Movies like The Scorpio Letters

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The Scorpio Letters (1967)
 6.4
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The Scorpio Letters (1967)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The Scorpio Letters (1967) was a TV movie starring Alex Cord as a secret agent uncovering a blackmail ring in London and Paris.
Style: psychotronic
Plot: secret agent, sniper, reconnaissance, gang, assassin, chef, chase, blackmail, group of criminals, affair, love interest, american abroad, captured, gangster, spy thriller, female secret agent, female agent, falling to death, sniper rifle, spit, spit take, secret agents
Place: paris france, england, london
Keyword: gangsters

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Most similar movies to The Scorpio Letters

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and suspense films with plots about gangster, murder, gang, danger, chase, deadly and dishonesty mostly in Thriller, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like The Scorpio Letters: The Hostage Tower (1980), Sugarhouse (2007), Death Diploma (1989), Goodbye, Mr. President (1987), I Against I (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Hostage Tower (1980)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Criminal takes hostages on the Eiffel Tower in Paris
Style: action thriller
Plot: hostage situation, hostage, vengeance, millionaire, money, female nudity, bomb, revenge, criminal, ransom, fistfight, undercover agent ...
Place: europe, france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 5.9
 1K
Sugarhouse (2007)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Tom is a middle-class city boy whose life has reached breaking point. he thinks D - a young desperate drug addict can give him what he needs. But what D’s offering comes with more than just a price tag…. Tom is completely out of his depth when ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense, hood ...
Plot: gangster, hitman, psychopath, master criminal, drug dealing, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, love affair, drug abuse, addiction, collision, gang ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
 7.8
 112
Death Diploma (1989)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Two young bright university graduates start a brilliant career of gangsters.
Audience: kids
Plot: graduate student, college graduate, killing, nudity, boss, criminal, father, dog, student, gangster, mafia, blood ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
Goodbye, Mr. President (1987)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Asko Mertanen is a waiter who is very interested in shooting. He gets fed up how the things are run in Finland, so he thinks that the best way to change them is to shoot the Finnish president.
Style: detective
Plot: assassination of president, sadistic psychopath, nudity, corruption, delusion, dancer, obsession, dancing, restaurant, waiter, male nudity, chase ...
Time: year 1979, 70s
Place: finland
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Movie in collections
 4.3
 597
I Against I (2012)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Focusing on the timeless themes of jealousy, murder and betrayal, 'I Against I' is set over one night and utilises different time lines to reveal a dark and unexpected conclusion to a simple mystery premise. The main protagonists, opposite ...
Style: exciting, atmospheric, serious, tense, captivating ...
Plot: twists and turns, gangster, betrayal, survival, danger, trapped, rivalry, murder, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
The Marco Effect (2021)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 125 min.
Story: The thriller 'Marco effect' is a new film about the special unit of the police, Department Q, based on Jussi Adler-Olsen's fifth book in the crime series.
Style: suspenseful, tense, sincere, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot: runaway, police, police detective, criminal, danger, uncle nephew relationship, youth, police commissioner, escapades, organized crime, family relations, fighting crime ...
Place: europe, denmark, central europe, czech republic
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
 5.5
 5K
Pusher (2012)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In London, a drug dealer grows increasingly desperate over the course of a week after a botched deal lands him in the merciless clutches of a ruthless crime lord. The more desperate his behavior, the more isolated he becomes until there is nothing ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, stylized, serious, hood ...
Plot: strip club, drug dealing, gangster, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, on the run, danger, nothing goes right, chase, disorder, violence, debt ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: london, england, east end london
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Sins of the Night (1993)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Jack Nietsche is a hardened ex-con who now works for an P.I. firm, run by Ted Quincy. Quincy's ex-lover is Roxie, now wife to godfather Tony Falcone. In a huge mix-up/double-cross, Roxie plots with Jack to get rid of Falcone and Quincy, one an ...
Style: erotic, independent film, neo noir
Plot: abusive husband, marital infidelity, erotica, femme fatale, gangster, ex convict, promise, runaway, unlikely partners, deal, impossible love, love interest ...
