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Arabesque (1966)
9K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Story of international intrigue involving a university professor, an Arab prime minister, a ruthless businessman, a beautiful spy, and hieroglyphics.
Style:
suspenseful, talky, witty, realistic, serious, stylized, political thriller, spy comedy, fast, technicolor ...
Plot:
espionage, spy, murder, political intrigue, gangster, justice, assassination, twists and turns, professor, investigation, politics, intrigue, danger, dishonesty, chase, undercover, cold war, assassin, kidnapping, conspiracy, machine gun, foot fetish, police officer, undercover agent, covert operation ...
Time:
60s, year 1966, 20th century, 70s, 1960s
Place:
england, london, oxford university, europe, middle east
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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 spy, undercover, espionage, secret agent, dishonesty, cold war and danger mostly in Thriller, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Arabesque: Charade (1963), The Assassination Bureau (1969), Torn Curtain (1966), The Deadly Affair (1967), From Russia with Love (1963). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World ...
Style:
suspenseful, humorous, atmospheric, rom com, exciting ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, kids
Plot:
spy, murder, funeral, investigation, age difference, older man younger woman relationship, love and romance, love story, hotel, photograph, marriage proposal, police inspector ...
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Place:
paris france, france, alps, europe, persia ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The Assassination Bureau has existed for decades (perhaps centuries) until Diana Rigg begins to investigate it. The high moral standing of the Bureau (only killing those who deserve it) is called into question by her. She puts out a contract for the ...
Style:
dark comedy, retro, political thriller, black comedy, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
assassin, hitman, assassination, killer, world war one, spy, professional killer, covert operation, conspiracy, serial killer, women, love story ...
Time:
1900s, 1910s, year 1969, edwardian era, 19th century ...
Place:
paris france, venice, europe, london, england ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the formula for a resin solution, but the plan goes awry when his fiancee, unaware of his motivation, follows him across the ...
Style:
suspense, enigmatic, tense, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, secret agent, stasi, iron curtain, politics, murder mystery, nobility, cold war era, secrets, police investigation ...
Time:
20th century, year 1966, 60s
Place:
east germany, berlin germany, germany, europe, east berlin ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Charles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office official Samuel Fennan. Dobbs suspects that Fennan's wife, Elsa, a survivor of a Nazi Germany extermination camp, might have some clues, but other ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, exciting, psychological ...
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, private detective, working undercover, office, insomnia, secret agent, uncover truth, danger, infidelity, political corruption ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s
Place:
britain, england, london
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100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Italy, Turkey
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing ...
Style:
spy action, saga, exciting, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s
Place:
turkey, russia, istanbul turkey, venice, europe ...
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin's trail.
Style:
political thriller, suspenseful, political, exciting, intense ...
Plot:
conspiracy, hitman, terrorism, assassin, police investigation, spy thriller, politics, assassination plot, serial killer, assassination attempt, espionage, french president ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s, year 1973, 70s
Place:
paris france, france, algeria, europe, big ben london ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell , and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, ...
Style:
neo noir, sexy, suspense, suspenseful, political thriller ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
twists and turns, espionage, murder, conspiracy, cold war, investigation, sex scene, spy, undercover, love triangle, accidental killing, political corruption ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., pentagon, manila philippines, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK, France, Turkey
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their investigation takes them from Berlin, ...
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, tricky, suspense, intense ...
Plot:
conspiracy, interpol, assassin, investigation, gunfight, conspiracy theory, chase, politics, twists and turns, hitman, lawyer, revenge ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, berlin germany, italy, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A network of older spies from the West recruits a young intelligence officer with a photographic memory to accompany them on a mission inside Russia. They must recover a letter written by the CIA that promises American assistance to Russia if China ...
Style:
neo noir, political thriller, visually stunning, tense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, covert operation, spy thriller, cold war era, undercover agent, undercover, secret agent, manhunt, female impersonator, letter ...
Time:
60s
Place:
russia, moscow russia, soviet union, china, asia ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A British agent's son is kidnapped and held for a ransom of diamonds. The agent finds out that he can't even count on the people he thought were on his side to help him, so he decides to track down the kidnappers himself.
Style:
bloody, political thriller, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, cold war, secret agent, politics, undercover, undercover agent, father son relationship, machine gun, covert operation, cold war era, agent, ransom ...
Time:
70s
Place:
paris france, london, england, europe, scotland yard
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two British agents are murdered by a mysterious Neonazi organization in West Berlin. The British Secret Service sends agent Quiller to investigate. Soon Quiller is confronted with Neonazi chief "Oktober" and involved in a dangerous game ...
Style:
neo noir, political thriller, independent film, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, espionage, cold war, british intelligence, neo nazi, secret agent, stasi, ss, undercover, agent, secret service agent, secret mission ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A Texan with a secret past (Gene Hackman) searches Europe with his son (Matt Dillon) after the KGB kidnaps his wife (Gayle Hunnicutt).
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, espionage, father son relationship, missing person, rescue, spy, daring rescue, parents and children, secret agent, dishonesty, danger, heroes ...
Time:
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Place:
hamburg germany, paris france, france, usa, texas ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
This espionage thriller represents a landmark in spy movies introducing the sly, dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer. The story, centers on Palmer's investigation into British Intelligence security. He's soon enmeshed in a world of ...
Style:
atmospheric, enigmatic, suspenseful, suspense, exciting ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
albania, london, england, europe, scotland yard ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A young medical student travels to Berlin to investigate the apparent death of his brother and discovers a secret life of espionage, betrayal and murder at the highest levels.
