20 movies like Truth, ordered by similarity : The Killing Fields(1984), The Bang Bang Club(2010), The Story of Luke(2012), Manhattan Melodrama(1934), The Situation(2006), Shock and Awe(2017), Dien Bien Phu(1992), The Weather Man(2005), Rialto(2019), Circle of Deceit(1981), A Star Is Born(1937), The Wrestler(2008) ...
Drama
2015
121 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Robert Redford Topher Grace Elisabeth Moss Bruce Greenwood Stacy Keach John Benjamin Hickey Dermot Mulroney Dennis Quaid Rachael Blake David Lyons
news anchor news correspondent journalist george w. bush politician gritty engaging united states tv station reputation presidency election job journalism broadcasting sacrifice 2000s
Controversy surrounds CBS anchor Dan Rather (Robert Redford) and "60 Minutes" producer Mary Mapes (Cate Blanchett) after the network broadcasts a report about President George W. Bush and his military service.
Drama
UK
1984
141 Minutes
Sam Waterston Haing S. Ngor John Malkovich Julian Sands Craig T. Nelson Spalding Gray Bill Paterson Athol Fugard Graham Kennedy Katherine Krapum Chey
journalist interpreter photojournalist wife reporter chilling emotional inspiring cambodia new york city phnom penh journalism war torture friendship genocide khmer rouge escape sacrifice rescue
A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians.
Drama
2010
109 Minutes
Ryan Phillippe Taylor Kitsch Malin Akerman Frank Rautenbach Neels Van Jaarsveld Patrick Lyster Russel Savadier Jessica Haines Kgosi Mongake
photographer photojournalist south african man friend nelson mandela journalist charming engaging suspenseful intense emotional melodramatic south africa apartheid history investigative journalism photography relationships friendship adventure
Photojournalists (Ryan Phillippe, Taylor Kitsch, Frank Rautenbach) put themselves in harm's way as they shoot evidence of atrocities committed in the final days of South African apartheid.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2012
95 Minutes
Lou Taylor Pucci Seth Green Cary Elwes Kristin Bauer Kenneth Welsh Tyler Stentiford Mackenzie Munro Al Sapienza Lisa Ryder Dewshane Williams Jayne Eastwood
grandfather grandmother grandson autism man young man charming emotional endearing engaging lighthearted quirky united states town autism love true love quest grandparent/child relationship job
Sheltered by his grandparents, Luke, a young man with autism, is thrust into a world that doesn't expect anything from him. But Luke is on a quest for a job and true love. And he isn't taking no for an answer.
Crime, Drama
1934
93 Minutes
Clark Gable William Powell Myrna Loy Leo Carrillo Isabel Jewell Mickey Rooney Nat Pendleton
casino owner politician love interest priest engaging gripping thrilling touching melodramatic new york city casino friendship new love self-sacrifice loyalty political campaign immortality sacrifice rise growing up
A district attorney (William Powell) condemns his boyhood buddy, a racketeer (Clark Gable) whose crime saves his bid for governor.
Drama, War
USA
2006
106 Minutes
Connie Nielsen Damian Lewis Mido Hamada Driss Roukhe Nasser Memarzia Saïd Amadis Omar Berdouni Shaun Evans
photographer journalist intelligence officer lover kidnapper brutal gripping emotional iraq baghdad hotel interview room iraq war love triangle kidnapping journalism cia political unrest rescue love
The story of an American journalist, a CIA operative, and an Iraqi photographer against the backdrop of the bloody war in Iraq.
Drama
USA
2017
90 Minutes
Woody Harrelson James Marsden Rob Reiner Milla Jovovich Jessica Biel Tommy Lee Jones Luke Tennie Richard Schiff
journalist politician citizen military official confident engaging gutsy inspiring patriotic newsroom united states washington, d.c. iraq war patriotism investigation journalism politics discovery mystery
A group of journalists of the Knight-Ridder news service covering President George W. Bush's planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the President's claim that Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction."
