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23 (1998)
8K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The movie's plot is based on the true story of a group of young computer hackers from Hannover, Germany. In the late 1980s the orphaned Karl Koch invests his heritage in a flat and a home computer. At first he dials up to bulletin boards to discuss conspiracy theories inspired by his favorite novel, R.A. Wilson's "Illuminatus", but soon he and his friend David start breaking into government and military computers. Pepe, one of Karl's rather criminal acquaintances senses that there is money in computer cracking - he travels to east Berlin and tries to contact the KGB.
Style:
mind bending, psychological, cyber, political, surreal, cult classic, offbeat, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
espionage, computer, hacker, cold war, computer genius, hacking, nuclear power plant, geek, computer hacker, conspiracy, drug addiction, computer science, mathematics, cocaine, conspiracy theory, illuminati, paranoia, technology, internet, kgb, cold war era, computers and web, politics, cybercrime, cybersecurity ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, year 1986
Place:
west berlin west germany, german democratic republic, soviet union, europe, berlin germany, east germany, hamburg germany ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and suspense films with plots about espionage, dishonesty, conspiracy, spy, surveillance, betrayal and twists and turns mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like 23: Hackers (1995), Sneakers (1992), Takedown (2000), Who Am I (2014), Antitrust (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
teen, cyber, exciting, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night, family outing
Plot:
hacker, internet, cyberpunk, computer cracker, hacking, virtual reality, computer, computer hacker, programmer, secret service, high school, computer virus ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, usa, seattle
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
hacker, conspiracy, computer, spy, mathematics, computer hacker, hacking, cryptography, caper, betrayal, mathematician, twists and turns ...
Time:
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Place:
san francisco, russia, palo alto california, bay area, canada
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100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Kevin Mitnick is quite possibly the best hacker in the world. Hunting for more and more information, seeking more and more cyber-trophies every day, he constantly looks for bigger challenges. When he breaks into the computer of a security expert and ...
Style:
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Audience:
girls' night
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Time:
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Place:
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45%
66K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Benjamin, a young German computer whiz, is invited to join a subversive hacker group that wants to be noticed on the world's stage.
Style:
surprise ending, suspenseful, exciting, psychological, entertaining ...
Plot:
hacker, hacking, computer, computer hacker, cybercrime, computers and web, computer cracker, gang, plot twist, technology, split personality, magic trick ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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suspenseful, captivating, serious, realistic, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 20th century
Place:
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36%
120K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, cyber, futuristic, suspenseful, political ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
seattle, oregon, ussr, washington state, usa ...
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31%
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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26%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold War. He meets a web of deception and paranoia that seems impenetrable...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent must infiltrate Soviet intelligence and obtain information from a Russian computer.
Style:
suspenseful, intense, serious, realistic, political ...
Plot:
iron curtain, cold war, kgb, spy, espionage, assassination, undercover, politics, danger, dishonesty, journalism, government agency ...
Time:
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Place:
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24%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Hotshot Washington lawyer, Robert Dean becomes a victim of high-tech identity theft when a hacker slips an incriminating video into his pocket. Soon, a rogue National Security agent sets out to recover the tape – and destroy Dean.
Style:
suspense, clever, tense, political thriller, sexy ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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21K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, retro ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
cuba, france, paris france, copenhagen, new york ...
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23%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, India, Belgium
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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40K
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Country: USA, India, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
date night
Plot:
conspiracy, cold war, political conspiracy, brainwashing, assassin, manipulation, nightmare, senator, cold war era, communism, korean war, election ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, enigmatic, suspenseful, suspense, exciting ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, exciting, entertaining, suspense, surprise ending ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
seattle, washington state, san francisco
Similarity:
21%
172K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
Style:
realistic, political thriller, thought provoking, factual, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
espionage, journalism, whistleblower, hacking, fighting the system, moral dilemma, internet, spying, cia, technology, cryptography, ethics ...
Time:
year 2016, 20th century, year 2015, year 2009, year 2011 ...
Place:
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Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
east germany, germany, berlin germany, europe, soviet union ...
Similarity:
20%
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