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Climbers High (2008)
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Original name: クライマーズ・ハイ
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
On August 12, 1985, a jumbo jet crashes, causing 520 fatalities, making the accident the biggest single-plane accident in the world. The local press reporters are tossed about by the waves of facts and rumors. While overwhelmed by the magnitude of the accident, Yuuki, in charge of this crash report at a local newspaper, faces a string of decision-making moments. What are news and a reporter? How should a man do his work and survive in a corporate hierarchy? What do family and friends mean to him? An intriguing story, which keeps the audience on the edge of tension and reality.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, tense, bleak, emotional, realistic, intense, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigative journalism, tragedy, disaster, journalism, newspaper, airplane crash, journalist, job, accident, reporter, news, problem, airplane accident, news report, investigative reporter, news reporter, investigation, responsibility, moral dilemma, ethics, realism, leadership, grief, family drama, office ...
Time:
80s
Place:
tokyo
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, tense, psychological and thrilling films with plots about corruption, social commentary, investigation, moral dilemma, urban, problem and moral ambiguity mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Climbers High: 5 Minutes Too Late (2019), The Journalist (2019), Virodhi (2011), A Lone Scalpel (2010), Shadowfall (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The destiny of the man who led the gendarme team after a LGBT film screening in Bucharest, revealed through an investigation by Liliana Calomfir, a young journalist known for her daring reporting.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, serious, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
bucharest, romania
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 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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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
india
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Dr Toma, a skilled surgeon, starts work at a regional hospital in Japan. After performing an operation to remove a patient’s liver cancer, something that normally would not be done at this hospital, he quickly gains a very good reputation amongst ...
Style:
medical drama, thrilling, psychological, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
moral dilemma, surgeon, medical, physician, medicine, organ transplant, male doctor, saving a life, transplant, doctor, doctors and patients, determination ...
Time:
80s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Typically thieves enter a house, steal things and get out. This time an unsuspecting thief enters a home to steal as much as he can and instead is faced with an occupant inside the house. There is a woman within who is going to commit a murder. She ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, tension ...
Plot:
burglary, burglar, stealing, theft, heist gone wrong, criminal, bandit, heist, problem, robbery, murder, house ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
24%
659
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The massive scandal comes to light through a father's unwavering search for the truth behind the sudden death of his family.
Style:
bleak, emotional, heartbreaking, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A reporter who's about to lose his job, and who's daughter is very ill, starts a relationship with a married woman. Tragedy ensues.
Style:
emotional, poignant, tense, psychological, realistic
Plot:
tragedy, tragic romance, loss, family drama, extramarital affair, betrayal, guilt, infidelity, domestic drama, bittersweet, moral dilemma, regret ...
Time:
80s
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Mickey Ryan falls from grace due to a series of downward spiraling events beyond his control. With his life turned upside down, Mickey tries valiantly to resolve his issues but hooks up with the wrong people who blind him with anger and hate.
Style:
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Plot:
family man, criminal, organized crime, changing lives, problem, life is a bitch, social problems, loss of control, desperation, redemption, moral ambiguity, character study ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Tells the story of prosecutor Han Ming who is involved in a difficult case where the intentional injury of people is turned into a legitimate defense.
Style:
serious, intense, tense, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot:
prosecutor, courtroom, justice, moral dilemma, evidence, ethics, investigation, social commentary, witness, suspicion, corruption, redemption ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Mia, in attempts to make it in a male-dominated sports journalism industry, begins to expose the dark underbelly of high school sports in her small hometown. Now, she must choose between her loyalties to her town and her career aspirations.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Romania, France, Spain
Duration: 87 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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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Kay is a tough-as-nails investigative reporter, and goes undercover at a home for the disabled based on a tip about staff abuse of the residents. She not only corroborates the frightening allegations but also discovers how disastrously flawed Hong ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
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Time:
2020s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: South Korea
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Story:
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Place:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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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: Iran
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Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Style:
intense, tense, bleak, suspenseful, grim ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Romania, Spain
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Story:
A criminal lawyer Canan, divides her time in the courthouse and mother's hospital bed at night. She has to make a moral choice that will affect lives of her mother, judge and murder suspect client.
Style:
psychological, tense, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, courtroom, mother daughter relationship, court, framed for murder, courtroom drama, advocate, accusation, problem, choice, justice ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Japan
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: Canada
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Story:
The Eleventh Hour is a Canadian television drama series which aired weekly on CTV from 2002 to 2005.
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Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigative reporter, investigative journalism, journalist, reporter, ethical dilemma, workplace situations, teamwork, workplace, television crew, moral ambiguity, behind the scenes, professional rivalry ...
Place:
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Country: Japan
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Style:
captivating, thrilling, tense, detective, suspenseful ...
Plot:
journalism, female protagonist, secret, sleuth, amateur sleuth, female journalist, investigation, reporter, uncover truth, investigative journalism, private investigation, crime solving ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
investigation, corruption, police corruption, courtroom, wrongful conviction, fighting crime, crime solving, fight, battles, attorney, fighting the system, paranormal investigation ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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299
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
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Place:
maine
Similarity:
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