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The Looking Glass War (1970)
 5.8
 1K
The Looking Glass War (1970)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: From the John le Carre novel about a British spy who sends a Polish defector to East Germany to verify missile sites.
Style: neo noir, political thriller, clever, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, contemplative, talky, suspense ...
Plot: espionage, cold war, british intelligence, spy, secret agent, undercover, politics, undercover agent, 007, communism, stasi, communist, berlin wall, iron curtain, political intrigue, bare chested male, heroes, love and romance, chases and races, danger, working undercover, political conspiracy, on the run, government agency, dishonesty ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: east germany, berlin germany, germany, finland, geneva switzerland, england, london ...
Keyword: russian

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and political thriller films with plots about spy, espionage, undercover, secret agent, cold war, dishonesty and state affairs mostly in Thriller, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like The Looking Glass War: The Operative (2019), A Dandy in Aspic (1968), Enigma (1982), The Quiller Memorandum (1966), The Executioner (1970). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the cold war during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.
Style: political, black and white, suspense, grim, realistic ...
Plot: cold war, espionage, spy, berlin wall, iron curtain, british intelligence, double agent, politics, great ending, secret agent, spy thriller, loner ...
Time: 60s, year 1965, 20th century
Place: east germany, berlin germany, london, england, persia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
The Operative (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Israel, Germany, USA, UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A young Western woman is recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler and her subject.
Style: exciting, psychological, suspense, powerful
Plot: mossad, spy, female spy, molestation, female secret agent, female nudity, secret agent, twists and turns, deception, disguise, couple relations, secret service ...
Time: year 2019
Place: iran, palestine, tehran, tehran iran
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
A Dandy in Aspic (1968)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Double-agent Alexander Eberlin is assigned by the British to hunt out a Russian spy, known to them as Krasnevin. Only Eberlin knows that Krasnevin is none other than himself! Accompanying him on his mission is a ruthless partner, who gradually ...
Style: neo noir, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: spy, cold war, berlin wall, espionage, undercover, undercover agent, secret mission, secret agent, iron curtain, double agent, photographer, homesickness ...
Time: future, 20th century, 60s
Place: britain, berlin germany, east berlin, west berlin west germany, germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
 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 ⇓
67%
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The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Two British agents are murdered by a mysterious Neonazi organization in West Berlin. The British Secret Service sends agent Quiller to investigate. Soon Quiller is confronted with Neonazi chief "Oktober" and involved in a dangerous game ...
Style: neo noir, political thriller, independent film, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: espionage, spy, cold war, neo nazi, british intelligence, undercover, secret agent, agent, secret mission, berlin wall, stasi, undercover agent ...
Time: year 1966, 60s
Place: berlin germany, germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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 ⇓
61%
 5.5
 505
Danger Route (1967)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Jonas Wilde, a British secret agent licensed to kill, wants to resign from his murderous work, but his superiors pressure him into taking on a new assignment-the assassination of a defecting Soviet scientist. In the course of the dangerous mission, ...
Style: grindhouse, political thriller, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Plot: espionage, secret agent, undercover, cold war, undercover agent, 007, ship, british spy, special agent, disorder, dishonesty, rivalry ...
Time: 60s
Place: london, russia, england, france, canada ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Funeral in Berlin (1966)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Colonel Stok, a Soviet intelligence officer responsible for security at the Berlin Wall, appears to want to defect but the evidence is contradictory. Stok wants the British to handle his defection and asks for one of their agents, Harry Palmer, to ...
Style: political thriller, suspenseful, visually stunning, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cold war, espionage, berlin wall, spy, funeral, 007, chase, betrayal, hotel, murder, intrigue, secret mission ...
Time: year 1966, 20th century, 1940s
Place: berlin germany, germany, east germany, west berlin west germany, england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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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 ⇓
57%
 5.7
 810
The Defector (1966)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Professor Bower, an American physicist, is effectively blackmailed by a shady CIA agent named Adams to help the CIA obtain secret microfilm from a defecting Russian scientist. The reluctant Bower travels to East Germany undercover as an antiques ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cold war, spy, iron curtain, espionage, renegade, secret agent, conspiracy, escapades, race against time, dishonesty, government agency, undercover ...
