Movies like The Odessa File
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The Odessa File (1974)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
After reading the diary of an elderly Jewish man who committed suicide, freelance journalist Peter Miller begins to investigate the alleged sighting of a former SS-Captain who commanded a concentration camp during World War II. Miller eventually finds himself involved with the powerful organization of former SS members, called ODESSA, as well as with the Israeli secret service. Miller probes deeper and eventually discovers a link between the SS-Captain, ODESSA, and his own family.
Style:
political thriller, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, political, suspense, powerful, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
investigation, world war two, war, nazi, mossad, espionage, war crime, war criminal, holocaust, nazi hunter, israeli, journalism, conspiracy, revenge, neo nazi, media, kidnapping, death, undercover agent, undercover, justice, corruption, chase, secret agent, spy thriller ...
Time:
20th century, post world war two, year 1964, year 1963, 60s, 70s, 1960s
Place:
germany, israel, hamburg germany, west germany, europe, jerusalem, vienna ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, suspense and realistic films with plots about murder, chase, danger, conspiracy, betrayal, death and spy mostly in Thriller, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like The Odessa File: The Boys from Brazil (1978), Marathon Man (1976), The Fourth Protocol (1987), The Debt (2010), Enigma (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, intense ...
Plot:
nazi, nazi hunter, conspiracy, chase, neo nazi, insanity, world war two, nazi war criminal, genetic engineering, obsession, clone, against humanity ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1978
Place:
paraguay, middle east, south america, latin america, usa ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.
Style:
psychological, suspense, suspenseful, tension, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, dentist, paranoia, espionage, revenge, torture, murder, chase, world war two, attempted murder, nazi, violent ...
Time:
20th century, year 1976, 70s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, uruguay, paris france, persia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Plan Aurora, led by Kim Philby is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, spy, politics, undercover, cold war, kgb, nuclear bomb, secret agent, conspiracy, closeted homosexual, chase, betrayal ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
russia, england, glasgow scotland, europe, london ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Israel, Hungary, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Rachel Singer is a former Mossad agent who tried to capture a notorious Nazi war criminal – the Surgeon of Birkenau – in a secret Israeli mission that ended with his death on the streets of East Berlin. Now, 30 years later, a man claiming to be ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, exciting, talky, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
mossad, spy, war criminal, redemption, nazi hunter, cold war, secret agent, espionage, passionate kiss, nazi, nazi war criminal, kidnapping ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 70s, year 1997, year 1966 ...
Place:
middle east, israel, germany, berlin germany, kiev ukraine ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 101 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:
iron curtain, cold war, kgb, spy, espionage, assassination, undercover, politics, danger, dishonesty, journalism, government agency ...
Time:
20th century, year 1982, 80s
Place:
east germany, germany, east berlin, paris france, moscow russia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, France, UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The film is set in France in the 1990s, the French were defeated by the Germans early in World War II, an armistice was signed in 1940 which effectively split France into a German occupied part in the North and a semi-independent part in the south ...
Style:
suspenseful, intense, political, serious, cult classic ...
Plot:
war criminal, politics, world war two, investigation, murder, justice, nazi, espionage, on the run, law enforcement, danger, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1940s, year 2003, 90s
Place:
france, vichy, europe, paris france, provence ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Neighborhood boy Todd Bowden discovers that an old man living on his block named Arthur Denker is nazi war criminal. Bowden confronts Denker and offers him a deal: Bowden will not go to the authorities if Denker tells him stories of the ...
Style:
psychological, tense, disturbing, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
holocaust, nazi, stephen king, blackmail, nazism, violence, high school, murder, war criminal, obsession, world war two, death ...
Time:
year 1984, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
germany, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
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, enigmatic, suspenseful, suspense, exciting ...
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, conspiracy, double agent, brainwashing, undercover, politics, british, investigation, political intrigue, secret agent ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
albania, london, england, europe, scotland yard ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, West Germany, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The Cassandra Crossing is an all-star disaster spectacular telling of the terrifying odyssey of 1000 doomed passengers trapped aboard a plague-infested train. A terrorist infected with a deadly virus boards the Stockholm to Geneva Express and ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, tense, intense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
70s, year 1976, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
poland, europe, switzerland, germany, geneva switzerland ...
Similarity:
100%
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, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, spy, espionage, undercover, computer, top secret, soldier, military, spy mission, communist, laboratory, covert operation ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s
Place:
china, asia, usa, russia, london ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
It is the late 1950s. Flourishing under the economic miracle, Germany grows increasingly apathetic about confronting the horrors of its recent past. Nevertheless, Fritz Bauer doggedly devotes his energies to bringing the Third Reich to justice. One ...
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, rough ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
nazi, war criminal, mossad, shoah, holocaust, courtroom, nazi hunter, nazi war criminal, world war two, attorney, gay affair, death threat ...
Time:
1950s, 60s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
germany, west germany, buenos aires argentina, jerusalem, israel ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
During a handover to the head of counter-terrorism of MI5, Harry Pearce, a terrorist escapes custody. When Harry disappears soon after, his protégé is tasked with finding out what happened as an impending attack on London looms, and eventually ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, undercover, female agent, british intelligence, escape, one man army, corruption, disobeying orders, police, secret agent, uncover truth ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, britain, united kingdom, berlin germany ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, tension, suspenseful, political, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
california, usa, los angeles, southern california, pennsylvania
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Erstwhile C.I.A. assassin Richard Malone hopes for a tranquil retirement in the placid Pacific Northwest, but what he gets is a rumble with a right-wing extremist plotting a secret revolution. Adapted from the novel "Shotgun," by William ...
