Movies and TV shows like The Veil 2021
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The Veil (2021)
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Original name: 검은 태양
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
Han Ji-hyuk, an NIS agent gone MIA, returns after one year to join a new team as he searches for his lost past.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, dark, twisted, crime thriller, noir
Plot:
espionage, investigation, betrayal, reconnaissance, badass, conspiracy, secret agent, special agent, spy thriller, spy, sleuth, crime investigation, government agent, uncover truth, revenge, undercover, double agent, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, mysterious past, corruption, political intrigue, male protagonist, surveillance, urban ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
seoul
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Most similar movies to The Veil
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, captivating and dark films and TV series with plots about investigation, moral ambiguity, conspiracy, betrayal, urban, cat and mouse and corruption mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like The Veil: Tentacle 8 (2014), Taxi Driver (2021), Woman of 9.9 Billion (2019), The Confidence (2020), Spy City (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A mysterious computer virus wipes out highly classified personnel files at the NSA, prompting a top secret investigation. RAYMOND BERRY, an NSA operative is thrown into a detention center, where he is suspected of crimes against the United States. ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
intelligence agency, conspiracy, investigation, computer virus, espionage, surveillance, spy thriller, government agent, crime investigation, analyst, special agent, sleuth ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
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Story:
The story of a deluxe taxi driver who gets revenge on behalf of his passengers. It is based on the webtoon Deluxe Taxi by Carlos and Lee Jae-jin
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
taxi driver, revenge, taxi, investigation, vigilante, fight for justice, martial arts, ex soldier, secret identity, urban, corruption, social commentary ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
Jung Seo Yeon happens to get 9.9 Billion won (U$D 9 Million) and she fights against the world. Jung Seo Yeon and her family suffered from violence by her father. She left their home and started a new life with an affectionate man, but her happy life ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, emotional, crime thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
domestic violence, investigation, revenge, money, female protagonist, money laundering, greed, crime solving, relationships, sleuth, crime investigation, police detective ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
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Story:
Ke Ying is a talented economics lecturer who is forced to help psychopath Feng Xiao Sheng gain real power within his corporation. The street smart Xiao Wu is a police informant, and when he discovers Fu’s company is laundering money with foreign ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, crime thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, power struggle, money laundering, manipulation, deception, corporate corruption, criminal gang, organized crime, fighting crime, forensics, police investigation, teamwork ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
100%
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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:
44%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
This is a modern and exciting story about BIA agents in Belgrade who eliminate the most dangerous threats to Serbia behind the eyes of the public on a daily basis and lead the struggle in the labyrinth of domestic and foreign intrigues.
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
secret service, espionage, world politics, state affairs, special agent, secret agent, public defender, top secret, politics, crime boss, intrigue, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
belgrade, serbia, eastern europe, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
TV show
Story:
A British agent comes back from retirement after several of his former colleagues, including his former lover, are murdered. He must examine events from his own past to determine who killed them and why.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, noir, f word
Plot:
investigation, conspiracy, spy thriller, british intelligence, espionage, murder mystery, betrayal, surveillance, paranoia, revenge, ex lover, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
TV show
Story:
«Drongo» is the name of a secret agent, the protagonist of Chingiz Abdullayev's books, three of which formed the basis of the television series.
Style:
tense, detective, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, spy, espionage, secret agent, weapons, drug dealing, handgun, illegal drugs, drug trade, crime investigation, agent, war on drugs ...
Place:
moscow russia
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Special episodes of "Mouse" which will highlight the hidden narratives in the series that the audience may have missed.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, crime drama, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, psychopath, serial killer, life is a bitch, undercover, crime investigation, sociopathy, mature, paranoia, suspicion, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A British secret agent takes up the job of solving a dark mystery. He is led into a web of love, deceit and betrayal. His success and failure can change the course of history.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspense, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
secret agent, deception, agent, secret, spy, espionage, british, investigation, special agent, relationships, love affair, spy thriller ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, london
Similarity:
40%
201
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 47 min.
