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Good Night, And Good Luck. (2005)
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Good Night, And Good Luck. (2005)

In the early 1950's, the threat of Communism created an air of paranoia in the United States and exploiting those fears was Senator 'Joseph McCarthy (II)' (qv) of Wisconsin. However, CBS reporter 'Edward R. Murrow' (qv) and his producer 'Fred W. Friendly' (qv) decided to take a stand and challenge M …cCarthy and expose him for the fear monger he was. However, their actions took a great personal toll on both men, but they stood by their convictions and helped to bring down one of the most controversial senators in American history. (Read More)

Subgenre:
political dramadocudrama
Themes:
american politicsu.s. militaryfreedomcommunismexploitationblackmailparanoiadivorcedeceptioninvestigationfeardrinkingpoliticschristmasmarriage …suicidedeathfriendship (See All)
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archive footage
Locations:
elevatorlondon englandtrainrestaurantbarnew york city
Characters:
suicide by asphyxiationsecretaryjewlawyerbrother sister relationshipsingerfriendafrican americanhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual
Period:
1950s
Story:
loyalty oathu.s. attorney generaldeath by asphyxiationhead in ovensaxophone playeradvertising agencybroadcast journalismtv journalismaccused of being a communistsecret marriagefalse accusationbeverly hills californiatv journalisttelevision historytelevision news …news reporterpiano playertv cameraflash camerafilm camerajazz singerdeath of co workerdeath of a co workerhouse un american activities committeereference to william randolph hearstreference to j. robert oppenheimerreference to shakespeare's julius caesarreference to princess margaretreference to milton berlehouse unamerican activities committeereference to jayne mansfieldreference to eleanor rooseveltmilitary dischargereference to douglas macarthurreference to ed sullivanreference to machiavellifellow travelerreference to mickey rooneytv control boothreference to liza minnellimccarthy hearingsconstitutional rightsreference to harry s trumansecurity riskreference to ava gardnerbass fiddleawards banquethabeas corpusu.s. citizenshipheresayco written by actorchain reactiondecencyreference to benjamin franklindemagoguehuacred scarelaryngitiseditorialtv monitoru.s. supreme courtreference to dwight d. eisenhowertv networkreference to liberacecbsinternal revenue servicedemagogycongressional hearingaclublacklistingreference to mao tse tungreference to judy garlandproofjazz combopolitical persecutionscreening roomnew york timesu.s. senateslip the undergarmentcompromisesubversiondemocratic partyscotchnational securityslanderlecturerserbianblacklistmccarthyismu.s. constitutionwitch huntcivil libertiesspeakertv broadcastnews anchortv producerperjuryintegritytv stationright wingoathnewscasterslide showu.s. senatorasphyxiationdignityovenu.s. air forcerepublican partysocialistcold war erapentagonwisconsinexposeaccusationtv studionewscastpresssaxophonefilm projectorwhisperingrumorname callingtv commercialhangoverdeportationtreasonstock footagetitle ends with periodtestimonypost world war twopatriotismcomma in titleundercover agentdeceitevidencecigarette lighteradvertisingnewsreel footageu.s. armyattorneycensorshipdeath of frienddebatetv showjournalismgossipmediacommunistrepetition in titlepropagandalive broadcastloyaltytv newsperiod in titleapplauseeyeglassescold warwashington d.c.black americanreference to william shakespearetypewritergeneralwitnesssoviet uniongovernmentcover upwritten and directed by cast memberfired from the jobliarfbimicrophonefive word titlecontroversyradiono opening creditsman with glassestrialimmigrantpoliticianterroristcaliforniajournalistnewspaperreportertelevisionpianocafebedliebooksecretdrinkcamerasongtelephone callsingingtitle spoken by characterphotographcigarette smokinginterviewkissflashback (See All)

The Insider (1999)
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The Insider (1999)

Balls-out "60 Minutes" producer Lowell Bergman sniffs a story when a former research biologist for Brown & Williamson, Jeff Wigand, won't talk to him. When the company leans hard on Wigand to honor a confidentiality agreement, he gets his back up. Trusting Bergman and despite a crumbling marriage, h …e goes on camera for a Mike Wallace interview and risks arrest for contempt of court. Westinghouse is negotiating to buy CBS, so CBS attorneys advise CBS News to shelve the interview and avoid a lawsuit. "60 Minutes" and CBS News bosses cave, Wigand is hung out to dry, Bergman is compromised, and the CEOs of Big Tobacco may get away with perjury. Will the truth come out? (Read More)

