Movies like An Officer and a Spy

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An Officer and a Spy (2019)
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An Officer and a Spy (2019)
Original name: J'accuse
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 132 min.
Story: In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil's Island.
Style: costume drama, political, suspense, art film, psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing, period drama
Plot: spy, lawyer, trial, courtroom, espionage, french army, miscarriage of justice, french history, manipulation, officer, bourgeoisie, colonel, french politics, french military, police investigation, dishonesty, frame up, society, duel, arrest, war, mansion, intrigue, dialogue, military officer ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 2019, 1890s
Place: paris france, israel, france
Keyword: jewish

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, political, serious and suspenseful films with plots about politics, spy, espionage, dishonesty, state affairs, lawyer and conspiracy mostly in Drama, History and Thriller genres. Some movies like An Officer and a Spy: JFK (1991), The Confession (1970), The Ghost Writer (2010), One Nation, One King (2018), Special Section (1975). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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JFK (1991)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 189 min.
Story: New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
Style: controversial, suspense, political, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: investigation, president, kennedy assassination, political conspiracy, conspiracy theory, assassination, cia, legal, politics, courtroom, lawyer, corruption ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1991, 90s, year 1963
Place: new orleans, washington d.c., austin texas, midwest, chile ...
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100%
The Confession (1970)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 139 min.
Story: The vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, knowing he's being watched and followed, is one day arrested and put into solitary confinement by his blackmailers.
Style: political, political thriller, cynical, sad, thought provoking ...
Plot: politics, communism, dictatorship, dictator, spy, anti communist, cold war, prison, protest, worker, espionage, radical ...
Time: year 1970, 1950s, year 1968, 20th century, 60s ...
Place: france, czechoslovakia, czech republic, soviet union, central europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Ghost Writer (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident. In director Roman ...
Style: serious, political thriller, captivating, atmospheric, political ...
Plot: writers, twists and turns, politics, political conspiracy, investigation, betrayal, writer's life, spy, espionage, cia, conspiracy, suspicion ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new england, new york, massachusetts, britain, oxford university ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
One Nation, One King (2018)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Un peuple et son roi crosses the destinies of the men and women of the population, and those of historical figures. Their meeting place is the newly founded National Assembly. At the heart of the story lie the fate of the king and the birth of the ...
Style: factual, realistic, captivating, tense, political
Plot: french revolution, king of france, french history, martial law, politics, execution, interrogation, arrest, poverty, world history, royalty, napoleonic era ...
Time: 18th century, 1780s
Place: france, paris france, versailles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Special Section (1975)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In occupied France during the WWII, a German officer is murdered. The collaborationist Vichy government decides to pin the murder on six petty criminals. Loyal judges are called in to convict them as quickly as possible.
Style: political
Plot: politics, courtroom, lawyer, trial, death penalty, world war two, guillotine, french politics, assassination, murder, journalist, train ...
Time: 1940s, year 1941, year 1975
Place: paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 7.6
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Bridge of Spies (2015)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, India, Germany
Duration: 142 min.
Story: During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate ...
Style: suspense, realistic, dramatic, intense, historical drama ...
Audience: teens
Plot: cold war, lawyer, espionage, spy, cia, justice, courtroom, court, trial, berlin wall, soviet spy, negotiation ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, 50s, 60s ...
Place: east germany, berlin germany, soviet union, new york, persia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
The Pentagon Papers (2003)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: This compelling political drama is based on the true story of high-ranking Pentagon official Daniel Ellsberg, who, during the Nixon era, strove to preserve American democracy by leaking top-secret documents to the New York Times and Washington Post. ...
Style: disturbing, sincere, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: whistleblower, politics, uncover truth, dishonesty, fighting the system, military, soldier, state affairs, head of state, introspection, political conspiracy, political corruption ...
Place: usa, asia, vietnam, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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A Few Good Men (1992)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.
Style: suspense, tense, serious, realistic, tricky ...
Audience: date night
Plot: courtroom drama, courtroom, lawyer, military, trial, army investigation, justice, u.s. navy, court martial, suicide, marines, hotshot lawyer ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1992
Place: washington d.c., cuba, persia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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 3K
Colonel Redl (1985)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Yugoslavia, Hungary, Austria, West Germany
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl, an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become head of the Secret Police only to become ensnared in political deception.
Style: political, biting, cynical, serious, realistic ...
Plot: world war one, lgbt, military, soldier, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, great war, treason, espionage, duel, biopic, couples ...