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
oregon, los angeles, langley virginia
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, stylized, psychological, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, terrorist, murder, assassination attempt, secret agent, manhunt, frame up, uncover truth, danger, espionage, state affairs, on the run ...
Time:
1910s, year 1978, 1900s, 20th century, pre world war one ...
Place:
big ben london, london, england, europe, britain ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Netherlands, Germany, UK, Belgium
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.
Style:
erotic, psychological, tense, sexy, dramatic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, espionage, nazi, spy, nazism, resistance, female spy, occupation, gestapo, german soldier, war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1956, 1950s, year 2006, 20th century ...
Place:
netherlands, israel, holland, germany, belgium ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Cross is an old hand at the CIA, in charge of assassinating high-ranking foreign personalities who are an obstacle to the policies of the USA. He often teams up with Frenchman Jean Laurier, alias "Scorpio", a gifted free-lance operative. ...
Style:
neo noir, cult classic, political thriller, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, kgb, espionage, secret agent, undercover, hitman, spy thriller, killer, police officer, contract killer, revenge, supermarket ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
vienna, langley virginia, washington d.c., paris france, berlin germany ...
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34%
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Country: Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, action packed ...
Plot:
cia, corruption, corporate crime, danger, life is a bitch, uncover truth, state affairs, injustice, dishonesty, legal, testimony, spy ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, ecuador, south america, latin america, toronto ontario canada
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Martial arts expert Matt Hunter was one of the most promising operatives in Army intelligence until his parents were killed by terrorists, and he retired to the family's farm in Louisiana to take care of his 12-year-old sister Sara and their ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, perverse, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
manhunt, terrorism, martial arts, masked man, terrorist, rescue, survival, one man army, kidnapping, tough heroes, vengeance, save the day ...
Time:
80s
Place:
louisiana, usa, new orleans
Similarity:
34%
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, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, whistleblower, british intelligence, paranoia, murder, covert operation, cold war era, russian spy, revenge, traitor ...
Time:
year 1986, 20th century, 80s
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – ...
Style:
political thriller, political, tense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
terrorism, spy, cia, espionage, cia agent, intelligence agency, terrorist, undercover, secret service, government agency, roman empire, politics ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: United Arab Emirates, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a ...
Style:
political thriller, cerebral, political, intense, serious ...
Plot:
terrorism, espionage, corruption, cia, capitalism, spy, oil, globalization, conspiracy, middle east conflict, politics, terrorist ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
middle east, iran, lebanon, usa, israel ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Two Supreme Court Justices have been assassinated. One lone law student has stumbled upon the truth. An investigative journalist wants her story. Everybody else wants her dead.
Style:
political, suspense, suspenseful, tense, political thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
political conspiracy, politics, investigation, conspiracy, conspiracy theory, lawyer, spy, political corruption, corruption, secret service, fbi, surveillance ...
Time:
90s, future, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., new orleans, southern usa, new york
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
An Israeli anti-terrorist agent must stop a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a plot to commit a terrorist plot at the Super Bowl.
Style:
political thriller, suspense, political, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, politics, american football, cheerleader, terrorist attack, revenge, spy, betrayal, secret service, conspiracy, violence ...
Time:
70s, year 1977, 20th century
Place:
miami, florida, usa, los angeles, mojave desert ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
Style:
exciting, serious, intense, suspenseful, action thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
cia, espionage, terrorism, conspiracy, undercover agent, terrorist, race against time, undercover, government agency, murder, secret agent, corruption ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, year 2013, september 11 2001, year 2001 ...
Place:
russia, new york, afghanistan, moscow russia, london ...
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and ...
Style:
political, intense, brutal, political thriller, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, espionage, assassination, mossad, vengeance, judaism, politics, terrorist, vigilante, revenge, spy, murder ...
Time:
70s, year 2005, 20th century, 2000s, year 1972
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, germany, europe ...
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Spain, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives.
Style:
surprise ending, clever, suspenseful, political, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
terrorism, secret service, assassination attempt, president, conspiracy, assassination, assassination of president, kidnapping, chase, terrorist, betrayal, multiple perspectives ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
spain, europe
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A saga centered on a multi-generational family of New York City Police officers. The family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney, investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his own brother-in-law. ...
Style:
intense, suspense, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
police, police corruption, police investigation, corruption, organized crime, murder, investigation, conspiracy, cop, moral dilemma, american football, nypd ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, washington d.c., bronx new york city, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Vietnam veteran Billy Ray Lancing, a former CSA agent who now works on a wildlife refuge in Northern Alaska, has been exchanging letters in a pen-pal relationship with Irina Morawska, a 13-year-old orphaned girl in Poland that he's helping out ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
tough heroes, rescue, danger, friendship, secret code, human trafficking, orphan, martial arts, obsessive quest, righting the wronged, undercover, race against time ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
poland, europe, warsaw poland, montreal, eastern europe
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Bulgaria, Germany, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Van Damme plays a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin, and everyone dislikes him. Because of an accident he is put into a coma, and comes out of it a better person. He wakes up wanting to put things right.
Style:
rough, serious, suspense, action packed, cult classic ...
Plot:
painful sex, murder of a nude woman, vengeance, addiction, life is a bitch, police, brutality, violence, heroin addict, betrayal, chase, revenge ...
Time:
year 2007, year 2006, 2000s
Place:
new orleans
Similarity:
33%
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