Themes:
blackmailparanoiadivorceinvestigationfeardrinkingpoliticsmarriagedeath
Locations:
barnew york city
Characters:
lawyerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships
Story:
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Frost/nixon (2008)
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Frost/nixon (2008)

Writer Peter Morgan's legendary battle between Richard Nixon, the disgraced president with a legacy to save, and David Frost, a jet-setting television personality with a name to make, in the story of the historic encounter that changed both their lives. For three years after being forced from office …, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans (as well as a $600,000 fee). Likewise, Frost's team harbored doubts about their boss' ability to hold his own. But as cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted. (Read More)

Subgenre:
political drama
Themes:
american politicsparanoiainvestigationdrinkingpoliticsdeath
Mood:
archive footage
Locations:
london englandrestaurantnew york city
Characters:
lawyersingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship
Story:
tv journalismbeverly hills californiatv cameratv control boothtv monitoru.s. supreme courtreference to mao tse tungu.s. constitutionrepublican partytv studiotv commercialnewsreel footageattorneytv showtv news …eyeglasseswashington d.c.witnesscover upliarfbimicrophoneman with glassespoliticianjournalistreportertelevisionliedrinkcamerasongtelephone callsingingphotographinterviewflashback (See All)

J. Edgar (2011)
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J. Edgar (2011)

Biopic of J. Edgar Hoover told by Hoover as he recalls his career for a biography. Early in his career, Hoover fixated on Communists, anarchists and any other revolutionary taking action against the U.S. government. He slowly builds the agency's reputation, becoming the sole arbiter of who gets hire …d and fired. One of his hires is Clyde Tolson who is quickly promoted to Assistant Director and would be Hoover's confidant and companion for the rest of Hoover's life. Hoover's memories have him playing a greater role in the many high profile cases the FBI was involved in - the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, the arrest of bank robbers like John Dillinger - and also show him to be quite adept at manipulating the various politicians he's worked with over his career, thanks in large part to his secret files. (Read More)

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communismblackmailparanoiainvestigationfearpoliticsdeathfriendship
Mood:
archive footage
Locations:
elevatorbar
Characters:
secretarylawyerfriendfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual
Period:
1950s
Story:
u.s. attorney generalreference to eleanor rooseveltreference to dwight d. eisenhowercongressional hearingperjurypressfilm projectordeportationtestimonyevidencenewsreel footageattorneyloyaltyperiod in titleapplause …washington d.c.typewritergovernmentfired from the jobliarfbimicrophoneman with glassestrialpoliticianterroristnewspaperreporterbooksecretcameraphotographflashbackinterviewkiss (See All)

Fair Game 2018 Director's Cut' (2010) is one of the best movies like Good Night, And Good Luck. (2005)
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Fair Game 2018 Director's Cut' (2010)

Plame's status as a CIA agent was revealed by White House officials allegedly out to discredit her husband after he wrote a 2003 New York Times op-ed piece saying that the Bush administration had manipulated intelligence about weapons of mass destruction to justify the invasion of Iraq.

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paranoiainvestigationfeardrinkingpoliticsmarriagedeath
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archive footage
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bar
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brother sister relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships
Story:
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The Fifth Estate (2013)
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The Fifth Estate (2013)

The story begins as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Bruhl) team up to become underground watchdogs of the privileged and powerful. On a shoestring, they create a platform that allows whistle-blowers to anonymously leak covert da …ta, shining a light on the dark recesses of government secrets and corporate crimes. Soon, they are breaking more hard news than the world's most legendary media organizations combined. But when Assange and Berg gain access to the biggest trove of confidential intelligence documents in U.S. history, they battle each other and a defining question of our time: what are the costs of keeping secrets in a free society-and what are the costs of exposing them? (Read More)

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u.s. militarydeceptionfeardrinkingpoliticsfriendshipdeath
Mood:
archive footage
Locations:
london englandtrainbarnew york city
Characters:
secretarylawyerfriendafrican americanmother son relationshipfather son relationship
Story:
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Trumbo (2015)
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Trumbo (2015)

In 1947, Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) was Hollywood's top screenwriter until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs. TRUMBO (directed by Jay Roach) recounts how Dalton used words and wit to win two Academy Awards and expose the absurdity and injustice under th …e blacklist, which entangled everyone from gossip columnist Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren) to John Wayne, Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger. (Read More)

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Characters:
friendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships
Period:
1950s
Story:
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Inherent Vice (2014)
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Inherent Vice (2014)

