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Deadlier Than the Male (1967)
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Deadlier Than the Male (1967)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In this 1967 drama, resourceful British agent Bulldog Drummond, who appeared onscreen in a series of spy stories between 1929 and 1951, returned to duty in the wake of James Bond. Here, Drummond (Richard Johnson) is on the trail of Carl Petersen (Nigel Green), a corrupt industrialist who has a bad habit of stealing the ideas of others and then killing them so he can reap their profits. The nefarious Petersen has a team of female assistants willing to kill on command, led by Irma (Elke Sommer) and Penelope (Sylva Koscina). One more Bulldog Drummond vehicle, Some Girls Do, followed in 1969 before the series was retired again
Style: psychedelic, political thriller, grindhouse, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, art house, psychotronic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: james bond spoof, spy, bulldog drummond, chess, undercover, private detective, secret agent, cold war, women, undercover agent, 007, female exploitation, woman with a gun, erotic scene, murder, uncle nephew relationship, german woman, ladykiller, heroes, hitman, master criminal, frame up, chases and races, mate swapping, legal ...
Time: year 1967, 60s, 20th century, 1960s
Place: london, england, riviera

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and exciting films with plots about spy, undercover, dishonesty, espionage, secret agent, danger and chases and races mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Deadlier Than the Male: Some Girls Do (1969), The Wrecking Crew (1968), Billion Dollar Brain (1967), The Return of Mr. Moto (1965), The Quiller Memorandum (1966). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Some Girls Do (1969)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A series of unexplainable accidents befall the people and companies responsible for developing the world's first supersonic airliner. A British agent is sent to investigate and with the help of another agent uncovers a plot masterminded by Carl ...
Style: psychedelic, exciting, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous ...
Plot: spy, bulldog drummond, espionage, adventurer, cold war, investigation, robot, aviation, woman with a gun, female exploitation, private detective, conspiracy ...
Time: year 1969, 60s, 20th century
Place: morocco, north africa
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100%
The Wrecking Crew (1968)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When Count Contini attempts to destroy the world's economy by masterminding the theft of $1 billion in U.S. gold, ICE chief MacDonald summons secret agent Matt Helm to stop him.
Style: realistic, humorous, exciting, semi serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: espionage, secret agent, spy, spy spoof, master villain, race against time, master criminal, terrorism, escapades, save the day, chases and races, danger ...
Time: 60s
Place: scandinavia, denmark, copenhagen
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
The Return of Mr. Moto (1965)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 71 min.
Story: Mr. Moto goes undercover to find out who has been blowing up oil wells and trying to gain total control of all the oil leases from a petroleum-rich Middle Eastern country.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot: chess, nightclub, undercover, conspiracy, hitman, disorder, kidnapping, interpol, who done it, working undercover, danger, rivalry ...
Time: 60s
Place: middle east, london, europe, england, persia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Two British agents are murdered by a mysterious Neonazi organization in West Berlin. The British Secret Service sends agent Quiller to investigate. Soon Quiller is confronted with Neonazi chief "Oktober" and involved in a dangerous game ...
Style: neo noir, political thriller, independent film, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: espionage, spy, cold war, neo nazi, british intelligence, undercover, secret agent, agent, secret mission, berlin wall, stasi, undercover agent ...
Time: year 1966, 60s
Place: berlin germany, germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Danger Route (1967)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Jonas Wilde, a British secret agent licensed to kill, wants to resign from his murderous work, but his superiors pressure him into taking on a new assignment-the assassination of a defecting Soviet scientist. In the course of the dangerous mission, ...
Style: grindhouse, political thriller, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Plot: espionage, secret agent, undercover, cold war, undercover agent, 007, ship, british spy, special agent, disorder, dishonesty, rivalry ...
Time: 60s
Place: london, russia, england, france, canada ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Maroc 7 (1967)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The lady of a top fashion magazine doubles as a jewel thief and becomes involved in Moroccan intrigue.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, intrigue, semi nudity, espionage, safecracker, fashion, gang, criminal's revenge, chases and races, witnessing a crime, undercover, criminal heroes ...
Time: year 1967, 60s
Place: morocco, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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The Prize (1963)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: For some reason, this year's Nobel prize in literature has been awarded to the young author Andrew Craig, who seems to be more interested in women and drinking than writing. Another laureate is Dr. Max Stratman, the famous German-American ...
