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Kill the Messenger (2014), Madras Cafe (2013), Absence of Malice (1981), Black Gold (2011), Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven (1976), The Parallax View (1974), Free Rainer (2007) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

Kill the Messenger (2014)

Kill the Messenger (2014)

6.9/10 Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

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.

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Madras Cafe (2013)

Madras Cafe (2013)

7.7/10 Action, Thriller, Drama

An Indian intelligence agent journeys to a war-torn coastal island to break a resolute rebel group and meets a passionate journalist.

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Absence of Malice (1981)

Absence of Malice (1981)

6.9/10 Drama, Romance, Thriller

When a prosecutor leaks a false story that a liquor warehouse owner is involved in the murder of a union head, the man's life begins to unravel.

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Black Gold (2011)

Black Gold (2011)

1.1/10 Drama

In the early 20th century, an emir (Antonio Banderas) and a sultan (Mark Strong) fight over rights to oil exploration in the Arabian Peninsula.

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Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven (1976)

Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven (1976)

7.6/10 Drama

Frau Kusters is preparing dinner late one seemingly ordinary afternoon in her seemingly ordinary kitchen in Frankfurt, Germany. Mrs. Kusters wants to add canned sausages to the stew, her annoying daughter-in-law thinks otherwise. The point, we soon find out, is moot: Mr. Kusters has murdered the personnel director at the soap factory where he works before committing s...Read all

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The Parallax View (1974)

The Parallax View (1974)

7.1/10 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.

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Free Rainer (2007)

Free Rainer (2007)

6.7/10 Drama

Frustrated, because he is forced to produce bad TV-shows, a manager of a TV-station, enters the station and manipulates the ratings, to initiate a TV-revolution.

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True Colors (1991)

True Colors (1991)

6.3/10 Drama

Best friends from law school to election night, their friendship is sorely tested when one learns of another's betrayal.

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Lions for Lambs (2007)

Lions for Lambs (2007)

6.2/10 Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War

Injuries sustained by two Army rangers behind enemy lines in Afghanistan set off a sequence of events involving a congressman, a journalist and a professor.

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All the King's Men (2006)

All the King's Men (2006)

6.2/10 Drama, Thriller

Based on the Robert Penn Warren novel. The life of populist Southerner Willie Stark, a political creature loosely based on Governor Huey Long of Louisiana.

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In the Loop (2009)

In the Loop (2009)

7.4/10 Comedy

A political satire about a group of skeptical American and British operatives attempting to prevent a war between two countries.

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Richard III (1995)

Richard III (1995)

7.4/10 Drama, War, Science Fiction

The classic Shakespearean play about a murderously scheming King staged in an alternative fascist England setting.

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Snowden (2016)

Snowden (2016)

7.3/10 Biography, Drama, Thriller

The NSA's illegal surveillance techniques are leaked to the public by one of the agency's employees, Edward Snowden, in the form of thousands of classified documents distributed to the press.

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Shattered Glass (2003)

Shattered Glass (2003)

7.1/10 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.

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The Accompanist (1993)

The Accompanist (1993)

7.1/10 Drama

In Nazi-occupied Paris, a young accompanist named Sophie Vasseur gets a job with famed singer Irene Brice. As Irene's husband Charles, a businessman collaborating with the Nazis, wrestles with his conscience, Sophie becomes obsessed with Irene, taking on the role of maid as well as accompanist, living life vicariously through Irene's triumphs and affairs.

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Bob Roberts (1992)

Bob Roberts (1992)

7.0/10 Comedy, Drama

A conservative folk singer turns his hand to politics, running for the US Senate. He is not above dirty tricks and smear campaigns to gain an advantage over his opponent.

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The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)

The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)

10.0/10 Comedy, Drama

An artist (Anthony Higgins) trades 12 drawings for sex with the mistress (Janet Suzman) of a 17th-century English estate.

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The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)

The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)

6.0/10 Drama

Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing an old friend and fudging principles to make the necessary deals, as well as further straining his already part-time family life. But it could be a big boost to his career, so he takes it on. Helping him prepare the case is pretty southern researcher Kar...Read all

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