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Operation Buffalo (2020)
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Operation Buffalo (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: A captivating drama set in Maralinga, South Australia, at the height of the Cold War. At a remote army base carrying out British nuclear testing, paranoia runs rife and nuclear bombs are not the only things being tested, as loyalty, love, and betrayal are pitted against each other.
Style: political, captivating, semi serious, humorous, dark comedy, political thriller
Plot: espionage, political satire, military, cold war, missing person, officer, politician, british army, national security, colonialism, satire, military base, british politics, commissioner, government agent, british government, atomic bomb, toxic, post war, native, spy, village, airplane, rape, attorney ...
Time: 50s, year 1956, 1950s
Place: england, australia, britain, united kingdom, adelaide south australia, south australia
Keyword: operation, english, australian, remote

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, satirical, semi serious and humorous films and TV series with plots about satire, military, politics, spy, soldier, political satire and humour mostly in Comedy, Drama and War genres. Some movies like Operation Buffalo: Bluestone 42 (2013), Blackadder Goes Forth (1989), Shadow Lines (2019), The Ex-PM (2015), Pine Gap (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Bluestone 42 (2013)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Bluestone 42 is a comedy drama about a British bomb disposal detachment in Afghanistan. So what’s the average working day for a hero? Make your keen young colleague deal with the boring paperwork? Wind up your fellow employees? Flirt with the new ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, sitcom, dark comedy
Plot: military, bomb, army, military life, life risking, commander, squad, war on terror, soldier, sergeant, verbal byplay, military base ...
Time: 21st century
Place: afghanistan, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Blackadder Goes Forth (1989)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 175 min.
TV show
Story: It is 1917, and lunatic General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett is leading the British troops at the front lines against the Germans, while everyone waits for Field Marshall Haig's big push. There are various emotions throughout the camp ...
Style: humorous, political, hilarious, controversial, not serious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: world war one, great war, satire, spy, dark humor, war, british army, wartime, love, humour, soldier, insanity ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s
Place: britain, england, united kingdom
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79%
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Shadow Lines (2019)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: During the 1950s, Helsinki was the focal point of the Cold War, as global powers and their intelligence agencies coalesced in the small neutral country that stood between the East and the West. Shadow Lines is an international spy thriller that ...
Style: political, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: spy, espionage, cold war, european history, secret agent, special agent, wartime, agent, mission, military, secret, soviet spy ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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The Ex-PM (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: As our third longest serving Prime Minister, Andrew Dugdale mattered. He dined with presidents and kings, hosted world summits and changed the lives of millions of his fellow Australians. But now he's retired; a not-so-elder statesman with time ...
Style: satirical, semi serious, political, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: writers, prime minister, politics, political satire, ghost writer, minister, secret, political unrest, lifestyle, humour, satire, relationships
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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Pine Gap (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 360 min.
TV show
Story: A team of talented Australian and American intelligence analysts work together to ensure global stability in one of the world's most important and secretive joint intelligence facilities... Pine Gap. But the relationship between the Australian ...
Style: political, captivating, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: intelligence agency, cia, politics, satellite, television, rivalry, danger, heist, political conspiracy, military, conspiracy, union ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, south australia, adelaide south australia
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71%
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Yes Minister (1980)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Set principally in the private office of a British Cabinet minister in the Department of Administrative Affairs in Whitehall, Yes Minister follows the ministerial career of The Rt Hon Jim Hacker MP, played by Paul Eddington. His various struggles to ...
Style: sitcom, political, realistic, witty, clever ...
Plot: minister, british politics, secretary, government official, workplace situations, satire, british government, politician, power relations, state affairs, boss and employee, politics ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place: england, britain, united kingdom, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
The Thick of It (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the corridors of power and spin, the Minister for Social Affairs is continually harassed by Number 10's policy enforcer and dependent on his not-so-reliable team of civil servants.
Style: sitcom, political, humorous, semi serious, mockumentary ...
Plot: politics, political satire, state affairs, british politics, satire, workplace, workplace situations, politician, political intrigue, government official, society, british government ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: syria, europe, england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Rake (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Rake is an Australian television series, produced by Essential Media and Entertainment, that first aired on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's ABC1 in 2010. It stars Richard Roxburgh as rake Cleaver Greene, a brilliant but ...
