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Smolensk (2016)

0.60 Stars

Drama, Thriller

Inspired by true events of 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 mysterious crash in Smolensk, the film tells the fictional story of various people affected by the tragedy. The protagonist is a journalist Nina, who refuses to accept the offic

Airplane Crash, Conspiracy Theory, Crash, Journalist, Propaganda

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Kalifornia (1993)

3.35 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

A journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.

Similarity: 5.73 (Similar)

Black Comedy, Brutality, Hairy Chest, Journalist, Serial Killer

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The Cedar's Tears

4.00 Stars

Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A Washington journalist travels to Montreal to investigate on an amateur film footage left by a contract killer who claims to be responsible for the assassination of a powerful Middle Eastern businessman back in 2005.

Similarity: 5.62 (Similar)

Journalist

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Das Leben der Anderen (2006)

4.20 Stars

Drama, Mystery, Thriller

In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.

Similarity: 5.42 (Similar)

Political Thriller, Propaganda, Spy, Stasi, Writer, 1980s, Murder, Berlin Wall

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El cártel (2009)

2.80 Stars

Drama, Thriller

Mexico's most notorious drug lord schools a naïve journalist as to the principles behind The Cartel's success.

Similarity: 5.39 (Similar)

Business, Drugs, Journalist, Mexico, Reporter

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Ulidavaru Kandanthe (2014)

4.30 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

A journalist sets out to uncover the truth behind an incident, through the perspectives of different people, unraveling how they and their lives are intertwined with it.

Similarity: 5.38 (Similar)

Journalist

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Zanahoria (2014)

3.40 Stars

Drama, Thriller

Two Uruguayan journalists embark on a journey of secrets, simulations, furtive encounters and paranoia when a mysterious informant contact them with the intention to reveal evidence of crimes by the military dictatorship that have ne

Similarity: 5.24 (Similar)

Cigarette Smoking, Election, Journalist, Magazine

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In My Father's Den (2004)

3.70 Stars

Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A disillusioned war journalist's return home is blighted when he becomes implicated in the mysterious disappearance of a teenage girl he has befriended.

Similarity: 5.23 (Similar)

Bath, Female Nudity, Journalist, Prodigal Son, Whodunit

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23 (1999)

3.65 Stars

Drama, Thriller

When the orphaned Karl Koch and his friend David start breaking into government and military computers, an acquaintance senses that there is money in computer cracking - and travels to east Berlin to try to contact the KGB.

Similarity: 5.11 (Similar)

Conspiracy Theory, Hanover Germany, Reference To Adam Weishaupt, Year 1985, Year 1986

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Aurora: Operation Intercept (1995)

1.75 Stars

Action, Drama, Thriller

There have been two mysterious plane crashes in only 48 hours. The aircraft suddenly lose control and crash, killing everyone aboard. A woman of Russian descent, Francesca Zaborszin, the daughter of a slain Federal investigator, clai

Similarity: 4.85 (Slightly Similar)

Air Force, Airplane Accident, Airplane Crash, Electromagnetic Pulse, The White House

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JFK (1991)

4.00 Stars

Drama, History, Thriller

New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.

Similarity: 4.82 (Slightly Similar)

Assassination, Assassination Of President, Conspiracy Theory, Investigation, President, Homicide, Year 1963, John F. Kennedy Assassination

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Boîte noire (2021)

3.60 Stars

Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A young and talented black box analyst is on a mission to solve the reason behind the deadly crash of a brand new aircraft.

Similarity: 4.80 (Slightly Similar)

Airplane, Airplane Crash, Color In Title, Long Take, Mission

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The Last Thing He Wanted (2020)

2.15 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

A veteran D.C. journalist loses the thread of her own narrative when a guilt-propelled errand for her father thrusts her from byline to unwitting subject in the very story she's trying to break. Adapted from Joan Didion's namesake no

Similarity: 4.75 (Slightly Similar)

Arms Dealer, Journalist, Newspaper, Quitting A Job, Secret Government Agency

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Rafales (1991)

3.35 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

On Christmas eve a journalist witnesses a theft in a mall and then tracks one of the thieves to later be taken as his hostage in the radio station he works for.

