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5 Minutes Too Late (2019)
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Original name: 5 minute
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:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, serious, tense, thought provoking
Plot:
gay slur, journalism, investigative reporter, investigation, lgbtq, lesbian, journalist, gays and lesbians, social problems, problem, private investigation, female journalist, crime solving, uncover truth, discrimination, human rights, lesbian couple, protest, gendarmerie, social commentary, social conflict, realism, civil rights, moral ambiguity, character study ...
Time:
2010s, contemporary
Place:
bucharest, romania
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, thrilling and suspenseful films with plots about investigation, uncover truth, crime solving, secret, problem, private investigation and female protagonist mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like 5 Minutes Too Late: Booking (2009), Climbers High (2008), The Building (2009), The Bright Day (2013), Malpractice (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Feature film.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, bleak, noir ...
Plot:
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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 ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
investigative journalism, tragedy, newspaper, journalism, disaster, airplane crash, airplane accident, news reporter, accident, reporter, investigative reporter, job ...
Time:
80s
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A bored journalist reporter's baby monitor is picking up her neighbors' phone conversations, and one neighbor's dialogue in particular convinces her that he's a murderer.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot:
eavesdropping, investigative reporter, murder, crime solving, journalist, murder investigation, journalism, sleuth, investigative journalism, female journalist, uncover truth, crime investigation ...
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
THE BRIGHT DAY weaves a story that has its roots in the complexity of Iran’s draconian laws governing capital punishment. A kindergarten teacher hopes to aid the father of one of her young students, a man accused of manslaughter, by convincing ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
investigation, social commentary, corruption, death penalty, death sentence, framed for a crime, secret, female protagonist, accused of murder, framed for murder, private investigation, accusation ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
iran, tehran
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A lawyer turns private investigator when her doctor-husband holds himself responsible for the death of a patient.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, detective, crime drama ...
Plot:
private investigator, investigation, doctor, medical malpractice, uncover truth, private investigation, attorney, problem, secret, crime solving, private detective, lawyer ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
When reporter Narumi Ryoko loses her job at a first-rate publisher and ends up at a trashy tabloid called "Shukan Untouchable." She now chases celebrity scandals and sensational stories, but she hasn't lost her sense of duty or her ...
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:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
132
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
When Lára, a journalist on maternity leave finds herself newly single and in deep financial trouble, her outlook is bleak. Enter handsome and notorious businessman Hrafn: aware of her intuitive skills as an investigator, he hires her to prove his ...
Style:
tense, psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, investigative reporter, journalism, reporter, crime investigation, investigative journalism, journalist, uncover truth, threat, forensics, sleuth, crime solving ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
iceland, switzerland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Fabian Groys, a renowned journalist for a political news magazine, enjoys great freedom, since the stories he uncovers make for good sales. When he loses a hot story about the German army, the editor saddles him with a young female intern. Fabian ...
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigative journalism, journalist, political corruption, investigation, politics, uncover truth, private investigation, secret, intrigue, political intrigue, crime solving, investigative reporter ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Journalist Sara has just spent four months completing an in-depth investigation piece. Her editor-in-chief, afraid of offending powerful politicians and business moguls, refuses to run it. Sara’s boyfriend, who works for the same magazine, chooses ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, suspense, captivating
Plot:
private investigation, prostitute, prostitution, child prostitution, journalism, investigative journalism, uncover truth, teenage prostitute, political intrigue, intrigue, social problems, investigative reporter ...
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
Forced out of home by his religious mother for being gay, Ethan leaves Michigan for Hollywood to pursue his acting dreams. But he soon finds himself spiraling into drugs, prostitution, and homelessness.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
hollywood, homelessness, drug abuse, gay lead character, gay, lgbt, gay slur, sexuality, addiction, lgbtq, social problems, social outcast ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
D.C.I. Thomas Flynn is called upon to solve the riddle of a murder scene without a corpse. When the body is finally discovered, it soon becomes clear that a terrifying serial killer is on the loose. Meanwhile, the detective has issues of his own to ...
Style:
psychological, detective, captivating, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
investigation, serial killer, murder mystery, crime solving, uncover truth, homicide detective, murderer, murder investigation, sleuth, who done it, secret, murder ...
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A journalist struggles to move on after her son's suicide when an inmate asks for her help with a case tied to her son's death, prompting an obsessive hunt for the truth.
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot:
murder, investigative reporter, problem, murder investigation, who done it, dysfunctional family, loss of child, murderer, journalism, murder mystery, uncover truth, bereavement ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, South Korea, Germany
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Korean photographer Bae-hwan and gay japanese hotel employee Ryu work together on a series of photographs. Their relationship crosses uneasily between friendship and love, while they also battle their own internal scars. Their salvation comes by ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
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332
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In a Copenhagen suburb the 19-year-old Per is found unconscious after having been badly beaten up. He is taken to hospital in a coma. The police have no clues, but the air is thick with suspicion. His mother struggles to maintain her faith in his ...
