20 best movies like The Laundromat (2019)

List of the best movies like The Laundromat (2019): Truth, Imperium, Designated Survivor, The Big Short, Game Change, Changeling, Driven, The Old Man & the Gun, Free State of Jones, Chappaquiddick.

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Markimdb: 6.8
Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
CountryAustralia, USA
Duration02:06

A behind-the-scenes look at news anchor Dan Rather during his final days at C.B.S. News when he broadcast a damaging report about how President Bush relied on privilege and family connections to avoid fighting in the Vietnam War.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrethriller, drama, crime, military, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:15

Nate Foster, a young, idealistic FBI agent, goes undercover to take down a radical white supremacy terrorist group. The bright up-and-coming analyst must confront the challenge of sticking to a new identity while maintaining his real principles as he navigates the dangerous underworld of white supremacy. Inspired by real events.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genreaction, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:35

Tom Kirkman, a low-level cabinet member is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack during the State of the Union kills everyone above him in the Presidential line of succession.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
CountryUSA
Duration02:24

    The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:58

    Based on the book by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, Game Change focuses on the Republican run of the 2008 Presidential election, when candidate John McCain picks a relative unknown, Alaskan governor Sarah Palin, to be his running mate. As the campaign kicks into high gear, her lack of experience, in both political and media savvy, becomes a drain upon McCain and his strategists. Directed by Jay Roach, who previously directed the HBO film Recount and the Austin Powers movies, Game Change premiered on HBO on March 10th, 2012.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, biography, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:21

    Christine Collins is overjoyed when her kidnapped son is brought back home. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child, the police captain has her committed to an asylum.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Puerto Rico

    FBI informant Jim Hoffman lures troubled automobile magnate John DeLorean to an undercover sting for cocaine trafficking.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:33

    The true story of Forrest Tucker, from his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public. Wrapped up in the pursuit are a detective, who becomes captivated with Forrest’s commitment to his craft, and a woman, who loves him in spite of his chosen profession.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genreaction, drama, western, military, biography, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:49

    In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After his nephew dies in battle, Newt returns home to Jones County to safeguard his family but is soon branded an outlaw deserter. Forced to flee, he finds refuge with a group of runaway slaves hiding out in the swamps. Forging an alliance with the slaves and other farmers, Knight leads a rebellion that would forever change history.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
    CountryUSA, Sweden
    Duration02:21

    Ted Kennedy's life and political career become derailed in the aftermath of a fatal car accident in 1969 that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
    CountryUSA

    A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths due to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything — his future, his family, and his own life — to expose the truth.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:27

    Drama documentary based on Bill O'Reilly's and Martin Dugard's 2012 non-fiction book "Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot". It follows the parallel lives of John F. Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald from the winter 1959-1960 to those fatal days in Dallas in November 1963, when they both died within two days after each other and were buried on the same day - John F. Kennedy in a state funeral in Washington D.C., broadcast live both to Europe and the Pacific, while Oswald was buried in Forth Worth at a small funeral where the attending reporters were asked to act as pallbearers.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredrama, military, biography, history
    CountryUSA, India
    Duration02:30

    A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:15

    Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States' Supreme Court is called into question when former colleague, Anita Hill, testifies that he had sexually harassed her.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:48

    A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Mark Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company’s multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genredrama, military, biography, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:36

    April 14, 1865. One gunshot. One assassin hell-bent on killing a tyrant, as he charged the 16th President of the United States. And in one moment, our nation was forever changed. This is the most dramatic and resonant crime in American history: the true story of the killing of Abraham Lincoln. From Executive Producers Ridley Scott and Tony Scott, and narrated by Tom Hanks, National Geographic Channel's first ever docudrama, Killing Lincoln, based on the New York Times bestseller, combines re-creations with historical insight in a thrilling chronicle of the final days of President Lincoln and his assassin, John Wilkes Booth.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUSA

    The true story of Madalyn Murray O'Hair -- iconoclast, opportunist, and outspoken atheist -- from her controversial rise to her untimely demise.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography, history
    CountryUSA

    The story of Daniel Jones, lead investigator for the US Senate’s sweeping study into the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program, which was found to be brutal, immoral and ineffective. With the truth at stake, Jones battled tirelessly to make public what many in power sought to keep hidden.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:24

    Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:41

    In 1934, Frank Hamer and Manny Gault, two former Texas Rangers, are commissioned to put an end to the wave of vicious crimes perpetrated by Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, a notorious duo of infamous robbers and cold-blooded killers who nevertheless are worshiped by the public.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:45

    An eighteen year old high school drop out and his twenty-seven year old friend start trafficking marijuana across the border of Canada in order to make money and their lives are changed forever.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration03:00

      A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genredrama, biography, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:13

      Lawyer Richard Goodwin discovers that 'Twenty-One', a successful TV quiz show, is rigged and decides to expose the team behind the show.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genredrama, biography, history
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:38

        Hitchcock follows the relationship between director Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the making of his most famous film "Psycho" - and the trials and tribulations the director faced from Hollywood censors.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration02:34

          A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:40

          In small-town Texas, affable and popular mortician Bernie Tiede strikes up a friendship with Marjorie Nugent, a wealthy widow well known for her sour attitude. When she becomes controlling and abusive, Bernie goes to great lengths to remove himself from her grasp.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrethriller, drama, military, biography, history
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:22

          A group of journalists covering George Bush's planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the presidents claim that Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction."