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Movie in collections
 3.0
 1K
Pimp (2010)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A week in the life of Woody; a Soho pimp, as seen through the eyes of concealed documentary cameras: A week which spirals brutally out of control.
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: pimp, gangster, danger, prostitute, nothing goes right, disorder, found footage, fetish, sexuality, nudity, violent content, profanity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, britain, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Hard Boiled Sweets (2012)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Ex-con Johnny is forced into pulling a heist he wants nothing to do with. Mob boss ‘Shrewd’ Eddie has one million is dirty cash stashed at his home, just waiting to be stolen. But what Johnny doesn’t know is that seven other very dangerous ...
Style: captivating, suspense, tense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, gangster, rivalry, pimp, cons and scams, danger, mob boss, murder, escapades, violent, outlaw, shrewd ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
 5.2
 912
Death Rage (1976)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A professional killer is lured into a deadly double-cross when he agrees to assassinate a Mafia kingpin.
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: murder, police, assassin, mobster, gun fu, underworld, american mafia, wound, horse race, nudity, bare butt, shootout ...
Time: year 1976, 70s
Place: italy, naples italy, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 143 min.
Story: An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin's trail.
Style: political thriller, exciting, suspenseful, political, atmospheric ...
Plot: conspiracy, terrorism, espionage, hitman, assassin, politics, terrorist plot, investigation, police investigation, serial killer, terrorist, assassination ...
Time: year 1963, 20th century, year 1973, 60s
Place: paris france, france, algeria, europe, big ben london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
From Paris with Love (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: James Reese has a good job as an ambassador's aid in France, but his real passion is a side gig, working in a minor role in the CIA. He would love to be a full-fledged agent and can't believe his luck when he lands an assignment with ...
Style: entertaining, intense, semi serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot: cia, spy, terrorism, chase, heroic mission, embassy, danger, one man army, shootout, twists and turns, espionage, secret agent ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: paris france, france, europe, pakistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 7.2
 194K
Ronin (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A briefcase with undisclosed contents – sought by Irish terrorists and the Russian mob – makes its way into criminals' hands. An Irish liaison assembles a squad of mercenaries, or 'ronin', and gives them the thorny task of ...
Style: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, neo noir, clever ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: espionage, car chase, mafia, cia, mercenary, car, undercover, caper, chase, shootout, ira, secret agent ...
Time: 90s
Place: paris france, france, europe, nice france, french riviera
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
The Black Windmill (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A British agent's son is kidnapped and held for a ransom of diamonds. The agent finds out that he can't even count on the people he thought were on his side to help him, so he decides to track down the kidnappers himself.
Style: bloody, political thriller, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, cold war, undercover, politics, secret agent, agent, ransom, murder, undercover agent, father son relationship, machine gun, kidnapping ...
Time: 70s
Place: paris france, london, england, europe, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Ten Little Indians (1965)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Ten strangers are invited as weekend guests to a remote mountain mansion.When the host doesn't show up, the guests start dying, one by one, in uniquely macabre Agatha Christie-style.It is based on Christie's best-selling novel with 100 ...
Style: suspenseful, talky, psychological, tense, black comedy ...
Plot: murder mystery, serial killer, isolation, murder, mind game, private detective, investigation, whodunit, characters killed one by one, guilt, false accusation, weekend ...
Time: 60s
Place: alps, austria
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 7.1
 284K
Phone Booth (2002)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, serious, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hostage, psychopath, sniper, trapped, mind game, murder, dishonesty, hopes, sin, characters in danger, plot twist, claustrophobia ...
Time: 20th century, 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Billion Dollar Brain (1967)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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?
Style: political thriller, psychotronic, suspense, fast, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cold war, spy, espionage, computer, anti communism, spy thriller, railway, martial arts, revolt, woman with a gun, secret mission, machine gun ...
Time: year 1967, 60s
Place: helsinki finland, finland, england, texas, latvia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Movie in collections
 3.8
 1K
Kill Kane (2016)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story: A teacher's world is torn apart when his wife and children are brutally murdered at the hands of a ruthless gang. Left for dead and with no one to turn to, he takes matters into his own hands and hits the streets in search of justice.
Style: tense, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot: teacher, murder, revenge, investigation, gang, investigator, violence, uncover truth, murder investigation, vengeance, who done it, chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The Jigsaw Man (1983)
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 ...
