Movies and TV shows like The Endless Game
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The Endless Game (1989)
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
TV show
Story:
A British agent comes back from retirement after several of his former colleagues, including his former lover, are murdered. He must examine events from his own past to determine who killed them and why.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, noir, f word
Plot:
investigation, conspiracy, espionage, murder mystery, british intelligence, spy thriller, betrayal, surveillance, revenge, double agent, political intrigue, ex lover, cat and mouse, paranoia, assassination, moral ambiguity, undercover, urban, identity crisis, cold case, slow burn, midlife crisis, fatal attraction, spy, secret agent ...
Place:
london
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Most similar movies to The Endless Game
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, noir and dark films and TV series with plots about conspiracy, moral ambiguity, investigation, betrayal, espionage, cat and mouse and spy thriller mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Endless Game: Agent Hamilton (2020), The Veil (2021), Betrayal (2026), Enemy (2021), Spy City (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Lithuania
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
Carl Hamilton has just returned to Sweden after many years of secret education in the US when Stockholm is shaken by a series of terrorist attacks. Hamilton is assigned to assist the Swedish intelligence service in their pursuit of the guilty, but ...
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
spy, terrorism, secret service, rogue agent, black ops, double agent, disguise, government agent, secret agent, terrorist, investigation, conspiracy ...
Place:
stockholm sweden, eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
Han Ji-hyuk, an NIS agent gone MIA, returns after one year to join a new team as he searches for his lost past.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, twisted ...
Plot:
espionage, investigation, betrayal, reconnaissance, badass, special agent, secret agent, conspiracy, spy thriller, sleuth, crime investigation, uncover truth ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
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Story:
John Hughes joined MI5 during the war on terror and was at the forefront of averting the biggest terrorist plots on UK soil. Now in his mid 40s and married with two children he’s struggling to adapt to the new MI5, where threats to national ...
Style:
political thriller, suspenseful, tense, dark, atmospheric
Plot:
espionage, conspiracy, betrayal, national security, moral ambiguity, assassination, ethical dilemma, cover up, intelligence agency, surveillance, male protagonist, family drama ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
76%
62
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Spy couple live in their midlife crisis and are controlled by higher authorities based oversea. National security agency is chasing them and higher authorities is pushing them, where can the struggling couple go?
Style:
tense, detective, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
espionage, midlife crisis, spy, spy thriller, national security, problem, relationships, male female relationship, undercover, intrigue, spy mission, crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
70%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
After a defector is murdered, British agent Fielding Scott is assigned to track down a mole in his own ranks in 1961 Berlin. His investigation leads him into a deadly web of crime, betrayal and paranoia. Who can Scott trust in the city of spies?
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, counter intelligence, cold war, secret agent, government agent, spy mission, secret mission, betrayal, spy thriller, special agent, mission ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
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:
63%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A mysterious computer virus wipes out highly classified personnel files at the NSA, prompting a top secret investigation. RAYMOND BERRY, an NSA operative is thrown into a detention center, where he is suspected of crimes against the United States. ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
intelligence agency, conspiracy, investigation, computer virus, espionage, surveillance, spy thriller, government agent, crime investigation, analyst, special agent, sleuth ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
TV show
Story:
Sherlock Holmes faces a sinister case risking friends' lives. American Amelia joins, seeking her father after her mother's murder. Despite differences, they solve a conspiracy and her mother's case.
Style:
detective, suspense, tense, dark, twist ending ...
Plot:
murder, deduction, investigation, conspiracy, family secret, partnership, urban, fighting crime, missing person, cat and mouse, forensics, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
50%
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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:
20th century, 70s
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, paris france ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
In 1977 Moscow, two "PONIES" ("persons of no interest") become CIA operatives and uncover a Cold War conspiracy their husbands were killed for.
Style:
political thriller, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, noir ...
Plot:
spy thriller, conspiracy, cia, cold war, u.s. embassy, espionage, surveillance, assassination, betrayal, moral ambiguity, paranoia, double life ...