Style: humorous, witty, semi serious, captivating, light ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: lawyer, trial, rivalry, career, against the rules, deal, courtroom, judge, dedicated lawyer, middle aged, law, criminal lawyer ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Dismissed (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Noa, an officer lacking interpersonal abilities, commands orientation training for the first time and has to deal with particularly difficult soldiers, a staff that does not know what to make of her and an intolerant system
Style: entertaining, semi serious, captivating, satirical, thrilling
Plot: army, boot camp, basic training, military base, soldier, military officer, military, satire, problem, military training, israeli, female soldier ...
Place: palestine
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike.
Style: black comedy, black and white, dark comedy, political, funny ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: cold war, military, satire, nuclear war, nuclear threat, anti war, disaster, doomsday, nuclear holocaust, u.s. president, nuclear, president ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1942
Place: soviet union, washington d.c., persia, united kingdom, britain ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
SAS: Rogue Heroes (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: The dramatised account of how the world’s greatest Special Forces unit, the SAS, was formed under extraordinary circumstances in the darkest days of World War Two.
Style: captivating, tense, thrilling, satirical
Plot: world war two, military, british army, soldier, pilot, british soldier, mission, battles, wartime life, fight, special agent, fight for supremacy ...
Time: 1940s
Place: cairo egypt, north africa, libya, egypt
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57%
Fighting Season (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
TV show
Story: The story involves an Australian platoon in the Afghanistan war, forced to come home following the death of their leader. A murder mystery involving the now deceased Captain Ted Nordenfelt ensues.
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot: military, military life, soldier, protector, life is a bitch, multiple storylines, military officer, secret, social problems, wartime life
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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68 Whiskey (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
TV show
Story: A dark comedy following a multicultural mix of men and women deployed as Army medics to a forward operating base in Afghanistan nicknamed “The Orphanage.” Together, they endure a dangerous and Kafkaesque world that leads to self-destructive ...
Style: captivating, not serious, funny, tense, dark comedy
Plot: military, physician, field hospital, war, military life, battles, american soldier, soldier, army life, life risking, wartime life, military base ...
Place: afghanistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Far from Home (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: France
TV show
Story: At the end of 2012, France announced the withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan after a decade of war. All the soldiers are happy with this news, except one unit, the Black Cats. Led by Chief Sergeant Dostali, the group will do everything to ...
Style: thrilling, tense, satirical, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: conspiracy, intrigue, military base, military life, military, secret, problem, mysterious disappearance, satire, military officer, troops, soldier ...
Place: afghanistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Alpha House (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Four Republican senators share the same D.C. house rental, and face re-election battles, looming indictments, and parties -- all with a sense of humor.
Style: political, suspenseful, rough, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot: politics, american politics, u.s. senator, political satire, senator, politician, danger, mentor, world politics, white house, satire
Place: washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Patriot (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: To prevent Iran from going nuclear, intelligence officer John Tavner must forgo all safety nets and assume a perilous "non-official cover" -- that of a mid-level employee at a Midwestern industrial piping firm.
Style: funny, ironic, semi serious, light, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: undercover, spy, secret mission, lone hero, peril, election, investigation, composer, siblings, espionage, murder, spy thriller ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Always Greener (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Every city-dweller daydreams about dropping out of the rat-race and moving to the country. Every country-dweller wonders what it might be like to try their luck in the 'Big Smoke'. Always Greener is the story of two families who actually ...
Style: semi serious, touching, captivating, psychological, satirical ...
Plot: families, subculture, lifestyle, fish out of water, village life, social relations, satire, countryside, city life, misfit, switching roles, urban ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Russell Coight's All Aussie Adventures (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: All Aussie Adventures is an Australian mockumentary television series that parodied the travel-adventure genre. Glenn Robbins plays Russell Coight, a survival and wildlife expert who charts his disastrous travels through Australia, spreading ...
Style: sitcom, feel good, semi serious, satirical, captivating ...
Plot: satire, australian outback, escapades, wildlife, humour, nature, exodus, host, narration, enthusiasm, beer, klutz ...
Time: 2000s
Place: oceania, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Stonehouse (2023)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Drama following the life and times of disgraced Labour politician John Stonehouse, a high-flying minister under Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s government vanished from the beach of a large luxury hotel in Florida in Nov. 1974, leaving a neatly ...
Style: political, psychological, captivating, thrilling, semi serious ...
