Movies like The Executioner 1970
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The Executioner (1970)
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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:
exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, talky, eurospy
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, assassin, heroes, friendship, betrayal, undercover, graphic violence, secret agents, vengeance, rivalry, working undercover, political conspiracy, courtroom drama, mole, political corruption, government agency, dishonesty, state affairs, revenge, prospector, agent, cia, suspense ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
england, greece
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about espionage, spy, undercover, dishonesty, secret agents, state affairs and government agency mostly in Thriller, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like The Executioner: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), To Commit a Murder (1967), The Looking Glass War (1970), The Ipcress File (1965), American Roulette (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, West Germany, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A writer gets wrapped up in espionage.
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spy, espionage, kidnapping, scientist, heroes, state affairs, dishonesty, rescue, undercover, fall in love, graphic violence, knife fight ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
china
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34%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
From the John le Carre novel about a British spy who sends a Polish defector to East Germany to verify missile sites.
Style:
talky, realistic, serious, clever, suspenseful ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, cold war, british intelligence, secret agents, undercover, politics, communism, iron curtain, political intrigue, weapon system, heroes ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
east germany, germany, berlin germany, german democratic republic, england ...
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34%
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 ⇓
32%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Carlos Quintas, the democratically-elected president of an unnamed South American country, has been deposed by a military coup. He is in London, the head of a government in exile, rallying international support. He is also a poet of talent and ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
spy, revolution, state affairs, rebellion, terrorism, on the run, assassination attempt, dishonesty, head of state, politics, heroes, espionage ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Engaging, emotional and riveting, FAREWELL is an intricate and highly intelligent thriller pulled from the pages of history— about an ordinary man thrust into the biggest theft of Soviet information of the Cold War. Ronald Reagan called this piece ...
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realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, political ...
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, double agent, undercover, dishonesty, betrayal, state affairs, working undercover, kgb, father son relationship, agent ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
france, russia, ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Double-agent Alexander Eberlin is assigned by the British to hunt out a Russian spy, known to them as Krasnevin. Only Eberlin knows that Krasnevin is none other than himself! Accompanying him on his mission is a ruthless partner, who gradually ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot:
spy, berlin wall, espionage, undercover, cold war, secret agents, secret mission, double agent, photographer, homesickness, british intelligence, graphic violence ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 60s
Place:
west berlin west germany, berlin germany, east berlin, england, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
434
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:
serious, captivating, realistic, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
spy, secret agents, cold war, espionage, kgb, love and romance, undercover, government agency, betrayal, dishonesty, forbidden love, political unrest ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1974
Place:
england, london, ussr, europe, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Vlassov is a Soviet spy who defects in France. He is whisked to the U.S, where Allan Davies takes over the case. After polygraph tests and cross-examinations, Vlassov names several Western European agents who are also spying for the Soviets. Davies ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, suspenseful, eurospy
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, cold war, undercover, soviet spy, kgb, double agent, violence, dishonesty, mind game, rivalry, manhunt, race against time ...
Time:
70s
Place:
france, russia, europe, langley virginia, belgium ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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 ⇓
29%
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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 ...
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Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1962
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A color remake of the Sam Fuller film, Pickup on South Street.
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Plot:
spy, secret agents, suspense, city, secret mission, bus, undercover, rivalry, espionage, dishonesty, heroes, on the run ...
Time:
60s
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK, USA, Malta
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In January 1963, British journalist Leo Cauffield suddenly disappears from his home in Beirut. His wife Sally knew that he was working part-time for British intelligence, but was not prepared to be told by the British embassy that they suspect he ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
60s
Place:
beirut lebanon, russia, middle east, new york, moscow russia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Jim Jacobs and Nick Carlton, childhood friends, are CIA operatives on a sting operation in Chechnya. The raid of a rebel militia group goes bad and the entire teams gets wiped out except for Jim and Nick, who manages to save them both. Five years ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cia, espionage, friendship, rescue, dishonesty, escapades, political intrigue, spy, tough heroes, state affairs, secret agents, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bulgaria, europe, chechnya
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tucker is a chronic underachiever and a loser. A Vietnam war veteran who just can't seem to keep out of trouble, in the years since his discharge. The only thing he got out of the war was his skill with a rifle. Now, serving a long stretch in ...
