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The Honourable Woman (2014)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story:
Nessa Stein, the daughter of a Zionist arms procurer who as a child witnessed his assassination. Now an adult, Nessa inherits her father's company and changes course from supplying arms to laying data cabling networks between Israel and the West Bank. Her efforts to reconcile the Israelis and Palestinians lands her an appointment to the House of Lords and creates an international political maelstrom.
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, suspenseful, realistic, political, entertaining, dramatic, stylized, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, terrorist, mistrust, political unrest, powerful corporation, undercover, secret service, family relations, state affairs, cia, maid, society, guilt, who to trust, politics, mossad, heiress, intelligence, conflict, businessman, espionage, lesbian, strong female lead, military, islam ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
middle east, palestine, england, israel, jerusalem, usa, palestinian authority
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Most similar movies to The Honourable Woman
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and tense films and TV series with plots about spy, covert operation, espionage, terrorism, danger, state affairs and undercover mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like The Honourable Woman: The Gordin Cell (2012), Berlin Station (2016), Homeland (2011), Tyrant (2014), Syriana (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A married pair of former spies is forced to face their past when asked to surrender their son to Russian Intelligence to become a spy himself. Will he choose to betray his parents or his native country?
Style:
tense, captivating, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, moral dilemma, betrayal, double agent, parents and children, who to trust, family relations, workplace situations, dishonesty, manipulation, secret agent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A contemporary spy series that follows Daniel Miller, an undercover agent at the CIA station in Berlin, Germany.
Style:
suspense, tense, exciting, action adventure, mind blowing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
secret service, spy, undercover, cia, whistleblower, espionage, terrorist, partner, government official, terrorism, partners against crime, strong female lead ...
Place:
berlin germany
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, sexy, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
terrorism, espionage, spy, cia, national security, war on terror, treason, secret service, investigation, terrorist, danger, top secret ...
Time:
2020s, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
israel, langley virginia, usa, iraq, america ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of an unassuming American family drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation. Bassam "Barry" Al Fayeed, the younger son of the dictator of a war-torn nation, ends a self-imposed 20-year exile to return to his ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, stylized, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
dictatorship, homecoming, political unrest, totalitarianism, state affairs, ruler, gay son, family relations, parents and children, secret, society, exile ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
75%
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138K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: United Arab Emirates, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a ...
Style:
political thriller, cerebral, political, intense, serious ...
Plot:
terrorism, espionage, corruption, cia, capitalism, spy, oil, globalization, conspiracy, middle east conflict, politics, terrorist ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
middle east, iran, lebanon, usa, israel ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A top Israeli agent comes out of retirement to hunt for a Palestinian militant he thought he'd killed, setting a chaotic chain of events into motion.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, intense, suspense, political thriller ...
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, espionage, war on terror, terrorist, mossad, covert operation, israeli, assassination, terror, murder, danger, government agency ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
israel, palestine, middle east, belgium
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
An American Actress with a penchant for lying is forceably recruited by Mosad, the Israeli intelligence agency to trap a Palestinian bomber, by pretending to be the girlfriend of his dead brother.
Style:
political thriller, realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mossad, espionage, undercover, terrorism, secret agent, intrigue, politics, terrorist, state affairs, danger, dishonesty, double agent ...
Time:
80s
Place:
middle east, beirut lebanon, lebanon, england, germany ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Israel, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Bethlehem tells the story of the unlikely bond between Razi, an Israeli secret service officer, and his Palestinian informant Sanfur, the younger brother of a senior Palestinian militant. Razi recruited Sanfur when he was just 15, and developed a ...
Style:
tense, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, sad ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, terrorist, spy, terrorism, danger, undercover, moral dilemma, double agent, special agent, society, informant, israeli ...
Time:
year 2013, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, palestinian authority, venice
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
60K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside ...
Style:
sexy, serious, tense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
terrorism, politics, terrorist, conspiracy, islamic terrorism, war on terror, kidnapping, spy, espionage, islam, cia, intelligence ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
middle east, iraq, washington d.c., illinois, chicago ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
TJFF presents the pilot episode of the award-winning Israeli series that inspired the American hit, Homeland. Set in 2008, this first episode focuses on two Israeli soldiers being released after 17 years of captivity in Lebanon. It powerfully ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, realistic, tense, emotional ...
Plot:
terrorism, mossad, torture, pow, investigation, homecoming, soldier, haunted by the past, twists and turns, held captive, spy, government agency ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
100%
249K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – ...
Style:
political thriller, political, tense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
terrorism, spy, cia, espionage, cia agent, intelligence agency, terrorist, undercover, secret service, government agency, roman empire, politics ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
middle east, jordan, iraq, syria, washington d.c. ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, India, Qatar
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Style:
tense, emotional, intense, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
immigrant, culture clash, wall street, muslim, 9/11, terrorism, conspiracy, political unrest, civil rights, american dream, false accusation, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, middle east, pakistan, istanbul turkey, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Israel, Netherlands, Germany, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Paradise Now is filmed from the perspective of two Palestinian men who are preparing to perform a suicide attack in Israel. This is the first film to deal with the subject of suicide bombers.
Style:
disturbing, controversial, depressing, political, rough ...
Plot:
terrorism, politics, israeli palestinian conflict, terrorist, friendship, islam, suicide, destiny, muslim, conflict, israeli, manipulation ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
middle east, palestine, israel, jerusalem, maghreb ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, France
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
Chronicles a Mossad team hand picked to hunt down the terrorists involved in the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre of Israeli athletes.
Style:
action thriller, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mossad, terrorist, terrorism, conflict, olympics, revenge, israeli palestinian conflict, arab israeli conflict, murder, workplace situations, chases and races, contests and competitions ...
