Movies like Shadow Dancer

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Shadow Dancer (2012)
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Shadow Dancer (2012)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Set in 1990s Belfast, a woman is forced to betray all she believes in for the sake of her son.
Style: political thriller, serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic, psychological thriller, political, suspense, cult classic, visually stunning ...
Plot: ira, moral dilemma, betrayal, undercover, family relations, radical, political unrest, siblings relations, snitch, state affairs, law enforcement, single parent, loss of son, dishonesty, female secret agent, interrogation, trouble, death of brother, conflict, struggle, agent, hitman, conspiracy, espionage, freedom ...
Time: 20th century, year 2012, 90s, year 1973, year 1993, 70s, 1990s
Place: ireland, northern ireland, england, london, europe, united kingdom, belfast
Keyword: irish, eye candy

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Most similar movies to Shadow Dancer

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films with plots about state affairs, dishonesty, espionage, spy, undercover, politics and terrorism mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Shadow Dancer: The Informant (1997), Page Eight (2011), Legacy (2013), Hidden Agenda (1990), Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Informant (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A former Irish Republican Army fighter, Gingy McAnally (Anthony Brophy), is reluctant about being called back into service after serving time in prison. He executes the grisly task but ends up captured by a sympathetic British police lieutenant ...
Style: serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, independent film
Plot: terrorism, ira, struggle, conflict, 007, anglo irish relations, trouble, spy, freedom, life is a bitch, society, fighting the system ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: ireland, northern ireland, europe, belfast
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Page Eight (2011)
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: political thriller, serious, tense, realistic, political ...
Plot: spy, espionage, blackmail, secret service, undercover, government agency, loss of friend, state affairs, dishonesty, father daughter relationship, prime minister, journalism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, united kingdom, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 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 ⇓
45%
Hidden Agenda (1990)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: In Ireland, American lawyer Ingrid Jessner and her activist partner, Paul Sullivan, struggle to uncover atrocities committed by the British government against the Northern Irish during the "Troubles." But when Sullivan is assassinated in ...
Style: controversial, political, political thriller, suspense, mysterious ...
Plot: politics, terrorism, conspiracy, blackmail, corruption, lawyer, human rights, trouble, torture, anglo irish relations, courtroom drama, secrets ...
Time: year 1990, 80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place: ireland, northern ireland, england, europe, dublin ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Based on Martin McGartland's real life story as a informant for the British Police to spy on the IRA. Taking place from 1987-1991, Martin (Jim Sturgess) works his way up the ranks of the IRA, while keeping his informant with the police Fergis ...
Style: factual, captivating, stylized, tense, political ...
Plot: ira, crime gone awry, storytelling, terrorism, brutality, secret agent, snitch, danger, undercover, state affairs, spy, trouble ...
Time: 80s, year 2008, 90s, 20th century
Place: ireland, canada, northern ireland, europe, scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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 ⇓
38%
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 ⇓
35%
 6.2
 23K
Closed Circuit (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A terrorist attack in London results in the capture of suspect Farroukh Erdogan (Denis Moschitto). The attorney general appoints Claudia Simmons-Howe (Rebecca Hall) as special advocate on Erdogan's legal team. On the eve of the trial, ...
Style: suspense, serious, suspenseful, political, realistic ...
Plot: terrorism, terrorist, conspiracy, cia, spy, legal action, lawyer, murder, surveillance, politics, law enforcement, danger ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: london, england, britain, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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 2K
Daniel (1983)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. As a graduate student in New York in the 1960s, Daniel is involved in the antiwar protest movement and contrasts his ...
Style: psychological, realistic, sincere, serious, retro ...
Plot: legal, espionage, politics, injustice, racism, state affairs, uncover truth, betrayal, undercover, spy, false accusation, vietnam war ...
Time: 50s, year 1983, 1950s, 60s
Place: usa, new york, asia, vietnam, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The International (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story: An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their investigation takes them from Berlin, ...
Style: clever, exciting, suspenseful, sexy, enigmatic ...
Plot: conspiracy, interpol, murder, investigation, assassin, conspiracy theory, chase, hitman, lawyer, revenge, gunfight, police investigation ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, milan italy, berlin germany, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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 661
State Affairs (2009)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A plane explodes above the Gulf of Guinea. An escort girl is murdered in a Parisian park. Thousands of miles separate these two events, and yet Nora Chahyd, believes there's a connection between them, much to his superiors chagrin. As Nora ...
Style: political thriller, serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Plot: investigation, law enforcement, undercover, police detective, hitman, betrayal, dishonesty, politics, political corruption, murder, spy, agent ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Resurrection Man (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Belfast, in 1970s. Victor Kelly is a young protestant man who hates the Catholics so much that one night he begins to brutally murder them. A reporter soon tries to uncover the murder and obtained prestige for himself, while Victor sinks deeper into ...
Style: disturbing, serious, bleak, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: murder, serial killer, brutality, psychopath, journalism, investigation, master criminal, uncover truth, ira, trouble, violence, anglo irish relations ...
Time: 70s
Place: ireland, northern ireland, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 6.6
 2K
Cal (1984)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Romance
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Cal, a young man on the fringes of the IRA, falls in love with Marcella, a Catholic woman whose husband, a Protestant policeman, was killed one year earlier by the IRA.
Style: art house, political, contemplative, tense, serious ...
Plot: ira, terrorism, trouble, guilt, religion, international relations, war on terror, anglo irish relations, female pubic hair, couples, political unrest, tragic love ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place: northern ireland, europe, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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 852
Hennessy (1975)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Set in the Seventies, Hennessy is a Irishman who believes in peace, but who has had connections to the IRA. Hennessy's family is killed, and he plots revenge, setting out to assassinate Queen Elizabeth of England.