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, history
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:52

          A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography, history
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:43

          Two close friends kidnap and murder a young boy and are defended in court by a renowned attorney who makes an impassioned plea against capital punishment.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genrecomedy, drama, history
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:47

          In 1970, a few days before Christmas, Elvis Presley showed up on the White House lawn seeking to be deputized into the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs by the President himself.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genrecomedy, drama
          CountryUSA, China
          Duration02:18

            A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso, who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia.

            Markimdb: 6.1
            Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography, history
            CountryCanada, USA

            Based on the extraordinary true story of the European city’s 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis that was documented in the 1974 New Yorker article “The Bank Drama” by Daniel Lang. The events grasped the world’s attention when the hostages bonded with their captors and turned against the authorities, giving rise to the psychological phenomenon known as “Stockholm Syndrome.”

            Markimdb: 6.2
            Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
            CountryCanada

            Based on a true story, a hot shot Washington DC lobbyist and his protégé go down hard as their schemes to peddle influence lead to corruption and murder.

            Markimdb: 6.6
            Genredrama, western, biography, history
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:23

            In 1890, Catherine Weldon, a painter from New York, travels to North Dakota to paint a portrait of Sitting Bull and becomes involved in the struggle of the Lakota people to get the Government respects their rights over the land where they live.

            Markimdb: 6.4
            Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:14

            The story of Mark Felt, who under the name "Deep Throat" helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1974.

            Markimdb: 5.8
            Genredrama, crime, biography, history
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:29

            Inspired by actual events in the late nineties when Hasidic Jews were recruited as mules to smuggle ecstasy from Europe into the United States.

            Markimdb: 6.8
            Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, biography
            CountryUSA, Italy, United Kingdom, China
            Duration02:08

            The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.

            Markimdb: 6.3
            Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
            CountryUSA, Australia, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, China
            Duration02:09

            Whether you love him or hate him, there is no question that George W. Bush is one of the most controversial public figures in recent memory. W takes viewers through Bush’s eventful life -- his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith, and of course the critical days leading up to Bush’s decision to invade Iraq.

            Markimdb: 7.5
            Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, USA
            Duration01:55

            England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.

            Markimdb: 7
            Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
            CountryUSA, Germany
            Duration01:42

            The true story of Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets had some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genrecomedy, drama, crime, military, biography
            CountryUSA, Cambodia, Romania
            Duration02:11

              Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.

              Markimdb: 7.5
              Genredrama, crime, biography, history
              CountryUruguay, Spain, Argentina, France, Germany

              Uruguay, 1973. Having been crushed by the military dictatorship, surviving members of the Tupamaro guerillas are imprisoned and tortured. They must find a way to endure the coming 12 years.

              Markimdb: 6.1
              Genredrama, biography, history
              CountryUSA, Canada
              Duration02:18

              Gary Hart, former Senator of Colorado, becomes the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1987. Hart's intelligence, charisma and idealism makes him popular with young voters, leaving him with a seemingly clear path to the White House. All that comes crashing down when allegations of an extramarital affair surface in the media, forcing the candidate to address a scandal that threatens to derail his campaign and personal life.

              Markimdb: 6.9
              Genredrama, crime, biography
              CountryUSA, United Kingdom
              Duration02:09

                The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.

                Markimdb: 6.9
                Genrecomedy, drama, music, biography
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:44

                The story of Mötley Crüe and their rise from the Sunset Strip club scene of the early 1980s to superstardom.

                Markimdb: 7.4
                Genredrama, crime, biography, history
                CountryUSA

                Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—falling for a fellow revolutionary en route—a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.

                Markimdb: 6.3
                Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:28

                Chronicles a single day in the summer of 1989 when the future president of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady on an epic first date across Chicago's South Side.

                Markimdb: 7.8
                Genredrama, biography, history
                CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                Duration02:28

                King Henry II of England has trouble with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, he has a brilliant idea. Rather than appoint another pious cleric loyal to Rome and the Church, he will appoint his old drinking and wenching buddy, Thomas Becket, technically a deacon of the church, to the post. Unfortunately, Becket takes the job seriously and provides abler opposition to Henry.

                Markimdb: 6.5
                Genredrama, military, biography, history
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:10

                The film portrays MacArthur's (Gregory Peck) life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after he had been removed from his Korean War command by President Truman (Ed Flanders) for insubordination, and is recounted in flashback as he visits West Point.

                Markimdb: 7.9
                Genredrama, adventure, family, biography, history
                CountryUSA

                The untold true story set in the winter of 1925 that takes you across the treacherous terrain of the Alaskan tundra for an exhilarating and uplifting adventure that will test the strength, courage and determination of one man, Leonhard Seppala, and his lead sled dog, Togo.




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