Please recommend me a "smart" movie like Syriana, JFK or Margin Call

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I am eagerly awaiting your suggestions. I suppose the 3 criteria have to be:
1) a plot about something of magnitude (big business / diplomacy / etc.).
2) realistic, plot and characters. Nothing over the top, I don't need idealistic crap.
3) not time wasted on characters' feelings.

For those of you who have seen Syriana (in my top 5 GOAT movies), it fits all criteria.

Txs in advance !
 
Smart Movie starring Leslie Nielsen.

Just kidding. Check out The International with a Clive Owen. I just recently watched it and thought it was really good.
 
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THE UNTOUCHABLES
THE PAPER
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I've come around to really like THE NICE GUYS, but that has the feels.
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Smart Movie starring Leslie Nielsen.

Just kidding. Check out The International with a Clive Owen. I just recently watched it and thought it was really good.

txs. Saw this one, but didn't quite like it.
 
Didn't expect to get beaten to the Michael Clayton punch.

March of the Ides

Out of sight is a very smart film that fits none of your criteria.

You'll probably like Body of Lies, and The Green Zone
 
Thirteen Days
The first half hour of The Darkest Hour

Oh yeah, not political, but Master and Commander.
 
Thank You For Smoking
Conspiracy Theory (with Mel Gibson)
Falling Down (with Michael Douglas)
The Network (from 1976)
God Bless America (from 2011 with Joel Murray, brother of Bill)
Idiocracy (it's got electrolytes)
 
MICHAEL CLAYTON
A FEW GOOD MEN
THE UNTOUCHABLES
THE PAPER
BLACK RAIN
I've come around to really like THE NICE GUYS, but that has the feels.
ENRON THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM
FOG OF WAR

Came to post this one...extremely fascinating documentary...
 
Zero Dark Thirty
Good Night and Good Luck
Argo
Green Zone
All the Presidents Men
The Post
In the Line of Fire
Munich
13 Days
 
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