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Story:
To solve a kidnapping case of a high-profile politician and to investigate the mysterious disappearances of men from the city's affluent families, ACP Robert Vasudevan is appointed. Will he succeed in finding the culprit?
Style:
tense, psychological, detective, crime thriller, thrilling ...
Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, political unrest, crime investigation, politics, secret, kidnapped, police investigation, fighting crime, criminal, sleuth, uncover truth ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Police Captain Hisham begins his investigation into the murder of an influencer found dead in the car of a national club electoral candidate.
Style:
tense, crime thriller, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder investigation, homicide detective, police detective, police investigation, investigation, police, whodunit, police officer, crime solving, detective inspector, secret, uncover truth ...
Similarity:
39%
501
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
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Story:
When a judicial apprentice goes behind bars while on an undercover job, he plays the hand he’s dealt to survive prison and get his payback.
Style:
suspense, tense, intense, tension, disturbing ...
Plot:
gambling, revenge, prisoner, survival, undercover, gambler, crisis, jail, life is a bitch, social problems, confined, illegal gambling ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
An explosion take place in a street of Tokyo. Many people were killed or seriously injured. One casualty is Chihiro, the wife of Public Security chief inspector Kuraki Naotake.
While trying to find why his wife was being implicated in the explosion ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, crime drama, tense, twisted ...
Plot:
investigation, police procedural, bombing, revenge, conspiracy, cover up, urban, female detective, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, secret mission, male protagonist ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
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Story:
A prosecutor who started his career as a newspaper reporter faces a life-changing event when his father dies in an unexplained accident, and his mother takes her own life. With his life shattered in pieces, he will stop at nothing to discover what ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, crime drama, dark ...
Plot:
prosecutor, investigation, corporate crime, murder mystery, revenge, conspiracy, corruption, corporate conspiracy, uncover truth, crime solving, crime investigation, private investigation ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
38%
10K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea, USA, Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Seo Munju, a highly accomplished diplomat and former ambassador to the United Nations, and Sanho, an international special agent shrouded in a veil of secrets, race to uncover the truth behind an attack that threatens the future stability of the ...
Style:
suspense, political thriller, tension, twisted, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
conspiracy, espionage, national security, geopolitics, betrayal, international relations, intelligence agency, diplomacy, secret agent, political corruption, plot twist, surveillance ...
Place:
seoul, north korea
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 312 min.
TV show
Story:
Somewhere in the Middle East, undercover agent Victor Bystroletov arrives in one of the oil kingdoms posing as an international journalist. His true goal is to contact a former terrorist named Javad. It has been several years since the holy warrior ...
Style:
tense, captivating, tension, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prospector, reconnaissance, terrorism, terrorist, spy thriller, espionage, behind enemy lines, gang, criminal, special agent, criminal gang, secret agent ...
Place:
middle east, russia
Similarity:
37%
42K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
An enigmatic private detective struggles with personal demons as he investigates the disappearance of a Hollywood producer's beloved granddaughter.
Style:
suspenseful, neo noir, captivating, tense, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
private detective, missing person, investigation, mysterious disappearance, hollywood, vanished man, private investigation, crime investigation, uncover truth, secret, who done it, crime solving ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A gifted woman's intellect brings chance to lead covert European police force. But it backfires, costing her everything. Following murder at her home and kidnapped heiress, her ex-supervisor enlists a policeman's aid to reinstate her.
Style:
crime thriller, thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, female detective, female protagonist, uncover truth, murder investigation, homicide detective, female police detective, police investigation, crime solving, forensics, crime investigation, sleuth ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
After Ryan escapes the hands of a serial killer, he must now help the Rooster Corps - an international spy agency - in finding a mole inside the corporation who is attempting to elimate all other parties.
