Movies like Topaz
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Topaz (1969)
19K
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, exciting, light, romantic, surprise ending, thought provoking ...
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, betrayal, suspense, secret agents, surveillance, undercover, cuban missile crisis, conspiracy, kgb, politics, government agency, state affairs, intrigue, cia, death, torture, murder, hotel, chase, catastrophe, twists and turns, revenge, investigation ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1962, 1960s
Place:
cuba, france, paris france, copenhagen, new york, russia, usa ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and interesting films with plots about storytelling, secrets, conspiracy, spy, twists and turns, corruption and dialogue mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Topaz: Seven Days in May (1964), Torn Curtain (1966), The Ipcress File (1965), Little Nikita (1988), Enigma (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A U.S. Army general alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
Style:
tense, political, suspenseful, atmospheric, intense ...
Plot:
cold war, politics, conspiracy, white house, military, u.s. air force, espionage, terrorism, secret service, suspense, betrayal, race against time ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 60s, future
Place:
pentagon, latin america, california, austin texas, russia ...
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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 ...
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tense, suspenseful, stylized, enigmatic, psychological ...
Plot:
cold war, espionage, suspense, spy, politics, secret agents, secrets, iron curtain, culture clash, murder mystery, police investigation, manipulation ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
east germany, berlin germany, germany, europe, norway ...
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42%
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 ...
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32%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Roy Parmenter is an FBI agent in San Diego; 20 years ago his partner was killed by a Soviet spy, nicknamed Scuba, still at large. Scuba is now trying to extort the Soviets; to prove he's serious, he's killing their agents one by one, ...
Style:
exciting, tense, suspenseful, sexy, clever ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
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spy, fbi, cold war, teenager, investigation, death, suspense, adolescence, assassin, assassination, betrayal, bullying ...
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80s, 20th century
Place:
russia, usa, los angeles, california, san diego california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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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.
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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 ⇓
31%
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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 ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, investigation, secret service, mole, british intelligence, double agent, suspense, secret agents, betrayal, government agency ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe, london, budapest, istanbul turkey ...
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29%
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 ...
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Place:
london, england, scotland, europe, russia
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28%
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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Nelson Crowe is a CIA operative under the thumb of the Company for a disputed delivery of $50,000 in gold. They blackmail him into working for the Grimes Organization, which is set up as a private company for hire, to blackmail prominent ...
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tense, suspenseful, clever, erotic, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, cons and scams, manipulation, blackmail, judge, uncover truth, black man white woman relationship, protagonist as suspect, rivalry, femme fatale, undercover, police corruption ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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 ...
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tense, realistic, factual, political, suspenseful ...
Plot:
cold war, spy, cia, espionage, double agent, intrigue, corruption, politics, betrayal, conspiracy, suspense, patriotism ...
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1940s, 60s, 50s, year 1958, year 1961 ...
Place:
usa, cuba, berlin germany, washington d.c., latin america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy that threatens national security in this adaptation of the Robert Ludlum novel.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
spy, cold war, betrayal, murder, espionage, conspiracy, surveillance, undercover, voyeurism, paranoia, suspense, threat ...
Time:
80s
Place:
san francisco, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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:
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Place:
panama, england, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside ...
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rough, serious, tense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
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Time:
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Place:
middle east, washington d.c., iraq, israel, egypt ...
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23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him.
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tense, exciting, suspenseful, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, military, spy, cold war, suspense, soldier, prisoner, sergeant, airport, politics, state affairs, government agency ...
Time:
80s
Place:
germany, chicago illinois, washington d.c., berlin germany, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Dr Jake Terrell, who has been training a pair of dolphins for many years, has had a breakthrough. He has taught his dolphins to speak and understand English, although they do have a limited vocabulary. When the dolphins are stolen, he discovers ...
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sexy, humorous, unusual plot structure, visually appealing, emotional ...
Audience:
boys' night
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Time:
70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The Manchurian Candidate is a political thriller from American director John Frankenheimer. An American soldier is brainwashed into being a killer for the communist Russians during the Korean War.
Style:
psychological, political, tense, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Plot:
conspiracy, cold war, political conspiracy, brainwashing, manipulation, korean war, senator, assassin, political intrigue, spy, suspense, politics ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, year 1952
Place:
new york, north korea, korea, usa, ussr ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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 ⇓
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin's trail.
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exciting, suspenseful, political, atmospheric, talky ...
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terrorism, conspiracy, espionage, politics, investigation, police investigation, serial killer, spy, terrorist, hitman, assassin, terrorist plot ...
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year 1963, 20th century, 70s, 60s
Place:
paris france, france, europe, vienna, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder in which the President of The United States is involved occurs in front of his eyes. He is forced to run yet may hold evidence that could convict the President. A political thriller ...
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suspenseful, tense, political, intense, serious ...
Plot:
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Place:
washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An ambitious reporter, investigating a senator's assassination, realizes witnesses to the shooting are systematically dying and discovers a multi-million dollar corporation which serves as a front for the recruitment of political assassins.
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atmospheric, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, political ...
Plot:
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Time:
70s, 20th century
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seattle, los angeles, latin america, washington state, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 107 min.
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A troubled hedge fund magnate, desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire, makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.
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22%
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Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Mallory Kane is a highly trained operative who works for a government security contractor in the dirtiest, most dangerous corners of the world. After successfully freeing a Chinese journalist held hostage, she is double crossed and left for dead by ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
When a Supreme Court judge commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all fingers point to Carl Anderson (Liam Neeson), a homeless veteran who's deaf and mute. But when public defender Kathleen Riley (Cher) is assigned to his case, ...
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suspenseful, tense, intense, psychological, talky ...
Audience:
girls' night
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courtroom drama, lawyer, murder mystery, courtroom, murder, legal investigation, suspense, twists and turns, court, mute or deaf, false accusation, manipulation ...
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usa, washington d.c., vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Dr. Lauren Slaughter, a research fellow at the Arab-Anglo Institute in London is utterly frustrated by her job. To supplement her income, she starts moonlighting at the Jasmine Escort Service, where she has more control over men and money than she ...
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22%
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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 ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Ford plays an American doctor whose wife suddenly vanishes in Paris. To find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more than she tells.
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21%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Mexico
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
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21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell , and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring. Director Sidney Lumet gives an atmospheric ...
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