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Assignment K (1968)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Philip Scott, the boss of a toy company, is secretly also the chief of a British spy organization. Scott's cover is destroyed when enemy agents kidnap his girlfriend to force him to reveal the identities of his fellow spies.
Style:
suspense, retro, grindhouse, independent film, eurospy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
espionage, cold war, secret agent, spy thriller, kidnapping, deception, blackmail, betrayal, double life, political intrigue, cat and mouse, rescue mission, female hostage, interrogation, identity crisis, moral ambiguity, european, agent, secret, spy
Time:
60s, 1960s
Place:
england, europe, austria, west germany
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Most similar movies to Assignment K
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, eurospy, tense and period piece films with plots about espionage, spy, secret agent, cold war, moral ambiguity, spy thriller and betrayal mostly in Drama, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like Assignment K: Hide and Seek (1964), Innocent Bystanders (1972), The Spy Killer (1969), Foreign Exchange (1970), Top Secret (1967). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A professor of astronomy helping on a missile development program. An old friend of his is a Russian chess champion. The Russian is working with shady businessman Marek and they plan to kidnap the professor and make it look as though he has defected ...
Style:
suspense, tense, independent film, period drama
Plot:
cold war, espionage, kidnapping, desertion, spy thriller, political intrigue, deception, betrayal, conspiracy, cat and mouse, mistrust, astrophysicist ...
Time:
60s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
london, soviet union, yorkshire
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Washed-up agent John Craig is given the task of proving his worth by tracking down a Russian scientist on the run. Cross and double-cross is the name of the game.
Style:
tense, suspense, mysterious, political thriller, eurospy
Plot:
espionage, cold war, spy thriller, deception, kidnapping, rescue mission, spy, betrayal, cat and mouse, surveillance, moral ambiguity, political intrigue ...
Time:
year 1972
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey, london
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Spy Killer stars Robert Horton as a secret agent turned private eye. Framed for murder, Horton is released, but only after promising that he'll track down a book containing a list of government agents who are operating covertly in Red China. ...
Style:
suspense, tense, period piece, noir, moody ...
Plot:
blackmail, cold war, spy thriller, private detective, secret agent, framed for murder, conspiracy, betrayal, paranoia, double agent, undercover, investigation ...
Time:
60s
Place:
london
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A former British Secret Service agent is persuaded to negotiate a spy exchange with Russia, only to find himself drawn into political intrigues.
Style:
political thriller, suspense, tense, serious, tension ...
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy thriller, political intrigue, secret agent, betrayal, conspiracy, undercover, diplomacy, surveillance, cat and mouse, double agent ...
Time:
70s
Place:
soviet union, europe, london
Similarity:
62%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Top Secret is a 1967 Italian-Spanish Eurospy film directed by Fernando Cerchio and starring Gordon Scott.
Style:
suspense, tense, fast paced, period piece, retro ...
Plot:
espionage, cold war, secrets, escape, embassy, danger, spy, paranoia, conspiracy, betrayal, surveillance, cat and mouse ...
Time:
60s
Place:
usa, moscow russia
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Lady Chaplin is a beautiful woman, she is a fashion stylist and she owns an atelier in Paris. Zoltan is a rich American specialized in submarine researches. Dick Malloy is an American secret agent. What have the three in common? Perhaps a sunk ...
Style:
suspense, thrilling, suspenseful, mysterious, retro ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
spy, espionage, cold war, secret agent, spy thriller, conspiracy, femme fatale, atomic weapons, danger, female protagonist, sabotage, treachery ...
Time:
60s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Kate Capshaw plays a schoolteacher and suburban housewife who happens to be an ex-spy. Nobody knows of Capshaw's previous espionage activities, least of all her somewhat obtuse husband Cliff De Young. When Capshaw's ex-lover Jeroen Krabbe, ...
Style:
suspense, tension
Plot:
spy, secret past, female protagonist, espionage, spy thriller, ex lover, school teacher, betrayal, deception, double life, undercover, danger ...
