Corruption movies and TV shows – page 3
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23K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common goal. But peace is not to last long.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, neo noir ...
Plot:
mafia, corruption, politics, drug overdose, female nudity, revenge, prostitute, murder, threesome, political corruption, church, heroin ...
Time:
2010s, year 2015, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
rome italy, italy
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Cristian, a young idealistic prosecutor whose career is on the rise, tries to crack a case against a senior colleague accused of corruption. The dilemma of choosing between his career and the truth weighs heavily on his shoulders. Looking further to ...
Style:
serious, tension, realistic, intense, thought provoking ...
Plot:
corruption, idealist, idealism, prosecutor, courtroom, suicide, fighting the system, prosecution, moral dilemma, legal, investigation, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
romania, eastern europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, feel good, uplifting, factual ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
environmental, justice, court, lawyer, contamination, small town, single mother, investigation, corporate crime, business, lawsuit, legal ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, y2k, year 2000, 2000s ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Action, Crime, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Having defeated the Joker, Batman now faces the Penguin - a warped and deformed individual who is intent on being accepted into Gotham society. Crooked businessman Max Schreck is coerced into helping him become Mayor of Gotham and they both attempt ...
Style:
gothic, mysterious, stylized, saga, disturbing ...
Audience:
kids, teens, date night, boys' night, family outing
Plot:
superhero, villain, batman, revenge, christmas, femme fatale, cat, vigilante, corruption, double life, christmas season, circus ...
Time:
year 1992, 20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, north america
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32K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
A desperate banker needs to conceal stolen money. A Haitian-American gang lord wants to go legit. A Cuban-American hacker has an idea that will revolutionize the very future of money itself. Forced to work together, they unwittingly create their ...
Style:
sexy, tense, exciting, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
computer, corruption, gang, sex scene, hacker, dysfunctional relationship, father son relationship, corrupt official, organized crime, startup, violence, scam ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
miami
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14K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Stuntman Cha Dal-geon gets involved in a tragic airplane crash and ends up discovering a national corruption scandal in the process. Go Hae-ri, the oldest daughter of a deceased marine, decides to work for the National Intelligence Service as a ...
Style:
tense, dorama, sincere, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
agent, corruption, dishonesty, government, investigation, revenge, asian, crime solving, uncover truth, friendship, murder, danger ...
Place:
south korea
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
GOLDSTONE, the award-winning new feature from Australian auteur Ivan Sen (Mystery Road), is a complex and stylish crime thriller that explores themes of racism, human trafficking, police corruption, corporate malfeasance, and the trampling of ...
Style:
noir, neo noir, suspense, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
corruption, desert, missing person, australian outback, small town, police, australian aboriginal, outback, indigenous people, danger, exodus, fighting crime ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
australia, oceania
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Set just before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Sgt. Ray Elwood is an American soldier stationed at a German army camp. A soldier because a judge gave him a choice between the army and jail, Ray spends much of his free time cooking cocaine for ...
Style:
cynical, dark comedy, humorous, semi serious, black comedy ...
Plot:
corruption, drug dealing, heroin, military, dark humor, u.s. military, soldier, profanity, arms dealing, satire, greed, american football ...
Time:
year 1989, year 2001, 20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
west germany, germany, europe, hawaii, berlin germany ...
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1.5M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises ...
Style:
twist ending, suspense, surprise ending, clever, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
mafia, police, undercover cop, twists and turns, mole, organized crime, working undercover, mobster, espionage, plot twist, undercover, irish mob ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, america, persia, usa ...
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14K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
This is the hard and shocking story of life in a British Borstal for young offenders. The brutal regime made no attempt to reform or improve the inmates and actively encouraged a power struggle between the 'tough' new inmate and the ...
Style:
tense, serious, controversial, independent film, grindhouse ...
Plot:
boy, rebellion, corruption, rape, criminal, prison, humiliation, youth, prison life, juvenile delinquent, racism, revenge ...
Time:
year 1979, near future, 70s, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, united kingdom
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152
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Police captain Pavel Semyonov serves in one of the residential areas of St. Petersburg. Pavel is used to breaking up drunken fights and entering drug dens alone to make another arrest. He knows that if he thinks and argues, he will simply be killed. ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, enigmatic, intense, bleak
Plot:
danger, investigation, corruption, police investigation, heroes, rivalry, friendship, justice, betrayal, gunfight, murder, ambition ...
Place:
st. petersburg russia
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512K
Genre: 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, tense, realistic, harsh, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
police corruption, ghetto, gang, corrupt cop, drug dealer, african american, rookie, dirty cop, mentor, twists and turns, gunfight, gang member ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, south america, usa
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National headquarters. He is surprised to find top lawyers already on the defense case, and the discovery of ...
Style:
political thriller, political, cerebral, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
journalism, newspaper, political conspiracy, politics, conspiracy, political corruption, investigation, american politics, white house, investigative journalism, whistleblower, president ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973, year 1972, year 1976
Place:
washington d.c., usa, north america, miami, florida
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. Accompanied by an all-star jazz soundtrack, Sharky's new "machine" gathers evidence while Sharky falls in love with a ...
Style:
sexy, neo noir, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
prostitute, corruption, murder, gangster, police investigation, law enforcement, shootout, partner, tough law enforcer, fighting crime, tough guy, surveillance ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
atlanta georgia, california, new jersey
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35K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Thriller about an honest marshal in a corrupt mining colony on Io, Jupiter's sunless third moon, who is determined to confront a violent drug ring even though it may cost him his life. After his wife angrily deserts him, he waits alone for the ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, futuristic, visually stunning, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
corruption, mining, jupiter the planet, spacesuit, alien, space opera, outer space, attempted murder, tough guy, courage, marital separation, video surveillance ...
