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Cambridge Spies (2003)
2K
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
In 1934, four brilliant Cambridge men are recruited to spy for Russia. Fueled by youthful idealism, a passion for social justice and a talent for lying, they take huge personal risks to pass Britain's biggest secrets to Moscow. Based on true events.
Style:
serious, realistic, contemplative, period piece, tense, suspense, political, political thriller, period drama, political drama
Plot:
espionage, kgb, treason, politics, traitor, communist, betrayal, university, homosexuality, cold war, spy, hidden identity, wartime life, idealism, secret agent, human spirit, rivalry, social differences, government agency, communism, workplace intrigue, dishonesty, lgbt, soviet spy, mole ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, 30s
Place:
russia, england, europe, london, big ben london
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and period drama films and TV series with plots about spy, state affairs, politics, espionage, undercover, dishonesty and intrigue mostly in Drama, History and Thriller genres. Some movies like Cambridge Spies: The Company (2007), The Game (2014), The Trial of Christine Keeler (2019), Smiley's People (1982), Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
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Story:
Real-life figures from the Cold War era mix with a fictional story based on a group of CIA operatives and their counterparts in the KGB, MI6, and the Mossad.
Style:
epic, captivating, tense, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, spy, cia, undercover, mole, politics, intrigue, secret lover, suspicion, double life, state affairs, betrayal ...
Time:
50s, 80s, 60s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
europe, germany, soviet union, cuba, west berlin west germany ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
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London 1972. When a defecting KGB officer, Arkady Malinov, reveals Operation Glass, a devastating Soviet plot that could change the course of the Cold War, Daddy, the head of MI5, assembles a secret team to investigate. As the Soviets awaken a list ...
Style:
suspenseful, stylized, tense, clever, atmospheric ...
Audience:
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Plot:
espionage, cold war, undercover, twists and turns, spy, conspiracy, government agency, intelligence, conservative, spy thriller, cold war era, covert operation ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
england, soviet union, ussr, london
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 352 min.
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Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, political, period drama ...
Plot:
extramarital affair, sex scandal, british prime minister, scandal, political corruption, government, post war, political scandal, political unrest, sexual relations, female protagonist, british history ...
Time:
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Place:
britain
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Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Called out of retirement to settle the affairs of a friend, Smiley finds his old organization, the Circus, so overwhelmed by political considerations that it doesn't want to know what happened. He begins to follow up the clues of his friends ...
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serious, realistic, suspenseful, thought provoking, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
espionage, cold war, spy, british intelligence, investigation, cold war era, assassination attempt, covert operation, working undercover, spy thriller, defector, prospector ...
Time:
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Place:
britain, london, england, united kingdom, hamburg germany ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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A dramatization of the missions and adventures of the greatest spy in British history.
Style:
political thriller, serious, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
espionage, world war one, intrigue, great war, covert operation, russian history, nazi, international relations, politics, intelligence, double agent, secret agent ...
Time:
1900s, 1910s, 20th century
Place:
russia, britain, england, europe
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons.
Style:
talky, clever, serious, political thriller, contemplative ...
Plot:
cold war, spy, espionage, secret service, double agent, book, investigation, betrayal, kgb, mole, spy thriller, british intelligence ...
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Place:
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Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
In the year 1941, Nazi Germany declares war against the Soviet Union. Given that Manchukuo's loyalties lie with Cheng Tian, the Russians are caught in a situation where they face threats on all sides. Their intelligence agency devises a ...
Style:
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Time:
1940s
Place:
east asia
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42%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
A behind-the-scenes drama and espionage thriller in Cold War-era England that centers on a journalist, a producer, and an anchorman for an investigative news programme.
Style:
atmospheric, serious, stylized, realistic, historical drama ...
Plot:
journalism, politics, espionage, reporter, journalist, uncover truth, spy, love triangle, workplace, investigation, cold war, boss ...
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Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
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A BBC miniseries based loosely on the lives of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her son James I of England.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, britain, london, scotland
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 830 min.
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The series is based on a true story of a Russian spy Colonel Isaev (Stirlitz) in Fascist Germany during 17 days in very end of WWII. Stirlitz has worked his way to the very top of the Fascist hierarchy without being caught. However, his ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
1940s, year 1945, 20th century
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soviet union, ussr, germany, europe, switzerland ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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487
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min.
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Amidst the thaw of glasnost, the Kremlin discovers that two Soviet agents, sent to England under deep cover in 1965, have been "lost." A beautiful and ambitious Russian agent, sent to London to track them down, becomes embroiled in a ...
Style:
black comedy, exciting, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
cold war, spy, kgb, temptation, cold war era, espionage, self fulfillment, undercover, betrayal, government agency, state affairs, lifestyle ...
Time:
90s
Place:
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40%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 175 min.
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Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful
Plot:
spy, espionage, real life, covert operation, betrayal, strip club, kgb, navy, special agent, secret agent, heroes, buddies ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, Ireland, USA
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Style:
period piece, costume drama, captivating, serious, historical drama ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 60 min.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
serious, realistic, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
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london, england, lebanon, europe, britain ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, undercover, working undercover, mission, top secret, kgb, mole, government agency, couple relations, investigation ...
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 69 min.
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A nine part series depicting the varying fortunes of four friends - Nicky, Geordie, Mary and Tosker - from the optimistic times of 1964 to the uncertainties of 1995. Taking nine pivotal years (1964, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1987, 1995) ...
Style:
saga, realistic, historical drama, melancholic, family saga ...
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70s, 60s, 80s, 90s, 20th century
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london, northern england
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
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Style:
serious, stylized, period piece, sexy, dramatic ...
Plot:
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1940s, 20th century, 1930s, 50s
Place:
london, england, britain
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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As the Cold War rages, ex-smuggler turned reluctant spy Harry Palmer finds himself at the centre of a dangerous undercover mission, on which he must use his links to find a missing British nuclear scientist.
Style:
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Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, conspiracy, traitor, undercover agent, undercover, man with glasses, secret agent, spy hero, british intelligence, british secret service ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The Pope and most of Europe oppose ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, tense, political ...
Audience:
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 180 min.
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Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, disturbing
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min.
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The Hollow Crown is a series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays.
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epic, costume drama, serious, captivating, historical drama ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
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Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
tense, captivating, dramatic, exciting
Plot:
british intelligence, espionage, kgb, cold war, double agent, secret agent, reconnaissance, officer, undercover agent, friend, agent, fellow agent ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
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Time:
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