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Messiah (2020)
49K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
A wary CIA officer investigates a charismatic man who sparks a spiritual movement and stirs political unrest. Who exactly is he? And what does he want?
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, spiritual, controversial, mysterious, political thriller, dramatic, interesting ...
Plot:
religion, cia, messiah, jesus christ, jesus, prophet, cia agent, faith, police, politics, investigation, society, media, disorder, religious, obsession, danger, spy, sect, lucifer, occult, widow, reverend, isis, palestinian-israeli conflict ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
middle east, israel, texas, jerusalem
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, psychological and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about investigation, danger, religion, conspiracy, police, society and spy mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Messiah: The Body (2001), Condor (2018), The Path (2016), Equinox (2020), The Life of Jesus Christ (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
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An ancient skeleton has been discovered in Jerusalem in a rich man's tomb. Colouration of the wrist and leg bones indicates the cause of death was crucifiction. other signs, include a gold coin bearing the marks of Pontius Pilate and faint ...
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Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
politics, christianity, faith, religion, kidnapping, christian, self discovery, religions or cults, obsessive quest, clergy, danger, state affairs ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, suspense, psychological, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Story:
Jesus Christ goes from being born in a manger to the proclaimed King of the Jews. Walk where He walked, see what He did, and stand where He died. What made Him more than just a man in the eyes of some, but an impostor to others.
Style:
biblical, spiritual, psychological, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
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Place:
jerusalem, palestine
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
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At a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation, nine stressed city dwellers try to get on a path to a better way of living. Watching over them during this 10-day retreat is the resort's director, Masha, a ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Time:
2020s, 21st century
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34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Bjørn investigates the killing of his daughter. People around him believe she might have committed suicide, but he doesn't accept that. Both the stakes and the suspense rise relentlessly as Bjørn inches closer to the truth.
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, tense, crime thriller ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 50 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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33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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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:
suspense, tense, disturbing, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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33%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 56 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
intelligence agency, cia, politics, satellite, agent, television, danger, rivalry, intelligence, covert operation, heist, conspiracy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, adelaide south australia, south australia
Similarity:
50%
5K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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33%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Style:
suspense, emotional, suspenseful, tension, twisted ...
Plot:
police, investigation, missing child, twists and turns, husband wife relationship, secret, kidnapping, female protagonist, secrets, deception, grief, police procedural ...
Place:
los angeles
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33%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
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Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
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san francisco
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32%
737
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Duration: 60 min.
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Duration: 261 min.
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Style:
psychological, sincere, tense, suspense, disturbing
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 90 min.
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Coronet Blue is an American TV series that ran on CBS from May 29, 1967, to September 4, 1967.
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Time:
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Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, psychological, enigmatic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Germany, France
Duration: 192 min.
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Story:
Convinced of her daughter's innocence in a homicide, a devoted mother soon uncovers unsettling truths as the line between victim and perpetrator blurs.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, disturbing
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 44 min.
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Style:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 46 min.
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Story:
Five ordinary Brits are accused of kidnapping the son of a prominent U.S. media mogul. They embark on a desperate race against time to prove their innocence, but will anyone believe them—and are they telling the truth?
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, thrilling ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Anthology series centering on the personal and political scandals of Britain’s elite.
Style:
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Time:
2020s
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