Movies like The Red Machine

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The Red Machine (2009)
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The Red Machine (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, War
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Washington, DC, 1935: At the height of the Great Depression, a charming and irrepressible young thief is forced to help an icy and mysterious United States Navy spy steal a brand new device that the Japanese military is using to encode its top-secret messages. During the mission, which is complicated by the spy's dark past in Tokyo, the two discover that they are pawns in a larger game. Together, they devise an intricate but risky scheme to outwit the people trying to use them.
Style: surprise ending, independent film
Plot: spy, u.s. navy, heist, world war two, thief, military, escape, caper, burglar, betrayal, criminal, puzzle, pickpocket, espionage, deception, great depression, diplomat, robbery, safecracker, mentor, cryptography, code, jail, duplicity, embassy ...
Time: 1930s
Place: japan, washington d.c.
Keyword: buddy movie

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, captivating, serious and suspense films with plots about world war two, world war, nazi, spy, murder, danger and escape mostly in Drama, History and War genres. Some movies like The Red Machine: Lassiter (1984), Inside Man (2006), King of Thieves (2018), The Great Escape (1963), The Catcher Was a Spy (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Lassiter (1984)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Scotland Yard and the FBI force a thief and his girlfriend to steal Nazi diamonds from a German countess.
Style: retro, suspenseful, semi serious, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, heist, jewel thief, embassy, thief, police, caper, secret mission, robbery, art theft, nazi, jewelry ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb (1980)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 156 min.
Story: Well-intentioned history lesson; the decision to drop the atom bomb, the secrecy surrounding the mission, and the men who flew it.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, rough, bleak
Plot: world war two, world war, usa history, atomic bomb, bomber, military, danger, moral dilemma, state affairs, against humanity, war, heroes ...
Time: 1940s
Place: japan, usa, asia, hiroshima japan, pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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 395K
Inside Man (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Bank robber Dalton Russell enters a Manhattan bank, locks the doors and takes hostages, working methodically and without haste. Detective Frazier is assigned to negotiate, but his mind is occupied with the corruption charges he is facing. With an ...
Style: clever, detective, tense, suspense, surprise ending ...
Audience: adult
Plot: heist, hostage, bank, bank robbery, robbery, twists and turns, perfect crime, manipulation, police detective, police, criminal, master criminal ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
King of Thieves (2018)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK, Belgium, USA, Germany, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A caper film about the unlikely gang of retirees that pulled off the daring Hatton Garden jewellery heist of 2015.
Style: captivating, light, ironic, independent film
Plot: heist, robbery, one last job, diamond theft, criminal, theft, treasure, elderly, police investigation, british, gang, historical event ...
Time: year 2015
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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The Great Escape (1963)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story: The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocates them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners ...
Style: epic, suspenseful, suspense, clever, breathtaking ...
Audience: boys' night, family friendly, family outing, manly, kids ...
Plot: world war two, prison, nazi, prison escape, motorcycle, pow, freedom, army, war, military, soldier, chase ...
Time: 1940s, year 1963, 20th century, 1900s
Place: germany, america, europe, switzerland, alps
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Major league baseball player, Moe Berg, lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services.
Style: suspense, captivating, sentimental, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Plot: spy, world war two, gay, military police, baseball player, espionage, battlefield, world war, nazi, society, danger, atomic bomb ...
Time: year 1941, 1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1936 ...
Place: usa, tokyo, italy, zurich switzerland, former yugoslavia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
The Last Rampage (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The true story of the infamous prison break of Gary Tison and Randy Greenwalt from the Arizona State prison in Florence, in the summer of 1978.
Style: disturbing, captivating, suspense, serious, tense ...
Plot: prison escape, runaway, escape, fleeing, jail, criminal, serial killer, prison break, arizona desert, escaped prisoner
Time: 70s
Place: arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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The Score (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story: An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist.
