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Maxwell (2007)
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Basil Brookes joins "Captain Bob" - press mogul Robert Maxwell - as financial director and witnesses Maxwell's financial shenanigans as he contests status with fellow mogul Rupert Murdoch and descends into marital and monetary chaos.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, tense, period piece, tragic, political drama
Plot:
business, millionaire, businessman, british, money, business and finance, scandal, business tycoon, corporate corruption, fraud, biopic, life, finance, historical figure, intrigue, money problems, deception, ambition, greed, arrogance, embezzlement, character study, marital strife, investigation, journalism ...
Place:
london
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Most similar movies to Maxwell
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, tense and thrilling films with plots about biopic, ambition, character study, investigation, fraud, business and greed mostly in Drama, Biography and Crime genres. Some movies like Maxwell: Bank of Dave (2023), Madoff (2016), The Government Inspector (2005), Norbourg (2022), Trump Unauthorized (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The true story of how Dave Fishwick, a working class man and self-made millionaire, fought to set up a community bank so that he could help the local businesses of Burnley not only survive, but thrive. In his bid to help his beloved community, he ...
Style:
psychological, satirical, captivating, thought provoking, thrilling ...
Plot:
money, bank, business, investment banker, satire, bank clerk, ambition, banker, wall street, finance, thoughtful, biopic ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 41 min.
TV show
Story:
The rise and fall of Bernie Madoff, who's Ponzi scheme bilked $65 billion from unsuspecting victims.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, serious, realistic, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fraud, finance, money, con artists, cons and scams, true crime, biopic, criminal, economics, business, historical figure, business tycoon ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
90%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
The heads of Wall Street's biggest investment banks were summoned to an evening meeting by the US Treasury Secretary, Hank Paulson, to discuss the plight of another - Lehman Brothers. After six months' turmoil in the world's financial ...
Style:
captivating, edutainment
Plot:
business, financial crisis, finance, ceo, businessman, trading, wall street, entrepreneurship, money, corporation, greed, company ...
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The Government Inspector is a 2005 television drama based on the life of Dr. David Kelly and the lead-up to the Iraq War in the United Kingdom.
Style:
serious, tense, thought provoking, political drama, tragic
Plot:
iraq war, investigation, british politics, moral ambiguity, cover up, journalism, bureaucracy, ethical dilemma, biopic, realism, whistleblower, character study ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
united kingdom, london, iraq, britain
Similarity:
75%
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443
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The story of Vincent Lacroix, a businessman convicted of defrauding thousands of investors and embezzling over $130 million in mid-2000s Quebec, Canada. Inspector and auditor Éric Asselin is mandated to monitor the activities of the Norbourg firm. ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
embezzlement, scandal, corporate corruption, court case, lawsuit, courtroom drama, legal action, corporation, legal investigation, court, investigation, deception ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
quebec, canada
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A look at the life of real estate king/media mogul/reality TV star, Donald Trump.
Style:
captivating, semi autobiographical, disturbing, controversial
Plot:
wealth, politics, biopic, rise and fall, donald trump, real estate, mogul, politician, rich man, businessman, lifestyle, political leader ...
Place:
new york, america, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
66%
3K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Bezos chronicles the true-life story of Jeff Bezos-a humble yet awkward entrepreneur on his mission to create Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce company, and turning himself into the richest man in the world.
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, thrilling, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
ambition, business, businessman, business and finance, biopic, entrepreneurship, powerful corporation, corporation, lifestyle, historical figure, historical character, startup ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
64%
196
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
A portrait of Swedish writer August Strindberg.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
playwright, poet, character study, biopic, life is a bitch, relationship problems, money problems, dream, poverty, creative process, ambition, literary ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s
Place:
stockholm sweden
Similarity:
62%
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Drama following the life and times of disgraced Labour politician John Stonehouse, a high-flying minister under Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s government vanished from the beach of a large luxury hotel in Florida in Nov. 1974, leaving a neatly ...
Style:
political, captivating, thrilling, satirical, semi serious ...