Style: slasher, retro, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: cold war, espionage, undercover, twins, writers, undercover agent, secret agent, nobel prize, kidnapping, writer's life, hidden identity, race against time ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: stockholm sweden, europe, eastern europe, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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The Deadly Affair (1967)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Charles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office official Samuel Fennan. Dobbs suspects that Fennan's wife, Elsa, a survivor of a Nazi Germany extermination camp, might have some clues, but other ...
Style: serious, tense, suspenseful, enigmatic, psychological ...
Plot: espionage, cold war, spy, private detective, secret agent, uncover truth, danger, political corruption, infidelity, working undercover, office, love affair ...
Time: year 1966, 60s
Place: britain, england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Arabesque (1966)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Story of international intrigue involving a university professor, an Arab prime minister, a ruthless businessman, a beautiful spy, and hieroglyphics.
Style: suspenseful, talky, witty, realistic, serious ...
Plot: espionage, murder, political intrigue, gangster, spy, justice, assassination, twists and turns, professor, intrigue, investigation, danger ...
Time: year 1966, 60s, 20th century
Place: england, london, oxford university, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Girl Hunters (1963)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Mickey Spillane plays his own creation, street-thug-turned-PI Mike Hammer, in this 1963 adaptation of his novel. The film opens with Hammer on the downside of a years-long bender, scooped out of the gutter by a bitter cop intent on prying ...
Style: neo noir, noir, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot: private detective, spy, private investigator, missing person, conspiracy, espionage, woman in danger, alcohol abuse, undercover, intrigue, investigation, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 1963, 60s, 20th century
Place: england, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Target (1985)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A Texan with a secret past (Gene Hackman) searches Europe with his son (Matt Dillon) after the KGB kidnaps his wife (Gayle Hunnicutt).
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, espionage, kidnapping, father son relationship, missing person, rescue, spy, daring rescue, parents and children, secret agent, dishonesty, heroes ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: europe, hamburg germany, paris france, usa, france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Executioner (1970)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A British intelligence agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.
Style: talky, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: cold war, espionage, assassin, dishonesty, state affairs, vengeance, rivalry, betrayal, government agency, heroes, chases and races, undercover ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: england, greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Crossplot (1969)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A successful London ad-exec hires a beautiful Hungarian girl to pose for some modeling shots, little realising that she has overheard an assassination plot and is now being hunted by some dangerous killers.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, political thriller ...
Plot: spy, espionage, cold war, 007, murder, assassination plot, photo studio, disorder, rivalry, chases and races, danger, assassination ...
Time: 60s
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Ipcress File (1965)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: This espionage thriller represents a landmark in spy movies introducing the sly, dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer. The story, centers on Palmer's investigation into British Intelligence security. He's soon enmeshed in a world of ...
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, tense ...
Plot: espionage, cold war, conspiracy, spy, double agent, brainwashing, politics, undercover, investigation, british, political intrigue, secret agent ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: london, albania, england, europe, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Love Is a Woman (1966)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Narcotics agent Dennis goes undercover in the Mediterranean Islands to investigate a smuggling operation, and gains the confidence of a woman who works for the ringleader. But Dennis ends up arrested for murder when the crime boss turns up dead.
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, mind bending ...
Plot: underwater, undercover agent, murder, island, heroin, smuggling, special agent, strong female presence, manipulation, working undercover, undercover, who done it ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Delta Factor (1970)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Action-packed espionage thriller based on a book by Mickey Spillane. A man who has been framed for a large-scale robbery escapes from prison, but is caught and given a choice between returning behind bars and working for the CIA. He is enlisted to ...
Style: independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, cia, prison, island, kidnapping, rescue, special agent, injustice, righting the wronged, captivity, wrongfully committed, heist ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
When Eight Bells Toll (1971)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In a vein similar to Bond movies, a British agent Philip Calvert is on a mission to determine the whereabouts of a ship that disappeared near the coast of Scotland.
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: spy, secret agent, serial killer, 007, explosions, ship, pirate, undercover, espionage, betrayal, heroic mission, basic training ...
Time: year 1971, 70s
Place: scottish highlands, london, britain, scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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The Corrupt Ones (1967)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Spy accidentally gets an ancient treasure. Several corrupt groups try to steal it from him.
Style: grindhouse, eurospy
Plot: torture, spy, espionage, cold war, lost treasure, exotic locale, bare chested male, fistfight, nightclub, train, gangster, fighting ...
