Movies like Rocket Attack U.S.A.
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Rocket Attack U.S.A. (1960)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
It's the height of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union with the Communists launching a spy satellite that has the Free World leaders in a panic. Fears about the nature of the satellite force the United States to send an agent undercover behind the Iron Curtain to discover what the Soviets have learned. What he finds is the Communists have used the information acquired from their spy satellite to help them perfect a new and even more deadly nuclear weapon.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, invasion, satellite, propaganda, sabotage, anti communist, nuclear missile, undercover, escapades, rivalry, chaos, government agency, dishonesty, state affairs, save the day, nuclear threat, nuclear, cold war era, air raid siren, chases and races, danger, adventure
Time:
year 1957, future, 50s, 20th century, near future
Place:
russia, moscow russia, usa, new york
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and exciting films with plots about undercover, state affairs, dishonesty, spy, danger, espionage and rivalry mostly in Thriller, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Rocket Attack U.S.A.: Midnight in Saint Petersburg (1996), Avenger (2006), The Assets (2014), A Perfect Spy (1987), The MacKintosh Man (1973). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Story:
Harry Palmer heads a private investigation business based in Moscow. His associates are Nikolai "Nick" Petrov (Jason Connery), ex-CIA agent Craig (Michael Sarrazin), and ex-KGB Colonel Gradsky (Lev Prygunov). They take on the job of ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, neo noir ...
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Plot:
spy, car chase, undercover, prison, espionage, secret agents, on the run, betrayal, working undercover, rivalry, heist, cold war ...
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Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A spy thriller telling a historically based story of a man who alone dares to challenge Soviets being in the middle of the communistic system himself. Planning the maneuvers of Warsaw Pact forces he discovers that the American plans of nuclear ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Genre: Thriller
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, eurospy
Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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