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Operation Buffalo (2020)
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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, political thriller, dark comedy
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, native, post war, spy, village, airplane, rape, attorney ...
Time:
50s, year 1956, 1950s
Place:
england, australia, britain, united kingdom, adelaide south australia, south australia
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Most similar movies to Operation Buffalo
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, humorous, tense and satirical films and TV series with plots about satire, military, espionage, politics, moral ambiguity, spy and investigation mostly in Comedy, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Operation Buffalo: Bluestone 42 (2013), Far from Home (2016), Shadow Lines (2019), Pine Gap (2018), Blackadder Goes Forth (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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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 ...
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semi serious, humorous, realistic, sitcom, dark comedy
Plot:
military, bomb, army, military life, commander, life risking, squad, homoerotic friendship, war on terror, soldier, sergeant, verbal byplay ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east
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95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: France
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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:
tense, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
soldier, military, military base, intrigue, mysterious disappearance, french soldier, conspiracy, satire, troops, military life, secret, military officer ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
afghanistan
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 43 min.
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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, captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, cold war, european history, secret agent, special agent, spy mission, secret mission, spy hero, wartime, secret, military ...
Time:
1950s, year 1956, 20th century, 50s
Place:
soviet union, helsinki finland, finland
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82%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 56 min.
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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, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
intelligence agency, cia, politics, satellite, agent, television, danger, rivalry, intelligence, covert operation, heist, conspiracy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, adelaide south australia, south australia
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Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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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, controversial, political, hilarious, realistic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
world war one, satire, great war, dark humor, spy, stupidity, british army, love, wartime, humour, soldier, officer ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s
Place:
britain, england, united kingdom
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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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:
satire, british politics, minister, government official, secretary, workplace situations, british government, politician, power relations, state affairs, boss and employee, political satire ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
england, united kingdom, britain, europe
Similarity:
73%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
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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:
witty, humorous, semi serious, captivating, light ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
lawyer, trial, rivalry, career, judge, against the rules, courtroom, dedicated lawyer, deal, middle aged, law, criminal lawyer ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
65%
210
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, feel good, semi serious, humorous, political ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
politics, political satire, writers, prime minister, relationships, secret, ghost writer, humour, satire, lifestyle, minister, political unrest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Norway
Duration: 45 min.
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Lieutenant Erling Riiser is on his way back to Norway after a long stay in Afghanistan. Much has gone wrong, several soldiers are missing from the Hercelus-plane. After only one day in Norway, Erling receives a text message saying an old ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, tension, political thriller ...
Plot:
politics, nordic, military, soldier, political unrest, political intrigue, intrigue, ex military, ex soldier, political conspiracy, world politics, multiple storylines ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
afghanistan, scandinavia
Similarity:
62%
304
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
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Adderly is a Canadian television drama series, first aired in 1986.
Style:
suspense, action drama, tense, exciting, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
spy, secret agent, bureaucracy, espionage, national security, government agency, reluctant hero, office, investigation, office politics, cold war, conspiracy ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 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, cynical, humorous, semi serious, mockumentary ...
Plot:
politics, political satire, satire, state affairs, stupidity, british politics, british government, workplace, workplace situations, politician, society, government official ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, europe, england, syria
Similarity:
57%
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:
tense, captivating, thrilling, satirical, inspirational ...
Plot:
world war two, military, mission, british soldier, military officer, soldier, pilot, british army, battles, special agent, fight, military life ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
north africa, libya, cairo egypt, egypt
Similarity:
55%
21K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
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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:
ironic, funny, light, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, undercover, lone hero, secret mission, election, peril, spy thriller, espionage, composer, siblings, murder, investigation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
53%
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, dark comedy, cerebral, satirical, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
satire, cold war, military, nuclear war, nuclear threat, nuclear explosion, u.s. air force, nuclear holocaust, nuclear bomb, doomsday, anti war, absurdism ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1942, 1930s
Place:
soviet union, washington d.c., persia, united kingdom, england ...
Similarity:
51%
110
Genre: Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Polishuk is an Israeli political comedy television series. It tells the story of politician Rubi Polishuk, a member of MELEL Party (National Liberal Center) who unexpectedly was appointed as the Minister for Social Advancement.