Similarity: 4.71 (Slightly Similar)

Christmas Eve, Hostage, Journalist, Radio Station, Theft

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Anonymous (2011)

3.40 Stars

Drama, Thriller

The theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare's plays. Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I and the Essex rebellion against her.

Similarity: 4.65 (Slightly Similar)

Conspiracy Theory, Earl Of Oxford, Elizabeth I Character, Historical Fiction, William Shakespeare Character

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Alkitrang dugo (1975)

3.25 Stars

Adventure, Drama, Thriller

A group of Filipino teenaged boys and girls survives a plane crash and copes to live in an island amid politics, social class, sanity and death.

Similarity: 4.65 (Slightly Similar)

Airplane Crash, Death, Island, Politics, Sanity

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Blood Diamond (2006)

4.00 Stars

Adventure, Drama, Thriller

A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.

Similarity: 4.60 (Slightly Similar)

Civil War, Diamond, Journalist, Rebel, Sierra Leone

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Det som ingen ved (2008)

3.05 Stars

Drama, Thriller

Thomas' sister is a journalist and wants to talk to him but "drowns" just before. In her apartment he finds papers about biochemical weapons and the Danish intelligence agency their dead dad was in. Thomas investigates.

Similarity: 4.58 (Slightly Similar)

Brother Sister, Journalist, Military Intelligence, Political Thriller, Woman Drowned

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Millennium (1989)

2.85 Stars

Drama, Sci-fi, Thriller

An NTSB investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster meets a warrior woman from 1000 years in the future.

Similarity: 4.55 (Slightly Similar)

Air Crash Investigation, Aircraft Cockpit, Airplane Crash, Futuristic Technology, Time Travel

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Professione: reporter (1975)

3.75 Stars

Drama, Thriller

Unable to find the war he's been asked to cover, a frustrated war correspondent takes the risky path of co-opting the identity of a dead arms-deal acquaintance.

Similarity: 4.52 (Slightly Similar)

Africa, Desert, Journalist, Reporter, Sahara Desert

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Incendiary (2008)

2.90 Stars

Drama, Romance, Thriller

A woman's life is forever changed when tragedy strikes at a soccer match.

Similarity: 4.52 (Slightly Similar)

Beach, Caravan, Grief, Guilt, Journalist

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Flight (2012)

3.65 Stars

Drama, Thriller

An airline pilot saves almost all his passengers on his malfunctioning airliner which eventually crashed, but an investigation into the accident reveals something troubling.

Similarity: 4.49 (Slightly Similar)

Airplane Crash, Airplane Pilot, Flight Attendant, Pilot, Stewardess

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49th Parallel (1941)

3.65 Stars

Drama, Thriller, War

A World War II U-boat crew are stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral U.S.

Similarity: 4.48 (Slightly Similar)

Bare Chested Male, Episodic Structure, Propaganda, U Boat, World War Two

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Alive (1993)

3.55 Stars

Biography, Drama, Thriller

After crash-landing in the snowswept Andes, a Uruguayan rugby team have no choice but to turn to desperate measures in order to survive.

Similarity: 4.47 (Slightly Similar)

Andes Mountains, Based On True Story, Crash, Stranded, Survival

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Dag II (2016)

4.50 Stars

Action, Drama, War

In a desolate war zone where screams of the innocent echo, seven Maroon Berets will dance with death on the very line between disaster and valor.

Similarity: 4.43 (Slightly Similar)

Iraqi Turks, Journalist, Special Forces, Turkish Military, Waterboarding

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The Parallax View (1974)

3.55 Stars

Drama, Thriller

An ambitious reporter gets in way-over-his-head trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.

Similarity: 4.41 (Slightly Similar)

Assassination Plot, Conspiracy, Conspiracy Theory, Investigative Reporter, Reporter

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Aftermath (2017)

2.85 Stars

Drama, Thriller

Two strangers' lives become inextricably bound together after a devastating plane crash.

Similarity: 4.38 (Slightly Similar)

Air Traffic Controller, Airplane Crash, Grief, Guilt, Mental Breakdown

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All the President's Men (1976)

3.95 Stars

Biography, Drama, History, Thriller

"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.

