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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A contemporary spy series that follows Daniel Miller, an undercover agent at the CIA station in Berlin, Germany.
Style:
suspense, tense, exciting, action adventure, mind blowing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
secret service, spy, undercover, cia, whistleblower, espionage, terrorist, partner, government official, terrorism, partners against crime, strong female lead ...
Place:
berlin germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Brian Cruver, an ambitious 26-year-old lands a job at Enron. As he assimilates to the company's get-rich-quick mantra, spending sprees and wild corporate "gatherings" become the norm. But when Enron files for bankruptcy, Cruver ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, political, edutainment ...
Plot:
evil corporation, greed, corporate crime, rise and fall, fighting the system, ambition, rise to the top, uncover truth, power relations, whistleblower, love and romance, couple relations ...
Place:
austin texas
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Fact-based 2003 drama about the young journalist Stephen Glass, who got a job at The New Republic in 1995 and for three years fabricated at least half of the stories he wrote.
Style:
suspenseful, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing, mindfuck ...
Plot:
journalism, writers, ethics, workplace, politics, media, fake news report, homosexual, research, workaholic, suspicion, career ...
Time:
year 2003, 90s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., palo alto california, haiti
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The powerful and inspiring story of Andy Woodward, one of the first footballers to come forward with allegations of sexual abuse in the national game.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
soccer, sexual abuse, child abuse, football, whistleblower, domestic drama, traumatic memory, ex football player, football player, troubled past, painful memories, life is a bitch ...
Place:
england
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Denmark, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A whistle blower attempts to reveal the secret behind a nuclear disaster that occurred during the height of the Cold War.
Style:
serious, realistic, stylized, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
journalist, uncover truth, idealism, dishonesty, state affairs, cold war, whistleblower, contamination, journalism, war, disaster, conspiracy ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
denmark, greenland
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Inspired to a true story, on November 5th 1991, Rita Atria a young 17-year-old Sicilian girl, goes to see an anti-Mafia judge Paolo Borsellino to denounce the Mafia system that was responsible for the murder of her father and her brother. It is the ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
betrayal, mafia, sicilian, village, murder, danger, testimony, family life, youth, rivalry, criminal's revenge, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s, year 1991, year 1985
Place:
sicily, palermo italy, europe, italy, rome italy
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The story of Daniel Jones, lead investigator for the US Senate’s sweeping study into the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program, which was found to be brutal, immoral and ineffective. With the truth at stake, Jones battled tirelessly to ...
Style:
political, political thriller, uplifting, ambiguous ending, psychological ...
Plot:
politics, cia, torture, investigation, corruption, justice, truth, u.s. government, whistleblower, war crime, government corruption, humiliation ...
Time:
2010s, september 11 2001, 2000s, year 2019
Place:
washington d.c., san francisco
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Named after the World War II-era program, the plot revolves around a gifted high school student who decides to construct a nuclear bomb for a national science fair. The film's underlying theme involves the Cold War of the 1980s when government ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, action adventure, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
cold war, teenager, nuclear, military, atomic bomb, whistleblower, nuclear bomb, nuclear war, scientist, plutonium, laboratory, bombing ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york state, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In mid '90s, 3 female high school-grad office workers take up English classes together to get promotions and they team up to uncover corruption within their company.
Style:
semi serious, disturbing, captivating, realistic, period piece ...
Plot:
friendship, office, whistleblower, corporate corruption, female empowerment, workplace, office politics, manipulation, rivalry, twentysomething life, company, secret revealed ...
Time:
90s, year 1995
Place:
south korea, seoul
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold War. He meets a web of deception and paranoia that seems impenetrable...
Style:
political thriller, political, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, whistleblower, british intelligence, paranoia, murder, covert operation, cold war era, russian spy, revenge, traitor ...
Time:
year 1986, 20th century, 80s
Place:
england, london, europe
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23K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Comedy about two high school girls who wander off during a class trip to the White House and meet President Richard Nixon. They become the official dog walkers for Nixon's dog Checkers, and become his secret advisors during the Watergate ...
Style:
humorous, political, teen, not serious, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
teenage girl, politics, high school, friendship, marijuana, president, stupidity, farce, political cover up, alternate history, political satire, witness ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumption to be the key associate to a visiting labor union organizer. Together, they undertake the ...
Style:
political, touching, inspirational, aesthetic, sad ...
Plot:
labor union, working class, feminist, small town, union, women, labor, business, labor movement, courage, single mother, american politics ...
Time:
20th century, year 1979, 70s
Place:
north carolina, usa, alabama
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A law firm brings in its 'fixer' to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.
Style:
suspenseful, clever, suspense, political thriller, disturbing ...
Plot:
lawyer, legal, business, twists and turns, conspiracy, guilt, character study, divorce, nervous breakdown, law firm, courtroom, trial ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, wisconsin, usa, milwaukee wisconsin, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
La syndicaliste is the true story of Maureen Kearney, the head union representative of a French multinational nuclear powerhouse. She became a whistleblower, denouncing top-secret deals that shook the French nuclear sector. Alone against the world, ...
Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating
Plot:
sexual assault, investigation, nuclear power plant, whistleblower, nuclear reactor, secret, uncover truth, crime investigation, crime solving, politics, intimidation, trial ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, year 2017
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An accountant is found restrained inside a mansion, and she agrees to testify against her employer, who is the head of a massive scam against the Filipino people.
Style:
political thriller, crime drama, tense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
corruption, whistleblower, investigative journalism, government corruption, female protagonist, cover up, scam, testimony, investigation, social injustice, scandal, money laundering ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
the philippines
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to ...
Style:
tense, brutal, suspenseful, political thriller, exciting ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, violence, uncover truth, father daughter relationship, vigilantism, fighting the system, investigation, corruption, riddles and clues, political corruption, conspiracy ...
