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Aide of His Excellence (1970)
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Original name: Адъютант его превосходительства
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 377 min.
TV show
Story:
Adyutant ego prevoskhoditelstva
Style:
historical drama, tense, suspense, tension, period piece, bleak, political drama, nostalgic
Plot:
counter intelligence, russian civil war, spy, undercover agent, espionage, spy thriller, political intrigue, subterfuge, moral ambiguity, character study, patriotism, escape, investigation, civil war, militant, capture, bolshevik, self sacrifice, train robbery, male female relationship, military officer, colonel, behind enemy lines, infiltration, russian army ...
Time:
year 1919, 1910s
Place:
eastern europe, soviet union, russia, ukraine, kiev ukraine, ussr
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, captivating and historical drama films and TV series with plots about espionage, spy, betrayal, world war two, moral ambiguity, sacrifice and patriotism mostly in War, Drama and Adventure genres. Some movies like Aide of His Excellence: The Shield and the Sword (1968), Special Squad (2002), Under Military Law 3 (2019), A Lonely Hero's Journey (2024), The Dead Season (1968). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union, Poland, East Germany
Duration: 341 min.
TV show
Story:
Soviet spy film , based on a novel by Vadim Kozhevnikov, who was Secretary of the Soviet Writers' Union.
Plot:
soviet spy, world war two, spy, nazism, secret agent, liberation, spy hero, intelligence, infiltration, nazi, third reich, concentration camp ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union, east germany, russia, ussr
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100%
Genre: Action, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 150 min.
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Spetsnaz is a 2002 Russian TV miniseries directed by Andrei Malyukov.
Style:
tense, exciting, humorous, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
heroism, military, swat, swat team, manhood, friendship between men, friendship, dangerous mission, special forces, heroic mission, military service, saving a life ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
afghanistan, chechnya
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100%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 55 min.
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Story:
Summer and autumn 1944. Odessa. The city, liberated by the Red Army from the German-Romanian occupation, begins a new lease of life. But, according to military intelligence, a network of Abwehr agents recruited from among the local population and ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, atmospheric, harsh, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, wartime, investigation, reconnaissance, espionage, partner, danger, society, male female relationship, justice, friendship, sabotage ...
Place:
soviet union, odessa ukraine
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31%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: China
TV show
Story:
Gu Yizhong, a scion of the Gu family in Suzhou, returns to China after completing his studies in the Architecture Department at the University of Pennsylvania. When the war breaks out, a failed rescue mission to assist his underground party ...
Style:
historical drama, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, espionage, betrayal, infiltration, spy, undercover agent, resistance, japanese occupation, wartime, secret mission, secret agent, agent ...
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A duel between Soviet spy and German war criminal.
Style:
political thriller, suspense, tense, period piece, grim ...
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, poison gas, war criminal, human experiment, chemical weapon, bio weapon, spy thriller, justice, investigation, intelligence agency ...
Time:
60s
Place:
russia
Similarity:
28%
Genre: War
Country: Ukraine, Russia
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Occupied Western Ukraine, 1944. The Soviet High Command is concerned about a large-scale, highly classified construction running through the line of the Soviet offensive. A reconnaissance unit is deployed and a Soviet scout is placed behind ...
Style:
tense, tension, suspense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
nazi occupation, world war two, espionage, undercover agent, behind enemy lines, spy, prospector, occupation, reconnaissance, war, spy mission, special agent ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
ukraine
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Adventure, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 176 min.
TV show
Story:
A group of Soviet spies performs missions of special importance during World War II.
Style:
captivating, tense, tension, suspense, patriotic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
espionage, reconnaissance, love triangle, world war two, counter intelligence, spy, spy mission, relationships, wartime, male female relationship, military, soldier ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union, germany
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, History, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Soviet propaganda film set in 1918 during the Russian Civil War. While investigating a murder, Soviet intelligence officers uncover an international treason. Diplomats from several nations are led by the British Ambassador Lockhart in ...
Style:
patriotic, tense, period piece, historical drama, political thriller ...
Plot:
diplomacy, conspiracy, propaganda, treason, government conspiracy, political intrigue, russian civil war, betrayal, revolutionary, espionage, investigation, spy thriller ...