Style: grindhouse, political, offbeat, independent film, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ira, revenge, anglo irish relations, explosions, terrorism, manhunt, repression, royal family, political intrigue, political unrest, political corruption, assassination ...
Time: year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place: ireland, london, europe, england, belfast
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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 ⇓
26%
 6.9
 134K
Syriana (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
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, suspense, cerebral, political, tense ...
Plot: terrorism, cia, corruption, capitalism, espionage, politics, spy, oil, globalization, conspiracy, middle east conflict, political conspiracy ...
Time: year 2005, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: middle east, usa, israel, iran, lebanon ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 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 ⇓
26%
The Enemy Within (1994)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Colonel Casey discovers what appears to be plans by General Lloyd to use fake military excercises to assist Jack Giddings in his plans to remove President Foster from office. Colonel Casey, and President Foster must find evidence that there is a ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, political thriller
Plot: conspiracy, political conspiracy, terrorism, coup d'etat, political corruption, betrayal, manhunt, government agency, state affairs, undercover, special agent, revolution ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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The Silent War (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 120 min.
Story: An espionage thriller set in the 1950s and adapted from the novel "Year Suan/Plot Against" by May Jia. Tony Leung Chiu Wai plays a blind man who works for a piano tuner. He is recruited for a spy mission because of his exceptional hearing.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, captivating
Audience: boys' night
Plot: war, political unrest, undercover, blind man, disability, dishonesty, secret movement, misfit, espionage, state affairs, code breaking, secret agent ...
Time: 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place: hong kong, asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Turks & Caicos (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The second movie in David Hare's Johnny Worricker trilogy. Loose-limbed spy Johnny Worricker, last seen whistleblowing at MI5 in Page Eight, has a new life. He is hiding out in Ray-Bans on the Caribbean islands of the title, eating lobster and ...
Style: tense, captivating, serious, suspense, political ...
Plot: cia, espionage, spy, secret agent, undercover, businessman, dishonesty, state affairs, head of state, on the run, caribbean sea, british prime minister ...
Time: 21st century
Place: caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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The Outsider (1979)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Michael Flaherty (Craig Wasson), an American Vietnam veteran of Irish descent, returns to Belfast to join the cause of his grandfather, Seamus (Sterling Hayden). Soon he finds that he is not as welcomed in his home country as he imagined he would ...
Style: neo noir, independent film, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot: ira, anglo irish relations, machine gun, trouble, power relations, life is a bitch, war, state affairs, terrorism, unfulfillment, tragic hero, dishonesty ...
Time: year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place: ireland, northern ireland, detroit, england, scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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 ⇓
24%
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 ⇓
24%
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Half Moon Street (1986)
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 ...
Style: political thriller, psychological, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Plot: politics, espionage, escort, spy, political intrigue, infidelity, dishonesty, uncover truth, female protagonist, women, prostitute, female nudity ...
Time: 80s
Place: england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Long Good Friday (1980)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story: In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the possible venue for a future ...
Style: neo noir, atmospheric, tense, harsh, serious ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: ira, gangster, organized crime, mafia, car bomb, danger, crime boss, revenge, rivalry, great ending, underworld, murder ...
Time: 70s, year 1980, 80s, 20th century
Place: england, london, ireland, britain, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 4.9
 2K
Resistance (2011)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story: It is 1944 and the D-Day invasion has failed, Germany's army have successfully invaded England and the Nazi war-machine is now heading west towards Wales. A group of women in an isolated Welsh village near the English border wake up to ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, period drama ...
Plot: missing person, wartime life, life is a bitch, war, danger, espionage, undercover, world war two, alternate history, alternate universe, strong female presence, village ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1945, year 1944
Place: england, madagascar
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: When his army unit was ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saved his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, then-Captain Ben Marco, was knocked unconscious. Brokering the incident for political capital, Shaw eventually ...
Style: political thriller, suspense, clever, political, tense ...
Plot: conspiracy, gulf war, political conspiracy, brainwashing, mind control, political corruption, assassin, sniper, senator, obsession, politics, assassination ...
Time: 20th century, future, year 2004, 2000s, year 1991 ...
Place: iraq, usa, new york, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 6.7
 16K
Gorky Park (1983)
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: detective, political, suspense, tense, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cold war, spy, murder, conspiracy, police investigation, espionage, secret agent, murder investigation, kgb agent, murder mystery, politics, police corruption ...
Time: year 1983, 80s
Place: moscow russia, russia, ussr, stockholm sweden, eastern europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 5.2
 280
Thunder Point (1998)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Former IRA agent Sean Dillon comes to the rescue when a woman discovers a briefcase containing plans that could destroy all of Europe. Dillon's assignment is to protect her until the plans can be properly destroyed.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Plot: ira, espionage, spy, unlikely partners, criminal heroes, undercover, save the day, state affairs, dishonesty, world war two, female nudity, bathtub
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 6.1
 6K
Möbius (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 103 min.
Story: An FSB officer fall in love with his agent, an American woman who works as a trader in a Russian bank.
Style: tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, political thriller ...
Plot: espionage, fall in love, love and romance, dishonesty, one night stand, financial crisis, agent, mafia, hitman, 007, secret agent, cia ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: cote d'azur, europe, monaco, moscow russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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