During the psychedelic 60s and 70s Larry "Doc" Sportello is surprised by his former girlfriend and her plot for her billionaire boyfriend, his wife, and her boyfriend. A plan for kidnapping gets shaken up by the oddball characters entangled in this groovy kidnapping romp based upon the novel by Thom …as Pynchon. (Read More)

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elevator
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Story:
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Dreamgirls (2006) is one of the best movies like Good Night, And Good Luck. (2005)
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Dreamgirls (2006)

Detroit, the early 1960s. Curtis Taylor, Jr., a car salesman, breaks into the music business with big dreams. He signs a trio of young women, the Dreamettes, gets them a job backing an R&B performer, James "Thunder" Early, establishes his own record label and starts wheeling and dealing. When Early  …flames out, Curtis makes the Dreamettes into headliners as the Dreams, but not before demoting their hefty big-voiced lead singer, Effie White, and putting the softer-voiced looker, Deena Jones, in front. Soon after, he fires Effie, sends her into a life of proud poverty, and takes Deena and the Dreams to the top. How long can Curtis stay there, and will Effie ever get her due? (Read More)

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Snowden (2016)
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Snowden (2016)

SNOWDEN stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and is written and directed by Oliver Stone. The script is based on the books The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man by Luke Harding and Time of the Octopus by Anatoly Kucherena.

Themes:
freedomblackmailparanoiainvestigationfeardrinkingpolitics
Mood:
archive footage
Locations:
elevatorbarnew york city
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lawyerafrican americanhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships
Story:
television newsconstitutional rightsnational securityu.s. constitutioncivil libertiesdeportationtreasonundercover agentnewsreel footageu.s. armyjournalismtv newsapplauseeyeglasseswashington d.c. …black americanfbimicrophonecontroversytrialpoliticianjournalistnewspapercafeliedrinkcameratelephone calltitle spoken by characterphotographinterviewflashbackkiss (See All)

Big Eyes (2014)
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Big Eyes (2014)

In San Francisco in the 1950s, Margaret was a woman trying to make it on her own after leaving her husband with only her daughter and her paintings. She meets gregarious ladies' man and fellow painter Walter Keane in a park while she was struggling to make an impact with her drawings of children wit …h big eyes. The two quickly become a pair with outgoing Walter selling their paintings and quiet Margaret holed up at home painting even more children with big eyes. But Walter's actually selling her paintings as his own. A clash of financial success and critical failure soon sends Margaret reeling in her life of lies. With Walter still living the high life, Margaret's going to have to try making it on her own again and re-claiming her name and her paintings. (Read More)

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divorcedeceptionfeardrinkingmarriagefriendship
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archive footage
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restaurantbarnew york city
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lawyerfriendhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships
Period:
1950s
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Network (1976)
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Network (1976)

In the 1970s, terrorist violence is the stuff of networks' nightly news programming and the corporate structure of the UBS Television Network is changing. Meanwhile, Howard Beale, the aging UBS news anchor, has lost his once strong ratings share and so the network fires him. Beale reacts in an unexp …ected way. We then see how this affects the fortunes of Beale, his coworkers (Max Schumacher and Diana Christensen), and the network. (Read More)

Themes:
exploitationmarriage
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restaurantbarnew york city
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lawyerhusband wife relationship
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Woman In Gold (2015) is one of the best movies like Good Night, And Good Luck. (2005)
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Woman In Gold (2015)

Maria Altman sought to regain a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II. She did so not just to regain what was rightfully hers, but also to obtain some measure of justice for the death, destruction, and massive art theft perpetrated by the Nazis.

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drinkingdeath
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elevator
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jewlawyersingerfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships
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The King's Speech (2010)
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The King's Speech (2010)

England's Prince Albert must ascend the throne as 'King George VI' (qv), but he has a speech impediment. Knowing that the country needs her husband to be able to communicate effectively, Elizabeth hires Lionel Logue, an Australian actor and speech therapist, to help him overcome his stammer. An extr …aordinary friendship develops between the two men, as Logue uses unconventional means to teach the monarch how to speak with confidence. (Read More)

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political drama
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A Mighty Heart (2007)
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A Mighty Heart (2007)

On January 23, 2002, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is to fly from Karachi to Dubai with his pregnant wife, Mariane, also a reporter. On the day before, with great care, he has arranged an interview in a cafe with an Islamic fundamentalist cleric. When Danny doesn't return, Mariane initia …tes a search. Pakistani police, American embassy personnel, and the FBI examine witnesses, phone records, e-mails, and hard drives. Who has him? Where is he? There's also the why: because of U.S. abuse of prisoners at Guantanamo, because of a history of Journal cooperation with the CIA, because Pearl is a Jew? Through it all, Mariane is clearheaded, direct, and determined. (Read More)