Place:
soviet union, latvia, ussr
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Romance, War
Country: China
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
A story about a socialite in Shanghai whose family falls to ruin and starts on a journey to become a spy.
Lu Han Zhi's fate is intertwined between two men from opposing sides of a war. Gao Chen who appears to be a traitor to his country is ...
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, suspenseful, tension ...
Plot:
betrayal, hidden identity, older man younger woman relationship, spy, republican era china, death, political intrigue, espionage, political conflict, spy thriller, couple relations, love ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
china, shanghai
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of the show sets in the war period of modern China and mainly focuses on a spy of CPC called Ye Chong who was using the spy code Cicada of Autumn.
Style:
tense, historical drama, disturbing, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
spy, spy thriller, japanese occupation, world war two, secret agent, prospector, chinese army, spy mission, espionage, undercover agent, war, secret mission ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
china
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, War
Country: China
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
The year is 228 of the Common Era, and China is divided into Three Kingdoms, which find themselves at odds with each other. A seemingly decisive battle has just taken place, with the Shu army clashing with the Wei. But military leaders in the state ...
Style:
tense, historical drama, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, espionage, intrigue, hidden identity, spy, army, spy mission, working undercover, fight, historical event, political intrigue, betrayal ...
Place:
china, ancient china
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 198 min.
TV show
Story:
This fact-based story follows a woman who launches a rescue of her Royal Air Force pilot son, who was shot down over Germany in 1941. Getting no help from the underground, she sets up her own rescue mission.
Style:
period piece, emotional, tension, suspense
Plot:
world war two, female protagonist, family bonds, determination, resistance movement, espionage, resilience, courage, survival, covert operation, spy thriller, luftwaffe ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two
Place:
germany
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
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Story:
Two top assassins from rival agencies and their six-member team who with diverse backgrounds, and unique skills embark on a journey filled with challenges and crises.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, tension, suspense ...
Plot:
political intrigue, espionage, wuxia, martial arts, politics, assassin, political unrest, relationships, secret, spy, loyalty, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
ancient china
Similarity:
25%
Genre: War
Country: Russia
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Story:
The end of the 1980s. The decline of the Soviet era. The wind of change swept away everyone and everything in its path. Taking advantage of the instability of the situation in the Soviet state, the CIA announced an award to anyone who reveals the ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, political thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
espionage, spy, surveillance, mission, undercover agent, danger, secret service, mole, moral dilemma, secret agent, undercover, cold war ...
Place:
moscow russia, soviet union
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 42 min.
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Story:
Lurk is a 2009 Chinese television series based on a spy novel. The series is directed by Jiang Wei.
Style:
tension, captivating, tense, disturbing, intense ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, reconnaissance, secret service agent, special agent, undercover, secret agent, husband wife relationship, family relations, federal agent, family secret, prospector ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
china
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Fantasy, History, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
The series follows the "untold" story of Leonardo Da Vinci: the genius during his early years in Renaissance Florence. As a 25-year old artist, inventor, swordsman, lover, dreamer and idealist, he struggles to live within the confines of ...
Style:
exciting, intellectual, sexy, captivating, witty ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
renaissance, prodigy, leonardo da vinci, inventions and discoveries, talented, inventor, escapades, shrewd, historical character, sex scene, male nudity, medieval ...
Time:
15th century, medieval times, future
Place:
italy, florence, wales, europe, rome italy ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, War
Country: Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, period piece, historical drama ...
Plot:
sabotage, saboteur, great patriotic war, soldier, world war two, resistance, eastern front, one man army, behind enemy lines, struggle for survival, wartime, diversion ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union, kazakhstan
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the period before and after the founding of PRC, it is a story that follows the first generation of People's Public Security. CCP undercover agent, Zheng Chao Yang, engages in a battle of wits and will against KMT operatives.
Before the ...
Style:
historical drama, suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political intrigue, espionage, power struggle, chinese civil war, spy mission, undercover agent, showdown, spy, fight for supremacy, political unrest, special agent, secret agent ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, War, Western
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Despite the restoration of Soviet power in the area, Basmachis continue to arrive from across the border, bringing death and destruction to peaceful villages. One of the bands of rebels is led by Khairulla who is pitted against the militsiya (local ...
