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The Thirty-Nine Steps (1978)
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Original name: The Thirty Nine Steps
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The year is 1914 and Richard Hannay, Mining Engineer who is visiting Britain for a short time before returning to South Africa, is shocked when one of his neighbours, Colonel Scudder, bursts into his rooms one night and tells him a story that Prussian 'sleeper' agents are planning to pre-start World War I by murdering a visiting foreign minister. However, Scudder is murdered and Hannay is framed for the death by the 'sleepers'. Fleeing to Scotland Hannay attempts to clear his name and to stop the agents with the aid of Alex Mackenzie but not only is he is chased by Chief Supt Lomas for Scudder's death but by the agents who is headed by Appleton who has managed to hide himself in a high-placed position in the British Government...
Style:
suspenseful, stylized, psychological, exciting, tense, political thriller, serious, realistic, independent film, detective
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, terrorist, murder, assassination attempt, secret agent, frame up, manhunt, danger, uncover truth, espionage, state affairs, on the run, gunfight, chase, deception, interrogation, police, false accusation, paranoia, notebook, assassination, framed for murder, race against time, terrorist plot, fugitive ...
Time:
1910s, year 1978, 1900s, 20th century, pre world war one, 90s
Place:
big ben london, london, england, europe, britain, scotland
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and suspense films with plots about murder, assassin, conspiracy, dishonesty, spy, danger and espionage mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like The Thirty-Nine Steps: Appointment with Death (1988), The Day of the Jackal (1973), Second Nature (2003), The Ipcress File (1965), Spooks: The Greater Good (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 143 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
scotland, united kingdom, england, europe, london
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Place:
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100%
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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 ...
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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27%
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Country: UK
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
25%
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Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA, Spain, UK, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, suspense, neo noir, detective, sexy ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Time:
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Country: UK
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
hitman, conspiracy, military, cold war, spy, assassin, assassination plot, soldier, prisoner, sergeant, assassination attempt, airport ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK, France, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Finland
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Style:
political thriller, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, political ...
Plot:
investigation, world war two, war, nazi, mossad, espionage, war crime, war criminal, holocaust, israeli, nazi hunter, journalism ...
Time:
20th century, year 1963, year 1964, post world war two, 60s ...
Place:
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Similarity:
20%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
soviet union, england, russia, europe, united kingdom ...
Similarity:
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