Subgenre:
docudrama
Themes:
investigationfeardrinkingpoliticsmarriagedeath
Locations:
restaurantnew york city
Characters:
jewlawyerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships
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Milk (2008)
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Milk (2008)

Using flashbacks from a statement recorded late in life and archival footage for atmosphere, this film traces Harvey Milk's career from his 40th birthday to his death. He leaves the closet and New York, opens a camera shop that becomes the salon for San Francisco's growing gay community, and organiz …es gays' purchasing power to build political alliances. He runs for office with lover Scott Smith as his campaign manager. Victory finally comes on the same day Dan White wins in the city's conservative district. The rest of the film sketches Milk's relationship with White and the 1978 fight against a statewide initiative to bar gays and their supporters from public school jobs. (Read More)

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paranoiafeardrinkingpoliticssuicidefriendshipdeath
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archive footage
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restaurantbar
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Mona Lisa Smile (2003) is one of the best movies like Good Night, And Good Luck. (2005)
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Mona Lisa Smile (2003)

Katherine Ann Watson has accepted a position teaching art history at the prestigious Wellesley College. Watson is a very modern woman, particularly for the 1950s, and has a passion not only for art but for her students. For the most part, the students all seem to be biding their time, waiting to fin …d the right man to marry. The students are all very bright and Watson feels they are not reaching their potential. Altough a strong bond is formed between teacher and student, Watson's views are incompatible with the dominant culture of the college. (Read More)

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divorcedrinkingpoliticschristmasmarriagefriendship
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trainrestaurantbarnew york city
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jewlawyersingerfriend
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1950s
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The Aviator (2004)
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The Aviator (2004)

Biopic of billionaire 'Howard Hughes (I)' (qv), starting with his early filmmaking years as owner of RKO studios but mostly focusing on his role in designing and promoting new aircraft. Hughes was a risk-taker spending several fortunes on designing experimental aircraft and eventually founding TWA a …s a rival to Pan AM airlines owned by his great rival Juan Trippe. When Trippe's politico Senator Ralph 'Owen Brewster (I)' (qv) accuses Hughes of being a war profiteer, it's Hughes who gains the upper hand. Hughes also had many women in his life including a long relationship with actress 'Katharine Hepburn' (qv). From an early age however, Hughes was also germophobic and would have severe bouts of mental illness. (Read More)

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blackmailparanoiafeardrinkingpolitics
Locations:
new york city
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brother sister relationshipsingerfriendmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships
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Changeling (2008)
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Changeling (2008)

Los Angeles, 1928. A single mother returns from work to find her nine-year-old son gone. She calls the LAPD to initiate a search. Five months later, a boy is found in Illinois who fits the description; he says he's her son. To fanfare and photos, the LAPD reunite mother and son, but she insists he's … not her boy. The cops dismiss her as either a liar or hysterical. When she joins a minister in his public criticism of the police, they in turn use government power to silence and intimidate her. Meanwhile, a cop goes to a dilapidated ranch to find a Canadian lad who's without legal status; the youth tells a grisly tale. There's redress for murder; is there redress for abuse of power? (Read More)

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blackmailparanoiadeceptioninvestigationfeardeath
Locations:
trainrestaurant
Characters:
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I'm Not There (2007)
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I'm Not There (2007)

Six incarnations of Bob Dylan: an actor, a folk singer, an electrified troubadour, Rimbaud, Billy the Kid, and Woody Guthrie. Put Dylan's music behind their adventures, soliloquies, interviews, marriage, and infidelity. Recreate 1960s documentaries in black and white. Put each at a crossroads, the a …rtist becoming someone else. Jack, the son of Ramblin' Jack Elliott, finds Jesus; handsome Robbie falls in love then abandons Claire. Woody, a lad escaped from foster care, hobos the U.S. singing; Billy awakes in a valley threatened by a six-lane highway; Rimbaud talks. Jude, booed at Newport when he goes electric, fences with reporters, pundits, and fans. He won't be classified. (Read More)

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Locations:
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Characters:
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Period:
1950s
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The Life Of David Gale (2003)

When anti-death-penalty activist David Gale is convicted and condemned to death for the murder of a colleague, reporter Bitsey Bloom sets out to learn the story behind Gale's crime. What she finds challenges her belief in Gale's guilt and, finally, in the justice system.

