlikely criminals, comedy of errors, crime gone awry, manipulation, dark humor, disorder, dishonesty, cons and scams, snow, winter, small town, caper ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When Police Chief Jesse Stone's relationship with his ex-wife worsens, he fears he will relapse into alcoholism. To get his mind off his problems, Jesse begins working on the unsolved murder of a bank teller shot during a robbery. Meanwhile, ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot: jesse stone, investigation, police investigation, uncover truth, murder, life is a bitch, law enforcement, heist, cop, animal actor, animal, drug ...
Time: year 1992, year 1994, 90s, 21st century
Place: usa, new england, nova scotia, massachusetts
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100%
 6.4
 11K
Criminal (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Needing a new partner capable of intricate cons, Richard Gaddis, recruits Rodrigo, a crook with a perfect poker face. The two plan a big-time scam: selling a fake Silver Certificate to currency collector William Hannigan. Rodrigo distrusts his new ...
Style: suspenseful, tricky, psychological, talky, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: con artists, twists and turns, forgery, manipulation, heist, plot twist, justice, con men, caper, crime gone awry, partner, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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100%
Hunting Elephants (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In this hilarious crime comedy, a gifted 12-year-old boy and three elderly men plan a bank robbery in order to seek revenge on the institution for cheating the youngster after the death of his father.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, biting
Plot: unlikely criminals, partner, disorder, friends, elderly, cons and scams, friendship, retirement home, youth, dishonesty, one last job, grandfather grandson relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, jerusalem
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100%
 8.0
 169K
JFK (1991)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 189 min.
Story: New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
Style: controversial, suspense, political, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: investigation, president, kennedy assassination, political conspiracy, conspiracy theory, assassination, cia, legal, politics, courtroom, lawyer, corruption ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1991, 90s, year 1963
Place: new orleans, washington d.c., austin texas, midwest, chile ...
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The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story: A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Style: clever, captivating, motivational, cynical, dramatic ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: money, corruption, business, wall street, rise and fall, greed, stock market, addiction, success, stock broker, wealth, rags to riches ...
Time: 80s, year 2013, 90s, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place: new york, usa, america, geneva switzerland, italy ...
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27%
 7.1
 19K
Brubaker (1980)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
Style: realistic, factual, suspense, harsh, serious ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: prison, corruption, prison warden, prison escape, abuse of power, undercover, brutality, fighting the system, abuse, justice, liberal, murder ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 60s
Place: louisiana, arkansas, southern usa
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22%
 8.1
 499K
Spotlight (2015)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys. Led by editor Walter "Robby" Robinson, reporters ...
Style: factual, suspense, psychological, tense, talky ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: journalism, investigation, lawyer, investigative journalism, conspiracy, sexual abuse, newspaper, journalist, catholic church, pedophilia, catholicism, child abuse ...
Time: year 2001, year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, 70s ...
Place: boston, massachusetts, new england, nova scotia, florida
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22%
 5.2
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Crypto (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young agent is tasked with investigating a tangled web of corruption and fraud in New York.
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, captivating
Audience: adult
Plot: wall street, banking, hacker, finance, mafia, fraud, criminal underworld, corruption, economics, hostage situation, computer, cryptocurrency ...
Place: new york
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22%
Money for Nothing (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he decides to do the logical thing: take the money and run. After all, he says, finders keepers. He turns to his ex-girlfriend Monica, who works in an ...
Style: light, intense, realistic, humorous, captivating ...
Plot: money, stolen money, chase, runaway, corruption, disorder, friends, nothing goes right, dishonesty, heist, gangster, police ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: philadelphia
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22%
 3.6
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Sucker Punch (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Mike Sullivan spends his nights kidnapping runaways so his boss, Lamar, can turn them into prostitutes. He is a crack addict and a thief and he is in love with a resentful prostitute, Rhonda, who doesn't love him back. Although he has ...
Style: captivating, semi serious, tense, psychological, crime drama ...
Plot: gangster, redemption, drug dealing, addiction, social decay, corruption, prostitution, vengeance, going straight, gang, dishonesty, rivalry ...
Time: 2000s
Place: paris france, france, europe, new york
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21%
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All the President's Men (1976)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National headquarters. He is surprised to find top lawyers already on the defense case, and the discovery of ...
