Movies like Safe House 1998

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Safe House (1998)
 6.8
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Safe House (1998)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A psychological thriller; Mace Sowell, an ex-intelligence operative and whose past government activities catches up with him, faces his own mortality, in the shape of the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Holding the electronic key to secret information which implicates a Presidential front-runner, Mace struggles for his life while battling the debilitating effects of the disease.
Style: political, psychological, exciting, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, independent film
Plot: spy, alzheimer's disease, political conspiracy, conspiracy theory, home invasion, dementia, world war, conspiracy, undercover, espionage, parents and children, life is a bitch, frame up, chases and races, fighting the system, assassination attempt, danger, race against time, political corruption, government agency, dishonesty, state affairs, uncover truth, secret agent, special agent ...
Time: 90s

Most similar movies to Safe House

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about undercover, dishonesty, state affairs, danger, chases and races, deadly and secret agent mostly in Thriller, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Safe House: Conspiracy Theory (1997), The Enemy Within (1994), Able Danger (2008), The Domino Killings (1977), The Executioner (1970). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Conspiracy Theory (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.
Style: tense, suspense, political thriller, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: conspiracy, cia, political conspiracy, paranoia, conspiracy theory, murder, mind control, surveillance, chase, spy, obsession, amnesia ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Enemy Within (1994)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Colonel Casey discovers what appears to be plans by General Lloyd to use fake military excercises to assist Jack Giddings in his plans to remove President Foster from office. Colonel Casey, and President Foster must find evidence that there is a ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, political thriller
Plot: conspiracy, political conspiracy, terrorism, coup d'etat, political corruption, betrayal, manhunt, government agency, state affairs, undercover, special agent, revolution ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 4.8
 128
Able Danger (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Tom Flynn, the idealist owner of a left-leaning radical café/bookstore and the quixotic publisher of a hard hitting 911 conspiracy expose, finds himself entangled with a mysterious Eastern European beauty, Kasia, who is on the run from strong hand ...
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, serious, realistic, black and white ...
Plot: uncover truth, investigation, fighting the system, government agency, danger, politics, race against time, dishonesty, undercover, rebellion, society, life is a bitch ...
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
The Domino Killings (1977)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Tucker is a chronic underachiever and a loser. A Vietnam war veteran who just can't seem to keep out of trouble, in the years since his discharge. The only thing he got out of the war was his skill with a rifle. Now, serving a long stretch in ...
Style: neo noir, independent film, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: conspiracy, vietnam war, prison, terrorism, paranoia, vietnam veteran, prison escape, murder, conspiracy theory, paranoid, communism, assassination ...
Time: 70s
Place: vietnam, asia, europe, spain, san francisco ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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The Executioner (1970)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A British intelligence agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.
Style: talky, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: cold war, espionage, assassin, dishonesty, state affairs, vengeance, rivalry, betrayal, government agency, heroes, chases and races, undercover ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: england, greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story: A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals details of a secret meeting held just after the start of the Vietnam ...
Style: political, political thriller, neo noir, tense, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: nuclear threat, vietnam war, cold war, president, u.s. president, terrorism, conspiracy, danger, military, international relations, world war, post apocalyptic ...
Place: montana, usa, vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 6.4
 2K
Triple Agent (2004)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Russia
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The Popular Front wins elections, the Spanish Civil War begins, and Hitler and Stalin are manipulating and spying. The brilliant exile, Fiodor Voronin, a general at 20, is the deputy at the White Russian Military Union, probably slated to replace ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspense, enigmatic, psychological
Plot: spy, politics, government agency, secret agent, betrayal, undercover, life is a bitch, political corruption, rebellion, uncover truth, dishonesty, love triangle ...
Time: 1930s
Place: france, russia, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 5.9
 2K
Enigma (1982)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent must infiltrate Soviet intelligence and obtain information from a Russian computer.
Style: suspenseful, intense, serious, realistic, political ...
Plot: cold war, iron curtain, spy, kgb, espionage, assassination, politics, danger, dishonesty, government agency, journalism, rivalry ...
Time: 20th century, year 1982, 80s
Place: east germany, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within (1998)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Fact-based story about a 90's espionage case that was chronicled as the worst case of espionage in US history
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: cold war, espionage, cia, american history, national security, kgb, special agent, state affairs, government agency, undercover, life is a bitch, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s
Place: ussr, soviet union, russia, langley virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 3.8
 489
Fatwa (2006)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In the midst of a personal crisis, junior senator Maggie Davidson (Holly) ascertains that she's the subject of a terrorist plot.