Plot:
biopic, politics, conspiracy, british politics, character study, faked death, scandal, satire, secret, british, faking one's own death, faking own death ...
Time:
70s
Place:
london, florida
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A look behind the scenes at Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme, how it was perpetrated on the public and the trail of destruction it left in its wake, both for the victims and Madoff's family.
Style:
realistic, captivating, political, serious, tense ...
Plot:
wall street, scam, financier, stock exchange, fraud, money, investor, financial crisis, finance, businessman, corporate world, workplace ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Rome in 65 AD, Emperor Nero's tyrannical regime has reached its zenith, Nero's self-indulgence and excessiveness brings up the opposition against him, conspiracies threaten his power. By all means Nero tries to defend his despotic claim of ...
Style:
historical drama, thrilling, captivating, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
roman empire, ancient rome, roman emperor, roman, philosopher, palace intrigue, political intrigue, tyranny, betrayal, power struggle, intrigue, historical figure ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A biopic about convicted murderer Larry Winters.
Style:
dark, intense, psychological, tense, period piece ...
Plot:
prison, murder, biopic, character study, mental illness, flashback, guilt, addiction, drug abuse, violence, isolation, true crime ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
london, scotland, glasgow scotland
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
What led Arthur Conan Doyle to create, and then destroy the world famous detective, Sherlock Holmes? This compelling drama explores the dark secrets that surround the author and his creation.
Style:
captivating, psychological, detective, semi autobiographical, dramatic ...
Plot:
sherlock holmes, writers, biopic, writer's life, investigation, lifestyle, private investigation, murder investigation, private detective, forensics, homicide detective, creative process ...
Time:
victorian era
Place:
edinburgh scotland
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The True story of how charismatic con man Jason Derek Brown bankrolls his extravagant lifestyle through a series of scams. On Brown’s trail: Lance Leising, a dogged FBI special agent determined to put Brown behind bars. When Brown’s funds run ...
Style:
crime drama, thrilling, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
con artists, true crime, manhunt, investigation, con man, fugitive, fbi, money problems, money, stolen money, criminal, embezzler ...
Place:
southern california
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story of Barry Minkow, a young and charismatic figure in business who reaches CEO status by lying and scheming his way to the top.
Style:
crime drama, suspenseful, dramatic, realistic, tense
Plot:
gambling, con man, deception, fraud, scandal, greed, manipulation, embezzlement, corporate crime, rise and fall, biopic, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An underprivileged, gifted young black man from Newark reaches Yale University, only for shadows and injustices from his past to threaten his future.
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional ...
Plot:
biopic, character study, family drama, father son relationship, social commentary, poverty, life is a bitch, social problems, past, confronting the past, social issues, class conflict ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 90s, 80s
Place:
yale university
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of Elizabeth Holmes, the enigmatic Stanford dropout who founded medical testing start-up Theranos. Lauded as a Steve Jobs for the next tech generation and once worth billions of dollars, the myth crumbled when it was revealed that none of ...
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, disturbing, tense, medical drama
Plot:
medical, business, hospital, technology, doctor, women, ambition, public health, job, corporate world, female protagonist, direction and purpose ...
Similarity:
47%
186K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.
Style:
cerebral, realistic, factual, talky, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
entrepreneur, business, entrepreneurship, marketing, computer, biopic, prodigy, internet, father daughter relationship, computers and web, technology, inventions and discoveries ...
Time:
20th century, year 2015, 2010s, 90s, year 1998 ...
Place:
san francisco, north america, usa, california
Similarity:
46%
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25K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
Inspired by actual events — and the love story at the center of it all. WeWork grew from a single coworking space into a global brand worth $47 billion in under a decade. Then, in less than a year, its valuation dropped $40 billion. What happened?
Style:
exciting, captivating, disturbing, thought provoking, tense ...
