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Ricky Gervais Live 2: Politics (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 68 min.
Story: A year after Animals, Ricky Gervais comes back with his second stand up comedy tour: Politics.
Style: cynical, atmospheric, humorous, clever, talky ...
Plot: stand up comedian, politics, sarcasm, greed, society, artists and showbiz, state affairs, stand up comedy, comedian, social satire, political satire, mistaken identity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london, europe
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 7.3
 5K
The Code (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: The Code is a drama series which tells tells the story of two brothers who discover some information that those at the highest levels of political power are determined to keep secret.
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: brother brother relationship, uncover truth, conspiracy, dishonesty, state affairs, political conspiracy, investigation, hidden truth, brothers, political unrest, investigative reporter, journalist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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 5.6
 2K
Royal Palace (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Eugenia is the queen of an imaginary European country. When her husband dies, quite unexpectedly, the country is left without a king. According to the law, the new king needs to be married so that leaves out the eldest son. Her youngest son, Prince ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, witty, realistic, funny ...
Plot: favoritism among siblings, royal family, head of state, couples, family relations, parents and children, state affairs, royal court, manipulation, divorce, palaces castles and temples, world
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
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The Career of Nikos Dyzma (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Nikos is a master of funeral ceremonies (that's undertaker to you and me) who doesn't expect much from life. After drunkenly insulting a diplomat at a party, weird things begin to happen for Nikos. The news that a mysterious stranger ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, entertaining, realistic, biting
Plot: lifestyle, rise to the top, ambition, overnight success, disorder, farce, political intrigue, life turned upside down, fish out of water, state affairs, career, nudity ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: poland
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 7.2
 274
Coalition (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 74 min.
Story: Political drama about the rise of Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats during the 2010 election. After the election failed to produce an outright winner, Clegg was catapulted into an unaccustomed position of influence and was the recipient of ...
Style: serious, captivating, atmospheric, psychological, political ...
Plot: campaign, election, politics, state affairs, political intrigue, rivalry, ambition, rise to the top, politician, parliament, society, british history ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: england, london
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Operation Sunflower (2014)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Through the eyes of the scientist in charge of the operation, we see the events leading to Israel developing her nuclear option in the 1960's.
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, tense
Plot: undercover, politics, political intrigue, danger, government facility, government agency, state affairs, international crisis, mossad, nuclear, terrorism, spy ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 50s
Place: israel, middle east, lebanon, jerusalem, paris france ...
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The Honourable Woman (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 467 min.
TV show
Story: Nessa Stein, the daughter of a Zionist arms procurer who as a child witnessed his assassination. Now an adult, Nessa inherits her father's company and changes course from supplying arms to laying data cabling networks between Israel and the ...
Style: captivating, serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: israeli palestinian conflict, spy, mistrust, political unrest, political intrigue, muslim, secret service, family relations, undercover, state affairs, society, guilt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, palestine, england, israel, jerusalem ...
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An Ordinary Execution (2010)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: During the last days of Stalin's reign, a doctor (Marina Hands) tries to go unnoticed in a society of mutual dread where a neighbour or colleague might "denounce" you to the authorities at any moment.But tales of her healing touch ...
Style: thought provoking, serious, emotional, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: josef stalin, power relations, head of state, doctors and patients, moral dilemma, society, state affairs, life is a bitch, dictator, suffering, illness, kgb ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, year 1952
Place: soviet union, russia, ussr
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Neues aus der Anstalt (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Neues aus der Anstalt is a political cabaret program on German television station ZDF, hosted by Urban Priol and Frank-Markus Barwasser, who replaced Georg Schramm. Broadcast monthly since 2007, it usually features three guest cabaret artists in ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, contemplative
Plot: politics, satire, stand up comedian, state affairs, doctors and patients, power relations, clinic, political satire, german politics, elevator, current affairs, finance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
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The Soldier's Star (2006)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, Germany, Afghanistan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A Russian guitarist was enlisted in 1984 in the Afghan war. Imprisoned, he will meet an Afghan musician and a French journalist.
Style: realistic, serious, disturbing, exciting, captivating
Plot: heroes, military, fight, freedom fighter, journalism, danger, state affairs, soldier, hostage, war, prisoners of war, soviet afghanistan war ...
Time: september 11 2001
Place: afghanistan, middle east
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 5.3
 421
The Conspiracy (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 128 min.
Story: 16th century ruler King Philip II of Spain maneuvers within a court of deceit and betrayal
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, epic, historical drama ...