Similarity: 4.33 (Slightly Similar)

Investigative Journalism, Journalist, Newspaper, Washington Post, Watergate

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Raccoon Valley (2018)

2.55 Stars

Drama, Horror, Thriller

A plane bearing biohazardous material crashes into a town, and a deaf woman has to navigate her way through the aftermath.

Similarity: 4.07 (Slightly Similar)

Airplane Crash, Biohazard, Home Invasion, Outbreak, Quarantine

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Nesokrushimyy (2018)

2.80 Stars

Action, Drama, History

The movie inspired by real events tells the story of the KV-1 tank's crew heroic deed. Having a losing fight, the crew of Semyon Konovalov destroyed 16 enemy tanks, 2 armored vehicles and 8 vehicles with enemy personnel near Nizhnemi

Similarity: 4.05 (Slightly Similar)

Military Uniform, Military Vehicle, Propaganda, Tank, Tank Warfare, Soviet Tank

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Gumnaami (2019)

3.95 Stars

Action, Drama, History

Gumnaami is a film based on the Mukherjee Commission Hearings which happened from 1999 to 2005 where the three theories about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's death were discussed and debated.

Similarity: 4.04 (Slightly Similar)

Based On True Story, Journalist

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Kill the Messenger (2014)

3.45 Stars

Biography, Crime, Drama

Journalist Gary Webb, California 1996, started investigating CIA's role in the 1980s in getting crack cocaine to the black part of LA to get money and weapons to the Contras/freedom fighters in Nicaragua.

Similarity: 4.00 (Slightly Similar)

Based On True Story, Cocaine, Journalist, Nicaraguan Contras, Smear Campaign

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Horizon Line (2021)

2.35 Stars

Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Action

A couple flying on a small plane to attend a tropical island wedding must fight for their lives after their pilot suffers a heart attack.

Similarity: 3.95 (Slightly Similar)

Airplane Crash, Fight, Happy Ending, Running Out Of Time, Saved At The Last Minute

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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)

3.65 Stars

Biography, Drama

Based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Lloyd Vogel.

Similarity: 3.91 (Slightly Similar)

Based On Real Person, Father Son Relationship, Fred Rogers Character, Journalist, Television Host

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Krym (2017)

3.55 Stars

Action, Drama

This is a story of love, faith and honor, the strength of spirit and true friendship against the backdrop of the real events of the Crimean spring of 2014.

Similarity: 3.85 (Slightly Similar)

Crimea, Occupation, Propaganda, Russian Invasion, Russian Propaganda, Terrorism, Ukrainian Russian Relations

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La Tragedia de Río Verde (2018)

2.95 Stars

Drama

A story about love and breaking social barriers, set against the Rio Verde plane crash that killed the players of the Santiago baseball team in 1948.

Similarity: 3.75 (Slightly Similar)

Airplane Crash, Baseball, Douglas Dc 4, Funeral, New Year's Eve

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Miracle (2004)

3.75 Stars

Biography, Drama, History

The true story of Herb Brooks, the player-turned-coach who led the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team to victory over the seemingly invincible Soviet squad.

Similarity: 3.72 (Slightly Similar)

American Athlete, Ice Skater, Ice Skating, Propaganda, Second Cold War, 1980s, Hockey Movie, Ice Hockey, Olympics

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La dolce vita (1961)

4.00 Stars

Comedy, Drama

A series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering tabloid journalist living in Rome.

Similarity: 3.65 (Slightly Similar)

Celebrity, Drunkenness, Journalist, Party, Sexy Woman

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Flug in die Nacht - Das Unglück von Überlingen (2009)

3.15 Stars

Drama

A reconstruction of the real events leading to and following the fatal aircraft accident happening near the city of Ãœberlingen in southern Germany in 2002.

Similarity: 3.62 (Slightly Similar)

Airplane Crash, Catastrophe, Exploitation, Failure

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Air Force (1943)

3.50 Stars

Action, Drama, History

The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.