Style:
historical drama, serious, dramatic, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
final showdown, moral dilemma, male protagonist, manhunt, guerilla warfare, revenge, sacrifice, russian civil war, patriotism, political propaganda, squad, chase ...
Time:
year 1970, 1920s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
The White Guard is a Russian television series, based on the novel by Bulgakov, The White Guard.
Style:
suspense, serious
Plot:
russian civil war, battlefield, war, wartime life, destiny, soldier, civil war, politics, army, revolution, love affair, state affairs ...
Time:
1910s
Place:
kiev ukraine, russia
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23%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, France, Poland, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A military attaché at the French embassy is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of Warsaw.
Style:
tense, romantic, captivating, suspense, political ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
czechoslovakia, warsaw poland
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
Based on the story of the same name by Nikolai Bogdanov.
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Style:
bleak, tense, serious, art house, period drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
23%
Genre: War
Country: Russia
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
The Secret Group of 5th Red Army Intelligence gets only extremely dangerous job. No one knows the names of soldiers of this unit, but their achievements will be never forgotten by the motherland. In service record of these heroes are hundreds of ...
Style:
suspense, patriotic, tense, historical drama, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, saboteur, military, eastern front, soviet army, great patriotic war, prospector, wartime, danger, heroic mission, chase, top secret ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 830 min.
TV show
Story:
The series is based on a true story of a Russian spy Colonel Isaev (Stirlitz) in Fascist Germany during 17 days in very end of WWII. Stirlitz has worked his way to the very top of the Fascist hierarchy without being caught. However, his ...
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, spy, nazi, danger, nazi germany, espionage, state affairs, undercover agent, gestapo, undercover, working undercover, intrigue ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, 20th century
Place:
soviet union, ussr, germany, europe, switzerland ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Ukraine, Russia
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
Autumn 1941. Miraculously escaping from the Kiev boiler, investigators from the military prosecutor's office Rokotov, Mirsky and Elagina arrive in Kharkov, where evacuation is already in full swing. They have in their hands important ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, harsh, atmospheric, dark ...
Plot:
world war two, betrayal, danger, investigation, wartime, espionage, sabotage, partner, society, diversion, police investigation, friendship ...
Place:
soviet union
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Ukraine, Russia
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
It is July 1941, and the Nazis are advancing towards Kyiv. A special squad is tasked with investigating major cases by acting both at the frontline and in the city itself, where rising criminals are joining German subversives in infiltrating the ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, captivating, exciting, touching ...
Plot:
world war two, danger, betrayal, justice, twists and turns, nazi occupation, police investigation, dishonesty, gunfight, society, rivalry, love and romance ...
Place:
soviet union
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A story about a heroic nurse working for Soviet Intelligence during and after WWII.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, melancholic, medical drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
reconnaissance, female protagonist, world war two, sacrifice, patriotism, resilience, espionage, courage, post war, survival, political intrigue, spy thriller ...
Place:
eastern europe, kiev ukraine, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Moldavia, 1944. An elite squad of Red Army scouts is sent to stop an equally elite squad of Germans soldiers committing war crimes behind Soviet lines.
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, rough, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
world war two, war crime, reconnaissance, behind enemy lines, battles, great patriotic war, military, heroic mission, danger, anti nazi, soviet army, eastern front ...
Place:
soviet union, russia, ukraine, crimea, ussr
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The White Horse is a Russian TV serial broadcast in 1993. The film, in 10 episodes, was directed by Gelii Ryabov. It presents the Russian civil war in Siberia from 1917–1920 and the struggle of the White Russians under the command of Admiral ...
Style:
epic, historical drama, period piece, bleak, grim ...
Plot:
revolution, russian civil war, military, class conflict, power struggle, tragedy, biopic, betrayal, nationalism, heroism, investigation, assassination ...
Time:
1910s, year 1917
Place:
russia, siberia
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Ukraine, Russia
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
The story is set during the World War II. Seven prisoners manage to escape from the penitentiary and hide in a small village forsaken of God and men. Soon after they respire, they face a new hardship - a German subversive group appears near the ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, grim ...
Plot:
patriotism, world war two, nazi occupation, redemption, resistance, moral transformation, wartime, great patriotic war, war, escaped prisoner, military, protector ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union
Similarity:
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