Time:
70s, year 1977
Place:
soviet union, moscow russia, russia, europe
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The suspicious death of her son pushes a former secret agent back into action, investigating a series of crimes that grows increasingly sinister.
Style:
crime drama, tense, suspense, dark, noir
Plot:
investigation, female protagonist, espionage, spy thriller, conspiracy, revenge, grief, surveillance, family tragedy, mother son relationship, identity, undercover ...
Similarity:
49%
17K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
When the British Prime Minister’s husband is kidnapped and the visiting French President is blackmailed, the two political leaders both face unimaginable choices. Forced into a fierce rivalry where their political futures, and lives, might hang in ...
Style:
political thriller, suspense, suspenseful, tension, tense ...
Plot:
kidnapping, prime minister, political intrigue, diplomacy, power struggle, conspiracy, espionage, blackmail, moral dilemma, international relations, investigation, rivalry ...
Place:
united kingdom
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
TV show
Story:
Decades ago, teenagers Olaf and Alice disappeared without a trace from the Dutch village Schouwendam. 25 years later a man turns up in town with no memory but a clear resemblance to Olaf. The residents are forced to confront the mysteries of the ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, serious, detective, psychological ...
Plot:
dark past, disappearance, cold case, countryside, rural setting, missing boy, undercover, mysterious past, past, village, secret past, memory loss ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Called out of retirement to settle the affairs of a friend, Smiley finds his old organization, the Circus, so overwhelmed by political considerations that it doesn't want to know what happened. He begins to follow up the clues of his friends ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, thought provoking, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
espionage, cold war, spy, british intelligence, investigation, cold war era, assassination attempt, covert operation, working undercover, spy thriller, defector, prospector ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
britain, london, england, united kingdom, hamburg germany ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Fernando Barrientos, Head of the National Security Directorate, Mexico's Secret Police, is trying to reach the highest position in the country. On his way, he'll have to manipulate, betray, and kill, and he's well prepared for it. ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
betrayal, manipulation, ambition, conspiracy, power struggle, corruption, mature, political intrigue, secret police, abuse of power, national security, police investigation ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
37%
1K
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
CIA spy Cornelia Gray’s coming in from the cold after twenty years in hiding, dodging the Government agents who suspected her of being a traitor. She returns to her old life just as it is discovered that there is a new mole within her old spy ...
Style:
tense, suspense, mysterious, dark, action drama ...
Plot:
espionage, betrayal, deception, spy thriller, government agent, surveillance, female protagonist, female spy, double agent, conspiracy, cat and mouse, paranoia ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
Two agents—and former lovers—must work together to combat international cyberattacks threatening the UK while also confronting the buried secrets of their destructive relationship.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, twisted, tense ...
Plot:
secret past, dark past, spy thriller, agent, cybersecurity, espionage, tragic past, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, political intrigue, government agent, betrayal ...
Place:
london, britain
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
London police officer DC Hana Li is escorting Dr Matthew Nolan back to Beijing where he has been accused of a crime. However, on board flight 357, she finds herself embroiled in an escalating conspiracy and a growing number of murders.
Style:
psychological, tension, suspense, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
airplane, conspiracy, murder, police officer, murder investigation, murder mystery, threat, assassination plot, murderer, claustrophobia, isolation, investigation ...
Place:
beijing china, london, china, asia, england ...
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story:
A therapist begins to suspect his clients after the murder of his wife.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, serious ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, revenge, mental health, suspicion, murder investigation, murderer, psychopath, violence, evidence, death of wife, uncover truth ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
35%
31
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland
TV show
Story:
Laura (Vanessa Aleksander) returns to her hometown after many years in connection with the death of her mother - Maria (Malgorzata Foremniak). This unplanned meeting awakens demons from the past and sheds new light on family secrets, while Laura ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, psychological thriller, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, mother daughter relationship, family secret, secrets, family drama, problem, tragic past, crime solving, family problems, confronting the past, secret, uncover truth ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Poland
TV show
Story:
Ewa Oginiec wants to leave the secret service and start over after a personal tragedy but things take a turn when her partner, also an agent, is exposed by Russian intelligence and mysteriously disappears.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, political thriller, noir, suspense thriller ...
