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The Lightkeeper (2019)
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Original name: Смотритель маяка
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
On the eve of the First World War, Russian counterintelligence learns of the upcoming sabotage in Crimea. The German spy is going to mine Sevastopol Bay, destroy the main forces of the Russian fleet and thus make the landing of German-Turkish troops possible. To complete the task, he uses recruited Russians of different social standing - from officers to criminals. One of them, the main character Arseniy Sedov, becomes friends with the spy. The enemy does not know that Arseny is, in fact, an intelligence officer of the General Staff.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, tension, thrilling, grim, moody, period drama
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
saboteur, undercover, betrayal, prospector, spy, espionage, deception, double agent, spy thriller, ambition, greed, transformation, adaptation, world war one, russian empire, conspiracy, political intrigue, sabotage, harbor, infiltration, dangerous mission, recruitment, patriotism, cat and mouse, friendship ...
Place:
crimea
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Most similar movies to The Lightkeeper
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, captivating, tense and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about betrayal, espionage, spy, investigation, moral ambiguity, conspiracy and spy thriller mostly in Action, War and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Lightkeeper: Red Deer Hunting (2005), Memories of Sherlock Holmes (2000), In the Service of My Country (2003), The Saboteur (2004), The Veil (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
100%
Genre: Crime
Country: Russia
Duration: 52 min.
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Story:
Moscow's rich want to get their hands on a thriving factory in Siberia. The Saga of the 1990s based on the book by Yulia Latynina
Style:
captivating, suspense, emotional, rough, tense
Plot:
rivalry, family relations, love and romance, dialogue, police, danger, investigation, greed, bullying, friendship, betrayal, brutality ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 52 min.
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Story:
Detective television series based on the works of Arthur Conan Doyle. Five films about Sherlock Holmes, shot by Igor Maslennikov earlier, were remounted in 2000, a connecting story about Conan Doyle's literary secretary, Mr. Wood, who is ...
Style:
detective, suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
sherlock holmes, investigation, writer's life, writers, uncover truth, murder investigation, crime solving, sleuth, accusation, crime investigation, literary, biopic ...
Time:
victorian era, turn of the century
Place:
london
Similarity:
100%
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:
60%
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 208 min.
TV show
Story:
Two young intelligence officers headed by a tough captain are assigned various secret missions on the Nazi-occupied territories.
Style:
exciting, suspense, humorous, tension, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
saboteur, wartime, prospector, world war two, heroism, wartime life, friendship, military, investigation, diversion, heroic mission, espionage ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union
Similarity:
52%
Genre: War
Country: Russia
TV show
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:
48%
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, twisted ...
Plot:
espionage, investigation, betrayal, reconnaissance, badass, special agent, secret agent, conspiracy, spy thriller, sleuth, crime investigation, uncover truth ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, War
Country: Russia
TV show
Story:
The film tells about the events of 1944 and about one operation of SMERSH, the special department of Soviet counterintelligence. The command suspects that an enemy is working in the liberated territory, who must get documents compromising the Soviet ...
Style:
suspense, compassionate, serious, disturbing, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
prospector, world war two, friendship, heroic mission, espionage, double agent, heroism, wartime life, political intrigue, soviet army, investigation, betrayal ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union
Similarity:
47%
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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:
45%
635
Genre: Action, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 600 min.
TV show
Story:
At the beginning of the war, the Germans abandoned their saboteur in the USSR. The landing is unsuccessful - the spy is captured by the NKVD. When trying to escape, the saboteur, who turned out to be a Russian thief in law, accidentally remaining in ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, tension, dark ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
saboteur, impersonating, world war two, danger, great patriotic war, secret mission, patriot, male protagonist, secret agent, impostor, double life, undercover agent ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union
Similarity:
50%
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:
37%
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:
36%
242
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Poland, Turkey
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Konrad Wolski, head of the Q department, an elite Polish intelligence unit, taking over a Belarusian arms dealer in Istanbul, learns about a terrorist attack planned in Sweden. The weapon to be used in the attack is to come from the Soviet arsenal ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, tension ...
Plot:
blackmail, spy, espionage, intelligence, spy thriller, political intrigue, prospector, spy mission, terrorism, politics, counter terrorism, political unrest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poland, eastern europe, istanbul turkey, warsaw poland
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
1941. Georgy Volkov, Captain of the State Security Service, is delivering to the Soviet Union a consignment of emeralds under a trade agreement between the USSR and Germany.