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boys' night
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conspiracy, prison, vietnam war, prison escape, terrorism, paranoia, vietnam veteran, murder, assassination, secret organization, confined, heroes ...
Time:
70s
Place:
spain, europe, asia, vietnam, san francisco ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller; Mace Sowell, an ex-intelligence operative and whose past government activities catches up with him, faces his own mortality, in the shape of the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Holding the electronic key to secret ...
Style:
political, mind bending, exciting, realistic, psychological ...
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spy, alzheimer's disease, political conspiracy, conspiracy theory, home invasion, conspiracy, fighting the system, secret agents, life is a bitch, espionage, undercover, state affairs ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Fact-based story about a 90's espionage case that was chronicled as the worst case of espionage in US history
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
spy, espionage, kgb, cold war, government agency, state affairs, special agents, life is a bitch, dishonesty, undercover, alcohol abuse, alcoholic ...
Time:
90s
Place:
ussr, russia, langley virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two British agents are murdered by a mysterious Neonazi organization in West Berlin. The British Secret Service sends agent Quiller to investigate. Soon Quiller is confronted with Neonazi chief "Oktober" and involved in a dangerous game ...
Style:
neo noir, exciting, realistic, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, espionage, british intelligence, cold war, neo nazi, undercover, secret agents, secret mission, gang, rivalry, heroes, racism ...
Time:
60s
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Italy, Greece
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The widow of a murdered undercover NATO officer in Greece is the prime suspect in his killing. She finds herself embroiled in a bigger conspiracy about the sabotage of U.S. radar installations while trying to prove her innocence.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
spy, murder, conspiracy, snitch, righting the wronged, whistleblower, disorder, mistaken identity, working undercover, false accusation, political intrigue, political corruption ...
Time:
60s
Place:
greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Luxembourg, UK
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 ...
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Time:
90s
Place:
ireland, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Russia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The Popular Front wins elections, the Spanish Civil War begins, and Hitler and Stalin are manipulating and spying. The brilliant exile, Fiodor Voronin, a general at 20, is the deputy at the White Russian Military Union, probably slated to replace ...
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serious, realistic, enigmatic, psychological
Plot:
spy, government agency, secret agents, politics, life is a bitch, undercover, betrayal, political corruption, dishonesty, rebellion, uncover truth, love triangle ...
Time:
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Place:
france, russia, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given plastic surgery and sent back to Britain by the KGB to retrieve some vital documents. With the documents in hand, he instead plays off MI6 and the KGB ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The Agency is a CBS television drama that followed the inner-workings of the CIA. The series was created by Michael Frost Beckner and was executive produced by Michael Frost Beckner, Shaun Cassidy Productions and Radiant Productions in association ...
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, terrorism, espionage, cia, undercover, working undercover, state affairs, government agency, terrorist, conspiracy, secret agents, national security ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Professor Bower, an American physicist, is effectively blackmailed by a shady CIA agent named Adams to help the CIA obtain secret microfilm from a defecting Russian scientist. The reluctant Bower travels to East Germany undercover as an antiques ...
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exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, spy, espionage, renegade, conspiracy, hitman, escapades, undercover, race against time, military, secret agents, government agency ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Time:
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24%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A young engineer is sent to post-WWII Berlin to help the Americans in spying on the Russians. In a time and place where discretion is still a man’s best friend, he falls in love with a mysterious woman who will take him on the dark side of evil.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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24%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK, USA, Russia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When long-time British agent Harry Palmer loses his job because the Cold War is over, he's promptly approached by a Russian bossman, Alex. In St. Petersburg Alex tells Harry of his plan for Russia's future, which is threatened because a ...
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A former British spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
political thriller that charts the exploits of disillusioned ex-hacker Terell Lessor. A return to New York, coupled with a humiliating attempt at getting a new job, serves as the catalyst for him to take action against those who slighted him in the ...
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Time:
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Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A researcher for the CIA who convinces his superiors to send him to the eastern bloc in order to avenge the murder of his wife by enemy agents discovers a web of deception underneath his wife's death.
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Time:
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