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Locations:
trainrestaurantbarnew york city
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Definitely, Maybe (2008)
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Definitely, Maybe (2008)

Romantic comedy: Will Hayes, a 30-something Manhattan dad is in the midst of a divorce when his 10 year old daughter, Maya, starts to question him about his life before marriage. Maya wants to know absolutely everything about how her parents met and fell in love. Will's story begins in 1992, as a yo …ung, starry-eyed aspiring politician who moves to New York from Wisconsin in order to work on the Clinton campaign. For Maya, Will relives his past as a idealistic young man learning the ins and outs of big city politics, and recounts the history of his romantic relationships with three very different women. On the campaign, Will's best buddy is Russell McCormack. They not only have similar political aspirations, they share the same type of girl problems, too. Will hopelessly attempts a "PG" version of his story for his daughter ad changes the names so Maya has to guess who he finally married. Is her mother Will's college sweetheart, the dependable girl next-door Emily? Is she his longtime best friend and confidante, the apolitical April? Or is she the free-spirited but ambitious journalist? As Maya puts together the pieces of her dad's romantic puzzle, she begins to understand that love is not so simple or easy. And as Will tells her his tale, Maya helps him to understand that it's definitely never too late to go back...and maybe even possible to find a happy ending. (Read More)

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Bridge Of Spies (2015)
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Bridge Of Spies (2015)

In the cold war, a lawyer, James B. Donovan is recruited by the CIA and involved in an intense negotiation mission to release and exchange a CIA U-2 spy-plane pilot, Francis G. Powers. The pilot was arrested alive after his plane was shot down by the Soviet Union during a mission and stays in the co …mpany of a KGB intelligence officer, Rudolf Abel, who was arrested for espionage in the US. (Read More)

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paranoiafearpolitics
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Period:
1950s
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Munich (2005)
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Munich (2005)

After Black September's assassination of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972, Prime Minister Golda Meir okays a black-box operation to hunt down and kill all involved. A team of five gathers in Switzerland led by Avner, a low-level Mossad techie whose father was a war hero and whose wife … is pregnant. It's an expendable team, but relying on paid informants, they track and kill several in Europe and Lebanon. They must constantly look over their shoulders for the CIA, KGB, PLO, and their own sources. As the body count mounts -- with retribution following retribution -- so do questions, doubts, and sleepless nights. Loyalties blur. What does it mean to be a Jew? (Read More)

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The Lives Of Others (2006) is one of the best movies like Good Night, And Good Luck. (2005)
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The Lives Of Others (2006)

Gerd Wiesler is an officer with the Stasi, the East German secret police. The film begins in 1984 when Wiesler attends a play written by Georg Dreyman, who is considered by many to be the ultimate example of the loyal citizen. Wiesler has a gut feeling that Dreyman can't be as ideal as he seems, and … believes surveillance is called for. The Minister of Culture agrees but only later does Wiesler learn that the Minister sees Dreyman as a rival and lusts after his partner Christa-Maria. The more time he spends listening in on them, the more he comes to care about them. The once rigid Stasi officer begins to intervene in their lives, in a positive way, protecting them whenever possible. Eventually, Wiesler's activities catch up to him and while there is no proof of wrongdoing, he finds himself in menial jobs - until the unbelievable happens. (Read More)

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The Good Shepherd (2006)
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The Good Shepherd (2006)

Laconic and self-contained, Edward Wilson heads CIA covert operations during the Bay of Pigs. The agency suspects that Castro was tipped, so Wilson looks for the leak. As he investigates, he recalls, in a series of flashbacks, his father's death, student days at Yale (poetry; Skull and Bones), recru …itment into the fledgling OSS, truncated affairs, a shotgun marriage, cutting his teeth on spy craft in London, distance from his son, the emergence of the Cold War, and relationships with agency, British, and Soviet counterparts. We watch his idealism give way to something else: disclosing the nature of that something else is at the heart of the film's narration as he closes in on the leak. (Read More)

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politicschristmasmarriagedeath
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london englandrestaurant
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Period:
1950s
Story:
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54 (1998)
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54 (1998)

An anthology film retelling the story of the famous Studio 54, a hot disco hangout for the social elite of New York. The movie follows several characters at once, some of whom are in desperate straits and on the verge of crashing.