Time: year 1985, 1910s, pre world war one, 20th century
Place: south africa, europe, germany, czech republic, austria
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
The Sitting Duck (2022)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 121 min.
Story: La syndicaliste is the true story of Maureen Kearney, the head union representative of a French multinational nuclear powerhouse. She became a whistleblower, denouncing top-secret deals that shook the French nuclear sector. Alone against the world, ...
Style: tense, thrilling, captivating
Plot: investigation, uncover truth, politics, crime investigation, crime solving, secret, nuclear reactor, whistleblower, nuclear power plant, sexual assault, french police, contract ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, year 2017
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Vendetta (1999)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Based on a true tale of power, corruption and murder, Christopher Walken stars in the story of the largest lynching in American history...
Style: independent film, emotional, sincere, rough, bleak ...
Plot: courtroom drama, ancient, political intrigue, biopic, italian mafia, intrigue, immigrant, lynching, mafia, righting the wronged, injustice, courtroom ...
Time: 19th century, ancient times, 1890s
Place: new orleans, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, India
Duration: 129 min.
Story: What was intended to be a peaceful protest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention turned into a violent clash with police and the National Guard. The organizers of the protest — including Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden and Bobby Seale ...
Style: political, factual, suspense, historical drama, serious ...
Audience: adult
Plot: courtroom drama, activist, hippie, injustice, riot, political repression, political protest, courtroom, jury, political persecution, court, legal ...
Time: 60s, year 1969, 2020s, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place: chicago, ohio, mississippi, oakland california, washington d.c. ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Breach (2007)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Eric O'Neill, a computer specialist who wants to be made an agent is assigned to clerk for Robert Hanssen, a senior agent with 25 years in the FBI, and to write down everything Hanssen does. O'Neill's told it's an investigation ...
Style: political thriller, tense, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: espionage, investigation, spy, cia, double agent, betrayal, fbi, surveillance, manipulation, cold war, conspiracy, suspicion ...
Time: 2000s, year 2007, year 2001, 21st century
Place: usa, moscow russia, soviet union, ussr, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 7.3
 2K
The Patriots (1994)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Ariel, un jeune Juif français, décide de quitter sa famille pour partir en Israël et devenir un agent du Mossad, les services secrets israéliens. En participant à des missions à Paris, Tel Aviv et Washington, il sera initié à l'art ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, mossad, espionage, wartime, paranoid, terrorism, hitman, secret agent, intrigue, government agency, dishonesty, politics ...
Time: 80s
Place: france, paris france, israel, europe, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 7.4
 8K
Danton (1983)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, Poland
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 Robespierre was France's ruler, determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass executions that became known as the Reign of Terror. ...
Style: political, epic, talky, historically accurate, historical drama ...
Plot: french revolution, revolution, french history, biopic, politics, revolutionary, colonialism, idealism, execution, terrorism, political unrest, world history ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, year 1983, ancient times, 1780s ...
Place: paris france, france, poland, eastern europe, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
All the President's Men (1976)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National headquarters. He is surprised to find top lawyers already on the defense case, and the discovery of ...
Style: political thriller, political, cerebral, realistic, serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: journalism, newspaper, investigation, politics, political conspiracy, conspiracy, political corruption, journalist, president, american politics, white house, political intrigue ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1976, year 1972, year 1973
Place: washington d.c., usa, miami, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
The Man Standing Next (2020)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story: In the 1970s, Korea is under the absolute control of the President Park who controls the KCIA, the organization with an edge over any branch of government. The director of KCIA, KIM Gyu-pyeong, is the seemingly most prospective second-in-command. In ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, bad ending
Plot: assassination of president, politics, assassination, tragedy, betrayal, dictatorship, state terrorism, spy, espionage, intelligence agency, hearing, military dictatorship ...
Time: 70s, year 1979
Place: south korea, seoul, washington d.c., paris france, east asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 6.4
 5K
Scandal (1989)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story: An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his contacts and parties she and her friend meet and date members of the Conservative Party. ...
Style: erotic, political, intense, realistic, serious ...
Plot: sex scandal, lust, politics, member of parliament, prostitute, rise and fall, social decay, social differences, suicide, ostracism, media hype, mistress ...
Time: 60s, year 1989, year 1961, year 1962, year 1963 ...
Place: england, europe, scotland yard, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
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, espionage, spy, berlin wall, iron curtain, british intelligence, double agent, politics, great ending, secret agent, spy thriller, loner ...