Time: year 1967
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The File of the Golden Goose (1969)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: U.S. Secret Service agent Peter Novak goes undercover with Scotland Yard officer Thompson to halt a murderous gang of counterfeiters known as the Golden Goose. Although Peter is unsure about John's loyalties, the two infiltrate the gang and win ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, undercover, gang, undercover cop, sauna, forgery, danger, dishonesty, amateur detective, law enforcement, rivalry, criminal heroes ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
Place: scotland yard, london, england, britain, liverpool
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
To Commit a Murder (1967)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, West Germany, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A writer gets wrapped up in espionage.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: spy, espionage, cold war, kidnapping, scientist, violent content, undercover, rescue, state affairs, chases and races, danger, dishonesty ...
Time: year 1967, 20th century, 60s
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Ten Little Indians (1974)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, West Germany, France, Spain, UK, Iran
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Ten people are invited to a hotel for a weekend getaway by a Mr. U. N. Owen, who mysteriously isn't in attendance. When the group gets together for their first dinner, a record is played in which Mr. Owen accuses each guest of committing ...
Style: atmospheric, tense, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Plot: hotel, murder, vigilante, characters killed one by one, paranoia, serial killer, isolation, whodunit, who done it, psychopath, serial murder, doctor ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: iran, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Legacy (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Set in the 1970s London during the height of the Cold War when a young spy discovers the disturbing truth about his father's complex past. Based on Alan Judd's 2001 novel Legacy, the second in the Thoroughgood series after 1981's A ...
Style: captivating, serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: spy, cold war, espionage, kgb, secret agent, government agency, betrayal, undercover, love and romance, political unrest, dishonesty, forbidden love ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1974
Place: england, london, britain, soviet union, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Sherlock: Case of Evil (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Early in his crime-solving career, Sherlock Holmes attempts to prevent Moriarty from cornering the heroin market.
Style: mind bending, serious, suspenseful, clever, realistic ...
Plot: sherlock holmes, private detective, serial killer, murder, drug dealing, mind game, investigation, riddles and clues, criminal heroes, partners against crime, ego clash, obsessive quest ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century
Place: london, england, europe, big ben london
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Code 7, Victim 5 (1964)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK, South Africa
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A very special agent with a code that means: He Can Go All The Way
Style: grindhouse, independent film, exciting, mind bending, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: underwater, spy, private detective, murder, mountain, law enforcement, rivalry, aging, criminal heroes, investigation, who done it, cigarette smoking ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: africa, south africa, germany, cape town south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
The Double Man (1967)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In a complex piece of espionage the Russian secret service attempts to kidnap a high ranking officer in the CIA and replace him with a double of its own.
Style: political thriller, grindhouse, retro, serious, realistic ...
Plot: spy, espionage, undercover, cold war, doppelganger, secret agent, lookalikes, undercover agent, mistaken identity, skiing, mountain, cia ...
Time: year 1967, 60s
Place: austria, europe, alps
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Hennessy (1975)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Set in the Seventies, Hennessy is a Irishman who believes in peace, but who has had connections to the IRA. Hennessy's family is killed, and he plots revenge, setting out to assassinate Queen Elizabeth of England.
Style: grindhouse, political, offbeat, independent film, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ira, revenge, anglo irish relations, explosions, terrorism, manhunt, repression, royal family, political intrigue, political unrest, political corruption, assassination ...
Time: year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place: ireland, london, europe, england, belfast
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Enigma (1982)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent must infiltrate Soviet intelligence and obtain information from a Russian computer.
Style: suspenseful, intense, serious, realistic, political ...
Plot: cold war, iron curtain, spy, kgb, espionage, assassination, politics, danger, dishonesty, government agency, journalism, rivalry ...
Time: 20th century, year 1982, 80s
Place: east germany, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 6.0
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Hysteria (1965)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story: An American wakes up in an English hospital unable to remember anything of his life before a recent car accident. With only a photograph torn from a newspaper to guide him, and an unknown benefactor, he attempts to unravel what looks increasingly ...
Style: slasher, grindhouse, noir, psychological thriller, realistic ...
Plot: amnesia, private investigator, parallel universe, photograph, murder, american abroad, hysteria, car accident, psychotherapy, losing-it hero, riddles and clues, memory loss ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: england, london, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Who's Got the Black Box? (1967)
Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Italy, Greece
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The widow of a murdered undercover NATO officer in Greece is the prime suspect in his killing. She finds herself embroiled in a bigger conspiracy about the sabotage of U.S. radar installations while trying to prove her innocence.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, rough, bleak ...
Plot: spy, cold war, murder, conspiracy, secret agent, whistleblower, disorder, snitch, righting the wronged, working undercover, frame up, mistaken identity ...
Time: year 1967, 60s
Place: greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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