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Locations:
restaurantbarnew york city
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Thank You For Smoking (2005)
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Thank You For Smoking (2005)

The chief spokesperson and lobbyist Nick Naylor is the Vice-President of the Academy of Tobacco Studies. He is talented in speaking and spins argument to defend the cigarette industry in the most difficult situations. His best friends are Polly Bailey that works in the Moderation Council in alcohol  …business, and Bobby Jay Bliss of the gun business own advisory group SAFETY. They frequently meet each other in a bar and they self-entitle the Mod Squad a.k.a. Merchants of Death, disputing which industry has killed more people. Nick's greatest enemy is Vermont's Senator Ortolan Finistirre, who defends in the Senate the use a skull and crossed bones in the cigarette packs. Nick's son Joey Naylor lives with his mother, and has the chance to know his father in a business trip. When the ambitious reporter Heather Holloway betrays Nick disclosing confidences he had in bed with her, his life turns upside-down. But Nick is good in what he does for the mortgage. (Read More)

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elevatorrestaurantbar
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congressional hearingu.s. senatortestimonyadvertisingnewsreel footagetv newsapplausewashington d.c.fired from the jobliarfbimicrophonepoliticiannewspaperreporter …cafebedliedrinktelephone callphotographcigarette smokinginterview (See All)

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The Great Debaters (2007)

Marshall, Texas, described by James Farmer, Jr. as "the last city to surrender after the Civil War," is home to Wiley College, where, in 1935-36, inspired by the Harlem Renaissance and his clandestine work as a union organizer, Professor Melvin Tolson coaches the debate team to a nearly-undefeated s …eason that sees the first debate between U.S. students from white and Negro colleges and ends with an invitation to face Harvard University's national champions. The team of four, which includes a female student and a very young James Farmer, is tested in a crucible heated by Jim Crow, sexism, a lynch mob, an arrest and near riot, a love affair, jealousy, and a national radio audience. (Read More)

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drinkingpolitics
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The Dressmaker (2015)
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The Dressmaker (2015)

Based on Rosalie Ham's best selling novel, The Dressmaker is the story of femme fatale Tilly Dunnage who returns to her small home town in the country to right the wrongs of the past. A stylish drama with comic undertones about love, revenge and haute couture.

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drinkingsuicidefriendship
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singerfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship
Period:
1950s
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Southland Tales (2006)
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Southland Tales (2006)

Southland Tales is an ensemble piece set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star develo …ping her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner, a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy. (Read More)

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The Master (2012)
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The Master (2012)

Returning from Navy service in World War II, Freddie Quell drifts through a series of breakdowns. Finally he stumbles upon a cult which engages in exercises to clear emotions and he becomes deeply involved with them.

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paranoiafeardrinkingmarriage
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No Way Out (1987) is one of the best movies like Good Night, And Good Luck. (2005)
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No Way Out (1987)

Tom Farrell is a navy officer who gets posted at the Pentagon and is to report to the secretary of defense David Brice. He starts an affair with Susan Atwell not knowing that she is Brice's mistress. When Susan is found dead, Tom is assigned to the case of finding the killer who is believed to be a  …KGB mole! Tom could soon become a suspect when a Polaroid negative of him was found at Susan's place. He now has only a few hours to find the killer before the computer regenerates the photo. (Read More)

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Lovelace (2013)
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Lovelace (2013)

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restaurantnew york city
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singerfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship
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Philomena (2013)
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Philomena (2013)

When former journalist Martin Sixsmith is dismissed from the Labour Party in disgrace, he is at a loss as to what do. That changes when a young Irish woman approaches him about a story of her mother, Philomena, who had her son taken away when she was a teenage inmate of a Catholic convent. Martin ar …ranges a magazine assignment about her search for him that eventually leads to America. Along the way, Martin and Philomena discover as much about each other as about her son's fate. Furthermore, both find their basic beliefs challenged. (Read More)

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1950s
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Sleepers (1996)
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Sleepers (1996)

As children, Lorenzo Carcaterra - Shakes to his friends - Michael Sullivan, Tommy Marcano, and John Reilly were inseparable. They grew up in Hell's Kitchen, a far from perfect neighborhood, one filled as Shakes says with scams and shake downs, but one where the rules were known by its residents. The … one adult who they admired was Father Bobby Carelli, who understood them as kids more than most adults and more than he himself would like to admit. In 1967, their lives would change forever when a typical teenage prank went wrong which led to the four of them being sentenced to various terms at Wilkinson Home for Boys, a reformatory. There, they were physically, emotionally and sexually abused primarily by Sean Nokes, the head guard of their cell block, and fellow guards Ralph Ferguson, Henry Addison, and Adam Styler, although there were other caring figures of authority at the home including other guards. Their time at the home affected the four, not all who were able to emerge from the experience to regroup their lives. In their want to forget about the experience, they made a vow not to talk about it either between themselves or with others. Fast forward thirteen years, with Tommy and Johnny being career criminals, Michael an assistant district attorney and Shakes a newspaper writer, their friendship on the surface more loose than it was when they were children. When Tommy and John spot Nokes, it leads to Shakes and Michael banding together to exact revenge not only on Nokes b… (Read More)

