Realistic movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant realistic movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, interesting, serious, intense, dramatic and entertaining films and TV shows about / with storytelling, suspense, mentor, dialogue, corruption, culture clash, vengeance, honest, brutality and survival plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Biography genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
realistic
TOP 10 movies tagged as realistic: Sicario (2015), Black Hawk Down (2001), Everest (2015), Good Will Hunting (1997), Jarhead (2005), Saving Private Ryan (1998), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Schindler's List (1993), October Sky (1999), The Blind Side (2009).
Best films
List of realistic movies
440K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Hong Kong
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A young female FBI agent joins a secret CIA operation to take down a Mexican cartel boss, a job that ends up pushing her ethical and moral values to the limit.
Style:
realistic, enigmatic, tense, serious, atmospheric ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
cia, suspense, swat team, drug cartel, revenge, black ops, fbi agent, drug smuggling, organized crime, fbi, crime boss, u.s. mexico border ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, usa, texas, tucson arizona, arizona ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
Style:
realistic, intense, epic, rough, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
war, courage, battles, combat, chaos, gunfight, military, survival, sniper, warrior, american soldier, rescue mission ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
africa, somalia, iraq, north africa, east africa ...
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222K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Iceland
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one ...
Style:
realistic, breathtaking, dramatic, scenic, tense ...
Plot:
survival, mountain, mountaineer, climbing, mountain climbing, natural disaster, stranded, snow, beautiful scenery, man versus nature, forces of nature, disaster ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 20th century
Place:
mount everest, himalaya, nepal, asia, texas
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he solves a difficult graduate-level math problem, his talents are discovered by Professor Gerald Lambeau, who decides to help the misguided youth reach his potential. ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, sentimental, dramatic, philosophical ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
mathematics, professor, genius, life philosophy, psychology, life, prodigy, university, philosophy, existentialism, psychologist, ambition ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
boston, harvard university, massachusetts, usa
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194K
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swafford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where they are eager to fight, but are forced to stay back from the ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, factual, brutal, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gulf war, war, iraq war, anti war, military, u.s. military, marines, american soldier, boot camp, desert, death, sniper ...
Time:
80s, year 1991, 90s, year 1990, year 1989 ...
Place:
iraq, middle east, saudi arabia, vietnam, california ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Style:
epic, realistic, breathtaking, captivating, rough ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick
Plot:
war, world war two, military, courage, battles, nazi, sniper, army, self sacrifice, d day, friendship, tank ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, middle ages, 20th century
Place:
normandy, poland, germany, france, europe ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, ...
Style:
clever, touching, inspirational, sentimental, philosophical ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids
Plot:
prison, prison escape, freedom, existentialism, plot twist, life, friendship between men, life sentence, life philosophy, hopes, adaptation, powerful ending ...
Time:
1940s, year 1963, year 1965, year 1966, year 1954 ...
Place:
usa, maine, pacific ocean, mexico
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
Style:
touching, emotional, thought provoking, realistic, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, jewish, genocide, nazi, war, concentration camp, anti semitism, brutality, against humanity, wartime, racism ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s, 90s
Place:
poland, germany, vatican, europe, israel ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes, and eventually became a NASA scientist.
Style:
inspirational, touching, realistic, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, date night
Plot:
small town, friendship, teacher, follow your dream, mathematics, against the odds, generation gap, teenage life, life philosophy, space program, scientist, dedicated educator ...
Time:
50s, future, 20th century, year 1957
Place:
west virginia, usa, appalachia, new jersey
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Oversized African-American, Michael Oher, the teen from across the tracks and a broken home, has nowhere to sleep at age 16. Taken in by an affluent Memphis couple, Michael embarks on a remarkable rise to play for the NFL.
Style:
inspirational, touching, emotional, sentimental, motivational ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night
Plot:
american football, life, adoption, christian, interracial relations, human spirit, african american, football, rising to stardom, parents and children, racism, strong female character ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, tennessee, mississippi, memphis, california
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Style:
clever, captivating, motivational, cynical, biting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
corruption, money, business, wall street, wealth, greed, stock market, rise and fall, stock broker, rags to riches, addiction, american dream ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century, year 1987, year 1983
Place:
new york, geneva switzerland, usa, manhattan new york city, italy ...
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157K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Greece
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, uplifting, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
business, rags to riches, fast food, businessman, greed, capitalism, ambition, salesman, betrayal, money, fast food restaurant, mcdonald's restaurant ...
Time:
50s, year 1929, year 1967, year 1940, year 1954 ...
Place:
america, usa, california, beverly hills, minneapolis minnesota ...
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445K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
Style:
neo noir, realistic, tense, harsh, cerebral ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, gang, gunfight, drug dealer, police, african american, rookie, mentor, ghetto, corrupt cop, gang member, drugs ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb.
Style:
realistic, emotional, tense, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
iraq war, military, terrorism, soldier, war, army, sniper, suspense, bomb, bomb squad, marines, gulf war ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, 21st century
Place:
middle east, iraq, baghdad iraq, new york
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322K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A financial adviser drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder $500 million in five years to appease a drug boss.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
money laundering, drug cartel, suspense, family relations, rivalry, murder, investigation, criminal, mafia, organized crime, drugs, violence ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, missouri, chicago illinois
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156K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 525 min.
