Movies like Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
205K
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, tense, thought provoking, bleak, non-linear, atmospheric, confusing, enigmatic, harsh, political ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, investigation, secret service, mole, british intelligence, double agent, suspense, betrayal, secret agents, government agency, undercover, conspiracy, surveillance, kgb, corruption, torture, loneliness, british, adaptation, paranoia, assassination, intelligence, mind game ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe, london, budapest, istanbul turkey, hungary, budapest hungary
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Most similar movies to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and tense films with plots about espionage, spy, twists and turns, politics, state affairs, betrayal and undercover mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: A Most Wanted Man (2014), The Good Shepherd (2006), The Lives of Others (2006), The Ipcress File (1965), The Game (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 290 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, ironic, cynical ...
Plot:
cold war, spy, secret service, espionage, double agent, secret agents, betrayal, investigation, russian, mole, kgb, twists and turns ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
england, london, britain, europe, paris france ...
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100%
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, realistic, talky, clever, bleak ...
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, double agent, berlin wall, british intelligence, iron curtain, suspense, politics, secret agents, loner, betrayal ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany, east germany, london, england, europe ...
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert government team which tracks the movements of potential terrorists.
Style:
clever, bleak, thought provoking, tense, political ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
espionage, terrorism, spy, intelligence, surveillance, secret service, investigation, islam, betrayal, manipulation, suspense, conspiracy ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
germany, hamburg germany, middle east, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
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 ...
Style:
tense, realistic, factual, political, suspenseful ...
Plot:
cold war, spy, cia, espionage, double agent, intrigue, corruption, politics, betrayal, conspiracy, suspense, patriotism ...
Time:
1940s, 60s, 50s, year 1958, year 1961 ...
Place:
usa, cuba, berlin germany, washington d.c., latin america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A tragic love story set in East Berlin with the backdrop of an undercover Stasi controlled culture. Stasi captain Wieler is ordered to follow author Dreyman and plunges deeper and deeper into his life until he reaches the threshold of doubting the ...
Style:
gloomy, tense, reflective, atmospheric, sincere ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
cold war, surveillance, spy, communism, berlin wall, stasi, iron curtain, espionage, voyeurism, loneliness, interrogation, politics ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century, 90s
Place:
east germany, germany, berlin germany, europe, central europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
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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, exciting, tense, enigmatic ...
Plot:
espionage, cold war, spy, conspiracy, double agent, brainwashing, politics, undercover, investigation, british, political intrigue, suspense ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
london, albania, england, berlin germany, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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:
atmospheric, suspenseful, realistic, serious, clever ...
Plot:
spy, conspiracy, cold war, secret agents, espionage, undercover, state affairs, twists and turns, dishonesty, government agency, post war, kgb ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
ussr, london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Page Eight is lovingly turned, with elegant writing, a flawless cast and a heartfelt message from writer/director David Hare about the danger zone where spies and politicians meet. The tension builds gently as we follow the fortunes of Johnny ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, political, captivating ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, secret service, loss of friend, government agency, undercover, blackmail, dishonesty, state affairs, father daughter relationship, agent, lgbt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, UK, USA, Russia, Romania
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders -- a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, factual, intense, tense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, child murder, murder mystery, stalinism, suspense, investigation, child murder investigation, murder investigation, macabre, fighting the system, politics ...
Time:
50s, 1930s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1945 ...
Place:
moscow russia, russia, ussr, berlin germany, ukraine
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 358 min.
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Story:
Former British soldier Jonathan Pine navigates the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington where an unholy alliance operates between the intelligence community and the secret arms trade. To infiltrate the inner circle of lethal arms dealer ...
Style:
serious, tense, tricky, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
spy, espionage, arms dealer, secret service, hotel, undercover, corruption, working undercover, arms dealing, violent, betrayal, british secret service ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
cairo egypt, europe, london, egypt, england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident. In director Roman ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, captivating, political, tricky ...
Plot:
writers, twists and turns, politics, political conspiracy, investigation, suspense, writer's life, betrayal, secrets, spy, conspiracy, suspicion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new england, london, new york, massachusetts, england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
60K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Eric O'Neill, a computer specialist who wants to be made an agent is assigned to clerk for Robert Hanssen, a senior agent with 25 years in the FBI, and to write down everything Hanssen does. O'Neill's told it's an investigation ...
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, intense, dramatic ...
Plot:
espionage, investigation, spy, fbi, intrigue, double agent, cia, betrayal, manipulation, suspense, conspiracy, suspicion ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, ussr, moscow russia, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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:
thought provoking, stylized, sexy, cynical, intellectual ...