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deceptiondrinkingpoliticsmarriagedeathfriendship
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All Good Things (2010) is one of the best movies like Good Night, And Good Luck. (2005)
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All Good Things (2010)

A love story and murder mystery based on the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history. The original screenplay uses newly discovered facts, court records and speculation as the foundation for a story of family, obsession, love and loss.

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Kill Your Darlings (2013)
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Kill Your Darlings (2013)

In the early 1940s, Allen Ginsberg is an English major at Columbia University, only to learn more than he bargained for. Dissatisfied by the orthodox attitudes of the school, Allen finds himself drawn to iconoclastic colleagues like Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac. Together, this  …gang would explore bold new literary ideas that would challenge the sensibilities of their time as the future Beat Generation. However, for all their creativity, their very appetites and choices lead to more serious transgressions that would mark their lives forever. (Read More)

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barnew york city
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Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
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Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)

The Final Days is the true story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine brought to life. Sophie Scholl is the fearless activist of the underground student resistance group, The White Rose. Using historical records of her incarceration, the film re-creates the last six days of Sophie Scholl's lif …e: a journey from arrest to interrogation, trial and sentence in 1943 Munich. Unwavering in her convictions and loyalty to her comrades, her cross-examination by the Gestapo quickly escalates into a searing test of wills as Scholl delivers a passionate call to freedom and personal responsibility that is both haunting and timeless. (Read More)

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Boy A (2007)
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Boy A (2007)

A young man is released from prison after many years and given a new identity in a new town. Aided by a supervisor who becomes like a father to him he finds a job and friends and hesitantly starts a relationship with a compassionate girl. But the secret of the heinous crime he committed as a boy wei …ghs down on him, and he learns that it is not so easy to escape your past. (Read More)

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paranoiafeardrinkingsuicidedeathfriendship
Locations:
trainrestaurantbar
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Capote (2005) is one of the best movies like Good Night, And Good Luck. (2005)
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Capote (2005)

Famed writer 'Truman Capote' (qv), southern born and bred but now part of the New York City social circle, is growing weary of his current assignment of writing autobiographical type pieces for the New Yorker. After reading a newspaper article about the just occurred November 14, 1959 cold blooded m …urders of the Clutter family in their rural Kansas home, Truman feels compelled to write about that event as his next article. So he and his personal assistant Nelle 'Harper Lee (I)' (qv), also a southern born New Yorker and an aspiring writer of her own, head to Kansas to research the story first-hand. Truman hopes to use his celebrity status to gain access to whomever he needs, such as to Laura Kinney, a friend of the Clutter daughter she who discovered the bodies, and to Alvin Dewey, the lead police investigator and also a Clutter family friend. If his celebrity doesn't work, Truman will grease the wheels by whatever means necessary. When the police eventually charge suspects, two young men named Dick Hickcock and Perry Smith, Truman uses those same tactics to gain access to them. Truman's fascination with the story makes him believe that he can revolutionize writing by expanding the germ of the article into what he calls a non-fiction novel. His personal involvement also changes as he grows emotionally attached to Perry, the seemingly sensitive and thus probable submissive in the criminal pairing, thus Truman becoming part of the story itself. Article or non-fiction novel, Trum… (Read More)

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investigationdrinkingchristmasfriendshipdeath
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trainrestaurantbarnew york city
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Period:
1950s
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Gone Girl (2014)
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Gone Girl (2014)

On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark  …question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife? (Read More)

Themes:
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Locations:
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Characters:
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Runaway Jury (2003)
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Runaway Jury (2003)

Wendell Rohr is a torts lawyer taking on the gun lobby. Rankin Fitch is the jury consultant for the Defendants and between them the battle is for the hearts and minds of the jury. But there is someone on the inside. Nicholas Easter is a juror with a girlfriend, Marlee, on the outside. they have a pa …st ..... and their own agenda. (Read More)

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blackmailparanoiadeceptiondrinkingsuicidedeath
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restaurantbar
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The Company You Keep (2012)
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The Company You Keep (2012)