Plot: politics, conspiracy, secret, faking own death, british, political intrigue, faking one's own death, problem, satire, politician, disgraced, biopic
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Head Start (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A large banking corporation runs an ongoing competition to foster innovation, creativity and achievement for young Australians. Applicants aged 18 to 21 submit projects in the arts, sports, science, business and community fields. Each winner ...
Style: psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot: young adult, money, youth, mentor, living together, innovation, social problems, multiple storylines, ambitious, ambitious man, satire, business ...
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Sweet Country (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story: It’s 1929 on the vast, desert-like, Eastern Arrernte Nation lands that are now known as the Central Australian outback. Sam Kelly, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works the land of a kind preacher, Fred Smith. After an ill-tempered bully arrives in ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, sincere, captivating, visual ...
Plot: australian aboriginal, slavery, trial, indigenous people, abuse of power, rape, court case, farmer, landowner, injustice, murder, brutality ...
Time: 1920s, year 1929
Place: australia, oceania, south australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
L'État de Grace (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: L'État de Grace was a French television show that featured France's first female president.
Style: political, satirical, semi serious, thrilling, captivating
Plot: politics, president, french president, power, politician, political activism, political leader, political campaign, political unrest, political election, female protagonist, satire ...
Place: france
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43%
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The Bureau (2015)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Within the DGSE (General Directorate for External Security), a department called the Office Of Legends (BDL) forms and remote pilot the most important agents of the French intelligence services: Clandestine. Immersion in hostile country, their ...
Style: tense, realistic, political thriller, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: spy, espionage, undercover agent, terrorism, investigation, danger, national security, secret service, twists and turns, characters in danger, obsession, cia ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: syria, paris france, israel, iran, middle east ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Spy City (2020)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
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: captivating, suspense, tense, thrilling
Plot: spy, counter intelligence, espionage, government agent, secret mission, secret agent, undercover agent, renegade, investigation, mission, reconnaissance, prospector ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: berlin germany
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42%
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The Ambassador (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
TV show
Story: At the Swedish embassy in Mexico City, the staff tries to do everything to promote the image of Sweden. But for the selfish ambassador Thomas Hofwander, it is mainly about lifting himself.
Style: satirical, captivating, psychological, political, semi serious ...
Plot: diplomacy, diplomat, workplace, politics, political satire, satire, political activism, social climber, job, political campaign, career, political candidate ...
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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M*A*S*H (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, cynical, clever, realistic ...
Plot: medical, doctor, military hospital, korean war, military life, hospital, surgery, friendship, medicine, doctors and patients, anti war, combat casualty ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Las Fierbinti (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: A rural comedy where the intrigues caused by the upcoming elections in a small village give rise to a ridiculous war between the mayor and deputy mayor. Unfortunately, they have no clue that their struggle will prove to be in vain at the end of the ...
Style: captivating, funny, humorous, satirical, entertaining ...
Plot: social satire, village life, election, political satire, political humor, society, villager, political intrigue, lifestyle, countryside, satire, politics ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
A Very Secret Service (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story: 1960: the French intelligence service hires the 23-year-old André Merlaux. Handsome, well raised, intelligent but impressionable, Merlaux has much to learn to serve and defend the interests of France. Three officials must adequately train him to ...
Style: parody, entertaining, humorous, light, feel good ...
Plot: espionage, spy, secret service, cia agent, political intrigue, government agent, escapades, secret agent, special agent, political humor, agent, political unrest ...
Time: 60s, future, 20th century
Place: france, paris france, sahara, algeria
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Lucky Miles (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: It's 1990 and an Indonesian fishing boat abandons Iraqi and Cambodian refugees in a remote part of the Western Australia. Although most are quickly caught by officials, three men with nothing in common but their misfortune and determination to ...
Style: entertaining, sentimental, humorous, feel good, thought provoking ...
Plot: journey, desert, immigration, refugee, survival, security, family relations, australian outback, father son relationship, trapped, survivor, migration ...
Place: australia, indonesia, iraq, cambodia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Diplomatic Immunity (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Diplomatic Immunity is a New Zealand comedy that follows the misadventures at the consulate of The Most Royal Kingdom of Feausi and a fallen New Zealand Foreign Affairs high-flier who has been sent in to straighten out the consulate staff. The show ...
Style: entertaining, satirical, semi serious, captivating, political ...
Plot: politics, ambassador, political intrigue, embassy, satire, politician, political satire, diplomat, island
Place: new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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