Plot: royal family, love affair, politics, political conspiracy, political intrigue, state affairs, ambition, royal court, love and romance, dishonesty, palace intrigue, betrayal ...
Time: 16th century
Place: spain, europe, madrid
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 7.0
 159
Freedom (2000)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Freedom is a short-lived 2000 American science fiction television show on the UPN network. There were 12 episodes filmed but only 7 were aired in the US. Some episodes were further aired internationally, and the full series is still occasionally ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, bleak, futuristic
Plot: freedom fighter, resistance, military, dictatorship, rebelliousness, heroic mission, rebellion, danger, state affairs, revolution, society, on the run ...
Time: near future, 90s
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Interview with the Assassin (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Out of work TV cameraman Ron Kobelski is approached by his formerly reclusive neighbor Walter Ohlinger. Ohlinger claims that he was the mysterious "second gunman" that shot and killed President Kennedy. Ohlinger has kept quiet all these ...
Style: political, suspenseful, tense, realistic, mockumentary ...
Plot: kennedy assassination, conspiracy, politics, found footage, assassination, conspiracy theory, investigation, murder, state affairs, political conspiracy, society, u.s. president ...
Time: year 2002, year 1963, 21st century
Place: dallas texas, usa, texas, america
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Tear This Heart Out (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A young girl recounts her girlhood and eventual marriage to a general of the Mexican revolution. by one of the most outstanding writers of the new feminist Mexican literature, it is at once a haunting novel of one woman's life and a powerful ...
Style: serious, realistic, stylized, captivating, romantic ...
Plot: couples, infidelity, fall in love, crumbling marriage, family problems, rise to the top, love and romance, social climbing, state affairs, revolution, ambition, politics ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s
Place: latin america, mexico
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 3.5
 744
The King Maker (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Thailand
Duration: 92 min.
Story: 1547 Fernando De Gama, a young "Soldier of Fortune" from Portugal, set sail for the ient in an effort to find a man who murdered his father and, with luck, like many of their compatriots, to make his fortune. A vicious storm in the Indian ...
Style: realistic, epic, serious, rough, surprise ending
Plot: state affairs, treasure hunt, dishonesty, adventurer, royal family, legend, medieval, love and romance, master warrior, manhunt, rivalry, political unrest ...
Time: 16th century, middle ages
Place: thailand, asia
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Blooming Flowers (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In modern day New York City a ninety eight year old women lies helpless on her death bed. As her granddaughter begins to take on the chores of cleaning the apartment, she comes upon a story that her grandmother had been writing. It is the story of ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, serious, emotional, period piece
Plot: martial arts, danger, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, society, state affairs, woman in danger, political unrest, love triangle, lost love, feud, male female relationship ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: china
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The Color of the Chameleon (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In Emil Christov's über-stylish spy-movie pastiche, a charismatic schemer in an authoritarian police state, fired from his job as a secret-police informant, conjures up his own imaginary spy network and builds up an archive that he turns ...
Style: cynical, realistic, semi serious, humorous, biting ...
Plot: snitch, fighting the system, politics, satire, state affairs, dishonesty, government agency, society, dark humor, cons and scams, secret police, informant ...
Time: 21st century
Place: bulgaria
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 7.3
 31K
Covert Affairs (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A young CIA operative, Annie Walker, is mysteriously summoned to headquarters for duty as a field operative. While Annie believes she's been promoted for her exceptional linguistic skills, there may be something or someone from her past that ...
Style: serious, exciting, captivating, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, double life, blind man, cia, blindness, female protagonist, secret agent, blind character, female spy, cia agent, undercover, state affairs ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, langley virginia, virginia
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11.25: The Day He Chose His Own Fate (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: On November 25th 1970, a man committed ritual suicide inside the Tokyo headquarters of the Japanese Ministry of Defence, leaving behind a legacy of masterpieces and a controversy that echoes to this day. The man was Yukio Mishima, one of ...
Style: realistic, emotional, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Plot: state affairs, tragic hero, political unrest, idealism, heroes, downfall, writer's life, rebelliousness, life is a bitch, writers, lgbtq, political activist ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1970
Place: japan
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 6.5
 159
Chicogrande (2010)
Genre: Drama, History, War, Western
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Butch Fenton, major of American army, comes for Villa's head and he's gonna get it. The "Punitive Expedition" proved to be the last major campaign of the U.S. Cavalry. Mexican revolution is the first social movement of the ...
Style: serious, captivating, sincere, rough, epic ...
