Movies and TV shows like The Informant 2020
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The Informant (2020)
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Original name: Herec
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 78 min.
TV show
Story:
The first half of the fifties, Czechoslovakia, Prague. Stanislav Láník is a talented actor. However, his position affects the staff profile. The father died in the resistance, the mother was killed after a neighbor was accused of allegedly collaborating with the Germans. All he had left was sister Agnes and grandmother. But he doesn't want to give up his dream of a big theater.
Style:
political thriller, psychological, tense, touching, unusual plot structure, contemplative, period piece, period drama
Plot:
closeted gay, closeted homosexual, communism, actor, double life, spy, politics, family relations, brother sister relationship, social climber, gay lead character, secret police, secret, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, aspiring actor, informant, co worker co worker relationship, coworker relationship, secret mission, ambitious man, social climbing, secret agent, lgbt, youth, friends ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
central europe, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, captivating, touching and tense films and TV series with plots about gay, lgbt, love, love and romance, gay interest, society and youth mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Informant: Volga (2023), Woke (2017), Shadow Lines (2019), The Sleepers (2019), Seven Lucky Gods (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Hungary
Duration: 43 min.
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Behind the Iron Curtain, Geri leaves for college, looks forward to meeting girls and partying and joins a group of radicals led by the charismatic Száva. But Geri has a secret. He’s an informant of the totalitarian state and to save his brother, ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, thrilling, political thriller
Plot:
iron curtain, communism, blackmail, secret police, male protagonist, mission, investigation, student, problem, special agent, secret agent, corruption ...
Time:
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Place:
budapest, hungary, central europe, europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
central europe, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 10 min.
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Story:
Describes everyday life in a Lyon LGBT centre, examining the initial political, emotional and sexual life of a man who recently came out as gay.
Style:
sexy, psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, touching ...
Plot:
gay, closeted homosexual, male homosexuality, homosexuality, gay relationship, gay muslim, gay club, gay slur, politics, transvestism, love and romance, love ...
Time:
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Place:
france
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
During the 1950s, Helsinki was the focal point of the Cold War, as global powers and their intelligence agencies coalesced in the small neutral country that stood between the East and the West. Shadow Lines is an international spy thriller that ...
Style:
political, captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, cold war, european history, secret agent, special agent, spy mission, secret mission, spy hero, wartime, secret, military ...
Time:
1950s, year 1956, 20th century, 50s
Place:
soviet union, helsinki finland, finland
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
In this spy thriller, Marie and her husband Victor return from exile to Czechoslovakia on the cusp of the Velvet Revolution — but when the couple gets in a car accident, Marie wakes up from a coma to find her husband mysteriously gone.
Style:
neo noir, psychological, disturbing, captivating, tense
Plot:
spy, propaganda, investigation, secret police, female nudity, female protagonist, covert operation, hitman, espionage, car, spy thriller, russophobia ...
Time:
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Place:
prague, europe, central europe, czechoslovakia
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Albania, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An illegal immigrant from Albania infiltrates the lives of a group of Londoners with devastating consequences.
Style:
contemplative, touching, psychological, unusual plot structure, sexy ...
Plot:
gay, gay hustler, gay interest, gay subtext, gay seduction, gay lead character, illegal immigrant, handicapped, love and romance, gay couple, gays and lesbians, love affair ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
79%
610
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
sexy, sincere, erotic, melancholic, sentimental ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay, lgbt, gay lead character, gay teenager, gay marriage, male male relationship, gay sex, love and romance, love, youth, love affair ...
Time:
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Place:
france
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, psychological thriller, psychological
Plot:
feminism, female nudity, brother sister relationship, university, female friendship, student, society, rivalry, mysterious character, danger, high school romance, high school life ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
scotland, edinburgh scotland, britain
Similarity:
66%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
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Story:
Kuntergrau is a german web series telling the story of five open-minded gay friends on the threshold of adulthood. We are invited in their daily life as they are experimenting the meaning of friendship, sex, love and boundaries in a small circle. ...
Style:
sexy, touching, sentimental, unusual plot structure, psychological ...
Plot:
gay relationship, gay lead character, lgbt, gay, friendship, gay couple, young lovers, love, love and romance, homosexual, gays and lesbians, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
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Story:
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Style:
sexy, melancholic, romantic, unusual plot structure, touching ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
montreal, canada
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
After a defector is murdered, British agent Fielding Scott is assigned to track down a mole in his own ranks in 1961 Berlin. His investigation leads him into a deadly web of crime, betrayal and paranoia. Who can Scott trust in the city of spies?
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
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Here we have a look into the life of a teenage girl along with her single father. The two share a close relationship. Rose is coming of age, coming out of the closet, and hoping to avoid having a spotlight put on her life. Her dad, Nathan, is ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, unusual plot structure, contemplative ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, lesbian, lesbian interest, lgbt, single father, high school, teenager, lesbian love, friendship, lgbtq, love and romance, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
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Story:
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Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, period piece
Plot:
franco regime (francoism), informant, love, ambition, double life, communist party, changing lives, relationships, society, male female relationship, nudity, urban setting ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
barcelona, spain
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Story:
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Style:
unusual plot structure, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe
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Country: France
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Story:
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Style:
suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, tense
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, unusual plot structure, melancholic, contemplative, psychological
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay lead character, lgbtq, family relations, secret, love and romance, accident, love, youth, gay son, gay interest, gay straight relations, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 42 min.
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Story:
A gripping coming-of-age story set against the real culture wars and political events of Germany in the 1980s. The drama follows Martin Rauch as the 24 year-old East Germany native is pulled from the world as he knows it and sent to the West as an ...
Style:
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Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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sentimental, romantic, tense, psychological, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay interest, gay lead character, love and romance, escapades, young lovers, society, gay couple, friendship, gays and lesbians, gay love ...
Time:
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Place:
europe
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45%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 18 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Chile, Spain, Mexico
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
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Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
mexico
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
captivating, touching, psychological, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
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Country: Australia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, contemplative, unusual plot structure, tense, touching ...
Plot:
gay, gay interest, gay couple, gay marriage, gay relationship, lgbt, lgbtq, childhood friend, marriage, homosexual, dishonesty, couples ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 45 min.
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tense, captivating, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Morten is well on his way to becoming Prime Minister, but when a secret from his past threatens to damage his reputation, he must go to great lengths to avert the disaster.
Style:
tense, political thriller, psychological, suspenseful, political ...
Plot:
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