Plot:
secret service, spy thriller, intelligence agency, intrigue, espionage, moral ambiguity, missing person, surveillance, cat and mouse, betrayal, paranoia, investigation ...
Place:
eastern europe, warsaw poland
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
During the 2nd Sino-Japanese War, orphan Lu Feng returns to Shanghai as a Communist undercover agent, tasked with infiltrating No. 76 Headquarters. There, he crosses paths with the mysterious Hua Xiang Yu and his childhood friend Huo Fei, both ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, historical drama, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
espionage, spy thriller, war, spy, double agent, loyalty, moral ambiguity, japanese occupation, undercover, deception, world war two, agent ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
shanghai, china
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 139 min.
TV show
Story:
Two ideologically-disparate terrorists (one from the PLO, one from the IRA) meet up in London to assassinate a visiting Israeli nuclear scientist. An alcoholic ex-government agent (Anthony Perkins) is brought out of retirement to track them down.
Style:
political thriller, suspenseful, tense, grim, dark ...
Plot:
ira, assassination, espionage, terrorism, hitman, political violence, betrayal, violence, mature, cat and mouse, urban, investigation ...
Place:
london, france
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 201 min.
TV show
Story:
Students get involved in a violent Internet-based game, around the same time as a series of murders - is there a connection?
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, twisted, creepy ...
Plot:
murder mystery, computer game, computer, murder, cybercrime, guilt, obsession, investigation, conspiracy, cat and mouse, college campus, macabre ...
Time:
90s
Place:
england
Similarity:
32%
10K
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Two women play a deadly game of truth and lies on the road from Istanbul to Paris and London. One woman has a secret, the other a mission to reveal it before thousands of lives are lost. In the shadows, mission controllers at the CIA and French DGSE ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, psychological, political thriller ...
Plot:
deception, isis, espionage, female protagonist, secret, cia, secrets, game of death, women, con trick, investigation, problem ...
Place:
paris france, london, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A successful and renowned novelist — haunted by trauma and a mysterious blackmailer — returns to his hometown to reckon with his unresolved past.
Style:
dark, psychological, atmospheric, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
blackmail, secrets, investigation, hometown, investigative journalism, journalism, small town, trauma, corruption, cold case, family drama, political corruption ...
Place:
eastern europe, poland
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Special episodes of "Mouse" which will highlight the hidden narratives in the series that the audience may have missed.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, crime drama, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, psychopath, serial killer, life is a bitch, undercover, crime investigation, sociopathy, mature, paranoia, suspicion, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Sweden
TV show
Story:
Danish secret service agent Katrine Poulson and British spy Beatrice Ogilvy are thrown together in a race against time. As a terrorist plot against the British PM unfolds, Poulson and Ogilvy are tangled up in a web of lies, murder and power ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, political thriller, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
espionage, conspiracy, power struggle, political conspiracy, terrorist, spy thriller, special agent, killing, secret agent, terrorist plot, conspiracy theory, government agent ...
Place:
london, united kingdom, denmark, copenhagen
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
London, 1886. Soho shopkeeper Verloc is paid by the Russian Embassy to spy on an anarchist cell. The Russians demand that Verloc orchestrates a bomb attack that will be blamed on the anarchists and provoke a British crackdown
Style:
historical drama, suspenseful, tense, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
anarchism, espionage, political intrigue, spy thriller, undercover agent, double life, political manipulation, conspiracy, moral ambiguity, slow burn, urban decay, fatalism ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
1975. A writer preparing to publish a book about Hitler's executioner is murdered at his dacha outside Moscow. Just before his death, he manages to tell his friend, General Pyotr Somov, head of the Interior Ministry's special department ...
Style:
tense, detective, disturbing, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
wartime, fighting crime, investigation, uncover truth, secret identity, murder mystery, dark secret, military, agent, police procedural, cold case, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
30%
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