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The Spy Gone North (2018)
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Original name: 공작
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
In 1993, former military officer Suk-young Park is recruited as a spy by South Korea's National Intelligence Service, and given the code name "Black Venus". He is then sent to infiltrate a group of high-ranking North Korean officials based in Beijing, with the ultimate goal of acquiring information on the North's nuclear program. After becoming close to Myong-un Ri, a key power broker, Black Venus succeeds beyond his wildest dreams of gaining the trust of North Korea's leadership. But political machinations on both sides of the border threaten to derail his accomplishments
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating, period piece, social, intellectual
Plot:
dictatorship, inter-korean relations, undercover agent, political campaign, political corruption, undercover, dictator, top secret, military, double agent, disguise, secret mission, government official, covert operation, spy, businessman, politics, radiation, intrigue, political intrigue, conflict, political election, dog, prospector, agent ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, year 1998, year 1993, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
north korea, south korea, beijing china, china, asia, korea, seoul
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Most similar movies to The Spy Gone North
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, suspense and captivating films with plots about spy, espionage, politics, secret agent, betrayal, agent and undercover mostly in Drama, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like The Spy Gone North: Hunt (2022), Steel Rain (2017), Murderer (2014), The Soul of a Spy (2015), Steel Rain 2 (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do are tasked with uncovering a North Korean spy, known as Donglim, who is deeply embedded within their agency. When ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, psychological, surprise ending
Plot:
inter-korean relations, politics, espionage, secret agent, double agent, civil unrest, intelligence agency, assassination plot, spy mission, counter intelligence, special agent, agent ...
Time:
80s
Place:
south korea, north korea, washington d.c., asia, seoul ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A former agent from the North Korean intelligence and a senior member of the South Korean security services conduct a secret mission to prevent the breakout of a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula.
Style:
suspense, political thriller, political, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
spy, politics, coup d'etat, inter-korean relations, geopolitics, society, sting operation, danger, rivalry, kickass, covert operation, espionage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north korea, south korea, east asia, korea, seoul
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100%
407
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A serial killer tries to live peacefully with his son in a countryside village. But a girl who knows he's a killer moves in. He decides he must kill her to protect his new life.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, unusual plot structure
Plot:
serial killer, girl, father son relationship, couples, danger, woman in danger, disguise, psychopath, chase, youth, family relations, countryside ...
Time:
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Place:
south korea
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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
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A futuristic film about a crisis near the brink of war after three leaders are kidnapped by a North Korean nuclear submarine in a coup d’état during a summit between the two Koreas and the United States.
Style:
political thriller, suspense, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
coup d'etat, inter-korean relations, submarine, politics, peace, geopolitics, nuclear threat, society, rules and policies, political intrigue, danger, rivalry ...
Place:
north korea, south korea
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36%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Diplomats from the North and South Korean embassies in Somalia attempt a daring joint escape from Mogadishu when the outbreak of civil war leaves them stranded.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
inter-korean relations, escape, wartime, soldier, survival, diplomat, life is a bitch, society, wartime life, runaway, civil disobedience, escape attempt ...
Time:
90s, year 1991
Place:
somalia, south korea, africa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
After the assassination of President Park, martial law has been declared. A coup d'état bursts out by DefenseSecurity Commander Chun Doo-gwang and a private band of officers following him. Capital Defense Commander Lee Tae-shin, an obstinate ...
Style:
political thriller, suspenseful, political, captivating, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
military coup, political intrigue, assassination, coup d'etat, martial law, military, coup, political unrest, crisis, power struggle, urban, authoritarianism ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1979
Place:
seoul, south korea, korea
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Hae-woong, an assembly member candidate, is taken out of the running because he became a thorn in the side of a local bigwig, Sun-tae. Hounded by loan sharks, due to defaulting a campaign loan, he decides to get his hands dirty. He steals classified ...
Style:
suspenseful, political thriller, thrilling, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
politics, blackmail, corruption, power struggle, corrupt system, corrupt politician, criminal, bandit, political unrest, political intrigue, secret, criminal gang ...
Time:
90s
Place:
south korea, seoul, busan
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Dong-chul was the best special field agent in North Korea, but he’s abandoned by his government during a mission. While on the run, he looks for his wife and child, who were sold as slaves to China, only to discover their corpses. He soon finds ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, hitman, intrigue, inter-korean relations, political conspiracy, false accusation, frame up, danger, law enforcement, betrayal, assassination ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north korea, korea
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In the DMZ separating North and South Korea, two North Korean soldiers have been killed, supposedly by one South Korean soldier. But the 11 bullets found in the bodies, together with the 5 remaining bullets in the assassin's magazine clip, ...
Style:
tense, political, suspenseful, bleak, touching ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
asian, politics, investigation, tragedy, friendship, soldier, undercover, vengeance, justice, assassination, state affairs, political conspiracy ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
north korea, south korea, korea, east asia, asia ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Six years ago a mysterious shooting takes place in Seoul. The after effects of the shooting results in Han-kyu Lee (Song Kang-Ho) losing his job at the NIS (National Intelligence Service). Six years later, Ji-won Song (Kang Dong-Won), an ex North ...
Style:
rough, realistic, suspenseful, tense, humorous ...
