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Plot Summary:
A TV reporter investigates compromising photographs of a nominee to the Supreme Court.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 395
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: political
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Smolensk (2016)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by true events of 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash in Smolensk, the film tells the partially fictional story of crash and various people affected by the tragedy. The protagonist is a journalist Nina, who refuses to accept the official version of the story and pursues her own independent investigation.
IMDB Rating: 1.2
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: serious, political, semi documentary, factual, mumblecore, disturbing, dark
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An Acceptable Loss (2018)
Plot Summary:
Former top U.S. security adviser Elizabeth "Libby" Lamm is threatened by associates from her dark past including Rachel Burke a steely, commanding politician with an unwavering knack for achieving her goals. Colluding with Rachel is Adrian, an unyielding, patriotic chief of staff. Martin harbors another type of obsession with Libby in this story of betrayal and regret.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, disturbing, exciting, tense, suspense, psychological, political, action adventure
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The Black List (1995)
Plot Summary:
At the trial of a judge who was found with a prostitute, a list of clients pops up. It contains the names of some very influential judges and politicians. Then, dead bodies and death threats erupt. Jacques is the trial judge and his own life seems to be in danger.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 582
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: surprise ending
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Trial by Fire (1995)
Plot Summary:
Paulette Gil is a very engaged teacher. When she realizes that her pupil Kip has problems she takes special care for him. But Kip interprets it in the wrong way and tells his mates that he had an affair with Paulette. Then he commits suicide and the rumours draw Paulette into court. - Written by Volker Boehm.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Mr. Ricco (1975)
Plot Summary:
Accused murderer Frankie Steele walks free, thanks to the efforts of San Francisco defense lawyer Joe Ricco. Then a pair of cop killings strikes the city. All signs point to the newly released Steele as the perpetrator. Has Ricco sprung a killer? Dean Martin keeps his affable ease but abandons his hipster Matt Helm-series swagger to portray Ricco in his final leading-role film, a whodunit mystery set in the city that also was the gritty center of action for the era’s Bullitt and Dirty Harry. Convinced that Steele isn’t behind the murders, Ricco launches an inquiry and runs up against a police lieutenant assigned to birddog him, evidence planted by a racist cop and several assassination attempts on Ricco himself. As the mystery deepens, so does the danger. And behind it all is someone the attorney never suspected. The pre-Laverne & Shirley Cindy Williams plays Ricco’s office assistant.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 630
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: political, cult film
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The Journalist (2022)
Plot Summary:
A journalist known as the maverick of news media defiantly chases the truth in this series adaptation of the hit movie of the same name.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 847
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: political
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The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977)
Plot Summary:
The bizarre story behind the man accused of assassinating John F. Kennedy and what might have happened had he been brought to trial.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 210 min
Plot tags: political
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Bump in the Night (1991)
Plot Summary:
Martha "Red" Tierney used to be a hot-shot reporter, but that was before alcohol took over her life. One morning Martha's son Jonathan leaves for school, stopping first to meet his father for breakfast. But Jonathan never meets his dad. Instead he is picked up by Lawrence a pedophile who has been watching him. Now Martha must overcome her alcoholism and her bitterness towards her ex-husband and use her old investigative skills to find her son before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 320
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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Trade Routes (2007)
Plot Summary:
Set against an Eastern European nation's election, in a country that was the most notorious communist dictatorship, the film charts the paths of five characters; An aging CIA officer; A young attractive economic advisor; The ambitious Bulgarian Prime Minister's chief of staff; An American political consultant; and a retired member of the Bulgarian Communist State Police. These five character destinies intertwine in the weeks leading up to the elections in a fledgling democracy.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: political, political drama
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Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer (2016)
Plot Summary:
A financial schemer finds himself in the middle of an international scandal after he becomes a political adviser to the new prime minister of Israel.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: psychological, political, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, sad, political thriller, independent film, interesting
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Murder Live! (1997)
Plot Summary:
Frank takes Pia Postman hostage on live TV, threatening to execute her after she accepts the blame for his daughter's suicide.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological thriller, psycho film
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Wildcat (2021)
Plot Summary:
An ambitious reporter stationed in the Middle East who is taken captive after her convoy is ambushed. She is confronted by the trauma of her past and must find a way to bring down the militants who incarcerated her.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 513
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, disturbing
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Uptight (1968)
Plot Summary:
Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 928
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: political, independent film, rough, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, black cinema
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Scandal: The Big Turn On (2000)
Plot Summary:
Former police officer and now a private detective, makes his living by collecting information about spouses of his clients. This business brings him a steady income and a lot of new experiences. Next order brings a lot of conflicting emotions to detective, and he decides to find out if everything is simple, as it seemed to him in the beginning.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, erotic, sexy, detective, sexploitation film
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River Runs Red (2018)
Plot Summary:
When the son of a successful judge is killed by two police officers and the system sets them free, a hardened veteran detective finds some incriminating files on the officers and the judge teams up with another mourning father to take the law into his own hands.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, disturbing, detective