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: save the day, political conspiracy, politics, danger, undercover, rivalry, state affairs, terrorism, dishonesty, murder, propaganda, heroes ...
Place: washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 4.3
 609
Counterstrike (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A Secret Service agent and his brother, a reckless ATF agent, try to stop a group of extreme right-wing U.S. military mercenaries, led by a fanatic Taiwanese vixen, who hijack the Queen Mary 2 ocean liner with the U.S. and Chinese presidents on ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: daring rescue, terrorism, hostage, rescue, special agent, save the day, confined, escapades, danger, race against time, undercover, rivalry ...
Place: asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 4.7
 468
Confess (2005)
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 89 min.
Story: political thriller that charts the exploits of disillusioned ex-hacker Terell Lessor. A return to New York, coupled with a humiliating attempt at getting a new job, serves as the catalyst for him to take action against those who slighted him in the ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: terrorism, undercover, prodigy, secret agent, campaign, society, vengeance, rivalry, politics, rebellion, dishonesty, fighting the system ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Eavesdropper (2004)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Fifteen deaf patients took part in an experimental clinical trail aimed at hearing restoration. Within days, fourteen of the fifteen participants in the trial become violently psychotic, ultimately taking their lives to stop violent side effects ...
Style: experimental, serious, exciting, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: special agent, state affairs, hidden identity, mute or deaf, chases and races, mad scientist, rivalry, danger, government agency, undercover, psychopath, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pentagon
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 4.1
 323
Time Lapse (2001)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Clayton Pierce is an agent working under deep cover. Although he is a top agent, he is questioning his loyalty after twenty years of service. His devotion has already cost him his wife, family and personal life. During a de-briefing from his last ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: working undercover, save the day, undercover, memory loss, dishonesty, government agency, terrorism, political corruption, danger, rivalry, political conspiracy, antidote ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 6.5
 2K
Dirty War (2004)
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After years of meticulous planning, a terrorist operation is reaching its final stages. The authorities have received no intelligence; they are in a race against time but don't yet know it. As the operation unfolds, we see the working lives of ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, exciting, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: radical, terrorism, nuclear holocaust, nuclear threat, terrorist plot, firefighter, save the day, secret agent, government agency, undercover, danger, race against time ...
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 6.2
 790
Complicit (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: An MI5 officer's attempts to foil a possible terrorist plot are undermined by bureaucracy and moral dilemmas. Will he make the world a safer place or be complicit in making a tense situation even worse?
Style: tense, realistic, serious, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: terrorism, secret agent, government agency, undercover, danger, spy, counter terrorism, terrorist plot, special agent, conspiracy theory, conspiracy, war on terror ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Seven Days in May (1964)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A U.S. Army general alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
Style: political thriller, tense, political, black and white, suspense ...
Plot: cold war, conspiracy, politics, white house, u.s. air force, terrorism, president, secret service, u.s. president, coup d'etat, betrayal, espionage ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, future
Place: austin texas, russia, soviet union, america, el paso texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Ipcress File (1965)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: This espionage thriller represents a landmark in spy movies introducing the sly, dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer. The story, centers on Palmer's investigation into British Intelligence security. He's soon enmeshed in a world of ...
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, tense ...
Plot: espionage, cold war, conspiracy, spy, double agent, brainwashing, politics, undercover, investigation, british, political intrigue, secret agent ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: london, albania, england, europe, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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 4.6
 220
The Zone (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Former Gulf War hero Rowdy Welles is framed for murder by unscrupulous CIA boss Dick Althorp. As his price of freedom, Welles is ordered to undertake a deadly mission to destroy a nuclear processing plant in a foreign nation, owned by dangerous ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, spy, special agent, secret agent, hostage, conspiracy, law enforcement, good versus evil, rivalry, race against time, chases and races, confined ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 5.0
 1K
Ignition (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A web of intrigue and conspiracy lies beneath the euphoria as the U.S. is about to put a man on the moon for the first time in over thirty years
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, manhunt, fighting the system, life turned upside down, law enforcement, politics, assassination, dishonesty, undercover, danger, rebellion, political conspiracy ...