Style:
suspense, enigmatic, psychological, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, espionage, mole, puzzle, satire, spy, spy thriller, problem, secret, crime investigation, murder investigation, spy mission ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Gil Soo-Hyun is extremely intelligent. At the age of 10, he attended Harvard University. After graduating there, he decided to work at the FBI and worked there for 10 years. Afterwards, he decided to come back to South Korea. He now works as the ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, detective, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, forensics, crime investigation, murder investigation, crime solving, killing, murder, serial murder, mysterious disappearance, police investigation, fbi agent ...
Place:
south korea, seoul, korea
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: China
TV show
Story:
During the Anti-Japanese War, Yun Hongshen unknowingly chases after his father's killer, only to fall into a trap set by "Black Butler," a Japanese spy who had been undercover in China for 15 years. With the help of a close family ...
Style:
suspense, period piece, tense, dramatic, period drama
Plot:
espionage, patriotism, political intrigue, heroism, undercover, spy thriller, betrayal, loyalty, deception, resistance, trap, sacrifice ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
china
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Three story strands are interwoven into a sophisticated action-packed thriller that covers the length and breadth of South Africa, explosively colliding in Cape Town in a violent conspiracy involving organized crime, smuggled diamonds, state ...
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
terrorism, organized crime, smuggling, poaching, spy, criminal underworld, criminal, smuggler, crime boss, breaking the law, bandit, drug smuggler ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
Yu Gang Hyuk was only 7 years old when his father was murdered in a car "accident" and separated from his identical twin, Yu Shin Hyuk. He forgot his name and family and given the name Suh Ha Eun by his adopted father Suh Jae Soo. He falls ...
Style:
crime drama, suspenseful, captivating, psychological, detective ...
Plot:
investigation, twin brother, family secret, revenge, murder, identity, secret, sleuth, brother, vengeance, crime solving, criminal's revenge ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Sweden
TV show
Story:
Danish secret service agent Katrine Poulson and British spy Beatrice Ogilvy are thrown together in a race against time. As a terrorist plot against the British PM unfolds, Poulson and Ogilvy are tangled up in a web of lies, murder and power ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, political thriller, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
espionage, conspiracy, power struggle, political conspiracy, terrorist, spy thriller, special agent, killing, secret agent, terrorist plot, conspiracy theory, government agent ...
Place:
london, united kingdom, denmark, copenhagen
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Kim Ji-yong leads a double life as a Korean National Police University student by day and the Vigilante by night, personally punishing criminals who evade the law. He is surrounded by people who all possess different ulterior motives.
Style:
psychological, suspense, crime drama, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
vigilante, police, double life, fight, criminal, dual identity, justice, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, lynching, fighting crime, secret identity ...
Place:
korea, seoul
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
A masked perpetrator murders a prominent politician and leaves an old, golden coin in his hand. Nikola Bobic, a defence attorney, reluctantly takes a case and plunges into a dangerous game that will change his life forever.
Style:
psychological, suspense, tense, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
investigation, danger, mind game, crime solving, uncover truth, who done it, crime investigation, secret, murder investigation, homicide detective, secrets, masked killer ...
Place:
balkan
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The suspicious death of her son pushes a former secret agent back into action, investigating a series of crimes that grows increasingly sinister.
Style:
crime drama, tense, suspense, dark, noir
Plot:
investigation, female protagonist, espionage, spy thriller, conspiracy, revenge, grief, surveillance, family tragedy, mother son relationship, identity, undercover ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Someone causes a narcotics unit detective to become addicted to drugs. What is the connection between them?
Style:
detective, suspenseful, psychological, tense, dark ...
Plot:
corruption, investigation, addiction, narcotics, trauma, betrayal, conspiracy, police procedural, moral ambiguity, friendship, manipulation, mature ...
Place:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Follow the elite agents of the FBI's International Fly Team as they travel the world with the mission of protecting Americans wherever they may be.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, psychological thriller
Plot:
federal bureau of investigation, fbi, fbi agent, mission, secret agent, criminal, problem solving, working undercover, national security, special agent, fighting crime, security ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
budapest, europe
Similarity:
100%
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