Style: political thriller, political, cerebral, realistic, serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: journalism, newspaper, investigation, politics, political conspiracy, conspiracy, political corruption, journalist, president, american politics, white house, political intrigue ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1976, year 1972, year 1973
Place: washington d.c., usa, miami, florida
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21%
The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A Florida con man uses the passing of the long time Congressman from his district who he just happens to share a name with, to get elected to his version of paradise, Congress, where the money flows from lobbyists. But soon he learns the nature of ...
Style: political, realistic, humorous, clever, parody ...
Audience: adult
Plot: politics, greed, political corruption, cancer, redemption, lobbyist, rise to the top, human spirit, dishonesty, bribery, head of state, fighting the system ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
Place: washington d.c., usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Brink's Job (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: After a long time of bad luck, the little criminal Tony and his gang successfully rob one of Brink's security transport, taking $30,000. Surprisingly their coup doesn't make the press. Curious Tony checks out their headquarters and finds ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, master criminal, crime gone awry, dishonesty, gang, cons and scams, rivalry, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes, law enforcement, unlikely criminals, buddies ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1978, 50s, year 1950 ...
Place: boston, usa, new england, massachusetts
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20%
Kill the Messenger (2014)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist ...
Style: political, suspenseful, clever, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: journalism, reporter, journalist, u.s. government, secrets, investigative journalism, conspiracy, drug smuggling, media manipulation, cia, politics, investigation ...
Time: 80s, year 2014, 70s, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: california, los angeles, nicaragua, latin america, usa ...
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20%
Too Big to Fail (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Based on the bestselling book by Andrew Ross Sorkin, 'Too Big to Fail' offers an intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few ...
Style: factual, tense, political, suspenseful, sincere ...
Plot: financial crisis, wall street, finance, politics, greed, economic crisis, economics, business, stock broker, stock market, bankruptcy, moral dilemma ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., new york, usa
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20%
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Hornet's Nest (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Set in Charlotte, N.C., the story opens with everyone desperate to solve the latest crisis: a serial killer is specializing in out-of-town businessmen. Hammer and West make the murder investigation their top priority. But West is less than pleased ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, tense, suspenseful
Plot: police investigation, partners against crime, partner, journalism, law enforcement, serial killer, uncover truth, reporter, danger, urban, homicide, strip club ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, north carolina
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20%
 7.2
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Vice (2018)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House ...
Style: political, serious, realistic, captivating, cynical ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: politics, u.s. president, usa politics, u.s. vice president, u.s. government, american politics, iraq war, war on terror, politician, heart attack, vice president, political campaign ...
Time: september 11 2001, 2010s, year 1963, 80s, 70s ...
Place: washington d.c., wyoming, cambodia, usa, pentagon ...
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19%
The Matsugane Potshot Affair (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story: When a gold ingot and a severed human head are discovered in a small provincial town, the rush to solve the curious case wavers between tragic and darkly humorous.
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, offbeat, realistic
Plot: nothing goes right, police investigation, police detective, law enforcement, silly humor, gangster, disorder, social relations, small town, dark humor, satire, nudity ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: japan, asia
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19%
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Sarkar Raj (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story: The politically influential Shankar Nagre agrees to back a power plant scheme presented by corporate hotshot Anita Rajan; providing their enemies, which include upcoming political firebrands, an embezzling facilitator and shady businessmen with a ...
Style: captivating, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: politics, hitman, assassination, conspiracy, gangster, cons and scams, proposal, dishonesty, gang, parents and children, family problems, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, mumbai india, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
More Dogs Than Bones (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A series of mishaps and misfortunes over $1 million in cash leads to murder, mayhem and greed.
Style: semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, rough, dark comedy ...
Plot: law enforcement, criminal heroes, gangster, murder, greed, airport, uncle nephew relationship, magic, dog, graffiti, aviation, taxi driver ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 7.3
 164K
Wall Street (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider whom takes the youth under his wing.
Style: realistic, intense, political, suspense, talky ...
Audience: manly
Plot: wall street, stock broker, stock market, stock exchange, capitalism, businessman, yuppie, entrepreneur, business, greed, success, workplace ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
The Bill Collector (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Uncle Frankie (Danny Trejo) is not the kind of guy you want to meet in a dark alley. Especially when you owe him money and have been giving him the slip for a few years. Such is the fate of Lorenzo Adams (Gary Moore), a top bill collector at Lump ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, tense, independent film ...
Plot: cons and scams, workplace situations, twists and turns, race against time, workplace, dishonesty, debt collector, loan shark, office, fired from the job, disorder, friends ...
Time: 21st century
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19%
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