Similarity: 3.57 (Slightly Similar)

Decoder, Hickam Field, Reference To Brooklyn, Reference To Franklin D. Roosevelt, Reference To Orson Welles, Army Air Corps, B 17 Bomber, Propaganda, Propaganda Film, U.s. Army Air Corps, Air Crew, Aircrew, Flying Over The Ocean, U.s. Military, War Propaganda

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True Story (2015)

3.15 Stars

Biography, Crime, Drama

When disgraced New York Times reporter Michael Finkel meets accused killer Christian Longo - who has taken on Finkel's identity - his investigation morphs into a game of cat-and-mouse.

Similarity: 3.55 (Slightly Similar)

Discredited Reporter, Investigative Journalism, Journalist, Murder Trial, Prison Visit

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Nayak (1966)

4.20 Stars

Drama

En route to Delhi to receive an award, a Bengali film star reevaluates his success through his fellow passengers, dreams and past experiences.

Similarity: 3.55 (Slightly Similar)

Film Star, Interview, Journalist, Price Of Fame, Train

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Kekexili (2004)

3.80 Stars

Action, Drama

A moving true story about volunteers protecting antelope against poachers in the severe mountains of Tibet.

Similarity: 3.54 (Slightly Similar)

Antelope, Journalist, Poacher, Tibet, Volunteer

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The Usual Suspects (1995)

4.25 Stars

Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Drama

A sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which began when five criminals met at a seemingly random police lineup.

Similarity: 3.53 (Slightly Similar)

Criminal, Criminal Mastermind, Surprise Ending, Suspect, Unreliable Narrator

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Letchik (2021)

3.00 Stars

Biography, Drama, History

During a mission in WWII, the plane of Nikolai Komlev is shot down. He manages to bring his plane down in a remote forest clearing, but far from friendly territory, he faces a relentless test of physical and mental endurance.

Similarity: 3.50 (Slightly Similar)

Bare Breasts, Female Frontal Nudity, Female Rear Nudity, Cold Weather, Propaganda

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Le jouet (1976)

3.70 Stars

Comedy, Drama

A poor journalist finds himself as a toy of a boss' son. Making friends with a naughty child, he tries to save him from the cruel power of his father.

Similarity: 3.48 (Slightly Similar)

Billionaire, Job, Journalist, Neo Screwball Comedy, Toy

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Shattered Glass (2003)

3.60 Stars

Drama, History

The story of a young journalist who fell from grace when it was discovered he fabricated over half of his articles from the publication The New Republic magazine.

Similarity: 3.47 (Slightly Similar)

Fabricated Facts, Journalist, Journalistic Fraud, Magazine, Writer

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Kiborgy. Heroyi ne vmyrayut (2017)

3.95 Stars

Action, Drama, War

It is a story of a several-week-long military duty in September 2014. A group of military volunteers comes to Donetsk Airport for the first time - the Airport has been held by Ukrainians for more than four months of war.

Similarity: 3.47 (Slightly Similar)

Based On True Story, Hero, Russian Invasion, Ukraine, Ukrainian Russian War, Propaganda, Ukrainian Military, Airport

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Majaray nimroz (2017)

3.40 Stars

Action, Drama, History

The story is about the terrorism of People's Mujahedin of Iran group in 1981. After the dismissal of president Bani-Sadr by the Iranian parliament the tensions became high. The terrorist groups began to Assassinate Iranian's official

Similarity: 3.47 (Slightly Similar)

Propaganda

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Three Secrets (1999)

2.75 Stars

Drama

Three women each cling to the hope that an 8 year old boy that survives an airplane crash is their son that was put up for adoption as a baby. This is a remake of the 1950 film by the same name.

Similarity: 3.46 (Slightly Similar)

Adoption, Airplane Crash, Expectant Mother, Pregnancy, Remake

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Um das Menschenrecht (1934)

3.45 Stars

Drama, History

This Nazi propaganda film tells about the "freikorps" movement in post-World War I Germany. Freikorps were armed extreme-right-wing paramilitary groups, often composed of street thugs, ex-convicts and unemployed veterans, who engaged

Similarity: 3.46 (Slightly Similar)

Freikorps, German History, Nazi, Politics, Propaganda