Olivier Assayas was initially not interested in the project as it seemed "too crazy and too complicated". However, his opinion swayed when he realized that he could make a film dealing with recent history and real people.
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Munich 2005
During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and ...
Munich features bleak, suspenseful, rough, disturbing and tense style.
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Baader 2002
Andreas Baader starts out as a small-time criminal. In Berlin he is recruited by a revolutionary cell. They plan to overthrow the state.
Baader features realistic, rough, suspenseful, disturbing and captivating style.
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Mesrine Part 1: Killer Instinct 2008
Jacques Mesrine a loyal son and dedicated soldier is back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Soon he is seduced by the neon glamour of sixties Paris and the easy money it presents. Mentored by Guido Mesrine turns ...
Mesrine Part 1: Killer Instinct features rough, tense, bleak, realistic and epic style.
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The Day of the Jackal 1973
An international assassin known as The Jackal is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle with a dedicated gendarme on the assassins trail.
The Day of the Jackal features exciting, suspenseful, serious, rough and twists and turns style.
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The Grid 2004
A team of American and British counter-terrorists are tasked with stopping a terrorist cell whos operating on a global level.
The Grid features rough, suspenseful, realistic and serious
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Kidnap and Ransom 2011
Kidnap and Ransom is a British television three-part miniseries originally shown on ITV in January 2011 with a second series following in February 2012. The series follows the work of a British hostage negotiator Dominic King played by Trevor Eve ...
Kidnap and Ransom features realistic, tense, captivating, suspenseful and suspense style.
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Mogadischu 2008
The incredible true story of Lufthansa Flight 181 which was hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in October of 1977 and the noble efforts of stewardess Gabriele Dillmann Nadja Uhl to ensure the safety of the terrified ...
Mogadischu features realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful and tense
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Arlington Road 1999
Threats from sinister foreign nationals arent the only thing to fear. Bedraggled college professor Michael Faraday has been vexed and increasingly paranoid since his wifes accidental death in a botched FBI operation. But all that takes ...
Arlington Road features twists and turns, tense, suspenseful, psychological and bleak style.
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Fifty Dead Men Walking 2008
Based on Martin McGartlands real life story as a informant for the British Police to spy on the IRA. Taking place from 1987-1991 Martin Jim Sturgess works his way up the ranks of the IRA while keeping his informant with the police Fergis ...
Fifty Dead Men Walking features captivating, tense, based on true events, factual and brutal style.
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A Wednesday 2008
Mumbai the financial capital of India the city that never sleeps the city of dreams fast paced and ever changing home to Bollywood A City of beauty but also a city that got scarred A city whose foundation is slowly crumbling beneath its ...
A Wednesday features suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious and twists and turns style.
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Strike Back 2010
The series follows John Porter a former British Special Forces soldier who is drafted back into service by Section 20 a fictional branch of the Secret Intelligence Service.
Strike Back features suspenseful, rough, stylized, exciting and realistic style.
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No Country for Old Men 2007
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies 2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the ...
No Country for Old Men features bleak, tense, rough, serious and suspenseful style.
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True Detective 2014
An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved both within or outside the law.
True Detective features realistic, bleak, clever, captivating and tense style.
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Pablo Escobar, The Drug Lord 2012
Pablo Escobar El Patrn del Mal is a 2012 Colombian television series produced and broadcast on Caracol TV about the life of Pablo Escobar. It is only available in Spanish. There is a version available with English subtitles.
Pablo Escobar, The Drug Lord features realistic, rough, serious and stylized
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The Dancer Upstairs 2002
A police detective in a South American country is dedicated to hunting down a revolutionary guerilla leader.
The Dancer Upstairs features atmospheric, tense, captivating, serious and suspense style.
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One 2002
Aprs quinze ans passs derrire les barreaux Bruno qui prne la rvolution proltarienne svade. Ce dernier veut continuer la lutte faire sortir ses camarades de prison librer les masses du joug capitaliste. Tous ses anciens ...
One features suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious and bleak
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Albino Alligator 1996
Three petty thieves who the police believe to be major criminals are chased into a basement bar where they take five hostages including all the bar employees. The rest of the movie deals with the cops lurking outside the bar while the trio try to ...
Albino Alligator features tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious and captivating style.
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Above Suspicion 2009
Above Suspicion is a British TV series based on Lynda La Plantes novels Above Suspicion The Red Dahlia Deadly Intent and Silent Scream. It stars Kelly Reilly and Ciarn Hinds and features the career of La Plantes latest heroine DC ...
Above Suspicion features suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense and porno movie
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Sleeper Cell 2005
A chilling and unflinching look at all sides of a complicated issue focusing on an African-American Muslim who joins an Islamic sleeper terrorist cell in the United States while working undercover for the FBI.
Sleeper Cell features tense, captivating, suspenseful, rough and bleak style.
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