Time: year 1966, 60s
Place: europe, germany, east germany, west berlin west germany, west germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
The Naked Runner (1967)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Sam Laker is an American industrialist, working in Britain, who has just been awarded an international award for industrial design. He is planning to travel to East Germany to attend a trade show and show off his invention, taking his 10 year old ...
Style: realistic, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, independent film ...
Plot: spy, assassination, espionage, iron curtain, cold war, on the run, intelligence, invention, holiday, secret agent, undercover, danger ...
Time: year 1967, 60s, 20th century
Place: germany, europe, copenhagen, london, east germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
To Commit a Murder (1967)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, West Germany, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A writer gets wrapped up in espionage.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: spy, espionage, cold war, kidnapping, scientist, violent content, undercover, rescue, state affairs, chases and races, danger, dishonesty ...
Time: year 1967, 20th century, 60s
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 6.6
 29K
Torn Curtain (1966)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the formula for a resin solution, but the plan goes awry when his fiancee, unaware of his motivation, follows him across the ...
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, stylized, political thriller ...
Plot: cold war, espionage, spy, secret agent, iron curtain, political intrigue, politics, stasi, secrets, manipulation, police investigation, murder mystery ...
Time: 20th century, year 1966, 60s
Place: east germany, germany, berlin germany, europe, east berlin ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 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 ⇓
46%
The Deadly Affair (1967)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Charles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office official Samuel Fennan. Dobbs suspects that Fennan's wife, Elsa, a survivor of a Nazi Germany extermination camp, might have some clues, but other ...
Style: serious, tense, suspenseful, enigmatic, psychological ...
Plot: espionage, cold war, spy, private detective, secret agent, uncover truth, danger, political corruption, infidelity, working undercover, office, love affair ...
Time: year 1966, 60s
Place: britain, england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
The Whistle Blower (1986)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold War. He meets a web of deception and paranoia that seems impenetrable...
Style: political thriller, political, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot: cold war, spy, espionage, whistleblower, murder, paranoia, spy thriller, intrigue, law enforcement, 007, iron curtain, politics ...
Time: year 1986, 20th century, 80s
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
The Jigsaw Man (1983)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given plastic surgery and sent back to Britain by the KGB to retrieve some vital documents. With the documents in hand, he instead plays off MI6 and the KGB ...
Style: political thriller, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cold war, spy, espionage, face, 007, james bond, surgery, law enforcement, spy thriller, kgb, british intelligence, traitor ...
Time: year 1983, 80s
Place: russia, soviet union, europe, england, scotland yard ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
The Secret Agent (1996)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: London of the late 19th century is a haven for political exiles of all sorts - refugees, partisans, anarchists. Verloc has made his living spying for the Russian goverment, an agent provacateur of sorts, while simultaneously providing information to ...
Style: psychological, harsh, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: terrorism, betrayal, politics, bomb, secret agent, murder mystery, police inspector, conspiracy, sabotage, state affairs, undercover, danger ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 1996, 1880s
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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 5.7
 468
Legacy (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Set in the 1970s London during the height of the Cold War when a young spy discovers the disturbing truth about his father's complex past. Based on Alan Judd's 2001 novel Legacy, the second in the Thoroughgood series after 1981's A ...
Style: captivating, serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: spy, cold war, espionage, kgb, secret agent, government agency, betrayal, undercover, love and romance, political unrest, dishonesty, forbidden love ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1974
Place: england, london, britain, soviet union, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 5.6
 1K
The Chairman (1969)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An American scientist is sent to Red China to steal the formula for a newly developed agricultural enzyme. What he is not told by his bosses is that a micro-sized bomb has been planted in his brain so that should the mission ever look likely to ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, cold war, espionage, undercover, countdown, race against time, politics, computer, spy mission, top secret, soldier, military ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
Place: china, russia, asia, usa, hong kong ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 5.6
 2K
The Innocent (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A young engineer is sent to post-WWII Berlin to help the Americans in spying on the Russians. In a time and place where discretion is still a man’s best friend, he falls in love with a mysterious woman who will take him on the dark side of evil.