TV show
Story:
After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, tense, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, suspense, murder investigation, lawyer, courtroom, justice, investigation, murder mystery, jail, legal, vengeance, district attorney ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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441K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.
Style:
intellectual, realistic, clever, tense, witty ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
finance, business, wall street, money, economics, stock market, greed, financial crisis, loan, economic crisis, banking, bank ...
Time:
2000s, future, year 2007, year 1933, year 2008 ...
Place:
new york, california, manhattan new york city, las vegas
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, captivating, factual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ship, hostage, suspense, terrorism, survival, kidnapping, rescue, pirate, u.s. navy, ocean, ship captain, ransom ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
somalia, africa, vermont, virginia, kenya ...
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49K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Depressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited.
Style:
touching, emotional, realistic, sentimental, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
unlikely relationship, fall in love, single parent, love and romance, single mother, family relations, fugitives, happy ending, escapades, parents and children, love, on the run ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, canada, california
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155K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
Style:
realistic, thought provoking, factual, serious, political ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
espionage, fighting the system, journalism, hacking, internet, whistleblower, moral dilemma, surveillance, hacker, spy, idealism, media ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2009, year 2011, year 2004, year 2012 ...
Place:
geneva switzerland, hong kong, japan, russia, hawaii ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Jamal Malik is an impoverished Indian teen who becomes a contestant on the Hindi version of ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’ but, after he wins, he is suspected of cheating.
Style:
touching, realistic, motivational, feel good, uplifting ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
poverty, love, childhood, destiny, orphan, rags to riches, against the odds, society, life is a bitch, street life, cheating, ambition ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 2005, 2000s, year 2006 ...
Place:
india, mumbai india, asia, taj mahal
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59K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A mysterious guide escorts an enthusiastic adventurer and his friend into the Amazon jungle, but their journey turns into a terrifying ordeal as the darkest elements of human nature and the deadliest threats of the wild force them to fight for ...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
survival, jungle, amazon rainforest, suspense, alone, nature, adventurer, rescue, wilderness, hallucination, river, raft ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, year 1981
Place:
south america, bolivia, andes mountains
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Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Iran
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Zohre's shoes are gone; her older brother Ali lost them. They are poor, there are no shoes for Zohre until they come up with an idea: they will share one pair of shoes, Ali's. School awaits...
Style:
realistic, touching, sincere, emotional, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
childhood, children, poverty, school, life, unemployment, running, siblings relations, coming of age, financial problem, young heroes, secrets ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
iran, tehran iran, middle east, tokyo
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432K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
The true story of Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, bleak, political ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
gangsters, drug cartel, drug dealer, drug dealing, rise to the top, cartel, illegal drugs, cia agent, dea, master criminal, drugs, smuggling ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
colombia, latin america, mexico, south america, panama ...
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63K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Heiress, Joanna Stayton hires carpenter, Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht -- and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overboard and loses her memory, Dean sees an opportunity to get ...
Style:
feel good, realistic, sentimental, touching, light ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, kids, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
family life, memory loss, love and romance, rich woman poor man, love, amnesia, single father, father son relationship, deception, parents and children, carpenter, family relations ...
Time:
80s
Place:
oregon
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15K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The Fool is a movie about a simple plumber. An honest man, he is up against an entire system of corrupted bureaucrats. At stake are the lives of 800 inhabitants of an old dorm that is at risk of collapsing within the span of the night.
Style:
serious, atmospheric, realistic, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
fighting the system, russian, society, suspense, apartment building, courage, tragedy, rebellion, injustice, corruption, moral dilemma, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A show of heroic deeds and epic battles with a thematic depth that embraces politics, religion, warfare, courage, love, loyalty and our universal search for identity. Combining real historical figures and events with fictional characters, it is the ...
Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, captivating, epic ...
Plot:
viking, king, battles, rivalry, castle, kingdom, escapades, war, political unrest, heroes, kidnapping, vengeance ...
Time:
middle ages, 9th century, future, 10th century
Place:
england, europe
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124K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When his brother-in-law runs afoul of a drug lord, family man Chris Farraday turns to a skill he abandoned long ago – smuggling – to repay the debt. But the job goes wrong, and Farraday finds himself wanted by cops, crooks and killers alike.
Style:
realistic, exciting, clever, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
smuggling, gunfight, robbery, criminal heroes, drug lord, dishonesty, conspiracy, drugs, gangsters, caper, rivalry, mafia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, boston, usa
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273K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plus a nice commission for himself. Then, one day, he suddenly has second thoughts about what ...
Style:
realistic, motivational, feel good, inspirational, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
career, starting over, american football, football, love story, friendship, workplace romance, love, single mother, boss and employee, introspection, business ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, cuba
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420K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
Style:
rough, realistic, epic, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, military, soldier, battles, battlefield, squad, war, anti war, jungle warfare, combat, violent, jungle ...
Time:
year 1967, year 1968, 60s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, the philippines, southeast asia, asia
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