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The Cost of Deception (2021)
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Original name: Elk*rtuk
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Hungary
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When a young, ambitious market researcher finds out her boss is involved in the leaking of a scandalous Prime Minister speech, she decides to investigate the case to gain a position among the big-shots. Based on actual events.
Style:
political, serious, captivating, suspense, realistic, period piece, crying, non fiction, action thriller, political thriller ...
Plot:
radicalism, political conspiracy, vandalism, political leader, street fight, police violence, henchman, democracy, obscenity, political scandal, house, smoking, morality, true crime, police, propaganda, scandal, female politician, liberalism, male female relationship, police brutality, car chase, blood, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, investigation ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
hungary, budapest, central europe, europe, budapest hungary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, suspense, realistic and serious films with plots about investigation, police, politics, law enforcement, danger, murder and political conspiracy mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like The Cost of Deception: In Dubious Battle (2016), The Exam (2011), The Whiskey Bandit (2017), Den of Lions (2003), The Pentagon Papers (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Hungary
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Welcome to Hungary, Christmas 1957. The state, shaken and insecure by the defeated revolution of 1956 and prodded by a renewed Stalinist atmosphere, has decreed that all security personnel must take an exam to challenge and verify their loyalty. But ...
Style:
captivating, serious, disturbing, suspense, visual ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
budapest, hungary, europe
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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hungary
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
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Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
hungary, europe, budapest
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
This compelling political drama is based on the true story of high-ranking Pentagon official Daniel Ellsberg, who, during the Nixon era, strove to preserve American democracy by leaking top-secret documents to the New York Times and Washington Post. ...
Style:
disturbing, sincere, serious, realistic, captivating ...
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Place:
new york, asia, usa, vietnam
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Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
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Style:
political thriller, political, cerebral, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
journalism, newspaper, political conspiracy, politics, conspiracy, political corruption, investigation, american politics, white house, investigative journalism, whistleblower, president ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973, year 1972, year 1976
Place:
washington d.c., usa, north america, miami, florida
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
china, beijing china
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63%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, bleak, dramatic, harsh, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The five days when Copenhagen was held in a panic grip by an intelligent activist and former elite shooter, who takes to arms when a woman journalist writes about the government’s broken promises in an environmental question.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, copenhagen, greenland
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Follows a police officer who must retrieve an eyewitness and escort her after a cartel shooting leaves several DEA agents dead, but then he must decide who to trust when they discover that the attack was executed by American forces.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
mexico
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51%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa, miami
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hungary
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
hungary
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Style:
neo noir, noir, psychological, suspenseful, realistic ...
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Time:
21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: India
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
47%
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Country: India
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, political
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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39%
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Country: Brazil, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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36%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
political thriller, political, neo noir, independent film, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
36%
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Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, suspense, captivating, tense, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, captivating, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA, France
Duration: 189 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, political thriller, controversial, political, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, tense, crime thriller, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 187 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, emotional, political ...
Plot:
political activism, politics, election, attempted murder, love and romance, ambition, rise to the top, fall in love, righting the wronged, dishonesty, society, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
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505
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, political, sincere ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 137 min.
Story:
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Time:
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