Drama, War
France
1992
140 Minutes
Donald Pleasence Patrick Catalifo Jean-François Balmer Ludmila Mikaël François Négret Maxime Leroux Raoul Billerey Thé Anh
soldier frenchman journalist american vietnamese man french officer gritty intricate engaging hanoi, vietnam airport bar city military life colonialism civil wars journalism censorship siege rivalry
An American reporter finds himself in the middle of the 57-day battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam between the French army and the Vietminh, which finally resulted in the defeat and ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA|Germany
2005
102 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Michael Caine Hope Davis Michael Rispoli Gil Bellows Gemmenne de la Peña Nicholas Hoult Judith McConnell David Darlow Mike Bacarella Robyn Moler
weather forecaster father author wife daughter boyfriend amusing heartwarming quirky emotional suspenseful chicago newsroom household family home city apartment redemption family dysfunction career vs. family midlife crisis
A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
Ireland|UK
2019
86 Minutes
middle-aged man homosexual family married man gripping gritty engaging intense dublin docks ireland discovery homosexuality loss of job loss of hope vulnerability discovery escape fall temptation
Colm, mid-40s has a comfortable life: a managerial job in Dublin's docks, two teenage children, and a kind, loyal wife in Claire. After the death of his father, a destructive figure, Colm's emotional life cracks open, and his downward spiral continues when he is made redundant. Drinking heavily and unable to confide in Claire, Colm finds himself drawn to Jay, a 19-year-old who dabbles in ... See full summary »
Drama
West Germany|France
1981
110 Minutes
Bruno Ganz Hanna Schygulla Jean Carmet Jerzy Skolimowski Gila von Weitershausen
foreign correspondent photographer lover wife journalist sniper intense spirited gutsy fiery beirut hotel west germany bedroom orphanage lebanese civil war israeli-palestinian conflict journalism ethics moral dilemma
Laschen, a German journalist, travels to the city of Beirut during the fights between Christians and Palestinians to produce an essay about the situation. Together with his photographer, he... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1937
111 Minutes
Janet Gaynor Fredric March Adolphe Menjou May Robson Andy Devine Lionel Stander Franklin Pangborn Owen Moore J.C. Nugent Clara Blandick Peggy Wood
actor actress engaging emotional touching hollywood, calif. movie set aging alcoholism love ambition actors love sacrifice quest 1930s
A young woman comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom, and achieves them only with the help of an alcoholic leading man whose best days are behind him.
Drama
USA|France
2008
110 Minutes
Mickey Rourke Marisa Tomei Evan Rachel Wood Mark Margolis Todd Barry Wass Stevens Judah Friedlander Ernest Miller
wrestler daughter fan stripper somber gripping gritty gym trailer wrestling ring strip club store father/daughter relationship romance comeback wrestling health aging fall quest
A faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.
Drama
2008
96 Minutes
Reza Naji Hamid Aghazi Maryam Akbari Kamran Dehghan Schabnam Akhlaghi Neshat Nazari Hassan Rezaee Ponya Salehi
laborer wife deaf child father taxi driver businessman emotional amusing powerful tehran, iran countryside ostrich farm road construction site journey poverty unemployment city vs. country mistaken identity father/daughter relationship
The kind and generous nature of a former ostrich farmer (Reza Naji) starts to erode after he takes a job in the city driving a motorcycle taxi.
Drama
Iran|France
1999
118 Minutes
Behzad Dourani
engineer relative young boy assistant townsperson old woman engaging intricate offbeat emotional iran city rural community village house road cultural differences aging unlikely friendship fitting in
Irreverent city engineer Behzad comes to a rural village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative. In the meanwhile the film follows his efforts to fit in with the local community and how he changes his own attitudes as a result.
Drama
USA
1999
157 Minutes
Al Pacino Russell Crowe Christopher Plummer Diane Venora Philip Baker Hall Lindsay Crouse Debi Mazar Stephen Tobolowsky Colm Feore Bruce McGill Gina Gershon
television producer scientist lawyer executive wife thrilling powerful dark office household courtroom kentucky mississippi new york city big business news deception tobacco family quest
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
Comedy, Drama
USA|Japan
2003
102 Minutes
Bill Murray Scarlett Johansson Giovanni Ribisi Anna Faris Fumihiro Hayashi Catherine Lambert Gregory Pekar Richard Allen
movie star newlywed photographer actress calm offbeat engaging quirky tokyo hotel aging boredom marriage friendship disillusionment travel quest transformation love 2000s
A faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.
Drama
Japan|Netherlands|Hong Kong
2008
119 Minutes
Teruyuki Kagawa Kyôko Koizumi Kai Inowaki Haruka Igawa Yû Koyanagi Jason Gray Kanji Tsuda Kazuya Kojima
father mother son friend boss unemployed person bleak tense powerful tokyo house employment office cafeteria loss of job marital problems family guilt deception outsourcing discovery
An ordinary Japanese family slowly disintegrates after its patriarch loses his job at a prominent company.
Drama
USA
2013
85 Minutes
Michael B. Jordan Octavia Spencer Melonie Diaz Ahna O'Reilly Kevin Durand Chad Michael Murray Joey Oglesby Laurel Moglen Liisa Cohen Ariana Neal Alex Alessandro Garcia
young man black man girlfriend daughter mother police officer gritty inspiring disheartening sad somber oakland, calif. subway family home city accidental death racial profiling race relations family parent/child relationship
The story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.
Drama
USA
2010
99 Minutes
Jennifer Lawrence John Hawkes Kevin Breznahan Dale Dickey Garret Dillahunt Sheryl Lee Lauren Sweetser Tate Taylor
daughter family brother father sheriff lawman bleak dark gritty suspenseful the ozarks arkansas rural community abandonment family dysfunction poverty drug trade conspiracy darkness sacrifice
An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.
Drama
USA
2019
93 Minutes
Shia LaBeouf Lucas Hedges Noah Jupe Byron Bowers Laura San Giacomo FKA Twigs Natasha Lyonne Maika Monroe Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez Martin Starr
child actor father therapist family confident dark emotional engaging gritty intense melancholy moving powerful profound raw uneasy united states hollywood dysfunctional family dysfunctional relationship
A young actor's stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father and deal with his mental health.