Style:
satirical, political, funny, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, satire, politician, prime minister, politics, humour, bureaucracy, irony, office politics, government, minister, fish out of water ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
political thriller, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
espionage, spy, undercover agent, terrorism, danger, investigation, national security, secret service, twists and turns, secret identity, mission, characters in danger ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
syria, paris france, middle east, france, israel ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
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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:
dark comedy, captivating, not serious, funny, tense ...
Plot:
military, physician, army, field hospital, battles, military life, camaraderie, soldier, army life, american soldier, military base, wartime life ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
afghanistan
Similarity:
46%
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, thrilling, captivating, satirical, semi serious ...
Plot:
politics, president, french president, power, french politics, political activism, politician, political leader, political candidate, political campaign, satire, political election ...
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story:
Politician Peter Laurence's private life is falling apart. Shamelessly untroubled by guilt or remorse, he seeks to further his own agenda whilst others plot to bring him down. Can he out-run his own secrets to win the ultimate prize?
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, political thriller, twisted ...
Plot:
politics, politician, british politics, career, father daughter relationship, corruption, scandal, parents and children, family problems, political intrigue, family secret, family relations ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
46%
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, social problems, ambitious, money problems, satire, innovation, ambitious man, ambition, living together ...
Place:
australia
Similarity:
46%
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, captivating, funny, semi serious, satirical ...
Plot:
satire, australian outback, wildlife, escapades, nature, humour, exodus, wilderness, adventurer, camping, beer, klutz ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
oceania, australia
Similarity:
45%
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, captivating, thrilling, satirical, semi serious ...
Plot:
biopic, politics, conspiracy, british politics, character study, faked death, scandal, satire, secret, british, faking one's own death, faking own death ...
Time:
70s
Place:
london, florida
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 27 min.
TV show
Story:
When Helen Tudor-Fisk's life falls apart, she takes a job in a small suburban firm specialising in wills and probate assuming that, because the clients are dead she won't have to deal with people.
Style:
semi serious, satirical, captivating, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot:
social satire, satire, workplace, law firm, lawyer, female lawyer, family problems, fish out of water, lawyer client relationship, crumbling marriage, relationship vs career, workplace situations ...
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Corporal Gary McLintoch of the 104th Royal Tank Regiment returns to Scotland after a tour of duty in Iraq. Can he and his crew keep out of trouble until their next tour?
Style:
sitcom, humorous, realistic, not serious, buddy comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
military base, military, military life, goofy hero, disorder, soldier, war, tank, army life, camaraderie, barracks, working class ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scotland, middle east, iraq, europe
Similarity:
37%
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:
thought provoking, feel good, humorous, entertaining, sentimental ...
Plot:
journey, desert, immigration, refugee, survival, security, family relations, australian outback, father son relationship, survivor, trapped, migration ...
Place:
australia, iraq, cambodia, indonesia
Similarity:
37%
142K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
This quick-witted spy drama follows a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world’s smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.
Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing, funny, dark comedy ...
Plot:
espionage, team, reconnaissance, secret agent, cia agent, crime investigation, british intelligence, misfit, prospector, spy thriller, agent, spy ...
Time:
future, 2020s
Place:
united kingdom, england, london, britain
Similarity:
36%
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:
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:
36%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 554 min.
TV show
Story:
A pair of CIA agents embark on missions to save the world, but have to put up with each other first.
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, action comedy ...
Plot:
spy, investigation, escapades, salvation, love and romance, murder, male protagonist, gunfight, espionage, friendship, fbi agent, save the world ...
Place:
washington d.c.
Similarity:
36%
563
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:
semi serious, captivating, thrilling, satirical, entertaining ...
Plot:
boot camp, army, basic training, training camp, problem, military base, satire, military training, military officer, military, soldier, commander ...
Place:
palestine
Similarity:
35%
5K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 261 min.
TV show
Story:
As widespread power outages cause chaos and threaten lives across the country, the COBRA (Cabinet Office Briefing Room) committee comprised of the UK’s leading experts and politicians, gathers to find a way to turn the lights back on.
Style:
political, captivating, tension, suspense, sensitive ...
Plot:
government, disaster, government agency, political unrest, government official, workplace situations, workplace, british government, politics, leadership, civil unrest, national security ...
Place:
london
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