Style:
suspense, thought provoking, suspenseful, serious, period drama
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, world war two, great patriotic war, rivalry, military, heroes, danger, life & death, betrayal, culture clash, storytelling, fascism ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
32%
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:
31%
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:
31%
Genre: Mystery
Country: China
TV show
Story:
A math genius gets recruited by Chinese spy agency to crack a complex coded message in the early republican era.
Style:
psychological, independent film, captivating, thrilling, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
espionage, autism, spy, mathematician, secret agent, cryptography, workplace situations, mission, special agent, teamwork, agent, spy thriller ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
28%
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:
28%
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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:
28%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
TV show
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:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
During the 2nd Sino-Japanese War, orphan Lu Feng returns to Shanghai as a Communist undercover agent, tasked with infiltrating No. 76 Headquarters. There, he crosses paths with the mysterious Hua Xiang Yu and his childhood friend Huo Fei, both ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, historical drama, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
espionage, spy thriller, war, spy, double agent, loyalty, moral ambiguity, japanese occupation, undercover, deception, world war two, agent ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
shanghai, china
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action
Country: Russia
TV show
Story:
He teaches mathematics and she teaches biology. The only thing they have in common is their brilliance: they both speak several languages fluently, have a command of the latest technology, know how to use all kinds of weapons and are trained in the ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, entertaining, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
black ops, secret service, spy, double life, espionage, escapades, danger, undercover agent, transformation, chase, secret agent, investigation ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The story is set at the times of Peter the Great’s reforms. At those times when an emerging empire was wreaking havoc on provincial medievalism. The times were the melting pot of everything – of beliefs and of nations. The history of Russian ...
Style:
tense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
love, culture clash, friendship, death, betrayal, vengeance, dishonesty, murder, hopes, society, redemption, adaptation ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
siberia
Similarity:
28%
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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:
27%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Russia
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
He is known as a Stargazer. But his real name is known to a very limited circle of people - his colleagues in the difficult espionage case. Sergey Chumakov, a young conman, lives in Prague with his girlfriend Lena according to someone else's ...
Style:
tense, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, recruit, one against many, training, soldier, mentor, spy hero, government agent, mission, undercover agent, machismo ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
prague
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Bangladesh
TV show
Story:
A stock trader's life turns upside down because of an unforeseen event. What follows is a massive bank robbery of 121 crores!
Style:
suspenseful, crime thriller, crime drama, suspense, tension ...
Plot:
heist, murder, bank robbery, finance, robbery, burglar, money problems, money, intrigue, theft, stolen money, stealing money ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action
Country: Russia
TV show
Story:
Major Sarmatov, commander of a special-purpose unit, has been on assignments in almost all hot spot regions. Now he receives a particularly important assignment: to kidnap the American secret agent Matlow in the neighboring eastern state.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, captivating, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot:
espionage, fighting crime, military, couple relations, twists and turns, state affairs, memory, deception, faked death, mysterious character, life turned upside down, government agent ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
26%
Genre: War
Country: Russia
TV show
Story:
"War intelligence service: Northern Front" is a prequel to the Season 1. It tells us about the formation of the crew of scouts and illustrates its actions on the Northern Front before the beginning of the Finnish war and during it. They ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
military, reconnaissance, prospector, heroism, revenge, battlefield, courage, espionage, battles, social relations, wartime, war hero ...
Time:
1940s
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: Russia, Bulgaria
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The film is based on the second book from the Adventures of Erast Petrovich Fandorin series of novels written by the Russian author Boris Akunin. The film takes place in 1877 during the Russian-Turkish war. Erast Fandorin has just escaped from ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, tense, romantic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
siege, whodunit, russian empire, russian history, spy, heroes, escapades, rivalry, woman in danger, wartime life, war, romantic triangle ...
Time:
19th century, turn of the century, 1870s
Place:
ottoman empire, europe, bulgaria
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
"W no Higeki" is an adaptation of a novel by Natsuki Shizuko, which was first published in 1982. It was turned into a theatrical movie in 1984, and has seen numerous adaptions into TV drama in 1983, 1986, 2001 and 2010 respectively. This ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, tension, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female protagonist, dual role, adaptation, body swapping, rich and poor, changing lives, lifestyle change, women, switching roles, fish out of water, secret, wealthy family ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
26%
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