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The Return of Mr. Moto (1965)
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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:
rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, psychotronic, detective, eurospy
Plot:
chess, undercover, nightclub, hitman, kidnapping, terrorism, conspiracy, rescue, espionage, intrigue, chases and races, escapades, rivalry, who done it, interpol, danger, working undercover, law enforcement, disorder, dishonesty, secret agent, martial arts, heroes, violence, tough guy ...
Time:
60s
Place:
middle east, england, london, europe, persia, iran
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Most similar movies to The Return of Mr. Moto
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and rough films with plots about danger, deadly, dishonesty, murder, rivalry, chases and races and undercover mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like The Return of Mr. Moto: Shatter (1974), Above the Law (1988), The Face of Fu Manchu (1965), The Girl Hunters (1963), The File of the Golden Goose (1969). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
751
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Shatter, an international contract killer, has been assigned to assassinate the President of a small African country and collect his fee from a bank in the Far East. On arrival in Hong Kong his life is threatened and when the bank denies all ...
Style:
psychotronic, independent film, fast, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, professional killer, killer, murder, assassin, professional, assassination, master warrior, hitman, gangster, battle zone, working undercover ...
Time:
70s
Place:
hong kong, europe, asia, china, england ...
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Seagal is Nico Toscani, an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist, and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice: expert and thorough bone-crushing.
Style:
suspense, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, conspiracy, aikido, undercover, heroic bloodshed, corruption, drug dealing, vengeance, drug lord, police, vietnam war, kung fu ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
chicago, vietnam, usa, illinois, las vegas ...
Similarity:
90%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Grisly strangulations in London alert Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard to the possibility that fiendish Fu Manchu may not after all be dead, even though Smith witnessed his execution. A killer spray made from Tibetan berries seems to be involved and ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic ...
Plot:
master criminal, danger, terrorism, heroes, escapades, chases and races, rivalry, riddles and clues, faked death, private detective, fu manchu, exploitation ...
Time:
60s
Place:
scotland yard, england, london, shanghai, europe ...
Similarity:
87%
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, conspiracy, missing person, espionage, alcohol abuse, woman in danger, intrigue, dishonesty, danger, rivalry ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s
Place:
england, new york
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 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, realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, undercover, gang, undercover cop, sauna, covert operation, forgery, rivalry, vengeance, dishonesty, criminal heroes, danger ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s
Place:
scotland yard, london, england, britain, liverpool
Similarity:
84%
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:
80%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The year is 1914 and Richard Hannay, Mining Engineer who is visiting Britain for a short time before returning to South Africa, is shocked when one of his neighbours, Colonel Scudder, bursts into his rooms one night and tells him a story that ...
Style:
suspenseful, stylized, psychological, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, terrorist, murder, assassination attempt, secret agent, manhunt, frame up, uncover truth, danger, espionage, state affairs, on the run ...
Time:
1910s, year 1978, 1900s, 20th century, pre world war one ...
Place:
big ben london, london, england, europe, britain ...
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 98 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 ...
Style:
psychedelic, political thriller, grindhouse, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
james bond spoof, spy, bulldog drummond, private detective, chess, secret agent, undercover, cold war, women, uncle nephew relationship, female assassin, englishman ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s, 20th century
Place:
london, england, mediterranean sea, riviera
Similarity:
71%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A deported gangster trains an Italian convict to take over his operations in the U.S.
Style:
neo noir, psychotronic, noir, independent film, serious ...
Plot:
mobster, vendetta, gangster, hitman, serial killer, cold blooded killer, main character dies, mafia, betrayal, murder, violence, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s
Place:
sicily, las vegas, los angeles, italy, usa ...
Similarity:
64%
311
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, serious, realistic, exciting, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, intrigue, semi nudity, espionage, fashion, safecracker, witnessing a crime, chases and races, law enforcement, split personality, undercover, gang ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
Place:
morocco, africa
Similarity:
60%
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, photo studio, assassination plot, cold war, 007, murder, disorder, rivalry, chases and races, undercover, dishonesty ...
Time:
60s
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
59%
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, suspenseful, serious, rough, mind bending ...
Plot:
underwater, undercover agent, murder, island, heroin, smuggling, special agent, strong female presence, manipulation, working undercover, law enforcement, drug dealing ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
england
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin's trail.
Style:
political thriller, suspenseful, political, exciting, intense ...
Plot:
conspiracy, hitman, terrorism, assassin, police investigation, spy thriller, politics, assassination plot, serial killer, assassination attempt, espionage, french president ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s, year 1973, 70s
Place:
paris france, france, algeria, europe, big ben london ...
