Movies and TV shows like The Afghan Ghost

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The Afghan Ghost (2008)
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The Afghan Ghost (2008)
Original name: Afganskiy prizrak
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 360 min.
TV show
Story: Andrei Potyomkin, frontier guard cadet, learns that his MIA father who fought in the Soviet-Afghan war is accused of treason. He is trying to find out the truth about his father's death, and together with a young promising journalist Alyona Nikitina, exposes a criminal group of servicemen who trade missiles to mojaheddin and terrorists. They are not ready to let their profitable business go easily...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense
Plot: army, military, betrayal, soldier, father son relationship, female journalist, investigative journalism, war crime, expose, investigative reporter, criminal, anti war, organized crime, journalism, accusation, uncover truth, soviet afghanistan war, soviet army, air force, war in afghanistan, border guard, assassination attempt, russian soldier, flashback, missing person ...
Place: afghanistan

Most similar movies to The Afghan Ghost

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, tense, suspense and disturbing films and TV series with plots about military, soldier, investigation, war, criminal, organized crime and investigative journalism mostly in Drama, Action and War genres. Some movies like The Afghan Ghost: The Attackers (2013), Bangkok Breaking (2021), Shoot the Messenger (2016), The Hill (2010), The Family Business (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Attackers (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: The Eastern Front, 1943. Two Soviet pilots, straight out of training, join a veteran fighter squadron on the front line.
Style: dramatic, tense, captivating, exciting, serious
Plot: world war two, aerial combat, soviet army, aviation, air force, army, russian army, wartime life, war, world war, wartime, military ...
Place: ukraine
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Bangkok Breaking (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The six-episode series is centered around the wild world of Bangkok's road rescue services and Wanchai who is newly arrived in Bangkok and must unravel a city-wide conspiracy alongside a young, upstart journalist.
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: conspiracy, investigation, investigative reporter, crime investigation, investigative journalism, cold case, female journalist, police investigation, unsolved crime, crime solving, journalism, rescue mission ...
Place: bangkok thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Shoot the Messenger (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
TV show
Story: The series follows Daisy Channing, a young reporter trying to balance a messy personal life with a burgeoning career. Things begin to go sideways for Daisy when she witnesses a murder she thinks is gang-related, only to find herself slowly drawn ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense
Plot: murder, investigative reporter, assassination plot, investigative journalism, relationship vs career, political intrigue, uncover truth, political corruption, witnessing a crime, political conspiracy, fighting crime, crime investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
 3.8
 197
The Hill (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 95 min.
TV show
Story: The story goes on in the South East in 1997 when the terrorist incidents increased. While the soldiers are being martyred, the people of the region also suffer serious damage from terrorism. People are classified as pro-terrorist and pro-state. When ...
Style: thrilling, captivating, tense, suspenseful
Plot: terrorism, islamic terrorism, battles, fight, war on terror, soldier, terrorist, terrorist group, military, terrorist attack, turk, kurd
Place: turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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The Family Business (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: By day, the Duncan's are an upstanding family who run a thriving exotic car dealership in New York. By night, they live a dangerous secret life. When they come under siege the Duncan's will have to stick together or die separately
Style: crime drama, suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing
Plot: black, car, organized crime, criminal underworld, criminal syndicate, criminal, crime boss, bandit, wealthy family, gang, businessman, black cast ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
 5.7
 20
Alyosha (2020)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
TV show
Story: Summer 1944. The Second World War rages. On one side, elite German soldiers serving in the most dangerous and cruel army the world has ever seen. On the other, Russian partisans-fatigued, wounded and hungry, they have almost forgotten the warmth of ...
Style: suspense, tense, captivating
Plot: partisan, great patriotic war, world war two, russian soldier, life is a bitch, wartime, wartime life, battles, struggle for survival, soldier, fight, military life ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
 6.2
 91
Convoy PQ-17 (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 416 min.
TV show
Story: "PQ-17 was the code name for an Allied Second World War convoy in the Arctic Ocean. In July 1942, the Arctic convoys suffered a significant defeat when Convoy PQ-17 lost 24 of its 35 merchant ships during a series of heavy enemy daylight ...
Style: suspense, tense, captivating
Plot: world war two, naval battle, navy, aviator, submarine, air battle, air force, struggle for survival, aerial combat, war, fight for supremacy, showdown ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
 7.5
 42K
Shooter (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Bob Lee Swagger is an expert marksman living in exile who is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Based on the best-selling Bob Lee Swagger novel by Stephen Hunter, Point of Impact, and the 2007 Paramount film ...
Style: captivating, suspense, exciting, tense, political ...