Plot:
undercover, foe turned friend, inter-korean relations, secret agent, hidden identity, intelligence agency, private detective, investigation, danger, treason, government, disorder ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, north korea, asia, korea, seoul
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Juan, a secret service agent, approaches Wendy, a young Filipina who works as a maid for a suspicious couple.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, political thriller ...
Plot:
espionage, spy, double agent, intelligence, secret service, secret agent, special agent, police corruption, undercover agent, criminal, surveillance, corruption ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
34%
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:
34%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 48 min.
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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:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A poor North Korean fisherman finds himself an accidental defector, and is groomed to be a spy by an ambitious South Korean military officer.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, bleak, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
politics, poverty, human rights, breakdown, prostitute, torture, fisherman, husband wife relationship, corruption, spy, military, capitalism ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
north korea, south korea, east asia, seoul, korea
Similarity:
33%
21K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
A French intelligence agent becomes embroiled in the Cold War politics first with uncovering the events leading up to the 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis, and then back to France to break up an international Russian spy ring.
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, retro ...
Plot:
espionage, cold war, spy, betrayal, secret agent, cuban missile crisis, undercover, surveillance, conspiracy, politics, kgb, government agency ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1962, year 1969
Place:
cuba, france, paris france, copenhagen, new york ...
Similarity:
32%
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, inter-korean relations, espionage, secret agent, hitman, undercover, danger, secret mission, murder, teenager, kidnapping, asian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north korea, asia, seoul, korea
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
On the eve of June 28th, 2011 Swedish journalists Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson put everything at stake by illegally crossing the border from Somalia into Ethiopia. After months of research, planning and failed attempts, they were finally on ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, thought provoking, rough ...
Plot:
investigative reporter, investigative journalism, politics, partner, jail, partners against crime, journalist, news report, investigation, dictatorship, prison, wartime ...
Place:
ethiopia
Similarity:
31%
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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:
31%
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, assassination, revenge, flashback, cold war era, covert operation, assassin, rivalry, state affairs, dishonesty, heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
england, greece
Similarity:
31%
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:
31%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Engaging, emotional and riveting, FAREWELL is an intricate and highly intelligent thriller pulled from the pages of history— about an ordinary man thrust into the biggest theft of Soviet information of the Cold War. Ronald Reagan called this piece ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, political ...
Plot:
cold war, espionage, iron curtain, undercover, double agent, danger, betrayal, state affairs, dishonesty, working undercover, kgb, father son relationship ...
Time:
year 2009, 80s, 20th century
Place:
soviet union, france, russia, ussr
Similarity:
31%
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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30%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Set against an Eastern European nation's election, in a country that was the most notorious communist dictatorship, the film charts the paths of five characters; An aging CIA officer; A young attractive economic advisor; The ambitious Bulgarian ...
Style:
political thriller, cynical, tense, grim, political ...
Plot:
spy, cia, political intrigue, espionage, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, political corruption, election campaign, conspiracy, media manipulation, covert operation, u.s. embassy ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
bulgaria, istanbul turkey, turkey
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Sometime in the near future, the Korean peninsula attempts to reunify. The South Korean government, which needs enormous funds for the unification to succeed, develops a landmark new technology called the TWR. The TWR is a high speed nuclear reactor ...
Style:
captivating, tense, romantic
Plot:
spy, agent, government agent, political intrigue, secret agent, special agent, intrigue, mission, secret mission, showdown, love and romance, political unrest ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Dramatisation of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missle bases established on the Soviet allied island of Cuba. Shown from the perspective of the US President, John F Kennedy, ...
Style:
political, tense, suspenseful, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot:
cold war, politics, spy, president, diplomacy, political intrigue, un, race against time, nuclear, cold war era, conspiracy, cuban missile crisis ...
Time:
y2k, year 2000, 60s, 20th century, year 1962
Place:
cuba, ussr, north america, the philippines, usa ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A unified team representing the two Koreas competed at the 1991 Chiba International Table Tennis Championships. It was the first such sport team since the division of the Korean peninsula. The unified team won the group competition event, beating ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, emotional, period piece, tense ...
Plot:
ping pong, inter-korean relations, table tennis, friendship, teamwork, rivalry, sport team, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, direction and purpose, competitor, women ...
Time:
90s
Place:
korea, south korea, north korea, china
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In 1994 South Korea, a female North Korean spy integrates herself as a housekeeper for U.S. military officer to steal classified documents, but soon worries about her cover when she falls for the teenage son of the officer.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, independent film
Plot:
spy, covert operation, woman with a gun, espionage, nudity, agent, technology, intelligence, mission, disability, government agency, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
north korea, korea, asia, south korea
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In 1987 Korea, under an oppressive military regime, a college student gets killed during a police interrogation involving torture. Government of officials are quick to cover up the death and order the body to be cremated. A prosecutor who is ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
democracy, korean history, political corruption, police brutality, protest, historical event, cover up, military dictatorship, disorder, police, police investigation, brutality ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Bangladesh
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Masud Rana is a Secret Agent with code name MR-9 of the Bangladesh Counter Intelligence Agency
Style:
tense, psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
espionage, cia, secret agent, teamwork, mission, secret mission, cia agent, special agent, agent, spy mission, organized crime, corruption ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
bangladesh
Similarity:
29%
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