Time: 60s, year 1965, 20th century
Place: east germany, berlin germany, london, england, persia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Good Shepherd (2006)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 167 min.
Story: Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in ...
Style: tense, realistic, suspense, political, factual ...
Plot: cold war, spy, cia, espionage, double agent, corruption, politics, betrayal, conspiracy, secret agent, patriotism, invasion ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 2006, 60s, year 1958 ...
Place: cuba, usa, london, berlin germany, washington d.c. ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 7.3
 62K
Thirteen Days (2000)
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, suspenseful, tense, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot: cold war, politics, president, political intrigue, un, race against time, diplomacy, nuclear, spy, conspiracy, cuban missile crisis, leadership ...
Time: 60s, year 2000, y2k, 20th century, year 1962
Place: cuba, ussr, the philippines, usa, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Sudan, East Africa, 1980. A team of Israeli Mossad agents plans to rescue and transfer thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel. To do so, and to avoid raising suspicions from the inquisitive and ruthless authorities, they establish as a cover a fake ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, suspense, non-linear, brutal ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: mossad, spy, refugee, resort, saving a life, team, business, nothing goes right, terrorism, nazi, secret, distopia ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 2010s
Place: israel, sudan, africa, palestine, ethiopia
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Ipcress File (1965)
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, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, tense ...
Plot: espionage, cold war, conspiracy, spy, double agent, brainwashing, politics, undercover, investigation, british, political intrigue, secret agent ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: london, albania, england, europe, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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The Crucible (1996)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: The movie is centered around the Salem Massachusetts witch trials of 1692. The movie is based on the play "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller. He also wrote the screen play adaptation.
Style: talky, suspense, disturbing, rough, dramatic ...
Plot: witch, witch hunt, salem witch trial, courtroom drama, witchcraft, colonial america, legal, politics, vengeance, curse, court, manipulation ...
Time: 17th century, 90s
Place: massachusetts, salem massachusetts, usa, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Munich: The Edge of War (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret.
Style: tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense, dramatic ...
Plot: world war two, nazi, politics, nazi germany, spy, emergency, political conspiracy, conspiracy, political unrest, government conspiracy, political intrigue, interwar period ...
Time: 1930s, year 1938, 20th century
Place: germany, munich germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 6.5
 5K
Peterloo (2018)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 154 min.
Story: A drama about the infamous 1819 Manchester massacre, which killed an estimated 18 protesters and injured up to 700.
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, realistic, rough, costume drama ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: protest, political repression, massacre, historical event, society, dishonesty, cat, democracy, poor, civil rights, poverty, rich ...
Time: 1810s, 19th century, regency period
Place: england, manchester
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 7.8
 14K
Breaker Morant (1980)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 107 min.
Story: During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though they acted under orders, they are being used as scapegoats by the General Staff, who hopes to distance themselves from the irregular practices of the ...
Style: political, tense, factual, witty, intense ...
Plot: lawyer, courtroom, politics, legal, war, military, murder, court, military life, tragedy, world politics, soldier ...
Time: 19th century, 1900s, year 1980, edwardian era, 20th century ...
Place: south africa, africa, australia, south australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 6.9
 1K
Dawn of War (2020)
Genre: History, Thriller
Country: Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A historical spy-thriller set in 1939 about an Estonian intelligence agent tasked with uncovering the Soviet double agent in their ranks.
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing, psychological
Plot: world war two, spy, espionage, traitor, murder, secret agent, murder investigation, prospector, political conspiracy, crime solving, political unrest, love affair ...
Time: year 1939, year 1937, 1930s
Place: estonia, helsinki finland
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 6.2
 19K
Topaz (1969)
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, political thriller ...
Plot: cold war, espionage, spy, secret agent, betrayal, cuban missile crisis, surveillance, undercover, conspiracy, kgb, politics, government agency ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1969, year 1962
Place: cuba, france, paris france, copenhagen, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Operation Finale (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: In 1960, a team of Israeli secret agents is deployed to find Adolf Eichmann, the infamous Nazi architect of the Holocaust, supposedly hidden in Argentina, and get him to Israel to be judged.
Style: period piece, ambiguous ending, historical drama, tense, art house ...
Plot: war criminal, mossad, nazi hunter, world war two, nazi, holocaust, world war, chase, manhunt, israeli, secret agent, spy ...
Time: 60s, 1940s, year 1954, year 1960, year 1945 ...
Place: israel, argentina, buenos aires argentina, germany, tel aviv israel ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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