Plot: sniper, military, shooter, conspiracy, assassination, soldier, police, betrayal, fbi, veteran, wanted, mental health ...
Place: afghanistan, usa, ukraine, hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Movie in collections
 5.4
 821
Afghan Luke (2011)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Disheartened when his story about Canadian snipers possibly mutilating corpses in Afghanistan is buried, Luke (Nick Stahl) quits his job but is even more determined to return to Afghanistan to get the real story. With his offbeat buddy, Tom (Nicolas ...
Style: realistic, tense, thought provoking, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: war correspondent, journalism, military, anti war, danger, buddies, idealism, media, war on terror, war in afghanistan, journalist, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: afghanistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 4.3
 1K
The Patrol (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, Morocco
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Afghanistan, 2006, Helmand Province becomes one of the most dangerous places on Earth as the British Army is deployed into the Taliban heartland. The Operation, Herrick, became synonymous with the struggle as British troops fought a losing battle ...
Style: tense, psychological, disturbing, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: war, military, british army, soldier, military life, isolation, desert, chaos, danger, confined, war on terror, army ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: afghanistan, morocco, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 5.6
 886
Òlòtūré (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In Lagos, Nigeria, young, naive Nigerian journalist Òlòtūré goes undercover to expose the shady underworld of human trafficking. Unused to this brutal environment, crawling with ruthless traders and pimps, Òlòtūré finds warmth and friendship ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating
Plot: journalism, female journalist, sex trafficking, human trafficking, investigative reporter, fighting crime, organized crime, prostitute, investigation, forced prostitution, prostitution, street prostitution ...
Place: africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Selena's Secret (2018)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: The series explores from a different point of view what happened on the day Selena died and what was behind it--a secret that Yolanda Saldívar kept.
Style: tense, captivating, enigmatic, suspense
Plot: secret, who done it, murder mystery, criminal, uncover truth, puzzle, organized crime, murder, historical character, mysterious villain
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Glory of the Special Forces (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Yan Poyue, a high school student who comes from a family of soldiers. He forgoes the university entrance examinations and joins the armed police force in order to prove his worth to his father.
Style: captivating, disturbing, tense, psychological
Plot: soldier, father son relationship, police, police officer, ambition, military, police station, military officer, wartime life, family problems, coming of age, police department
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
 7.2
 1K
The Pact (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Piotr Grodecki is an investigative journalist uncovering corruption and scandals at the highest levels of government.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing
Plot: criminal, journalist, investigative journalism, brothers, betrayal, cons and scams, investigative reporter, brother brother relationship, investigation, fraud, crime solving, crime investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
 7.2
 14K
SIX (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Action drama series inspired by the real missions of Navy SEAL Team Six.
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, veteran, twists and turns, navy, danger, violence, heroes, friendship, brutality, multiple storylines, betrayal, blood ...
Place: afghanistan, usa, iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
The Valley of the Wolves (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Kurtlar Vadisi was a Turkish television drama which broadcast mainly on Show TV and then transferred to Kanal D, then atv for its last season. It was mostly about an agent named Polat Alemdar who leaked into the mafia after his plastic surgery. The ...
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, brutal
Plot: mafia, spy, gangster, crime family, mob boss, crime boss, gang war, police officer killed, betrayal, death, honor, killings ...
Place: istanbul turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
The Penal Battalion (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 550 min.
TV show
Story: The authors of the television series studied archival materials and military chronicles. The last series ends with a demonstration of the list of penalty parts, which from 1942 to 1945 fought on the Soviet fronts.
Style: sentimental, realistic, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: world war two, great patriotic war, pow, prisoner, nazi, soviet army, wehrmacht, priest, infantry, russian soldier, sabotage, death ...
Time: 1940s
Place: soviet union, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.7
 226
Fog (2010)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, War
Country: Russia
TV show
Story: Present time. A squad of young soldiers of the Russian army during the march-throw splits from the main group. In order to save time, they decide to cut the path, but get into the strange fog, which transfers them to the past, right into the World ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense
Plot: russian soldier, time travel, world war two, time loop, wartime, sent to the past, war, time traveler, struggle for survival, time jump, heroism, wartime life ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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 6.3
 29
Untouchable (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: When reporter Narumi Ryoko loses her job at a first-rate publisher and ends up at a trashy tabloid called "Shukan Untouchable." She now chases celebrity scandals and sensational stories, but she hasn't lost her sense of duty or her ...
