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Eternal Wave (2017)
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Eternal Wave (2017)
Original name: 密战
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Eternal Wave 密战 is a Chinese film set during the anti-Japanese occupation era starring Aaron Kwok, Zhao Li Ying and Zhang Han. It follows the main protagonist Lin Xiang who is a spy working underground to reestablish what was destroyed ruing the Battle of Shanghai. He meets a simple yet patriotic young lady who becomes his partner as they infiltrate the enemy as a couple. Apart from that, they cross paths with Liang Dong, a man whose motives are unclear.
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: world war two, espionage, sino japanese war, spy, communist, chinese history, japanese occupation, mission, media, social problems, media manipulation, combat, japanese occupation of china
Place: shanghai, shanghai china

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, suspense, disturbing and tense films with plots about world war two, spy, espionage, mission, fight, japanese occupation of china and secret mission mostly in Drama, Action and War genres. Some movies like Eternal Wave: Spies of Warsaw (2013), Rookie Agent Rouge (2016), Lost in 1949 (2018), The Eight Hundred (2020), Karnan (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Spies of Warsaw (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, France, Poland, USA
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: A military attaché at the French embassy is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of Warsaw.
Style: captivating, romantic, suspense, tense, political ...
Audience: teens
Plot: spy, world war two, nazi, nazi germany, soviet spy, spy mission, nazi spy, interwar period, military, nazism, nazi soldier, world war ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: warsaw poland, czechoslovakia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Rookie Agent Rouge (2016)
Genre: Action, History
Country: China
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Can a young woman prove her loyalty to her country and her family? Lan Yan Zhi is a privileged banker’s daughter in Shanghai and a student activist who mistakenly comes into possession of a letter from the Japanese Army in 1937. She gets ...
Style: suspense, tense, unusual plot structure, exciting, contemplative ...
Plot: espionage, military, spy, secret agent, female spy, chinese history, strong female lead, japanese occupation of china, communist, sino japanese war, world war two, resistance ...
Time: year 1937
Place: china, shanghai
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 8.1
 76
Lost in 1949 (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: China
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: On New Year’s Day in 1949, female accountant Huang Li Wen returns to her hometown Shanghai in order to commemorate her husband and comrade’s death. As a Communist agent, she is ordered to obtain valuable information for the Communist Party and ...
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspense
Plot: spy, spy mission, secret mission, family relations, communist, communism, mission, republican era china, chinese history
Place: shanghai
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
The Eight Hundred (2020)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 149 min.
Story: In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army.
Style: bleak, suspense, suspenseful
Audience: adult
Plot: chinese history, sino japanese war, japanese soldier, world war two, chinese army, siege, military, warehouse, military life, war, blood, military officer ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1937
Place: shanghai, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Karnan (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 158 min.
Story: An angry young man fights for the rights of his oppressed people. Can he save them from those who weild power and weapons?
Style: captivating, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, psychological
Plot: torture, righting the wronged, fight, showdown, fighting the system, struggle for survival, civil rights, human rights, small village, society, brutality, battles ...
Time: 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Spitfire Over Berlin (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story: August 1944. With the American Eighth Air Force poised to strike over Nazi Germany, British Intelligence learns that they could be flying into a deadly trap. With only hours to spare, Flight Lieutenant Edward Barnes must fly a life and death mission ...
Style: disturbing, exciting, suspense, captivating, tense
Plot: world war two, aviator, military, military officer, heroic mission, aviation, air force base, mission, historical event, war, secret mission, air strike ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Mirchi (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story: A man returns to his country in order, ostensibly, to reform his girlfriend's violent family, but he seems to have a strange connection and a rather dark past.
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot: unrequited love, dysfunctional family, tragic love, relationship problems, male female relationship, love affair, couple relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, relationships, showdown, family problems, social problems ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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The Disguiser (2015)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the Japanese occupation era, the rich yet naive young master Ming Tai is trained to become an agent, and is later sent to become an underground spy for the Communists. Together with his brother and double agent Ming Lou, they try and bring ...
Style: captivating, exciting, psychological, suspense, tense
Plot: japanese occupation, espionage, resistance, assassination, secret organization, double agent, brother brother relationship, disguise, false identity, trust, mind game, danger ...
Time: 1930s, year 1940, year 1939
Place: china, shanghai
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Misguided Behavior (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The Truth can hurt sometimes...but not even death can keep a secret.