Similarity:
57%
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:
56%
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Holmes (Peter Cushing) and Dr. Watson (John Mills) ponder cases in which the victims seem to have been scared to death.
Style:
detective, realistic, serious, scary, rough ...
Plot:
private detective, investigation, murder, kidnapping, rescue, ego clash, amateur detective, danger, rivalry, aging, law enforcement, who done it ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A terrorist attack in London results in the capture of suspect Farroukh Erdogan (Denis Moschitto). The attorney general appoints Claudia Simmons-Howe (Rebecca Hall) as special advocate on Erdogan's legal team. On the eve of the trial, ...
Style:
political, serious, suspenseful, clever, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, conspiracy, cia, politics, legal action, lawyer, murder, surveillance, legal investigation, law enforcement, state affairs ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
london, england, britain, usa, boston
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
London gangster Christian has a plan to kill off the opposition, but things get messy when a witness survives.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, stylized, surprise ending
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, criminal's revenge, gangster, hitman, murder, fighting crime, police investigation, witnessing a crime, danger, law enforcement, rivalry, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
47%
186
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Ex-FBI agent Cooper O'Neil thinks the dangerous times in his life are in the past; that is, until his former partner shows up dead at his marina home. O'Neil's old partner had a coveted thumb drive in his possession when he died, and ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, tense, independent film ...
Plot:
rescue, special agent, danger, intrigue, law enforcement, chases and races, dishonesty, vengeance, mafia, kidnapping, revenge, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Estranged by the degree of corporate influence within the largest U.S. listening station in the world, an aging NSA officer defects and mounts a clandestine counter-listening station high in the Italian alps.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, surveillance, secret agent, manhunt, on the run, rivalry, political conspiracy, life turned upside down, working undercover, undercover, danger, dishonesty ...
Place:
rome italy, europe, italy
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A boy who cries wolf witnesses a political assassination on the island of Malta. But will anyone other than his granddad believe him?
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
assassination, killer, coming of age, chase, on the run, danger, murder, hitman, martial law, pursuit, manhunt, state affairs ...
Time:
60s
Place:
malta, mediterranean sea
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
London of the late 19th century is a haven for political exiles of all sorts - refugees, partisans, anarchists. Verloc has made his living spying for the Russian goverment, an agent provacateur of sorts, while simultaneously providing information to ...
Style:
psychological, harsh, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
terrorism, betrayal, murder mystery, politics, police inspector, secret agent, sabotage, conspiracy, undercover, state affairs, dishonesty, danger ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 1996, 1880s, 18th century ...
Place:
london, england, europe, scotland, russia
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Inspector Tom Monroe (Robert Carlyle) investigates the mysterious death of several people that the only thing they have in common is being classmates. In addition, the deaths appear to be related to a mysterious "faceless child."
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, psychological thriller, suspense ...
Plot:
amateur detective, investigation, murder, mentally unstable, riddles and clues, obsession, kidnapping, law enforcement, mystery killer, classmate, murder investigation, cold case ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
46%
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, father son relationship, missing person, rescue, spy, daring rescue, parents and children, secret agent, dishonesty, danger, heroes ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Place:
hamburg germany, paris france, france, usa, texas ...
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An Indian discovers plans to assassinate the president when he was investigating another murder.
Style:
spaghetti western, independent film, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cowboys and indians, cowboy, murder, contests and competitions, investigation, arms dealing, twins, assassination, military, society, chases and races, rivalry ...
Time:
year 1971, 19th century, 1800s
Similarity:
45%
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:
45%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Former government Jason Price (Dolph Lundgren) makes people disappear for a living. But when a top lieutenant for a crime syndicate asks Price to help him drop out of sight, things take a grisly, unexpected turn. A mysterious hit man known as The ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, lone wolves, special agent, uncover truth, government agency, law enforcement, dishonesty, danger, conspiracy, car bomb, one against many, espionage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, pittsburgh
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Sonni Griffith, a top US Secret Agent must protect a witness as he crosses Europe.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
law enforcement, undercover, terrorism, woman in danger, on the run, save the day, rivalry, survival, witnessing a crime, race against time, espionage, escapades ...
Similarity:
44%
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:
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
D.I. Tom Thorne's latest case puts him on the hunt for not one, but two serial killers, who seem to be working together, yet killing separately.
Style:
tense, detective, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police investigation, murderous pair, law enforcement, fighting crime, police detective, psychopath, police procedural, investigation, female victim, cat and mouse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A circus becomes the location for stolen loot and murder.
Style:
slasher, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film ...
Plot:
circus, serial killer, murder, manhunt, killer clown, carnival, macabre, amusement park, on the run, heist, crime gone awry, vampire ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s, 20th century
Place:
london, england, tower bridge london
Similarity:
40%
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