Style: sexual, political thriller, independent film, sexy, exciting ...
Plot: spy, cold war, berlin wall, iron curtain, stasi, cavalry, crisis, danger, espionage, secret agent, couples, infidelity ...
Time: year 1993, 50s, 1950s
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Berlin File (2013)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story: JUNG Jin-soo, a South Korean intelligence agent, comes across an unidentifiable operative, a 'ghost,' while surveilling a North Korean weapons deal in Berlin. The mystery figure is a North Korean secret agent, PYO Jong-seong, whose ...
Style: tense, serious, stylized, suspenseful, political ...
Plot: espionage, double agent, spy, intrigue, hidden identity, on the run, manhunt, chase, danger, dishonesty, rivalry, betrayal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: north korea, berlin germany, germany, south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Russia House (1990)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: An expatriate British publisher unexpectedly finds himself working for British intelligence to investigate people in Russia.
Style: political, stylized, sex comedy, sentimental, contemplative ...
Plot: cold war, espionage, surveillance, iron curtain, cia, undercover, politics, intrigue, international relations, secret agent, russian woman, love ...
Time: 80s
Place: russia, england, lisbon portugal, soviet union, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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 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 ⇓
38%
 6.2
 1K
The Serpent (1973)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Vlassov is a Soviet spy who defects in France. He is whisked to the U.S, where Allan Davies takes over the case. After polygraph tests and cross-examinations, Vlassov names several Western European agents who are also spying for the Soviets. Davies ...
Style: political thriller, realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, cold war, undercover, secret agent, kgb, double agent, violence, paranoid, international relations, undercover agent, agent, race against time ...
Time: 70s
Place: france, russia, europe, langley virginia, west germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
On Dangerous Ground (1996)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, Luxembourg
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left as a young boy (he was organizing against apartheid, and left in fear of his life) to bury his father. He meets up with his brother Ernest, who tells him their other brother Stephen ...
Style: rough, exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, spy, terrorism, special agent, secret agent, violent content, conspiracy, rivalry, state affairs, race against time, working undercover, political conspiracy ...
Time: 90s
Place: hong kong, england, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: An American Actress with a penchant for lying is forceably recruited by Mosad, the Israeli intelligence agency to trap a Palestinian bomber, by pretending to be the girlfriend of his dead brother.
Style: political thriller, realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mossad, espionage, terrorism, secret agent, intrigue, politics, state affairs, political intrigue, danger, dishonesty, mistaken identity, double agent ...
Time: 80s
Place: middle east, lebanon, beirut lebanon, israel, germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Bullet to Beijing (1995)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK, USA, Russia
Duration: 101 min.
Story: When long-time British agent Harry Palmer loses his job because the Cold War is over, he's promptly approached by a Russian bossman, Alex. In St. Petersburg Alex tells Harry of his plan for Russia's future, which is threatened because a ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, political thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: biological warfare, spy, conspiracy, intrigue, state affairs, danger, political conspiracy, secret agent, dishonesty, save the day, betrayal, rivalry ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: russia, beijing china, asia, europe, korea ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet mole within his former colleagues at the heart of MI6.
Style: clever, confusing, bleak, atmospheric, thought provoking ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: cold war, spy, espionage, secret service, investigation, british intelligence, mole, double agent, kgb, conspiracy, surveillance, intelligence ...
Time: 70s, year 2011, 2010s, 20th century
Place: england, europe, london, somalia, britain ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Berlin Tunnel 21 (1981)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story: In Berlin in 1961, an American soldier and a German engineer join forces to build a tunnel under the Berlin Wall in order to smuggle out refugees, including the soldier's East German girlfriend.
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, tense, rough ...
Plot: iron curtain, escape, cold war, communism, stasi, berlin wall, tunnel, new love, love letter, political unrest, against the odds, daring rescue ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: germany, east germany, berlin germany, europe, east berlin
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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