Style: psychological, disturbing, suspense, social, thought provoking ...
Plot: life is a bitch, bullying, teenage life, parents and children, social problems, depression, social issues, police officer, mockery, schoolboy, father and son, teenager ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 6.9
 4K
Back to 1942 (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 145 min.
Story: In 1942, Henan Province was devastated by the most tragic famine in modern Chinese history, resulting in the deaths of at least three million men, women and children. Although the primary cause of the famine was a severe drought, it was exacerbated ...
Style: serious, captivating, rough, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: world war two, sino japanese war, chaos, danger, life is a bitch, survival, family problems, family in danger, wartime life, on the road, on the run, against humanity ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1942
Place: china, taiwan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Death and Glory in Changde (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: China
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Directed by Shen Dong and starring Ray Lui, An Yixuan and Yuan Wenkang, Death and Glory in Changde recalls one of the most cruel and controversial battles during China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1937-45), Changde Battle, ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, tense
Plot: world war two, military, fight, battles, army, battlefield, wartime life, war, military life, warrior, soldier, combat ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Different Dreams (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: During the Japanese colonial rule of Korea, a Korean surgeon who was raised by a Japanese family becomes a spy for the Korean government.
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, sincere
Plot: agent, spy, couple relations, male female relationship, social problems, relationships, korean army, korean history, japanese army, relationship problems, korean war, japanese history ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Sniper: Ultimate Kill (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A ruthless Columbian drug lord has been using a cold-blooded assassin nicknamed The Devil to wipe out his competition. Sensing a threat to the US, the DEA hires a Marine sniper to kill The Devil, and capture the kingpin.
Style: tense, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: sniper, mission, war on drugs, murderer, special agent, secret mission, pursuit, drug dealer, danger, undercover agent, drug lord, fighting crime ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 6.3
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Hidden Blade (2023)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Follows the story of underground workers who risked their lives to send intelligence and defend the motherland, set after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor when the Wang Jingwei regime declared war on Britain and the U.S.
Style: captivating, thrilling, tense, period drama
Plot: japanese occupation of china, undercover agent, special agent, spy mission, espionage, secret mission, mission, war, underground movement, soldier, agent, spy ...
Time: 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 7.4
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The Message (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: China
Duration: 118 min.
Story: 1942, Nanjing (Nanking). Following a series of assassination attempts on officials of the Japanese-controlled puppet government, the Japanese spy chief gathers a group of suspects in a mansion house for questioning. A tense game of "cat and ...
Style: suspense, captivating, realistic, tense, psychological ...
Plot: world war two, japanese occupation, code breaking, resistance, assassination, undercover, wartime life, medieval, espionage, rivalry, danger, agent ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1942
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Wife of a Spy (2020)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: It’s 1940, and the population of Japan is divided over its entry into World War II. Satoko, the wife of a fabric merchant, is devoted to her husband but is beginning to suspect he’s up to something. Soon she allows herself to be drawn into a ...
Style: captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological
Plot: japanese wife, spy, world war two, murder, male female relationship, occupation, wartime, social problems, female protagonist, family relations, lifestyle, war ...
Time: 1940s
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Blind War (2022)
Genre: Action
Country: China
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The film tells the story of the former SWAT captain Dong Gu, permanently injured during a failed mission for which he took responsibility. After gradually getting out of the haze, his old enemy reappeared and threat his daughter.
Style: tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating
Plot: mission, ex special forces, special agent, criminal, battles, family in danger, swat team, fighting crime, fight, threat
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⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Queen's Messenger (2001)
Genre: Action
Country: Bulgaria, UK, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: By order of Her Majesty's Secret Service, Captain Strong is given a dangerous assignment to deliver a delicate communication to the British Ambassador in Kazakhstan. As the senior officer for the elite Queen's Messenger corps, Captain ...
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, informative
Plot: secret service, assignment, british secret service, spy mission, government agent, secret mission, agent, mission, diplomat, special agent, government coverup, 007 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Sivakasi (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 175 min.
Story: Muthappa is forced to leave his house at a young age for a crime that his older brother, Udayappa, committed. When he returns home, he learns about his brother's antics and decides to punish him.