Time:
80s
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, munich germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Cadets from every level of Israeli society undergo intense training to join their country's elite, highly classified intelligence service, the Mossad.
The series revolves around a secret Mossad compound called 'HaMidrasha', which is ...
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mossad, spy, espionage, israeli, secret agent, undercover, government agency, state affairs, training, rivalry, secret service, academy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, lebanon
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
The night before a high profile operation on the PM, the surgeon due to perform the procedure is surprised at her family home by four masked men. The gang quickly take control of her and her family and order her to kill the PM.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating
Plot:
family relations, political conspiracy, treason, twists and turns, moral dilemma, danger, confined, dishonesty, parents and children, kidnapping, abduction, israeli ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A chilling and unflinching look at all sides of a complicated issue, focusing on an African-American Muslim who joins an Islamic sleeper terrorist cell in the United States while working undercover for the FBI.
Style:
tense, captivating, rough, suspenseful, erotic ...
Plot:
terrorist, muslim, undercover, undercover agent, fbi, spy, heroes, danger, race against time, chases and races, pretense, working undercover ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
Real-life figures from the Cold War era mix with a fictional story based on a group of CIA operatives and their counterparts in the KGB, MI6, and the Mossad.
Style:
epic, captivating, tense, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, spy, cia, undercover, mole, politics, intrigue, secret lover, suspicion, double life, state affairs, betrayal ...
Time:
50s, 80s, 60s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
europe, germany, soviet union, cuba, west berlin west germany ...
Similarity:
100%
56K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In the 1960s, Israeli clerk-turned-secret agent Eli Cohen goes deep undercover inside Syria on a perilous, years-long mission to spy for Mossad.
Style:
factual, serious, realistic, historical drama, exciting ...
Plot:
mossad, espionage, spy, israeli palestinian conflict, politics, secret mission, arab, national security, arab israeli conflict, secrets, mafia, death ...
Time:
2010s, 60s
Place:
middle east, syria, israel
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Agency is a CBS television drama that followed the inner-workings of the CIA. The series was created by Michael Frost Beckner and was executive produced by Michael Frost Beckner, Shaun Cassidy Productions and Radiant Productions in association ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, cerebral, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, terrorism, undercover, working undercover, government agency, state affairs, national security, cia, terrorist, conspiracy, covert operation, intelligence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in present day Washington, D.C., House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood, a ruthless and cunning politician, and his wife Claire who will stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of ...
Style:
clever, serious, political, cynical, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
politics, political intrigue, political corruption, state affairs, manipulation, intrigue, strategy, usa politics, lobbyist, u.s. president, journalism, media ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, syria
Similarity:
38%
356
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Morten is well on his way to becoming Prime Minister, but when a secret from his past threatens to damage his reputation, he must go to great lengths to avert the disaster.
Style:
tense, political thriller, psychological, suspenseful, political ...
Plot:
politics, intrigue, rise to power, politician, political party, reputation, scandal, confronting the past, political intrigue, political unrest, government official, secret past ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert government team which tracks the movements of potential terrorists.
Style:
bleak, tense, political, thought provoking, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
espionage, terrorism, spy, intelligence, islam, war on terror, surveillance, immigrant, secret service, investigation, betrayal, manipulation ...
Time:
year 2014, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
germany, hamburg germany, britain, middle east, berlin germany
Similarity:
38%
Movie in collections
650
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, Germany
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Claire lost her husband Gabriel during the tsunami in 2004. His body was never found. 15 years later, Claire has a new life with Lukas and her son Zack. After a decade of mourning and professional purgatory, she has just landed a dream job in Abu ...
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, political thriller, suspenseful ...
Plot:
espionage, secret service, terrorism, mission, ex couple relations, ex husband ex wife relationship, investigation, danger, uncover truth, changing lives, ex husband, confronting the past ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Raza, a young second-generation British-Pakistani man from London is coerced by Gabe, a counterterrorism officer, into informing.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, detective
Plot:
infiltration, terrorism, spy, snitch, undercover, terrorist, police, uncover truth, danger, police investigation, threat, law enforcement ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Former CIA agent Elizabeth Faulkner McCord is suddenly thrust into the position of US Secretary of State where she must quickly learn to drive international diplomacy, wrangle office politics and balance a complex family life.
Style:
realistic, serious, political, intelligent, inspirational ...
Plot:
politics, chief of staff, relationship vs career, workplace intrigue, usa politics, president, secretary of state, white house, u.s. president, female protagonist, workplace situations, power relations ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, iraq, washington d.c., chicago, ukraine ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When Washington's most powerful players are pulled into an international conspiracy, an unlikely puppeteer will bring everyone from CEOs to The President of the United States to their knees by threatening the things they hold most dear.
Style:
exciting, tense, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
secret service, hostage, conspiracy, secret service agent, fbi, kidnapping, investigation, older man teenage girl relationship, special agent, betrayal, confined, twists and turns ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, sexy, realistic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, undercover, working undercover, mission, top secret, kgb, mole, government agency, couple relations, investigation ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., soviet union, usa, ussr
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel, Norway
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
When her daughter is abducted, a Norwegian diplomat travels to the Middle East, banking on old friends — and a deep secret — to help free her.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
abduction, isis, terrorist, kidnapping, terrorism, hostage, death threat, blackmail, blackmailer, terrorist group, prisoners exchange, rescue mission ...
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story:
Politician Peter Laurence's private life is falling apart. Shamelessly untroubled by guilt or remorse, he seeks to further his own agenda whilst others plot to bring him down. Can he out-run his own secrets to win the ultimate prize?
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, political thriller, twisted ...
Plot:
politics, politician, british politics, career, father daughter relationship, corruption, scandal, parents and children, family problems, political intrigue, family secret, family relations ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
37%
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