Place: washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Absolute Deception (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A widowed reporter recruits the help of a federal agent to investigate her late husband's secrets, but the two become the target of unknown attackers. When FBI Agent John Nelson’s key informant, Miles, is abducted and shot, all that’s left ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic ...
Plot: murder, uncover truth, manhunt, undercover, investigation, special agent, danger, chases and races, law enforcement, dishonesty, couple relations, journalism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, australia, hong kong, cuba
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 6.2
 19K
Topaz (1969)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: A French intelligence agent becomes embroiled in the Cold War politics first with uncovering the events leading up to the 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis, and then back to France to break up an international Russian spy ring.
Style: tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, political thriller ...
Plot: cold war, espionage, spy, secret agent, betrayal, cuban missile crisis, surveillance, undercover, conspiracy, kgb, politics, government agency ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1969, year 1962
Place: cuba, france, paris france, copenhagen, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Assassination (1987)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Jay Killon is the bodyguard of the recently elected US president, but he is assigned to the first lady (Lara Royce). Lara hates Killon so she does all she can to escape. The story complicates when someone tries to kill Lara.
Style: grindhouse, political, cult classic, realistic, serious ...
Plot: assassin, cannon, spy, chase, conspiracy, secret service, violence, law enforcement, die hard, heroes, terrorism, secret agent ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: wyoming, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 4.4
 2K
Cover-Up (1991)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Israel
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Mike Anderson, a tough American reporter on a dangerous foreign assignment, finds his own life in jeopardy when he uncovers a deadly labyrinth of political intrigue that threatens the lives of thousands. Dispatched to investigate a mysterious and ...
Style: suspense, independent film, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, spy, terrorist plot, cia, ambassador, conspiracy, reporter, buddy, meme, secret agent, military, heroes ...
Time: 90s
Place: israel, middle east, los angeles, tel aviv israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 4.8
 231
Midnight Man (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: British soldiers force a recently captured IRA terrorist to cooperate with them and then assign him to go undercover with a gang of terrorists and prevent them from killing the U.S. President. But the spy isn't in long before he realizes that ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: soldier, undercover, spy, anglo irish relations, ira, terrorism, british monarchy, assassination attempt, violent content, hitman, militant, royal family ...
Time: 90s
Place: ireland, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 4.4
 248
Quicksand (2002)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Randi Stewart is a sergeant on a marine base where her father is the commanding officer. She is being treated by the new base psychiatrist, Bill Turner. Her brother, Gordon Stewart is running for political office. General Stewart is murdered and ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
Plot: army investigation, murder, psychiatrist, uncover truth, dangerous attraction, military life, power relations, life is a bitch, state affairs, danger, military, politics ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 7.6
 25K
Madras Cafe (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story: An Indian Intelligence agent journeys into a war torn coastal island, to break a resolute rebel group. He deftly maneuvers his resources to make significant breakthroughs, amidst a scenario where the enemy has no face and the only counsel is ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, patriotic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, spy, politics, conspiracy, undercover, manipulation, secret agent, state affairs, escapades, dishonesty, assassination attempt, civil war ...
Time: year 2013, 90s, 21st century
Place: india, asia, sri lanka
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Dying of the Light (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Bahamas, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Evan Lake, a veteran CIA agent, has been ordered to retire. But when his protégé uncovers evidence that Lake's nemesis, the terrorist Banir, has resurfaced, Lake goes rogue, embarking on a perilous, intercontinental mission to eliminate his ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, secret agent, spy, revenge, retirement, danger, undercover, special agent, espionage, buddies, hitman, secret service ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, kenya, washington d.c., bucharest, romania
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 7.3
 3K
The Agency (2001)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Agency is a CBS television drama that followed the inner-workings of the CIA. The series was created by Michael Frost Beckner and was executive produced by Michael Frost Beckner, Shaun Cassidy Productions and Radiant Productions in association ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, rough, cerebral, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: espionage, terrorism, cia, undercover, working undercover, state affairs, government agency, national security, conspiracy, intelligence, secret agent, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 4.6
 712
Freefall (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 96 min.
Story: New York publisher Dex Dellum sends his fiancée and star photographer Katy Mazur to Swaziland to shoot the taita falcon. There she meets 'highman' (altitude stuntman) Grant Orion, who practices skydiving. After an initial clash, they ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: stalking, wilderness, infidelity, martial arts, undercover, espionage, government agency, political intrigue, dishonesty, state affairs, fighting crime, danger ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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