Movies like The Diplomat 2009

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The Diplomat (2009)
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The Diplomat (2009)
Original name: False Witness
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 190 min.
Story: A British diplomat is arrested on charges of working with Russian mafia. After death threats to his wife, they are taken into protective custody. Then the MI6 shows up with a new piece of the puzzle.
Style: political drama
Plot: spy, diplomacy, russian mafia, death threat, gay, prostitute, female nudity, car chase, suicide, brothel, orphan, helicopter, homosexual, drug traffic, death of protagonist, traitor, chase, swimming pool, hallucination, sacrifice, drunkenness, airport, murder of wife, nuclear bomb, funeral home ...
Place: london, australia, scotland yard, sydney australia

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and suspense films with plots about spy, female nudity, chase, murder, violence, danger and dishonesty mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like The Diplomat: New Town Killers (2008), Sequin in a Blue Room (2019), Taste of Excitement (1969), The Holcroft Covenant (1985), Ripley's Game (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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New Town Killers (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Two private bankers, Alistair and Jamie, who have the world at their feet get their kicks from playing a 12 hour game of hunt, hide and seek with people from the margins of society. Their next target is Sean Macdonald a parentless teenager who lives ...
Style: realistic, psychological, serious, exciting, stylized ...
Plot: chase, manhunt, survival, mind game, rich and poor, danger, life turned upside down, on the run, betrayal, gang, hostage, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: scotland, edinburgh scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Sequin in a Blue Room (2019)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Favouring the instant gratification of anonymous, no-strings sexual encounters over meaningful relationships, high schooler Sequin is part of the always logged-on, but never-engaged, hook-up generation. He ghosts ex-partners and remains emotionally ...
Style: contemplative, captivating, unusual plot structure, sexy, psychological ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, gay sex, gay subtext, love and romance, homosexual, couples, fall in love, escapades, gays and lesbians, gay interest, gay love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Taste of Excitement (1969)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A man has been killed on the Dover/Boulogne car ferry. What is the connection between him and the attempts being made to kill Jane Kerrell, a young girl in her early twenties? As she speeds through the French countryside to the South of France, ...
Style: eurospy
Plot: spy, kidnapping, pursuit, chase, helicopter, woman in peril, woman in jeopardy, woman, woman in danger, young
Time: year 1969
Place: europe, scotland yard, french riviera, south of france
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
The Holcroft Covenant (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A man who was a confidant of Adolf Hitler dies and leaves a fortune to make amends for his Nazi past--but his son has to search the world to find it
Style: tense, suspenseful, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot: spy, nazi, holocaust, violence, brutality, hitman, against the odds, haunted by the past, dishonesty, family relations, political intrigue, espionage ...
Time: 80s, 1940s, year 1985, year 1945
Place: berlin germany, tower bridge london, london, new york, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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Ripley's Game (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Tom Ripley - cool, urbane, wealthy, and murderous - lives in a villa in the Veneto with Luisa, his harpsichord-playing girlfriend. A former business associate from Berlin's underworld pays a call asking Ripley's help in killing a rival. ...
Style: suspense, tense, stylized, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot: murder, serial killer, greed, vengeance, redemption, cons and scams, danger, intrigue, rivalry, assassin, villa, murderer ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: italy, milan italy, berlin germany, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
 6.2
 21K
Cleanskin (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: While working undercover as a bodyguard to arms dealer Harry, former-soldier-turned-secret-service-agent Ewan survives a bloody shootout with a member of an Islamic terrorist cell who steals Harry's briefcase full of Semtex explosives and ...
Style: tense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, terrorist, manhunt, spy, undercover, fighting crime, conspiracy, danger, rivalry, society, secret service agent, undercover agent ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe, britain, london, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
 6.2
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Hitman (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The best-selling videogame, Hitman, roars to life with both barrels blazing in this hardcore action-thriller starring Timothy Olyphant. A genetically engineered assassin with deadly aim, known only as "Agent 47" eliminates strategic ...
Style: serious, exciting, action packed, stylized, fast paced ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: hitman, killer, sniper, one man army, assassin, danger, assassination, fight scenes, revenge, computer game, conspiracy, cia ...
Time: year 2007, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: soviet union, europe, st. petersburg russia, moscow russia, istanbul turkey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
 6.5
 33K
Spartan (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: U.S. government agent Scott is assigned to rescue the daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get things done, though, Scott is shocked to find that others are willing to go even further to protect a ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, intense, rough, political thriller ...