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, thrilling, melancholic ...
Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Place:
copenhagen, denmark
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Story:
The events revolve around a former legal counselor who causes an accident that leads to the life of a young man, so the investigation begins with her in the case and the counselor faces a number of problems due to this accident, until she is accused ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
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Story:
In October 1958, the Sicilian newspaper L’ORA coins the term “MAFIA” for the very first time to denounce the endemic organized crime in the region. Shortly thereafter, a bomb detonates in front of the editorial offices; only two days later the ...
Style:
tense, historical drama, captivating, thrilling, period piece ...
Plot:
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Time:
1950s, 60s
Place:
sicily
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story:
After her best friend Ícaro is found dead, aspiring rapper Malu sets out to unravel the truth behind his mysterious passing.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Alba has Down syndrome and was left in the hospital when she was born. Thirty families rejected her before the court decided to entrust her to Luca Trapanese, gay and Catholic.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
gay, down syndrome, lgbt, gay parent, problem, social issues, lifestyle, adoptive father, family relations, foster child, foster parent, social problems ...
Place:
india, italy
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
Christopher, fifteen years old, has an extraordinary brain – exceptional at maths while ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. When he falls under suspicion of killing Mrs Shears' dog Wellington, he records each fact about the event in the ...
Style:
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Plot:
investigation, theater, genius, mind, murder suspect, murder investigation, socially awkward, social issues, crime solving, suspect, social problems, problem ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France, Brazil, Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Lalo is a sex influencer: he posts photos of his naked body and homemade porn videos for his thousands of social media followers. Lalo directs his own life, but in private, when out of character, he seems to live in constant melancholy.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful
Plot:
porn star, gay, gay interest, male nudity, erection, sex worker, porn industry, porn actor, social issues, social problems, life is a bitch, gay porn ...
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Set in Brittany, a detective called Nicolas Luhel is asked to unravel the circumstances of a teenage boy's death. The main suspect is the boy's father. Shattered by the suicide of the main witness, Nicolas lets himself get snared by the ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
small town, police investigation, homosexuality, erection, gay interest, gay, male pubic hair, beach, male nudity, affair, lgbt, crime investigation ...
Place:
brittany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
The main plotline concerns retired Mr Ueno, who since a child has been cared for by his late parents’ robot maid ‘Maria’ (Akiho Yoshizawa) – a lifelike humanoid in a maid’s outfit! Over the years, Ueno has developed an unconsummated love ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, erotic, pink cinema
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Kazuhiko Kogure, who is a 2nd grade student in middle school, falls off from one of the school's rooftop. There were other male students on the roof when Kazuhiko Kogure fell off. According to the other students there, Kazuhiko Kogure tried to ...
Style:
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Plot:
school, investigation, bullying, courtroom, student, middle school, lawyer, justice, high school life, mockery, crime investigation, attorney ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A mother of two mysteriously disappears one morning. Her husband isn't worried as they've had rough patches; his wife just wanted to give him a scare and will come home soon. But her lover is convinced she has been murdered by her husband.
Style:
psychological, tense, captivating, thrilling, crime thriller ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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424
Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A Japanese porno actor, HIV positive, commits suicide. Natsumi, a popular porno actress who has often worked with him, learns that she is also HIV positive and becomes desperate. She receives mysterious post cards at times from Taiwan, and decides ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, art house ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
taiwan
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Locked away deep in his home and hiding a secret that keeps him there, Detective Kozaburo Himuro remains ever vigilant in his duties of police work. But how does the wunderkind detective investigate crime scenes without ever stepping out of his ...
Style:
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Plot:
investigation, forensics, problem, private detective, sleuth, crime solving, secret, uncover truth, female detective, police detective, who done it, crime investigation ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
After a former journalist, David Graziano, discovers confidential information transferred to him from Moran, the senior advisor to the Minister of Public Security, that his brother's death was actually the murder of Shavim as an accident, he ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, political drama
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
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Story:
Catarina embarks on a dangerous journey to find who made her mother vanish. The Torres family seems to be the obvious suspect, but within them there's Vasco, the love of Catarina's life. Two opposed sides connected by love.
Style:
thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, psychological, romantic drama ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
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Story:
Kyoko Odagiri is a beautiful and charismatic clairvoyant. She is also popular and admired by her fans. Today, Kyoko appears on a popular tv show and display her psychic abilities alongside a popular actor. Her performance goes off splendidly with ...
Style:
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Plot:
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