Style: tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating
Plot: family problems, dysfunctional family, getting home, vengeance, brother sister relationship, family relations, love interest, brother brother relationship, revenge, love affair, brother, guilty pleasure
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Kammatipaadam (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 177 min.
Story: Krishnan, who has been living away from his family and friends in Mumbai, gets a call from his friend Ganga in Kerala, out of the blue. He senses danger, and leaves for Kammattipadam, where both of them grew up.
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot: friendship, organized crime, fight, mafia, criminal, relationship problems, fighting crime, battles, life is a bitch, brother vs brother, accident, friend ...
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Commitment (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story: The son of a North Korean spy decides to follow in his father's footsteps to protect his little sister. After his father’s botched espionage mission, North Korean Myung-hoon and his young sister Hye-in are sent to a labor prison camp. In ...
Style: suspense, exciting, captivating, tense, sad ...
Audience: teens
Plot: spy, espionage, secret agent, hitman, danger, undercover, murder, kidnapping, teenager, asian, inter-korean relations, politics ...
Time: 21st century
Place: north korea, asia, korea, seoul
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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1921 (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Tells the story of a Communist Party's early history during the turbulent era, examining the remarkable Chinese revolutionary leaders' zeal and contrition for the ascension of the Chinese people.
Style: thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
Plot: communism, communist propaganda, chinese history, communist party, political activism, politics, social issues, political intrigue, communist, society, political unrest, nationalism ...
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Railroad Tigers (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, War
Country: China
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A railroad worker in China in 1941 leads a team of freedom fighters against the Japanese in order to get food for the poor.
Style: sincere, captivating, suspense
Plot: world war two, railway, sino japanese war, fight, japanese occupation, freedom fighter, world war, fight for justice, martial arts, battles, japanese occupation of china, combat ...
Time: 1940s, year 1941
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Shark: The Beginning (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A bullied teenager who is locked up at a juvenile detention center due to an unexpected accident, meets a mixed martial arts champion to break through his own limits.
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot: bullying, juvenile prison, martial arts, child abuse, juvenile detention, revenge, violence, master warrior, teenager, prison life, troubled youth
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
High & Low: The Red Rain (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The Amamiya Brothers, Masaki (Takahiro) and Hiroto (Hiroomi Tosaka), keep looking for their older brother Takeru (Takumi Saito) who disappeared one year ago. The three Amamiya brothers lost their parents when they were young. Since then, they relied ...
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing
Plot: brother brother relationship, dysfunctional family, brother, life is a bitch, fight, brothers, family problems, male protagonist, high school student, murder, japanese man, disappearance
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story: In a village with greedy property fights among the families, Jagadish carries on his father's legacy to reform all the property issues in his village while trying to reunite his family, which is also split due to property issues.
Style: psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating
Plot: village, greedy man, battles, inheritance, family problems, greed, fight, dysfunctional family, family conflict, telugu
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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MR-9 (2023)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Bangladesh
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Masud Rana is a Secret Agent with code name MR-9 of the Bangladesh Counter Intelligence Agency
Style: tense, psychological, thrilling, captivating
Plot: espionage, secret mission, spy mission, secret agent, cia agent, special agent, agent, spy hero, teamwork, mission, spy, gadget
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Wildfire 7: The Inferno (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Nell is a young mother convicted of accidentally killing her alcoholic husband. When given the opportunity to serve his sentence as a forest firefighter, demonstrates his courage and discipline in an exceptional way.
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, tense, psychotronic
Plot: intelligence agency, fire, firefighter, firefighting, workplace situations, risk, fire brigade, female protagonist, teamwork, rescue mission, rescue, disaster
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story: A young scion of a powerful family with a long history of violence decides to put an end to the bloodshed which leads him to a path of self discovery.
Style: suspense, disturbing, thought provoking, captivating, telegu
Plot: violence, feud, character change, battles, lifestyle change, fight, self discovery, village, introspection, telugu
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Operation Cicero (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Turkey
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Ilyas Bazna works as a butler in the British Embassy in Turkey during WW2. After Bazna starts to work as a German spy he is going to experience a series of unexpected events.
Style: enigmatic, disturbing, suspense, thought provoking, tense ...
Plot: world war two, spy, winston churchill, soldier, double agent, german soldier, secret agent, wartime, secret identity, political conspiracy, special agent, nazi spy ...
Place: germany, albania, former yugoslavia, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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