Plot:
cold war, spy, espionage, cia, intrigue, undercover, politics, russian, surveillance, love, russian woman, loneliness ...
Time:
80s
Place:
russia, england, lisbon portugal, europe, moscow russia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, sexy ...
Plot:
cold war, spy, undercover, kgb, iron curtain, espionage, assassination, politics, dishonesty, journalism, rivalry, race against time ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
east germany, germany, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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 ...
Style:
sexy, serious, realistic, road movie, psychological ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
espionage, spy, cold war, british intelligence, investigation, conspiracy, working undercover, secret agents, melancholy, betrayal, politics, mysticism ...
Time:
80s
Place:
berlin germany, hamburg germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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TV shows similar to The Americans
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Police Inspector Renko tries to solve the case of three bodies found in Moscow's Gorky Park but finds his attempts to solve the crime impeded by his superiors. Working on his own, Renko seeks out more information and stumbles across a ...
Style:
political, neo noir, tense, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, spy, murder, conspiracy, police investigation, espionage, kgb, murder investigation, suspense, politics, murder mystery, police corruption ...
Time:
80s
Place:
moscow russia, russia, ussr, sweden, stockholm sweden ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Kenya, France, USA, Switzerland
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very ...
Style:
suspenseful, thought provoking, tense, political, captivating ...
Plot:
spy, conspiracy, investigation, corruption, murder, death, politics, marriage, idealism, suspense, obsession, cover up ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, germany, sudan, kenya, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
102K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, realistic, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cold war, spy, espionage, undercover, double life, kgb, mole, government agency, surveillance, secret agents, working undercover, mission ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Germany, India, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate ...
Style:
political, realistic, dramatic, tricky, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
lawyer, cold war, espionage, spy, suspense, cia, court, berlin wall, negotiation, politics, justice, mission ...
Time:
50s, 60s, year 1960, year 1957, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany, east germany, west germany, new york, ussr ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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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, suspenseful, psychological, sexy, enigmatic ...
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, betrayal, suspense, secret agents, surveillance, undercover, cuban missile crisis, conspiracy, kgb, politics ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1962
Place:
cuba, france, paris france, copenhagen, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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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:
spy, terrorism, betrayal, politics, bomb, murder mystery, police inspector, conspiracy, russian, secret agents, sabotage, state affairs ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1930s, 1880s, 18th century
Place:
london, england, scotland, europe, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An agoraphobic woman living alone in New York begins spying on her new neighbors only to witness a disturbing act of violence.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, dark, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
agoraphobia, mental illness, mental disorder, death, murder, car accident, suspense, suicide, espionage, uncover truth, deception, plot twist ...
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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:
realistic, serious, talky, exciting, rough ...
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, assassin, mole, secret agents, dishonesty, undercover, government agency, heroes, betrayal, rivalry ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
england, greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 286 min.
TV show
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:
tense, captivating, bleak, epic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, spy, cia, mole, politics, intrigue, betrayal, suspicion, double life, state affairs, power relations, dishonesty ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 80s, 60s, 70s
Place:
berlin germany, cuba, russia, moscow russia, west berlin west germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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:
psychological, exciting
Plot:
spy, mossad, female spy, female nudity, espionage, molestation, twists and turns, deception, secret agents, strong female lead, female protagonist, couple relations ...
Place:
iran, tehran, tehran iran
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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TV shows similar to The Night Manager
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Mexico
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
espionage, spy, cold war, undercover, treason, double agent, political conspiracy, buddies, society, dishonesty, rebellion, drugs ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
usa, california, mexico city, ussr, australia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Story of international intrigue involving a university professor, an Arab prime minister, a ruthless businessman, a beautiful spy, and hieroglyphics.
Style:
suspenseful, talky, witty, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, murder, gangsters, intrigue, justice, political intrigue, professor, plot twist, twists and turns, politics, dishonesty ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
england, london, middle east, europe, oxford university
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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:
suspenseful, sexy, brutal, harsh, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, spy, espionage, berlin wall, funeral, secret agents, chase, betrayal, hotel, murder, german, surveillance ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany, germany, east germany, russia, west berlin west germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An employee of a corporation with a lucrative secret process is tempted to betray it. But there's more to it than that.
Style:
neo noir, tense, psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
suspense, twists and turns, betrayal, investigation, intrigue, business, invention, heist, conspiracy, con artists, manipulation, secrets ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
venezuela, caribbean, usa, manhattan new york city, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The ...
Style:
talky, stylized, sexy, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, politics, suspense, cold war, mentor, adultery, brainwashing, gangsters, undercover, conspiracy, complex characters ...
Time:
90s
Place:
panama, england, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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