Movies and TV shows like Prisoners of War
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Prisoners of War (2009)
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Original name: חטופים
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
TJFF presents the pilot episode of the award-winning Israeli series that inspired the American hit, Homeland. Set in 2008, this first episode focuses on two Israeli soldiers being released after 17 years of captivity in Lebanon. It powerfully explores their initial adjustment to civilian life, as well as the impact of their release on their families who are now trying to prepare for being reunited. Featuring a terrific cast that includes Mili Avital (Noodle) and Yael Abecassis (Live and Become).
Style:
psychological, captivating, tense, emotional, realistic, serious, suspenseful, gloomy
Plot:
terrorism, mossad, torture, pow, investigation, homecoming, soldier, twists and turns, haunted by the past, held captive, spy, muslim, captivity, family relations, government agency, father daughter relationship, prisoners of war, captive, private investigation, ex soldier, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, distopia, criminal, espionage ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
israel, middle east
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and tense films and TV series with plots about spy, espionage, investigation, covert operation, state affairs, danger and terrorism mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Prisoners of War: The Gordin Cell (2012), The Spy (2019), The Honourable Woman (2014), Fauda (2015), The Bureau (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A married pair of former spies is forced to face their past when asked to surrender their son to Russian Intelligence to become a spy himself. Will he choose to betray his parents or his native country?
Style:
tense, captivating, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
israel, middle east
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In the 1960s, Israeli clerk-turned-secret agent Eli Cohen goes deep undercover inside Syria on a perilous, years-long mission to spy for Mossad.
Style:
factual, serious, realistic, historical drama, exciting ...
Plot:
mossad, espionage, spy, israeli palestinian conflict, politics, secret mission, arab, national security, arab israeli conflict, secrets, mafia, death ...
Time:
2010s, 60s
Place:
middle east, syria, israel
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 58 min.
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Story:
Nessa Stein, the daughter of a Zionist arms procurer who as a child witnessed his assassination. Now an adult, Nessa inherits her father's company and changes course from supplying arms to laying data cabling networks between Israel and the ...
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, terrorist, mistrust, political unrest, powerful corporation, family relations, state affairs, undercover, secret service, cia, who to trust, maid ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, palestine, england, israel, jerusalem ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A top Israeli agent comes out of retirement to hunt for a Palestinian militant he thought he'd killed, setting a chaotic chain of events into motion.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, intense, suspense, political thriller ...
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, espionage, war on terror, terrorist, mossad, covert operation, israeli, assassination, terror, murder, danger, government agency ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
israel, palestine, middle east, belgium
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Within the DGSE (General Directorate for External Security), a department called the Office Of Legends (BDL) forms and remote pilot the most important agents of the French intelligence services: Clandestine. Immersion in hostile country, their ...
Style:
political thriller, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
espionage, spy, undercover agent, terrorism, danger, investigation, national security, secret service, twists and turns, secret identity, mission, characters in danger ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
syria, paris france, middle east, france, israel ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: France, Israel, Belgium
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Dive into the depths of the Syrian civil war through the eyes of Antoine, a young French man, in search for his estranged, presumed to be dead sister. While unraveling the mystery, piece by piece, Antoine’s journey crosses paths with adventurers ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, psychological
Plot:
isis, mossad, spy, terrorist, islam, female soldier, soldier, espionage, family problems, battles, problem, threat ...
Place:
middle east, syria, iran, israel
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A dramatic thriller that explores the demons lurking beneath the surface of a contemporary American family. The Rayburns are hard-working pillars of their Florida Keys community. But when the black sheep son comes home for the 45th anniversary of ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
wealthy family, dysfunctional family, family relations, family business, siblings relations, haunted by the past, sibling relationship, family life, homecoming, secret, child abuse, police detective ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
The series, loosely based on the true story of the assassination in Dubai of a senior Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mabhouh - the co-founder of military wing of the Islamist Palestinian group Hamas on 19 January 2010, revolves around five ordinary ...
Style:
serious, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
mossad, secret agent, spy, terrorist group, hostage, criminal, abduction, investigation, dishonesty, villain, danger, frame up ...
Place:
israel, middle east, lebanon, iran
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
When FBI Agent Peter Connelly, recently stationed in Jerusalem, begins investigating the murder of a young American, he realizes that he’s uncovered an ancient international conspiracy that threatens to change the course of human history. Certain ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, enigmatic, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ancient mystery, archeological dig, investigation, conspiracy, uncover truth, danger, murder, special agent, escapades, judaism, occupation, mossad ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
jerusalem, middle east, israel
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Cadets from every level of Israeli society undergo intense training to join their country's elite, highly classified intelligence service, the Mossad.
The series revolves around a secret Mossad compound called 'HaMidrasha', which is ...
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mossad, spy, espionage, israeli, secret agent, undercover, government agency, state affairs, training, rivalry, secret service, academy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, lebanon
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Exile is a British psychological thriller television series dealing with the topic of Alzheimer's disease against a background of corruption. It stars John Simm and Jim Broadbent and was broadcast on BBC One. The series received varyingly ...