Time:
2000s, year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In a town in the Northwest of the province of Buenos Aires, a group of neighbors is organized to recover the economy of the area, but when the Corralito is implemented in the country and they suffer a fraud, their hopes disappear. Now, they will ...
Style:
feel good, captivating, light, semi serious, action comedy ...
Plot:
economic crisis, businesswoman, greed, bank clerk, greedy man, crisis, whistleblower, deception, lawyer, mishap, escapades, business ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, year 2001
Place:
argentina
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Based on true events, Lakshmi is a story of heroism and untold courage. Lakshmi, a 13 year old girl is kidnapped and sold into prostitution. Thrown into this horrific, inhuman world where she is raped and brutally beaten she barely survives with the ...
Style:
tense, serious, psychological, captivating, splatter ...
Plot:
cruelty, prostitution, police raid, female protagonist, brutality, pimp, whistleblower, underage, lawyer, strong female character, society, child prostitution ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to turn in any close friends. In doing so, Ciello uncovers a conspiracy ...
Style:
tense, neo noir, realistic, bleak, political ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
police, corruption, drug addiction, drug, lawyer, addiction, police corruption, whistleblower, police investigation, betrayal, redemption, fighting the system ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
new york, america, usa, washington d.c., virginia ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Mexico, UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A second rated journalist from the US tries his luck in El Salvador during the military dictatorship in the 1980s.
Style:
suspense, political, thought provoking, factual, harsh ...
Plot:
civil war, photojournalist, revolution, dictator, war correspondent, politics, journalism, war, dictatorship, reporter, assassination, cold war ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1986, 70s
Place:
latin america, central america, san francisco, south america
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Hungary
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Iconoclastic, take-no-prisoners cop John McClane, finds himself for the first time on foreign soil after traveling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack - unaware that Jack is really a highly-trained CIA operative out to stop a nuclear weapons ...
Style:
tense, melancholic, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
father son relationship, violence, cia agent, tough cop, car chase, terrorist, terrorism, 007, american abroad, car accident, traffic jam, uranium ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
russia, seattle, new york, langley virginia, moscow russia ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Wife and mother Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts) has a double life as a CIA operative, hiding her vocation from family and friends. Her husband, Joseph Wilson (Sean Penn), writes a controversial article in The New York Times, refuting stories about the ...
Style:
political, thought provoking, factual, intense, realistic ...
Plot:
cia, espionage, cia agent, secret service, conspiracy theory, politician, journalism, conspiracy, greed, survival, politics, intelligence agency ...
Time:
year 2010, year 2001, year 2003, year 1995, year 2002 ...
Place:
middle east, iraq, beirut lebanon, cleveland ohio, canada ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, China
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Travis Block is a shadowy Government agent who specializes in removing operatives whose covers have been exposed. He then has to uncover a deadly conspiracy within his own ranks that reaches the highest echelons of power.
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
hitman, fbi, one against many, blackmail, federal bureau of investigation, conspiracy, spy, secret service, abuse of power, political conspiracy, federal agent, gunfight ...
Time:
future, 2020s
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Sweden
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An assistant prosecutor zealously pursues a conviction in the case of a pediatric nurse accused of murdering her patients, but doubt arises when her evidence shows that the infants may have died of natural causes.
Style:
psychological, realistic, tense, serious, captivating
Plot:
courtroom drama, courtroom, lawyer, hospital, accusation, nurse, prison, whistleblower, serial killer, trial, women, court ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
holland
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201K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
Style:
factual, suspense, brutal, intense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, violence, corruption, irish mob, organized crime, gangster, fbi, fbi agent, true crime, murder, illness, violent ...
Time:
year 2015, 70s, 80s, 2010s, year 2016 ...
Place:
boston, peru, usa, massachusetts, miami ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A magical book transforms all who come into contact with it. Meet Dante, a bookstore manager with a crippling secret; Gina, a customer, who knows everything but love; Zoe, Dante's former lover whose life is falling apart; Norman, the clerk who ...
Style:
sexy, serious, humorous, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
true love, couples, love and romance, dishonesty, assassination attempt, collision, life turned upside down, political activism, whistleblower, bookstore, book, cooking and food ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Things appear to be looking up for a cash-strapped, regional hospital when it hires a reputedly brilliant cardiac surgeon to head up its pediatric cardiac surgery unit. But when increasing numbers of children begin dying on the operating table, the ...
Style:
medical drama, captivating, suspense, intense, tension ...
Plot:
medical malpractice, heart surgery, nurse, death of child, whistleblower, doctor, medical, fake doctor, problem, medicine, physician, ethical dilemma ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Fact-based story of an Israeli government agent assigned to use her beauty as well as intelligence to snag a man on the run with atomic secrets.
Style:
suspenseful, political thriller, tension, noir, political drama
Plot:
biopic, moral dilemma, whistleblower, treason, pacifism, government conspiracy, espionage, investigative journalism, covert operation, human rights, surveillance, mossad ...
Place:
israel, middle east
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Captain Gang has died in a test flight accident. Dae-ik discovers a huge corruption scandal while trying to determine the cause of death. He reports it to journalist Jung-sook, but things changed in unexpected ways.
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, political thriller ...
Plot:
investigation, korean army, military, criminal, investigative reporter, conspiracy, cover up, secrets, whistleblower, crime investigation, corruption, corrupt officer ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south korea
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist ...
Style:
political, clever, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
journalism, reporter, journalist, conspiracy, u.s. government, investigative journalism, politics, drug smuggling, investigative reporter, media manipulation, media, cia ...
Time:
80s, year 2014, 70s, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
latin america, california, los angeles, nicaragua, usa ...
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