Place:
cuba, latin america
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An American secret service agent goes to Greece to investigate a stolen hydrogen bomb. It's connected to an antique coin that belonged to his brother...another agent. Now he's tasked with taking his brother out!
Style:
suspense, tense, eurospy
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, spy thriller, secret agent, nuclear threat, conspiracy, investigation, undercover, greek, danger, betrayal ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
An American adventurer who has a gambling den in Istanbul, who is suspected to be involved in the kidnapping of a nuclear scientist, but ultimately becomes self on the search for the disappeared and gets a striving for world domination secret ...
Style:
suspense, retro, period piece, twisted, spy comedy ...
Plot:
espionage, cold war, kidnapping, nuclear, fbi, covert operation, exotic locale, rescue mission, secret organization, female agent, gambler, chase ...
Time:
60s
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: West Germany, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An FBI agent (Stewart Granger) goes to Hong Kong to short-circuit a smuggler of electrical parts to the communists.
Style:
tense, suspense, atmospheric, period piece, noir ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, covert operation, cold war, murder, smuggling, investigation, fbi, undercover agent, spy thriller, organized crime, betrayal ...
Time:
60s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
49%
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:
spy, espionage, cold war, british intelligence, neo nazi, secret agent, stasi, ss, undercover, agent, secret service agent, secret mission ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe
Similarity:
48%
3K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A British secret agent takes up the job of solving a dark mystery. He is led into a web of love, deceit and betrayal. His success and failure can change the course of history.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspense, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
secret agent, deception, agent, secret, spy, espionage, british, investigation, special agent, relationships, love affair, spy thriller ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, london
Similarity:
48%
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:
suspense, tension, dark, noir, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
spy thriller, blackmail, espionage, group of criminals, undercover agent, british intelligence, british, investigation, conspiracy, secret identity, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
60s
Place:
paris france, england, london
Similarity:
47%
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, enigmatic, suspenseful, suspense, exciting ...
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, conspiracy, double agent, brainwashing, undercover, politics, british, investigation, political intrigue, secret agent ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
albania, london, england, europe, scotland yard ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, West Germany, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A writer gets wrapped up in espionage.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, cold war, kidnapping, scientist, violent content, state affairs, heroes, danger, chases and races, rescue, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s, 20th century
Place:
china
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Set amidst the steamy underworld of Bermuda and Jamaica, this spy adventure chronicles the exploits of a female spy trying to investigate the mysterious murders of two colleagues before an important meeting between the world's most powerful ...
Style:
suspense, action adventure, tension, retro, steamy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
spy, espionage, cold war, female protagonist, undercover, female spy, investigation, secret agent, kidnapping, bermuda triangle, danger, cat and mouse ...
Time:
60s, year 1967
Place:
caribbean, jamaica
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia, Egypt, France, Morocco, Switzerland, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The Russian spy in England, Alex Wilkie, is tasked with infiltrating American intelligence and identifying a mole – our intelligence officer, who transmits intelligence information to the enemy. The hero is forced to overcome incredible obstacles ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, realistic, noir
Plot:
spy, counter intelligence, espionage, russian spy, blackmail, infiltration, soviet spy, spy mission, secret service, secret mission, prospector, top secret ...
Place:
london, england, united kingdom, switzerland, morocco
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Italy, West Germany, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In the opening moments of Kill, Panther, Kill! we see the daring escape, during a prison transfer, of master criminal Arthur Tracy. Tracy has been in stir for four years after thieving a fortune in jewels worth three million dollars. Now his loyal ...
Style:
suspense, retro, fast paced, twisted, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
spy, jewel theft, twin brother, heist, private investigator, underworld, dual identity, chase, rivalry, violent, scheming, revenge ...
Time:
60s
Place:
montreal
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Crime
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Lester of the UK Secret Service follows a lead, from a rigged boxing match to Mr. King, a German scientist who is using his power and special knowledges to rebuild a Nazi regime and the world take-over.