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
parents and children, mental illness, homecoming, haunted by the past, family relations, life is a bitch, life turned upside down, mental health, investigation, murder mystery, dementia, father son relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
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Story:
London 1972. When a defecting KGB officer, Arkady Malinov, reveals Operation Glass, a devastating Soviet plot that could change the course of the Cold War, Daddy, the head of MI5, assembles a secret team to investigate. As the Soviets awaken a list ...
Style:
suspenseful, stylized, tense, clever, atmospheric ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
espionage, cold war, undercover, twists and turns, spy, conspiracy, government agency, intelligence, conservative, spy thriller, cold war era, covert operation ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
england, soviet union, ussr, london
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
missing person, investigation, haunted by the past, mission, loss of son, journalist, politics, suspicion, law enforcement, couple relations, fbi, victim ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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238
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, tense, captivating, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
israel
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel, USA, UK, Greece
Duration: 45 min.
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Style:
suspense, disturbing, exciting, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel, Norway
Duration: 35 min.
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Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
abduction, isis, terrorist, kidnapping, terrorism, hostage, death threat, blackmail, blackmailer, terrorist group, prisoners exchange, rescue mission ...
Place:
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Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspenseful, stylized, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
A drama unfolding in the brutal and bleeding reality of Israel.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
haunted by the past, police investigation, social decay, law enforcement, vigilantism, coping, society, ex military, partner, temperamental, soldier, post traumatic stress ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, sexy, realistic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, undercover, working undercover, mission, top secret, kgb, mole, government agency, couple relations, investigation ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., soviet union, usa, ussr
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Hostages is an American drama television series that airs on CBS as part of the 2013–14 American television season. The series is based on a similar Israeli series created by Alon Aranya, Omri Givon, and Rotem Shamir which will premiere on October ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, tension ...
Plot:
hostage, husband wife relationship, political conspiracy, held captive, blackmail, escape attempt, u.s. president, moral dilemma, family in danger, surgery, confined, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Rubicon is an American television series that centers on an intelligence analyst at a national think tank in New York City called the American Policy Institute, who discovers that he may be working with members of a secret society that manipulates ...
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, suspenseful, serious, political ...
Plot:
uncover truth, espionage, analyst, conspiracy, twists and turns, undercover, surveillance, paranoia, boss, prodigy, government facility, workplace ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, Germany
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
serious, tense, realistic, political thriller, suspenseful ...
Plot:
espionage, secret service, terrorism, mission, ex couple relations, ex husband ex wife relationship, investigation, danger, uncover truth, changing lives, ex husband, confronting the past ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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 ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, cerebral, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, terrorism, undercover, working undercover, government agency, state affairs, national security, cia, terrorist, conspiracy, covert operation, intelligence ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons.
Style:
talky, clever, serious, political thriller, contemplative ...
Plot:
cold war, spy, espionage, secret service, double agent, book, investigation, betrayal, kgb, mole, spy thriller, british intelligence ...
Time:
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Place:
london, england, britain, europe, paris france ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
High adrenaline Swedish political thriller from the creative talent behind Humans – An extreme right-wing party is heading towards its best election result when the chief of staff at the Justice Department disappears without a trace. Racism, ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
terrorism, politics, intrigue, danger, political conspiracy, election, state affairs, murder, election campaign, government, power, corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Becca Winstone learns that her son, Michael, disappears while studying abroad, and it's a race against time when she travels to Europe to track him down. A surprising turn of events reveals just how far one mother will go to protect her ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
missing child, disappearance, kidnapping, conspiracy, investigation, parents and children, spy, family relations, heroes, danger, twists and turns, missing person ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, italy
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Meow is a young woman roaming the streets and nightclubs of Tel Aviv. She lives in empty apartments and surfs the internet chat rooms. She decides to meet Alex, her chat buddy. They plan to meet in a nightclub but a suicide bombing prevents their ...
Style:
psychological, neo noir, serious, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, obsession, twists and turns, identity, israeli, woman, female nudity, cell phone, police, hospital, neighbor, nightclub ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on Iain Banks's best-selling novel, this romantic mystery follows Stewart as he returns to his childhood home and tries to discover the truth behind his best friend's death.
Style:
atmospheric, tense, psychological, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
suicide, funeral, uncover truth, haunted by the past, organized crime, under the surface, life is a bitch, homecoming, hometown, village life, secret, literary ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scotland
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 42 min.
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Story:
A four-part conspiracy theory drama inspired by Chris Mullen's novel "A Very British Coup". When a devastating industrial accident results in deaths and raises safety questions about the US petrochemical company involved, PM Tom ...
Style:
realistic, tense, political, political thriller, serious ...
Plot:
political conspiracy, politics, conspiracy, investigation, twists and turns, life is a bitch, uncover truth, state affairs, dishonesty, corporate crime, conspiracy theory, spy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, britain, united kingdom, iran
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Three Jewish teenagers are kidnapped and murdered by Hamas militants in the summer of 2014, leading to the retaliatory killing of 16-year-old Palestinian Muhammad Abu Khdeir and a conflict that forever changes the lives of Jews and Arabs alike.
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, serious, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
terrorism, investigation, murder, civil war, who done it, parents and children, law enforcement, evidence, interrogation, haunted by the past, hate crime, religious conflict ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
middle east, palestine, jerusalem
Similarity:
33%
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