After years in hiding, ex-Weather Underground militant, Nick Sloan aka Jim Grant, learns about his old compatriot's arrest for a bank robbery turned deadly in the 1970s, which he is wanted for as an accomplice. This puts the ambitious young local reporter, Ben Shepard, on the scent of a story that e …xposes Nick as well. As such, Nick goes on the run while taking his daughter to safety. With that accomplished, Nick stays one step ahead of the FBI while pursuing a faint hope to clear his name. Meanwhile, Shepard digs deeper into the case himself as he discovers the true complexities of another times' determined ideals even as Nick faces their consequences with another. (Read More)

Themes:
freedompoliticsfriendshipdeath
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archive footage
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trainrestaurant
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lawyerfriendafrican americanhusband wife relationship
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Zodiac (2007) is one of the best movies like Good Night, And Good Luck. (2005)
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Zodiac (2007)

A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. We follow the investigators and reporters in this lightly fictionalized account of the true 1970's case as they search for the murderer, becoming obsessed with the case. Based on Robert Graysmith's boo …k, the movie's focus is the lives and careers of the detectives and newspaper people. (Read More)

Themes:
paranoiadivorceinvestigationdrinkingpoliticschristmasdeath
Locations:
restaurantbar
Characters:
lawyerhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships
Story:
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Conviction (2010)
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Conviction (2010)

Betty Anne Waters (Swank) is a high school dropout who spent nearly two decades working as a single mother while putting herself through law school, tirelessly trying to beat the system and overturn her brother's (Rockwell) unjust murder conviction.

Themes:
divorceinvestigationfeardrinkingchristmasmarriagefriendshipdeath
Locations:
bar
Characters:
lawyerbrother sister relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships
Story:
false accusationperjurytestimonyevidenceattorneyliartrialliedrinkcameratelephone callphotographcigarette smokingflashback

The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
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The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)

Germany in the 1970s: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the yet fragile German democracy. The radicalised children of the Nazi generation lead by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin are fighting a violen …t war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism: American imperialism supported by the German establishment, many of whom have a Nazi past. Their aim is to create a more human society but by employing inhuman means they not only spread terror and bloodshed, they also lose their own humanity. The man who understands them is also their hunter: the head of the German police force Horst Herold. And while he succeeds in his relentless pursuit of the young terrorists, he knows he's only dealing with the tip of the iceberg. (Read More)

Themes:
communismexploitationparanoiainvestigationfearpoliticssuicidedeath
Mood:
archive footage
Locations:
train
Characters:
lawyerhusband wife relationship
Story:
flash camerafilm camerareference to mao tse tungcold war eranewsreel footagemediatv newseyeglassestypewritergovernmentmicrophoneman with glassestrialpoliticianterrorist …journalistnewspapercameratelephone callphotographcigarette smokingflashbackkissinterview (See All)

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Rendition (2007)
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Rendition (2007)

After a terrorist bombing kills an American envoy in a foreign country, an investigation leads to an Egyptian who has been living in the United States for years and who is married to an American. He is apprehended when he's on his way home. The U.S. sends him to the country where the incident occurs … for interrogation which includes torture. An American CIA operative observes the interrogation and is at odds whether to keep it going or to stop it. In the meantime, the man's wife raises hell to find him despite being pregnant but the person behind this refuses to help or give her any information. (Read More)

Themes:
deceptioninvestigationdrinkingpoliticsmarriagedeathfriendship
Characters:
secretarylawyerbrother sister relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships
Story:
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The People Vs. Larry Flynt (1996) is one of the best movies like Good Night, And Good Luck. (2005)
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The People Vs. Larry Flynt (1996)

Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his porn magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.

Themes:
freedommarriagedeath
Locations:
bar
Characters:
lawyerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships
Period:
1950s
Story:
beverly hills californiau.s. supreme courtcbsu.s. constitutioncivil libertiespatriotismattorneycensorshipfbicontroversytrialtelephone callphotograph

All The President's Men (1976)
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All The President's Men (1976)

In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter 'Bob Woodward (I)' (qv) 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 names and addresses of Republican fund o …rganizers on the accused further arouses his suspicions. The editor of the Post is prepared to run with the story and assigns Woodward and 'Carl Bernstein (I)' (qv) to it. They find the trail leading higher and higher in the Republican Party, and eventually into the White House itself. (Read More)

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political drama
Themes:
american politicsparanoiainvestigationpolitics
Story:
news reporterrepublican partyjournalismwashington d.c.typewritercover uppoliticianjournalistnewspaperreportertelephone callcigarette smoking

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