Style:
suspenseful, political thriller, tension, retro, noir ...
Plot:
espionage, cold war, spy, secret agent, nuclear threat, spy thriller, threat, sabotage, undercover, betrayal, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In the puppet state of Manchukuo in the 1930s, four Communist party special agents, after returning to China, embark on a secret mission. Sold out by a traitor, the team find themselves surrounded by threats on all sides.
Style:
suspense, tension, captivating, tense, thrilling ...
Plot:
spy, traitor, double agent, communist, espionage, betrayal, spy thriller, secret mission, mission, communism, special agent, agent ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
china, japan
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Finland
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, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, spy, espionage, computer, anti communism, spy thriller, cold war era, russian spy, secret service agent, martial arts, woman with a gun, revolt ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
Place:
helsinki finland, finland, england, texas, russia ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An American CIA agent (Richard Harrison) must find the whereabouts of valuable microfilm that was smuggled over by two Russian scientists who had been hoping to defect.
Style:
grindhouse, spy action, eurospy, microfilm
Plot:
hotel, gadget, espionage, cold war, airplane, swimming pool, car chase, taxi, helicopter, secret agent, taxi driver, male objectification ...
Place:
hamburg germany, lebanon, beirut lebanon
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A reclusive, elderly author is visited by a young admirer...but both men are more than they claim to be.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspense, twist ending, sinister ...
Plot:
deception, spy thriller, espionage, writers, cold war, double life, betrayal, paranoia, political intrigue, character study, mistrust, subterfuge ...
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the cold war during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.
Style:
political, black and white, suspense, grim, realistic ...
Plot:
cold war, spy, espionage, berlin wall, british intelligence, iron curtain, double agent, spy thriller, literary, politics, great ending, secret agent ...
Time:
60s, year 1965, 20th century
Place:
east germany, berlin germany, london, england, persia ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Italy, Egypt
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The British Secret Service sends agent 006 (Alberto Lupo) to Cairo, to collaborate with an American colleague in searching for a stolen anti-radar device. Arriving in Egypt, he finds that agent 008 is actually an attractive female (played by Ingrid ...
Style:
suspenseful, retro, period piece, noir, eurospy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female spy, espionage, secret agent, undercover, infiltration, cold war, female protagonist, betrayal, spy, male protagonist, gunfight, ruse ...
Time:
60s
Place:
cairo egypt, egypt, middle east
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Agent Lemmy Logan is investigating the case of a missing NASA scientist and discovers that an ex nazi is developing a new super weapon.
Style:
suspenseful, period piece, independent film, exciting, eurospy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
spy, espionage, cold war, nasa, secret agent, conspiracy, laboratory, kidnapping, mad scientist, cat and mouse, handsome man, james bond spoof ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
37%
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, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
secret agent, espionage, undercover, cold war, secret service agent, 007, covert operation, undercover agent, ship, british spy, special agent, heroes ...
Time:
60s
Place:
london, england, russia, hungary, glasgow scotland ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
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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:
36%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, West Germany, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A U.S. intelligence general (Robert Ryan) recalls three Cold War cases of Soviet (Henry Fonda), French and Italian (Vittorio Gassman) spies.
Style:
anthology, suspenseful, tense, period piece, retro ...
Plot:
espionage, cold war, spy thriller, intelligence, agent, reconnaissance, desertion, secret mission, kidnapping, betrayal, conspiracy, undercover ...
Place:
rome italy, east berlin, paris france, africa, russia ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Spain, Italy, France, Portugal
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An international gang pretends to have the means to destroy a small country in 30 seconds. The authorities have reason to believe this may be true, and the spying battle is on.
Style:
tension, suspenseful, political thriller, retro, fast paced ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
spy, espionage, cold war, spy thriller, secret agent, surveillance, danger, investigation, conspiracy, european, moral ambiguity, cat and mouse ...
Time:
60s
Place:
portugal, lisbon portugal
Similarity:
36%
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