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Agent provocateur (1998)
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Agent provocateur (1998)
Original name: Provocateur
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In 1994 South Korea, a female North Korean spy integrates herself as a housekeeper for U.S. military officer to steal classified documents, but soon worries about her cover when she falls for the teenage son of the officer.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, campy
Plot: spy, espionage, woman with a gun, nudity, agent, technology, intelligence, mission, betrayal, undercover, fall in love, rivalry, political conspiracy, sexual content, disability, moral dilemma, coming of age, government agency, dishonesty, state affairs, secret agent, violent content, strong female lead, female nudity, helicopter ...
Time: 90s
Place: north korea, asia, korea, south korea

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about undercover, espionage, spy, dishonesty, danger, secret agent and chases and races mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Agent provocateur: Bullet to Beijing (1995), Midnight Man (1997), Double Agent (2003), The Zone (1995), Madras Cafe (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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 ...
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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 ⇓
92%
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Double Agent (2003)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A North Korean diplomat defects to the South during the Cold War, but the South Koreans have their suspicions as to whether he is an actual defector or a double agent.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot: spy, soldier, politics, save the day, state affairs, political conspiracy, undercover, terrorism, journalism, investigation, dishonesty, political intrigue ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: new york, north korea, korea, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
 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 ⇓
75%
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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 ⇓
73%
Witness to a Kill (2001)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The Queen's Messenger is called to convey vital dispatches to a highly secretive conference called to combat the activities of modern poachers who threaten the economies of many African states.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
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Place: africa, south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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The Suspect (2013)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Dong-chul was the best special field agent in North Korea, but he’s abandoned by his government during a mission. While on the run, he looks for his wife and child, who were sold as slaves to China, only to discover their corpses. He soon finds ...
Style: suspense, exciting, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot: spy, espionage, hitman, intrigue, political conspiracy, false accusation, law enforcement, assassination, betrayal, danger, frame up, undercover ...
Time: 21st century
Place: north korea, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Iris: The Movie (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Hyunjun and Sawoo, close friends and rivals from the South Korean special forces, are recruited by the secret agency NSS. They both fall for Seunghee, the beautiful but lethal profiling specialist at NSS. When they are faced against each other in a ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, captivating, tense, realistic ...
Plot: terrorism, rivalry, espionage, special agent, danger, assassination, political conspiracy, spy, true love, confrontation, state affairs, chases and races ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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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 ⇓
67%
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Poongsan (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Poongsan has the unenviable - and death-defying - job of delivering messages across the North and South Korean border to separated families. When South Korean government agents ask him to smuggle in In-ok, the lover of a high-ranking North Korean ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Plot: espionage, fall in love, rescue, danger, undercover, rivalry, on the run, life is a bitch, conflict, spy, inter-korean relations, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: north korea, korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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 ⇓
62%
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%
Target of Opportunity (2005)
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Country: Bulgaria
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Story: Jim Jacobs and Nick Carlton, childhood friends, are CIA operatives on a sting operation in Chechnya. The raid of a rebel militia group goes bad and the entire teams gets wiped out except for Jim and Nick, who manages to save them both. Five years ...
Style: realistic, exciting, serious, rough, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 21st century
Place: bulgaria, europe, chechnya
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Secret Reunion (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Six years ago a mysterious shooting takes place in Seoul. The after effects of the shooting results in Han-kyu Lee (Song Kang-Ho) losing his job at the NIS (National Intelligence Service). Six years later, Ji-won Song (Kang Dong-Won), an ex North ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Carl Hamilton manages to infiltrate an international gang that has stolen advanced Swedish GPS-guided missiles. But the league is subjected to a sudden deadly attack by a well drilled group of mercenaries of unknown clients. Hamilton escapes the ...
Style: serious, exciting, rough, realistic
Audience: boys' night
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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
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Time: 90s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Unveiled (1994)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Using the natural beauty and mystique of Marrakech, Morocco as a backdrop, Stephanie uses herself as bait to discover the sadistic murderer of her childhood friend. C.I.A. agents Peter Masters and Jeremy Avery lead her on an erotic and intriguing ...
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Time: 90s
Place: morocco, africa, malibu california
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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 ...
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Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Hidden Agenda (1999)
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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 ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Safe House (1998)
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Style: political, mind bending, exciting, realistic, psychological ...
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Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Assassins' Code (2011)
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Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
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Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Scorchy (1976)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
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Style: grindhouse, independent film, exciting, serious, realistic ...
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Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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D-Day (2013)
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Story: 9 years ago Wali Khan (Irrfan Khan) was sent into Karachi, Pakistan by the Chief of RAW Ashwini Rao (Nasser) to report the activities of The Most Wanted Man in India. 9 days ago Rudra Pratap Singh (Arjun Rampal) Indian Armed Forces, MARCOS unit, ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: asia, pakistan, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 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 ...
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Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 4.5
 124
Fatal Justice (1993)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Somewhere near the Texas-Louisiana border, the CIA maintains a force of domestic assassins. So secret is their work that their retirement program is a bullet in the head. Up-and-coming hitwoman, Diana, gets the order to dispatch Mars, a legendary ...
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Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Dead Men Can't Dance (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
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Time: 90s
Place: asia, korea, north korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Art of War II: Betrayal (2008)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Agent Neil Shaw is called out of retirement and finds himself in the midst of a plot to assassinate several leading Senators with himself set-up to take the rap for a recent killing
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, fast
Audience: boys' night
Plot: betrayal, martial arts, assassination, heroes, on the run, murder, conspiracy, politics, manhunt, protagonist as suspect, rivalry, undercover ...
Place: british columbia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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