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Spotlight

2015 · Drama · Tom McCarthy · 2h 9m

The Boston Globe's investigations desk works a story about abuse in the Catholic church, and keeps finding it is bigger than the last version of it. Mostly documents, doorsteps and phone calls.

  • Strongly realistic

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Describe: Spotlight

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    A career thief planning one last big score and the detective chasing him circle each other across Los Angeles. It gives both men full lives outside the job, and the two sit down together only once.

    • Clearly realistic

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    Describe: Heat

    Where does it sit? Neither end is better than the other.

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  • 2009 · Crime

    John Dillinger robs banks across the Midwest while a new federal bureau builds itself around catching him. Shot on video, and the gunfights are very loud.

    • Strongly realistic

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    Describe: Public Enemies

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    2025 · Thriller

    In May 2020, the sheriff of a small New Mexico town refuses the mayor's mask mandate and decides to run against him. It is a long film about a town arguing with itself, online and in the street.

    • Strongly realistic
    • Clearly heavy

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    Describe: Eddington

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