Style: captivating, detective, thrilling, tense
Plot: uncover truth, private investigation, female protagonist, reporter, secret, female reporter, investigative reporter, female journalist, investigation, who done it, amateur sleuth, journalism ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Thicker Than Water (2023)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A journalist’s life devolves into chaos when she shields her brother from the law, inadvertently entangling her family in a drug lord's merciless scheme.
Style: tense, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: drug lord, investigative reporter, drug dealing, female journalist, investigative journalism, drug, drug traffic, secret, journalism, criminal, journalist, investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
 6.1
 841
The Legend (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Egypt
TV show
Story: The series revolves around a young law school graduate Nasser (Mohammed Ramadan) who lives in the Sabbatiyah area, seeking to join the judiciary. In conflicts with a major arms dealer
Style: captivating, suspenseful, tense
Plot: problem, criminal, criminal underworld, organized crime, weapons, lawyer, brother brother relationship, law student, brothers, family problems, attorney, arms dealer
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
 8.0
 1K
Ace Troops (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Gao Liang and Gu Yi Ye are good friends and rivals since they joined the army. They fall in love with the same girl, Jiang Nan Zheng. However, Gu Yi Ye eventually gives up his love in the name of friendship and marries A Xiu, the daughter of their ...
Style: dramatic, harsh, tense, captivating, serious
Plot: soldier, rivalry, army, officer, love triangle, friendship, military training, fight, war, reform, friends, chinese history
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Wild District (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Colombia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: After surrendering to Bogotá police, an ex-guerrilla avoids prison by working undercover to investigate a ruthless enforcer of government corruption.
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, interesting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: undercover, government corruption, spy, runaway, haunted by the past, special agent, wartime life, partisan, mercenary, confronting the past, life is a bitch, betrayal ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Movie in collections
 9.0
 61
The Invasion (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Jordan
TV show
Story: A socio-political series which highlights the horrific events that accompanied Operation “Defensive Shield” in 2002 when the Israeli army invaded Palestinian cities
Style: tense, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating
Plot: palestinian-israeli conflict, social problems, military, life is a bitch, political unrest, military life, israeli palestinian conflict, political intrigue, soldier, military officer, politics
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
 7.8
 32K
SEAL Team (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: The lives of the elite Navy Seals as they train, plan and execute the most dangerous, high-stakes missions our country can ask.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, suspense, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, swat team, terrorism, soldier, u.s. military, team, friendship, investigation, spy, gunfight, danger, shooter ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, iraq, afghanistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Korolevstvo krivykh... (2005)
Genre: Crime
Country: Russia
TV show
Story: Journalist Alexander Vetrov is a sensation hunter. His specialty is mysterious incidents and murders. Each of his materials is the result of an independent investigation. Every now and then Alexander gets involved in dangerous adventures that can ...
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense
Plot: investigative journalism, uncover truth, investigative reporter, investigation, murder mystery, crime solving, forensics, puzzle, cold case, journalist, crime investigation, private investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Maltese: The Mafia Detective (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 439 min.
TV show
Story: Inspector Dario Maltese travels from Rome to the city of his birth, Trapani in Sicily, to attend his best friend's wedding. But tragedy strikes and he finds himself pulled into a murder investigation.
Style: suspenseful, tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: mafia, corruption, war on drugs, italian mafia, organized crime, investigation, crime solving, fighting crime, crime investigation, drug, mafioso, crime boss ...
Place: sicily
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
 5.5
 242
Battle Scars (2015)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Every Marine has a story, some they're proud of, other they'd rather forget. After coming home from his tour of duty in Afghanistan suffering from PTSD, Luke Stephens wants nothing more than to forget. What happens when our soldiers come ...
Style: tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating
Plot: marine, soldier, post traumatic stress disorder, military, father son relationship, criminal underworld, military officer, military life, social problems, life is a bitch, family relations, brother brother relationship ...
Place: afghanistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Just Imagine Things We Know (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A blacklisted veteran journalist returns to Moscow from a five-year exile in the UK. Unable to find work he's forced to join a guerrilla news operation run on a banned Telegram messenger by three 20-something clueless tabloid reporters.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating
Plot: social media, investigative journalism, investigative reporter, coworker, social problems, teamwork, journalist, investigation, workplace, reporter, female reporter, journalism ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
The Lightkeeper (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: On the eve of the First World War, Russian counterintelligence learns of the upcoming sabotage in Crimea. The German spy is going to mine Sevastopol Bay, destroy the main forces of the Russian fleet and thus make the landing of German-Turkish troops ...
Style: suspense, entertaining, tense, captivating
Audience: boys' night
Plot: saboteur, spy, betrayal, undercover, greed, transformation, ambition, adaptation, prospector, world war one, black ops
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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