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Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995)
Plot Summary:
The McMartin family's lives are turned upside down when they are accused of serious child molestation. The family run a school for infants. An unqualified child cruelty "expert" videotapes the children describing outrageous stories of abuse. One of the most expensive and long running trails in US legal history, exposes the lack of evidence and unprofessional attitudes of the finger pointers which kept one of the accused in jail for over 5 years without bail.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: depressing, political, clever, bleak, serious, realistic, disturbing, talky
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The Fourth War (1990)
Plot Summary:
Cold War drama about two gung-ho border commanders (Roy Scheider, Jurgen Prochnow) who carry out their own private war against each other on the German - Czechoslovakia border.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: political, political thriller, grindhouse, independent film, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, exciting
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Safe House (1998)
Plot Summary:
A psychological thriller; Mace Sowell, an ex-intelligence operative and whose past government activities catches up with him, faces his own mortality, in the shape of the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Holding the electronic key to secret information which implicates a Presidential front-runner, Mace struggles for his life while battling the debilitating effects of the disease.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: political, psychological, exciting, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, independent film
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Zipper (2015)
Plot Summary:
Sam Ellis is a man on the rise — a hot-shot federal prosecutor on the cusp of a bright political future. But what was meant to be a one-time experience with an escort turns into a growing addiction — a new demon threatening to destroy his life, family, and career.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: sexy, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, neo noir, political, scenic, eros, tense, serious
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Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977)
Plot Summary:
After a senator suddenly dies after completing (and sealing) an investigation into the nuclear power industry, the remaining senator and the state governor must decide on a person who will play along with their shady deals and not cause any problems. They decide on Billy Jack, currently sitting in prison after being sent to jail at the end of his previous film, as they don't expect him to be capable of much, and they think he will attract young voters to the party.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 798
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: political, talky, independent film, sincere, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful, biting, light
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Fail Safe (2000)
Plot Summary:
Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, suspenseful, political, psychological, apocalyptic, realistic, political thriller, disaster movie
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A Dry White Season (1989)
Plot Summary:
Taking place during the 1976 Soweto uprising, the story follows a white school teacher whose life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: talky, emotional, disturbing, rough, thought provoking, serious, realistic, political, retro, thinking
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Advise & Consent (1962)
Plot Summary:
A Senate investigation into the President's newly-nominated Secretary of State gives light to a secret from the past, which may not only ruin the candidate, but the President's character as well.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: political, black and white, clever, realistic, sincere, thought provoking, serious, disturbing, contemplative, tense
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The Parallax View (1974)
Plot Summary:
An ambitious reporter, investigating a senator's assassination, realizes witnesses to the shooting are systematically dying and discovers a multi-million dollar corporation which serves as a front for the recruitment of political assassins.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, neo noir, political, intense, political thriller, serious, realistic
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All the King's Men (2006)
Plot Summary:
The story of an idealist's rise to power in the world of Louisiana politics and the corruption that leads to his ultimate downfall. Based on the1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel written by Robert Penn Warren.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: political, intense, harsh, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, psychological, gothic, cult classic
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The China Syndrome (1979)
Plot Summary:
A modern nightmare nearly becomes reality in this tension-filled story about an "incident" at a nuclear power plant. Jane Fonda stars as Kimberly Wells, an ambitious TV reporter covering a story on energy sources, who is present at the nuclear plant when a startling accident occurs that nearly causes the meltdown of the reactor. A newsreel cameraman accompanying Wells (Michael Douglas) captures the incident on film but the television station won't air the footage. Though the plant's corporate heads are quick to deny the possibility of any real danger, Jack Godell (Jack Lemmon), the plant's veteran engineer, discovers faulty equipment at the plant. Attempting to tell others about his findings, an attempt is made on his life. In desperation, he forcibly takes control of the power plant and invites the media to hear his ceremony. But the corporation is determined to stop him in a taut and shocking climax!.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, tense, political, psychological, serious, captivating, realistic, neo noir, political thriller
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Beirut (2018)
Plot Summary:
A former U. S. diplomat returns to service in order to save a former colleague in Beirut.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: political, rough, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, social, action thriller, powerful, independent film, political drama
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The Contender (2000)
Plot Summary:
Political thriller about Laine Hanson's nomination and confirmation as Vice President. An allegation that she was involved in a sexual orgy at the age of 19 is leaked to the press. As pressure mounts on Laine, she's torn between fighting back or sticking to her principles and refusing to comment on the allegations.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: political, clever, thought provoking, serious, sincere, suspense, realistic, talky, dark, independent film
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The Ides of March (2011)
Plot Summary:
Dirty tricks stand to soil an ambitious young press spokesman's idealism in a cutthroat presidential campaign where 'victory' is relative.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 229000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: political thriller, talky, political, suspense, clever, tense, realistic, psychological, suspenseful, tricky
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A Few Good Men (1992)
Plot Summary:
When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 282000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, serious, realistic, tricky, clever, suspenseful, feel good, entertaining, sincere