Time:
future, year 1981, distant future
Place:
space western
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144K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Banshee is an American drama television series set in a small town in Pennsylvania Amish country and features an enigmatic ex-con posing as a murdered sheriff who imposes his own brand of justice while also cooking up plans that serve his own ...
Style:
sexy, exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ex convict, sheriff, tough heroes, shooting, female nudity, organized crime, cop, gory, hidden identity, law enforcement, hacker, criminal ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, pittsburgh
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191K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Tells the true story of a 60 Minutes television series exposé of the tobacco industry, as seen through the eyes of a real tobacco executive, Jeffrey Wigand
Style:
cerebral, political, sexy, suspense, clever ...
Plot:
journalism, whistleblower, courtroom, politics, corruption, reporter, corporate crime, journalist, conspiracy, terrorist, tobacco, lawyer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999
Place:
new york, washington d.c., kentucky, south carolina, mississippi ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.
Style:
harsh, psychological, stylized, gloomy, suspense ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night
Plot:
motorcycle, haunted by the past, bank robbery, loner, bank robber, father son relationship, police, money problems, family relations, corruption, robbery, criminal ...
Time:
year 2012, future, y2k, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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184K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor's ravings and revelations about the media for their own profit.
Style:
clever, satirical, political, witty, black comedy ...
Plot:
media, journalism, satire, television, social commentary, media manipulation, adultery, corruption, murder, dark humor, business, assassination ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
usa, new york, california, manhattan new york city, middle east ...
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Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
City Hunter is a 2011 South Korean television drama series starring Lee Min-ho, Park Min-young, Lee Joon-hyuk, Kim Sang-joong, Kim Sang-ho, Hwang Sun-hee, Goo Ha-ra, Chun Ho-jin and Lee Kwang-soo. It premiered on May 25, 2011 on SBS and finished ...
Style:
exciting, dorama, romantic, romantic drama, suspense ...
Plot:
secret identity, hidden identity, corruption, masked hero, political intrigue, vigilante, revenge, twists and turns, tragic villain, vengeance, father son relationship, vendetta ...
Place:
korea
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248K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA, South Africa
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them ...
Style:
exciting, sexy, clever, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
cia, espionage, secret service, secret agent, cia agent, on the run, gunfight, betrayal, mercenary, conspiracy, covert operation, traitor ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
cape town south africa, africa, south africa, iran, paris france ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
FBI agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the U.S. border.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, perverse, bleak, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cartel, terrorist, drug cartel, black ops, cia agent, cia, organized crime, u.s. mexico border, warrior, deception, top secret, agent ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
somalia, south america, kansas city, sonora, mexico ...
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236K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain, France, UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Six short stories that explore the extremities of human behavior involving people in distress.
Style:
suspense, dark comedy, psychological, tense, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
multiple storylines, revenge, dark humor, twists and turns, sex scene, human nature, vengeance, violence, corruption, destiny, wedding party, comedy of errors ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, y2k, 21st century
Place:
argentina, south america, persia, latin america
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Jim is an average New Yorker living a peaceful life with a well paying job and a loving family. Suddenly, everything changes when the economy crashes causing Jim to lose everything. Filled with anger and rage, Jim snaps and goes to extreme lengths ...
Style:
serious, exciting, intense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
revenge, wall street, vigilante, corruption, vigilantism, cancer, fighting the system, money, breaking point, depression, nothing to lose, investment banker ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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24K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big ...
Style:
emotional, neo noir, intense, talky, rough ...
Plot:
corruption, political corruption, murder, whistleblower, character study, police corruption, false accusation, mafia, injustice, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, criminal ...
Time:
year 2000, 2000s, 90s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.
Style:
twist ending, suspense, psychological, surprise ending, tense ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
vengeance, vigilantism, justice, prison, vigilante, revenge, master criminal, lawyer, retribution, fighting the system, twists and turns, murder ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Dooley, a cop wrongly sacked for corruption, teams up with a useless defence lawyer in their new careers... as security guards. When the two are made fall guys for a robbery at a location they are guarding, the pair begin to investigate corruption ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, not serious, exciting, parody ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
corruption, heist, gunfight, ex cop, female bodybuilder, security guard, guard dog, friendship, justice, on the run, nothing goes right, witnessing a crime ...
Time:
80s
Place:
europe, los angeles, california
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405K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe ...
Style:
epic, inspirational, realistic, period piece, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mental illness, success, aviation, entrepreneurship, businessman, test pilot, entrepreneur, biopic, business, filmmaking, obsessive compulsive disorder, corruption ...
Time:
1930s, year 2004, 1920s, 1900s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, connecticut, new york, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A young Oxford academic and his attorney girlfriend holiday on Antigua. They bump into a Russian millionaire who owns a peninsula and a diamond watch. He wants a game of tennis. What else he wants propels the lovers on a tortuous journey to the City ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, intense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
assassination, tennis, russian mafia, corrupt politician, espionage, teacher, corruption, birthday party, politician, friendship, informant, bank ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, morocco, alps, london, moscow russia ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
When the body of Army Capt. Elizabeth Campbell is found on a Georgia military base, two investigators, Warrant Officers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill, are ordered to solve her murder. What they uncover is anything but clear-cut. Unseemly details ...
Style:
detective, tense, neo noir, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
army investigation, conspiracy, rape, murder, gang rape, strangulation, military, reluctant partners, corruption, rape victim, military training, betrayal ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
georgia, west point
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