Plot:
greed, biopic, entrepreneur, rise and fall, ambition, arrogance, couple relations, escapades, couples, love, love affair, relationships ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
45%
270
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The King is the story of Graham Kennedy, Australia's first and greatest home grown TV superstar. It traces his rise from working class Balaclava kid, through radio, TV, film, and back to TV again. It also tracks Kennedy's personal ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, game show, period drama
Plot:
biopic, controversy, glory, media industry, showbiz, celebrity culture, lifestyle, celebrity, life, pop culture, loneliness, ambition ...
Time:
60s, 1950s
Place:
australia, melbourne
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
It's 1997. Frank Verstraeten, a computer genius with a nose for business, a fascination for nightlife and an unhealthy urge to prove himself, only wants one thing: his own disco that not only outperforms the competition but simply humiliates ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, period piece, fast paced ...
Plot:
rise and fall, disco, nightlife, nightclub, sexual content, lifestyle, drug, decadence, glamour, arrogance, obsession, ambition ...
Time:
90s
Place:
antwerp, belgium
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Dutch beer-brewing scion and businessman Freddy Heineken secures his family's legacy through years of ambitious dealings and one infamous kidnapping.
Style:
witty, exciting, captivating, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
ambition, business, beer, ambitious man, biopic, kidnapping, sex, lifestyle, women, businessman, autobiography, life ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 80s
Place:
netherlands, amsterdam
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
A Headmistress steals from her own school. As a young girl Colleen McCabe asks a priest in confessional "What is sin?" Thirty years later she is found out for practising it. An ex-nun,she leaves the convent because she becomes ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, period drama
Plot:
corruption, school, director, theft, fraud, crisis of faith, stealing money, con artists, female protagonist, money, stolen money, loss of faith ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
london
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Enric Marco, a Spanish trade unionist, claims to be a survivor of Nazi concentration camps.
Style:
thought provoking, historical drama, non fiction, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
holocaust, fraud, biopic, reputation, scandal, moral ambiguity, investigation, shame, ethical dilemma, character study, testimony, betrayal ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
spain, catalonia, barcelona
Similarity:
41%
887
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Zira was united with Amer for 172 very memorable days. Fate separated, Amer left too soon, leaving many sweet memories for Zira.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, romantic drama, reflective ...
Plot:
love, female protagonist, couples, muslim, spiritual journey, problem, self discovery, religious conversion, personal growth, separation, loyalty, soul searching ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Duygu and Bahadır work for a company that acquires banks’ receivables and their job is to corner the debtor using psychological pressure and maximizing the money collection. Ceren, a young woman deep in debt, is their new target.
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
revenge, manipulation, moral ambiguity, human nature, emotional manipulation, mind game, blackmail, money problems, money, intrigue, blackmailer, greed ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A biopic based on the life story of J.C. Daniel, the pioneer of Malayalam cinema. It is a detailed account on Daniel's life, making of his film Vigathakumaran and the tragic story of Vigathakumaran's heroine P. K. Rosie. The film is ...
Style:
historical drama, captivating, psychological, thrilling, serious ...
Plot:
biopic, director, filmmaking, film history, film industry, social issues, filmmaker, problem, social problems, loss, legacy, pioneer ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
india
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A young woman named Savannah Knoop spends six years pretending to be a transgender writer named JT Leroy, the made-up literary persona of her sister-in-law.
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, queer cinema
Plot:
writers, secret identity, gay, fraud, women, secret, ghost writer, lie, aspiring writer, con trick, deception, personality change ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Ariadna discovers that her grandfather has been searching for the remains of his father, who disappeared during the Civil War. Determined to help him, she travels to Burgos, where a mass grave is being excavated, and where he could be buried. During ...
Style:
historical drama, thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
teacher, biopic, school teacher, professor, small community, spanish civil war, civil war, storytelling, political violence, exhumation, memories, memory ...
Time:
1930s
Similarity:
36%
202K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise ...
Style:
inspirational, motivational, realistic, cerebral, uplifting ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens
Plot:
business, businessman, fast food, capitalism, rags to riches, entrepreneurship, entrepreneur, salesman, money, marketing, greed, food ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 2010s, year 2016, year 1954 ...
Place:
usa, america, california, arizona, illinois ...
Similarity:
35%
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