Spotlight
Released Year: 2015
Certificate: A
Runtime: 129 minutes
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
IMDB Rating:
Meta Score: 93
Director: Tom McCarthy
Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber
No of Votes: 420316
Gross: 45055776
Overview: The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
Similar Movies
Request Sent to RagCloud
{
"dataset": "Movies",
"data": [
{
"movie_name": "Spotlight",
"weight": 3
},
{
"genre": "Biography, Crime, Drama",
"weight": 1
},
{
"director": "Tom McCarthy",
"weight": 2
},
{
"cast": "Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber",
"weight": 1
}
],
"requestedCountOfMatches": 13,
"thresholdMatchScore": 0.5,
"pageNumber": 1,
"pageSize": 13
}Response Received from RagCloud
{
"matchedRecordsWithScore": [
{
"data": {
"id": "219",
"movie_name": "Spotlight",
"year": "2015",
"genre": "Biography, Crime, Drama",
"overview": "The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.",
"director": "Tom McCarthy",
"cast": "Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber"
},
"score": 0.860205472
},
{
"data": {
"id": "485",
"movie_name": "The Irishman",
"year": "2019",
"genre": "Biography, Crime, Drama",
"overview": "An old man recalls his time painting houses for his friend, Jimmy Hoffa, through the 1950-70s.",
"director": "Martin Scorsese",
"cast": "Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel"
},
"score": 0.69856137
},
{
"data": {
"id": "613",
"movie_name": "The Trial of the Chicago 7",
"year": "2020",
"genre": "Drama, History, Thriller",
"overview": "The story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.",
"director": "Aaron Sorkin",
"cast": "Eddie Redmayne, Alex Sharp, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong"
},
"score": 0.683756769
},
{
"data": {
"id": "758",
"movie_name": "Frost/Nixon",
"year": "2008",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, History",
"overview": "A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.",
"director": "Ron Howard",
"cast": "Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Kevin Bacon, Sam Rockwell"
},
"score": 0.682337403
},
{
"data": {
"id": "38",
"movie_name": "The Departed",
"year": "2006",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"overview": "An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.",
"director": "Martin Scorsese",
"cast": "Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg"
},
"score": 0.681533098
},
{
"data": {
"id": "811",
"movie_name": "Shine",
"year": "1996",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, Music",
"overview": "Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.",
"director": "Scott Hicks",
"cast": "Geoffrey Rush, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Justin Braine, Sonia Todd"
},
"score": 0.680834591
},
{
"data": {
"id": "419",
"movie_name": "Papillon",
"year": "1973",
"genre": "Biography, Crime, Drama",
"overview": "A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.",
"director": "Franklin J. Schaffner",
"cast": "Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon"
},
"score": 0.680827618
},
{
"data": {
"id": "244",
"movie_name": "Catch Me If You Can",
"year": "2002",
"genre": "Biography, Crime, Drama",
"overview": "Barely 21 yet, Frank is a skilled forger who has passed as a doctor, lawyer and pilot. FBI agent Carl becomes obsessed with tracking down the con man, who only revels in the pursuit.",
"director": "Steven Spielberg",
"cast": "Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen"
},
"score": 0.680731475
},
{
"data": {
"id": "148",
"movie_name": "The Wolf of Wall Street",
"year": "2013",
"genre": "Biography, Crime, Drama",
"overview": "Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.",
"director": "Martin Scorsese",
"cast": "Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey"
},
"score": 0.679007947
},
{
"data": {
"id": "898",
"movie_name": "Philomena",
"year": "2013",
"genre": "Biography, Comedy, Drama",
"overview": "A world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.",
"director": "Stephen Frears",
"cast": "Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Mare Winningham"
},
"score": 0.678827345
},
{
"data": {
"id": "650",
"movie_name": "The Insider",
"year": "1999",
"genre": "Biography, Drama, Thriller",
"overview": "A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.",
"director": "Michael Mann",
"cast": "Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora"
},
"score": 0.678068399
},
{
"data": {
"id": "623",
"movie_name": "American Gangster",
"year": "2007",
"genre": "Biography, Crime, Drama",
"overview": "An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.",
"director": "Ridley Scott",
"cast": "Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin"
},
"score": 0.67535764
},
{
"data": {
"id": "792",
"movie_name": "Road to Perdition",
"year": "2002",
"genre": "Crime, Drama, Thriller",
"overview": "A mob enforcer's son witnesses a murder, forcing him and his father to take to the road, and his father down a path of redemption and revenge.",
"director": "Sam Mendes",
"cast": "Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin, Rob Maxey, Liam Aiken"
},
"score": 0.674786329
}
],
"pagination": {
"pageNumber": 1,
"pageSize": 13,
"totalMatches": 13,
"totalPages": 1
}
}