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, clever, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: robbery, safecracker, betrayal, caper, thief, bank robbery, heist, race against time, group of criminals, perfect crime, criminal's revenge, cons and scams ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: quebec, north america, montreal
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally (2021)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The life of American woman Mildred Gillars and her lawyer, who struggles to redeem her reputation. Dubbed “Axis Sally” for broadcasting Nazi propaganda to American troops during World War II, Mildred’s story exposes the dark underbelly of the ...
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, inspirational
Plot: nazi, world war two, military dictatorship, collaborator, political propaganda, wartime, propaganda, female protagonist, national socialism, nazi propaganda, cop, world war ...
Time: 1940s
Place: berlin germany, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Emperor (2012)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: As the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S.
Style: touching, captivating, sincere, epic, retro ...
Plot: world war two, japanese history, war, emperor, investigation, politics, occupation, military, war crime, political intrigue, moral dilemma, ruler ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1932, year 1945 ...
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
The Great Train Robbery (1978)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.
Style: suspense, intense, tense, talky, exciting ...
Plot: train robbery, heist, robbery, british, betrayal, train travel, master criminal, partner, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, cons and scams, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, year 1979, 1850s, victorian era
Place: england, britain, europe, united kingdom, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
No Man is an Island (1962)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The true story of George Tweed, an American sailor who became the only serviceman on the island of Guam to avoid capture by the Japanese during the early years of World War II.
Style: independent film
Plot: world war two, stranded, shipwreck, u.s. navy, behind enemy lines, priest, bare chested male, scorpion
Time: year 1962
Place: pacific ocean, minneapolis minnesota, pearl harbor, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.
Style: retro, political thriller, captivating, tense, serious ...
Plot: world war two, espionage, nazi, dominatrix, politics, international relations, wartime, youth, nazi germany, secret agent, forgery, dishonesty ...
Time: year 1962, 20th century, 1940s, year 1942
Place: germany, europe, hamburg germany, copenhagen, berlin germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Sneakers (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'black box' from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his ...
Style: suspenseful, entertaining, exciting, light, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hacker, computer, mathematics, computer hacker, hacking, conspiracy, spy, betrayal, espionage, manipulation, mathematician, cyberpunk ...
Time: 20th century, year 1992, 90s, 60s, year 1969
Place: san francisco, russia, bay area, palo alto california
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Japan, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Cambodia
Duration: 173 min.
Story: Japan, 1944. Trained for intelligence work, Hiroo Onoda, 22 years old, discovers a philosophy contrary to the official line: no suicide, stay alive whatever happens, the mission is more important than anything else. Sent to Lubang, a small island in ...
Style: stylized, crying, beautiful, weird
Plot: japanese soldier, world war two, wilderness survival, hunting, realism, world war, river, moon landing, biopic, shootout, photography, jungle ...
Time: year 1973, year 1976, year 1969, year 1950, 70s ...
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Farewell to Manzanar (1976)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Fact based drama about one of the internment camps used by the American military during World War II to detain some 100,000 Japanese Americans (most of them U.S. born) following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.
Plot: world war two, usa history, concentration camp, japanese american
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44%
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The Courier (2020)
Genre: Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, scary, touching ...
Plot: cold war, spy, russian spy, cuban missile crisis, counter intelligence, agent, reconnaissance, espionage, politics, real life, secret agent, special agent ...
Time: 2020s, 1950s, year 1960, 60s, year 1962 ...
Place: germany, london, cuba, moscow russia, langley virginia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words use by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had ...
Style: epic, factual, intense, talky, serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: world war two, war, navy, fighter plane, u.s. navy, aviation, battles, military life, military, world war, wartime, air raid ...
Time: year 1970, 1940s, 20th century, year 1941
Place: hawaii, japan, pearl harbor, washington d.c., asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Yugoslavia
Duration: 200 min.
Story: The story of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat responsible for saving thousands of lives from the Nazi Holocaust.
Plot: world war two, holocaust, world war, nazi, spy, revolutionary war, diplomacy, revolutionary, struggle, freedom, revolution, lifesaver ...
Time: 20th century
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Battle of Okinawa (1971)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 149 min.
Story: The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imperial command sends top generals and several army divisions to defend it at all costs. The mission quickly degenerates as vital resources and troops ...