Plot: secret service, kidnapping, investigation, missing person, spy, politics, conspiracy, espionage, female agent, political conspiracy, secret agent, rescue ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: boston, usa, london, harvard university, dubai
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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That Man Bolt (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Fred Williamson chop-sockeys his way through this popular blaxploitation adventure as Jefferson Bolt, a Kung Fu expert assigned to deliver a cool $1 million to Mexico City from Hong Kong with a stop in Los Angeles. When Bolt discovers the cash is ...
Plot: blaxploitation, spy, 007, revenge, martial arts, bare chested male, nudity, imprisonment, roulette, cigar, murder, murder of a nude woman ...
Place: las vegas, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
The File of the Golden Goose (1969)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: U.S. Secret Service agent Peter Novak goes undercover with Scotland Yard officer Thompson to halt a murderous gang of counterfeiters known as the Golden Goose. Although Peter is unsure about John's loyalties, the two infiltrate the gang and win ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, undercover, gang, undercover cop, sauna, forgery, danger, dishonesty, amateur detective, law enforcement, rivalry, criminal heroes ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
Place: scotland yard, london, england, britain, liverpool
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
The Whistle-Blower (2001)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 160 min.
Story: A bank employee, Laura Tracey, places herself and her family in mortal danger after reporting irregularities in the firm's overseas accounts to the National Criminal Intelligence Service. She learns that the money belongs to South American drug ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, exciting, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: spy, corruption, witness protection, witness, bank, legal action, police, money laundering, affair, danger, escapades, gambling ...
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Empire of the Wolves (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, Turkey
Duration: 128 min.
Story: When the young detective Paul Nerteaux finds the third slashed female corpse of illegal Turkish immigrants, he decides to ask for support to the experienced dark retired detective Jean-Louis Schiffer to chase the serial killer. Together, they ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, realistic, serious, detective ...
Plot: uncover truth, memory loss, murder, serial killer, life is a bitch, master criminal, danger, terrorism, police detective, police officer, spy, female fighter ...
Time: 2000s
Place: france, paris france, istanbul turkey, europe, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 3.3
 131
King of Crime (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Marcus King, an old school gangster, a crime lord, has left behind old school crime. He has manoeuvred his business into the leafy lanes of the suburbs and now, in place of pimps and dealers, his team consists of the best graduate geeks that money ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, tense, exciting, independent film
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Place: spain, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 7.3
 194K
Layer Cake (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...
Style: neo noir, intense, clever, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, heist, murder, chase, sex, drug, drug lord, caper, plot twist, violence, drug addiction, organized crime ...
Time: year 2004, 60s, 90s, 70s, 20th century
Place: england, london, britain, amsterdam, netherlands ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Samantha Caine, suburban homemaker, is the ideal mom to her 8 year old daughter Caitlin. She lives in Honesdale, PA, has a job teaching school and makes the best Rice Krispie treats in town. But when she receives a bump on her head, she begins to ...
Style: suspense, intense, serious, realistic, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: memory loss, amnesia, hitman, strong female lead, terrorism, chase, female assassin, cia, female protagonist, espionage, christmas, terrorist plot ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new jersey, pennsylvania, usa, atlantic city new jersey, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 5.1
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The Line (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The story centers around veteran assassin Mark Shields as he tracks down, Pelon, the elusive head of the Salazar Crime Cartel. Through twists of fate, Shields ends up with a local woman, Olivia who is also fighting her own demons for the sake of her ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, rough ...
Plot: drug dealing, drug abuse, gangster, hitman, mentally unstable, law enforcement, master criminal, criminal heroes, assassin, spy, killer, professional ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, tijuana mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 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 ⇓
43%
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Rising Sun (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Conner and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Conner has previous experience working in Japan, cultural differences ...
Style: suspense, detective, intense, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, police, police investigation, surveillance, corruption, whodunit, murder mystery, buddy cop, 007, partner, playboy, japanese culture ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: japan, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Sweeney! (1977)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The film followed the adventures of DI Regan and DS Carter as they became embroiled in a deadly political scandal. One of the leading members of the government, Charles Baker (Ian Bannen) is about to secure a huge deal with OPEC stabilising the ...
Style: realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, dark comedy ...
