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Good Morning President (2009)
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Original name: 굿모닝 프레지던트
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Good Morning President is an abridged version of the politics and life of three different presidents. The three are: the older President Kim Jung-ho at the end of his term, the young President Cha Ji-wook, a skillful manipulator of foreign policy and with great determination, and a female President Han Kyuong-ja. They are distressed over the choices they have to make between politics and ethics. The affliction of Kim Jung-ho who wins the lottery, the agony of Cha Ji-wook who donates an organ, and the troubles of Han Kyuong-ja who faces the crisis of divorce.
Style:
captivating, realistic, witty, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
politics, rise to the top, ambition, family relations, love and romance, rivalry, political conspiracy, redemption, campaign, political corruption, state affairs, workplace, dishonesty, moral dilemma, ethics, lottery, couples, media, retirement home, elderly, workplace intrigue, single parent, head of state, family in crisis, assassination ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
england
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, captivating, serious and semi serious films with plots about society, dishonesty, state affairs, politics, ambition, couples and love and romance mostly in Drama, Comedy and Action genres. Some movies like Good Morning President: Knife Fight (2012), Smoking Room (2002), Coalition (2015), Power (1986), Power and Beauty (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
san francisco, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The Spanish branch of an American company is obliged to enforce the ban on smoking in their offices. From now on, those who want to smoke during working hours must do so in the street. Ramirez, one of the employees of this small office composed ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio senator Sam Hastings decides to quit politics, he is rapidly drafted to help with the campaign of the ...
Style:
clever, serious, realistic, cynical, political ...
Plot:
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Time:
80s
Place:
usa, seattle, new york, washington d.c.
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A woman claims she had an affair with John F. Kennedy.
Style:
realistic, touching, captivating, serious
Plot:
love triangle, politics, love affair, dishonesty, head of state, couples, infidelity, rivalry, state affairs, couple relations, love and romance, fall in love ...
Time:
50s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A governor running for President gets revealed to be a serial philanderer.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
usa, michigan, washington d.c.
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59%
479
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
cynical, serious, clever, thought provoking, mockumentary ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
denmark
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53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, sentimental, psychological, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
family drama, couples, parents and children, family relations, single parent, family problems, male female relationship, mother daughter relationship, love and romance, mother and daughter, relationship problems, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When real estate mogul Gavin Ransom announces his plan to cover California's northern coast with scores of mini-mansions, his environmentalist sister, Olive, launches a protest to stop him. But there's trouble ahead when Gavin begins ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, witty, realistic
Plot:
social differences, infidelity, boss and employee, workplace romance, rivalry, introspection, culture clash, love triangle, save the day, obsessive quest, couples, siblings relations ...
Place:
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Similarity:
51%
510
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, touching, emotional, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, black comedy ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, cynical, political, rough ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Guns & Talks is a South Korean film released in 2001. Directed by Jang Jin, it is a comedy about two brothers and their two friends. These four form a group of assassins, who have attracted the attention of a couple of pesky detectives, ...
Style:
witty, suspenseful, humorous, cynical, black comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, forbidden love, friendship, buddies, wooing, rivalry, gangster, dishonesty, professional killer, asian, kung fu, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, asia
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 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:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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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:
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Country: France, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
action thriller, independent film, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Greece, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, captivating, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
friendship, rise to the top, ambition, idealism, dishonesty, society, obsession, rivalry, family relations, love, ecological disaster, ethical dilemma ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In pre-Soviet Russia, Boris Savinkov leads a terrorist faction of Socialist-Revolutionary Party members responsible for the deaths of governors and ministers.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, contemplative, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, atmospheric, touching, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
campaign, politics, ambition, rise to the top, state affairs, political corruption, friendship, dishonesty, betrayal, society, british history, british politics ...
Time:
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Place:
england, britain
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, sentimental, captivating, emotional, psychological ...
Plot:
couple relations, family problems, self discovery, redemption, couples, hopes, moral dilemma, family relations, love, love triangle, society, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing an old friend and fudging principles to make the necessary deals, as well as further straining his already part-time family life. ...
Style:
realistic, serious, clever, suspenseful, political ...
Plot:
politics, political corruption, infidelity, betrayal, state affairs, dishonesty, relationship vs career, moral dilemma, couple relations, workplace, legal, workplace situations ...
Time:
70s, year 1979
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Russian political elite hires American consultants to help with President Yeltsin's re-election campaign when his approval rating is down to single digits.
Style:
clever, realistic, political, talky, humorous ...
Plot:
politics, campaign, head of state, businessman, rise to the top, leadership, idealism, political unrest, political conspiracy, culture clash, rebellion, society ...
Time:
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Place:
russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
36%
104
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Film examines the matters of labor and love. After losing her job, a single professional woman moves into her friend's flat -- where she develops an attraction to her friend's husband. Meanwhile, the friend finds herself falling for one of ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
love affair, ambition, fall in love, couples, destructive relationship, couple relations, under the surface, dishonesty, relationship vs career, love and romance, thirtysomething life, cheating wife ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, asia
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35%
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