Plot: world war two, japanese army, japanese military, military, u.s. navy, japanese soldier, japanese navy, pacific war, young soldier, american soldier, u.s. army, brutality ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945
Place: okinawa japan, japan, usa, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Counterfeiters (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, War
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The story Jewish counterfeiter, Salomon Sorowitsch, coerced into assisting the Nazi operation of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II.
Style: tense, bleak, brutal, harsh, serious ...
Plot: holocaust, nazi, concentration camp, world war two, nazi germany, prison, brutality, counterfeit money, war crime, war, racial slur, world war ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 2008, year 2007 ...
Place: germany, europe, poland, austria, vienna ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Escape of the Birdmen (1971)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: During WWII an American soldier sent to Norway to help with the escape of a scientist working on the atomic bomb for the Germans. Before they can escape they are captured and sent to a POW prison camp in an alpine castle. Cook must find a way to ...
Plot: world war two, escape, world war, prison escape, military prison, historical event, caper, prisoner, castle, broken leg, chess, prisoner of war camp ...
Time: year 1943
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (1991)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: True story of the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, its crew's struggle to survive the sharks and exposure, and the captain's scape-goat court-martial.
Style: realistic, bleak, exciting, captivating, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, shark, war, submarine, u.s. navy, killer shark, ghost ship, animal attack, world war, survival, military, ship ...
Time: 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 157 min.
Story: Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to ...
Style: political
Plot: world war two, world war, japanese soldier, japanese army, japanese history, military, japanese military, soldier, atomic bomb, emperor, imperial japan, pacific war ...
Time: 1940s
Place: japan, tokyo, china, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an ...
Style: neo noir, surprise ending, twist ending, clever, confusing ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: twists and turns, plot twist, heist, master criminal, organized crime, criminal, manipulation, gangster, great ending, interrogation, murder mystery, whodunit ...
Time: 20th century, year 1995, 80s, 90s, year 1981
Place: new york, los angeles, hungary, turkey, north america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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The Saint (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: International master thief, Simon Templar, also known as The Saint, is asked by a desperate rich man to find his kidnapped daughter. However, in addition to evading the authorities, Simon must face a dangerous adversary from his past.
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: female warrior, rescue, hostage, danger, spy, kidnapping, father daughter relationship, robbery, car chase, conspiracy, undercover, thief ...
Time: 2010s
Place: moscow russia, bucharest, tower bridge london, big ben london, iraq ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Inside the Third Reich (1982)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story: A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler's young architect and onetime confidant, and his meteoric rise into the Nazi hierarchy. Based upon Speer's own monograph of the same title.
Plot: world war two, nazi, hitler, autobiography, third reich
Time: 1940s, 1930s
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Shadow in My Eye (2021)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Denmark, Belgium
Duration: 107 min.
Story: On March 21st, 1945, the British Royal Air Force set out on a mission to bomb Gestapo's headquarters in Copenhagen. The raid had fatal consequences as some of the bombers accidentally targeted a school and more than 120 people were killed, 86 ...
Style: disturbing, suspense
Plot: world war two, nazi, nazism, air raid, bombing, gestapo, military, nordic, murder, aerial bombardment, chaos, killings ...
Time: year 1945, 1940s
Place: copenhagen
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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The Double (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The mysterious murder of a US senator bearing the distinctive trademark of the legendary Soviet assassin 'Cassius', forces retired CIA operative, Paul Shepherson to team with rookie FBI agent, Ben Geary to solve the crime. Having spent ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, tense, intense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night
Plot: assassination, spy, espionage, double agent, investigation, cia, plot twist, twists and turns, surveillance, special agent, hunt down, haunted by the past ...
Time: 80s, year 1988, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c., paris france, sonora, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde (1968)
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Quasi-documentay on Bonnie and Clyde... Larry Buchanan style!
Style: independent film, psychotronic
Plot: killer, murder, bonnie and clyde, true crime, plan, police officer, ex convict, theft, texas ranger, shooting, poetry, moll ...
Time: 1930s
Place: dallas texas, iowa, missouri, oklahoma, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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