Style: political thriller, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cold war, spy, espionage, face, 007, james bond, surgery, law enforcement, spy thriller, kgb, british intelligence, traitor ...
Time: year 1983, 80s
Place: russia, soviet union, europe, england, scotland yard ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 6.6
 21K
Shaft (1971)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
Style: grindhouse, stylized, tense, harsh, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: private detective, blaxploitation, gangster, lone hero, gang, anti hero, mafia, organized crime, urban, gunfight, hitman, kidnapping ...
Time: 70s, year 1971, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, america, africa, harlem ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 4.7
 1K
Splinter (2006)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A gang member, suffering from severe memory loss, searches for his brother's murderer. He secretly enlists the aid of the investigating Detective, while other members of his gang are mysteriously and sadistically murdered.
Style: psychological, rough, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, serial killer, police investigation, vengeance, life is a bitch, police corruption, uncover truth, wrestler, urban, gory, city life, violence spree ...
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 4.6
 626
Crash and Burn (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: When undercover FBI agent Kevin Hawkins (Erik Palladino, E.R.) agrees to infiltrate the ruthless underground world of choppers, he is quickly thrown into a world of fast cars and high stakes. Pitted between a ruthless crime boss (Michael Madsen, ...
Style: serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: gangster, secret agent, gang, law enforcement, undercover, secret identity, danger, dishonesty, friends, undercover agent, speed, automobile ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Movie in collections
 3.2
 140
Kaufman's Game (2017)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Kaufman's Game follows Stanley, an unemployed young man with a passion for boxing, who is keen to improve his strength and stamina. When a stranger approaches him outside the gym with the offer of a specially produced steroid, Stanley is drawn ...
Style: neo noir, tense, captivating, psychological, enigmatic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: manipulation, obsession, paranoia, conspiracy, deception, power struggle, chase, delusion, surrealism, loneliness, twists and turns, eye ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Brighton Rock (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.
Style: psychological, serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: gangster, gang war, waitress, revenge, witnessing a crime, dishonesty, danger, criminal heroes, couples, murder, woman in danger, gang ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: england, brighton, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 5.9
 441
Turning Point (2009)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Laughing (MICHAEL TSE) is formally a police undercover. However due to a drug trafficking case, Inspector Pan (FELIX WONG) is hot on his trails. Before Laughing becomes a police undercover, he works under triad leader Yi (ANTHONY WONG). Yi treats ...
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting
Plot: working undercover, car chase, secret agent, fighting crime, hidden identity, police investigation, rivalry, espionage, partner, police corruption, love affair, master criminal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 6.0
 455
Thousand Cuts (2017)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Omar Petit would be able to live a perfectly happy life with his wife and daughter if it weren’t for a number of farmers from the vineyard who have decided to make life miserable for them because of where Omar comes from. One night, one of them ...
Style: serious, suspense, captivating, tense, hood
Plot: murder, farm, revenge, criminal's revenge, protector, brutality, gunfight, violence, black, gang, gangster, ghetto ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 4.2
 387
Jack Says (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Jack struggles with memory loss while he seeks revenge.
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: memory loss, uncover truth, gangster, working undercover, vengeance, gory, bait, taxi, restaurant, pregnancy, criminal heroes, bar ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, london, england, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.1
 52K
The Sentinel (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A secret service agent is framed as the mole in an assassination attempt on the president. He must clear his name and foil another assassination attempt while on the run from a relentless FBI agent.
Style: political thriller, suspenseful, intense, rough, action packed ...
Plot: secret service, frame up, conspiracy, investigation, spy, president, assassination, espionage, on the run, double agent, blackmail, uncover truth ...
Time: year 2006, 20th century, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Death of a Corrupt Man (1977)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 123 min.
Story: In the middle of the night, deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with disturbing news: he has just killed Serrano, a racketeer with extant political connections. Serrano kept proofs of Dubaye's involvement in corrupt ...
Style: political, disclosure, suspense
Plot: murder, serial killer, car wreck, commissioner, racketeer, diary, mistress, disco, car chase, fear, chase, police ...
Time: 70s
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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