Plot: revolution, manhunt, rebellion, on the run, idealism, rebelliousness, military, obsessive quest, escapades, state affairs, heroes, political unrest ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century
Place: latin america, mexico
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William & Kate (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: William & Kate is the first of two unrelated American television films about the relationship between Prince William and Catherine "Kate" Middleton (now The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge), directed by Mark Rosman and written by ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, romantic, uplifting
Audience: chick flick
Plot: british royal family, young love, royalty, couples, love and romance, fall in love, social differences, royal court, society, state affairs, private vs public, paparazzi ...
Time: 21st century
Place: united kingdom, europe, africa, england
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 6.6
 2K
Daniel (1983)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. As a graduate student in New York in the 1960s, Daniel is involved in the antiwar protest movement and contrasts his ...
Style: psychological, realistic, sincere, serious, retro ...
Plot: legal, espionage, politics, injustice, racism, state affairs, uncover truth, betrayal, undercover, spy, false accusation, vietnam war ...
Time: 50s, year 1983, 1950s, 60s
Place: usa, new york, asia, vietnam, soviet union
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 6.1
 115K
Push (2009)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story: After his father, an assassin, is brutally murdered, Nick Gant vows revenge on Division, the covert government agency that dabbles in psychic warfare and experimental drugs. Hiding in Hong Kong's underworld, Nick assembles a band of rogue ...
Style: exciting, stylized, intense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, teen drama ...
Plot: telekinesis, clairvoyance, psychic, supernatural, danger, superhero, experiment, supernatural ability, chase, imaginary, psychokinesis, conspiracy ...
Time: future, 2000s, year 1945, 21st century
Place: hong kong, asia
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 5.5
 22K
War, Inc. (2008)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: War Inc. is set in the future, when the fictional desert country of Turaqistan is torn by a riot after a private corporation, Tamerlane, owned by the former Vice President of the United States, has taken over the whole country. Brand Hauser, a hit ...
Style: satirical, cynical, black comedy, suspenseful, political ...
Plot: hitman, satire, politics, fictional country, corporation, political satire, mistaken identity, state affairs, dishonesty, dark humor, assassin, mercenary ...
Time: future, year 2008
Place: bolivia, asia, virginia, canada
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Johnny English Reborn (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The most prominent heads of state in the world begin gathering for a conference that could have a major impact on global politics. When MI-7 receives word that the Chinese premier has become the target of some high-powered killers, it falls on ...
Style: parody, funny, humorous, spoof, witty ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: farce, espionage, secret agent, james bond spoof, spy spoof, secret service, british, prime minister, gadget, betrayal, agent, goofy hero ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, hong kong, america, britain, macau ...
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 7.1
 48K
Che: Part One (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Spain, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support and an army and toppled the U.S.-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Style: political, intense, talky, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: revolution, cuban revolution, dictatorship, communism, violence, military, biopic, freedom, idealism, rebel, civil war, cold war ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, 20th century, year 2008, 60s ...
Place: cuba, latin america, caribbean, mexico city, new york
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 6.0
 642
InSecurity (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: InSecurity is a Canadian action comedy television series. The series focuses on a team of spycatchers set at the fictional Canadian National Intelligence and Security Agency. The series is set in Ottawa but filmed primarily in Regina. The initial ...
Style: not serious, humorous, captivating, feel good, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: secret agent, daring rescue, save the day, heroes, espionage, farce, disorder, undercover, escapades, terrorism, government agency, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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 6.8
 120K
Patriot Games (1992)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.
Style: exciting, political, suspense, suspenseful, political thriller ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: terrorism, spy, hitman, revenge, espionage, cia, terrorist, assassination, conspiracy, ira, violence, secret agent ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: washington d.c., ireland, usa, north africa, scotland yard ...
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1612: Chronicles of the Dark Time (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 144 min.
Story: The czar of Russia has died and a power vacuum has developed. This period in the late 16th and early 17th century has been called "The Time of Troubles." There are many impostors who claim to the right to rule, but there's only one ...
Style: captivating, serious, tense, epic, baroque
Plot: military, conquering, medieval, battles, politics, state affairs, wartime life, heroes, political unrest, sword fight, crusader, ancient rome ...
Time: 17th century
Place: russia, poland, europe
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An Empress and the Warriors (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After the death of her father, a woman is forced to take over as empress and fight to save her kingdom.
Style: captivating, stylized, tense, serious, epic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, betrayal, swordsman, state affairs, political unrest, female warrior, medieval, daring rescue, assassination, leadership, uninhibited rivalry, danger ...
Time: ancient times
Place: ancient china, china, east asia, asia
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