Plot: police, president, politics, police investigation, investigation, political conspiracy, police detective, law enforcement, dishonesty, state affairs, espionage, uncover truth ...
Time: 70s
Place: london, england, europe, scotland yard, tower bridge london ...
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41%
The November Man (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: An ex- CIA operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect.
Style: suspenseful, exciting, tense, suspense, action thriller ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Our Kind of Traitor (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A young Oxford academic and his attorney girlfriend holiday on Antigua. They bump into a Russian millionaire who owns a peninsula and a diamond watch. He wants a game of tennis. What else he wants propels the lovers on a tortuous journey to the City ...
Style: suspense, exciting, intense, entertaining, realistic ...
Plot: assassination, russian mafia, corrupt politician, betrayal, tennis, interracial romance, justice, cold war, twists and turns, gangster, prejudice, happy ending ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, morocco, london, alps, moscow russia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Professional (1981)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: French secret agent Joss Baumont is sent to kill the president Njala of an African country. However, a counter-order is given before he can execute his mission and he is abandoned in the hands of foreign authorities. He escapes and seeks revenge by ...
Style: suspenseful, intense, suspense, harsh, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, assassination, female nudity, car chase, tough heroes, hitman, lone hero, on the run, fighting the system, chases and races, government agency, revenge ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: france, paris france, africa, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 4.8
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Hostage (1992)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Argentina, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A weary British spy retreats to a Buenos Aires hotel and recalls his last dirty job, complete with lover.
Style: political thriller, independent film
Plot: spy, assassin, terrorism, kidnapping, agent, sex scene, sniper, undercover agent, threat, ex husband ex wife relationship, flashback, dance ...
Time: year 1992
Place: argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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The Second (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The persona of a celebrated author is threatened when her best friend and muse reveals the dark secret behind her first novel's provenance, igniting an incendiary tale of sex, lies and betrayal.
Style: serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: gang rape, childhood memory, deception, writing a novel, revenge, mysterious man, friend, rape, secret, betrayal, muse, supernatural horror ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 4.8
 488
All Souls (2023)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A young confidential informant is sent on a dangerous undercover operation. It's a no-holds-barred look at the vulnerable foot soldiers of the War on Drugs, young criminals who are pressured to work for the police.
Plot: drug traffic, informant, young, tape over mouth, ball gag
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Life of David Gale (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Spain, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
Style: surprise ending, thought provoking, suspense, twist ending, serious ...
Plot: death penalty, investigation, suicide, death row, fighting the system, professor, reporter, activist, murder, journalism, death, death sentence ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: texas, austin texas, houston texas, usa, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.4
 124K
The Jackal (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France, Germany, Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, the perfectionist Jackal proves an elusive target for the men charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI boss and a former IRA terrorist.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, clever ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, assassin, assassination attempt, chase, revenge, cold war, terrorism, lone wolves, assassination, gangster, conspiracy, murder ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: chicago, washington d.c., russia, montreal, ireland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.8
 43K
The Gunman (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain, UK, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Eight years after fleeing the Congo following his assassination of that country's minister of mining, former assassin Jim Terrier is back, suffering from PTSD and digging wells to atone for his violent past. After an attempt is made on his ...
Style: intense, suspense, exciting, rough, fast paced ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, chase, hitman, agent as target, gangster, gunfight, undercover, danger, conspiracy, home invasion, betrayal, haunted by the past ...
Time: year 2006, year 2014, 21st century
Place: south africa, europe, barcelona, london, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Secret Agent Fireball (1965)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: An American CIA agent (Richard Harrison) must find the whereabouts of valuable microfilm that was smuggled over by two Russian scientists who had been hoping to defect.
Style: grindhouse, eurospy, microfilm
Plot: espionage, cold war, spy, agent, bare chested male, girl fight, car chase, hotel, taxi, airplane, swimming pool, secret agent ...
Place: hamburg germany, lebanon, beirut lebanon
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 6.2
 32K
Destroyer (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Erin Bell is an LAPD detective who, as a young cop, was placed undercover with a gang in the California desert with tragic results. When the leader of that gang re-emerges many years later, she must work her way back through the remaining members ...
Style: neo noir, suspense, melancholic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: policewoman, female protagonist, female warrior, revenge, sociopath, haunted by the past, sex with a minor, women, gang, murder, bank, strong female lead ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 2010s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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