Style:
independent film, mind bending, exciting, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
germany, central europe, eastern europe, berlin germany
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, West Germany, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A writer gets wrapped up in espionage.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, cold war, kidnapping, scientist, violent content, state affairs, heroes, danger, chases and races, rescue, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s, 20th century
Place:
china
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The year is 1914 and Richard Hannay, Mining Engineer who is visiting Britain for a short time before returning to South Africa, is shocked when one of his neighbours, Colonel Scudder, bursts into his rooms one night and tells him a story that ...
Style:
suspenseful, stylized, psychological, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, terrorist, murder, assassination attempt, secret agent, manhunt, frame up, uncover truth, danger, espionage, state affairs, on the run ...
Time:
1910s, year 1978, 1900s, 20th century, pre world war one ...
Place:
big ben london, london, england, europe, britain ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Finland
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A former British spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?
Style:
political thriller, psychotronic, suspense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, spy, espionage, computer, anti communism, spy thriller, cold war era, russian spy, secret service agent, martial arts, woman with a gun, revolt ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
Place:
helsinki finland, finland, england, texas, russia ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The mysterious murder of a US senator bearing the distinctive trademark of the legendary Soviet assassin 'Cassius', forces retired CIA operative, Paul Shepherson to team with rookie FBI agent, Ben Geary to solve the crime. Having spent ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, tense, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
assassination, espionage, double agent, cia, spy, plot twist, twists and turns, surveillance, special agent, hunt down, hitman, haunted by the past ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, year 1988, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., paris france, sonora, mexico ...
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
An American Actress with a penchant for lying is forceably recruited by Mosad, the Israeli intelligence agency to trap a Palestinian bomber, by pretending to be the girlfriend of his dead brother.
Style:
political thriller, realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mossad, espionage, undercover, terrorism, secret agent, intrigue, politics, terrorist, state affairs, danger, dishonesty, double agent ...
Time:
80s
Place:
middle east, beirut lebanon, lebanon, england, germany ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An aging agent is called back by "the Company" to run a hostage trade of a Soviet spy for an American agent.
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, espionage, cold war, covert operation, conspiracy, cia agent, secret mission, cold war era, gay bar, police dog, hostage, exodus ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
paris france, germany, europe, france, soviet union ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Serbia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
An ex- CIA operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, suspense, tense, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
espionage, cia, spy, secret service, sex scene, conspiracy, hostage, assassin, violence, female agent, undercover, secret agent ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
montenegro, belgrade serbia, former yugoslavia, switzerland, usa ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An American scientist is sent to Red China to steal the formula for a newly developed agricultural enzyme. What he is not told by his bosses is that a micro-sized bomb has been planted in his brain so that should the mission ever look likely to ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, spy, espionage, undercover, computer, top secret, soldier, military, spy mission, communist, laboratory, covert operation ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s
Place:
china, asia, usa, russia, london ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 190 min.
Story:
A former US Operative, who lived in Russia in his earlier years and had been married there with a child, comes out of retirement to face down a former enemy, now running as a candidate for President in modern Russia. Working with a Russian ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, fast, suspense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA, Hungary, Turkey
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet mole within his former colleagues at the heart of MI6.
Style:
confusing, neo noir, bleak, period piece, political ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, secret service, mole, british intelligence, investigation, double agent, kgb, government agency, secret agent, undercover ...
Time:
70s, year 2011, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
london, england, europe, istanbul turkey, hungary ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A researcher for the CIA who convinces his superiors to send him to the eastern bloc in order to avenge the murder of his wife by enemy agents discovers a web of deception underneath his wife's death.
Style:
political thriller, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Plot:
terrorist, espionage, spy, covert operation, revenge, assassin, secret mission, law enforcement, hostage, intrigue, politics, murder ...
Time:
year 1981, 80s, 20th century
Place:
italy, europe, prague, central europe, eastern europe ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When Count Contini attempts to destroy the world's economy by masterminding the theft of $1 billion in U.S. gold, ICE chief MacDonald summons secret agent Matt Helm to stop him.
Style:
sexy, realistic, humorous, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
60s
Place:
scandinavia, denmark, copenhagen
Similarity:
19%
34K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
U.S. government agent Scott is assigned to rescue the daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get things done, though, Scott is shocked to find that others are willing to go even further to protect a ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, harvard university, usa, london, dubai
Similarity:
19%
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:
20th century, year 1982, 80s
Place:
east germany, germany, east berlin, paris france, moscow russia ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Police Inspector Renko tries to solve the case of three bodies found in Moscow's Gorky Park but finds his attempts to solve the crime impeded by his superiors. Working on his own, Renko seeks out more information and stumbles across a ...
Style:
detective, suspense, political, tense, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, spy, murder, conspiracy, murder mystery, police investigation, murder investigation, kgb agent, espionage, secret agent, politics, spy thriller ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Place:
moscow russia, russia, stockholm sweden, ussr, eastern europe ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Page Eight is lovingly turned, with elegant writing, a flawless cast and a heartfelt message from writer/director David Hare about the danger zone where spies and politicians meet. The tension builds gently as we follow the fortunes of Johnny ...
Style:
political thriller, political, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
spy, blackmail, espionage, politics, prime minister, secret service, funeral, intelligence agency, undercover, government agency, loss of friend, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, united kingdom, europe
Similarity:
19%
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