Movies and TV shows like Traitor 2019
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Traitor (2019)
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Original name: Reetur
Genre: Thriller
Country: Estonia
TV show
Story:
In 2004, shortly before Estonia's accession to NATO, the Russian intelligence service is approaching Alfred Vind, an official of the Estonian Ministry of Defense ...
Style:
suspenseful, political thriller, exciting, serious, captivating, tense, intense, atmospheric, realistic, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
spy, kgb, russian army, political conflict, border patrol, betrayal, espionage, political intrigue, national security, treason, spy thriller, intelligence agency, politics, politician, recruitment, government official, special agent, conspiracy, double agent, covert operation, moral ambiguity, betrayal of trust, cat and mouse, paranoia, surveillance ...
Place:
eastern europe
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Most similar movies to Traitor
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, political thriller and captivating films and TV series with plots about betrayal, espionage, conspiracy, moral ambiguity, investigation, surveillance and spy thriller mostly in Thriller, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Traitor: Illegals (2018), Spy City (2020), The Assets (2014), Red Election (2021), Betrayal (2026). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
95%
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:
82%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
1985 serves as the backdrop to the final showdown of the Cold War when Sandy and her partner Jeanne Vertefeuille vowed to find the mole that would turn out to be the most notorious traitor in US History, Aldrich Ames. Sandy is in a race against time ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, political
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, cold war era, cia, secret agent, communism, double agent, investigation, state affairs, government agency, dishonesty ...
Time:
80s, 1880s
Place:
usa, soviet union, russia, ussr
Similarity:
76%
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:
68%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
John Hughes joined MI5 during the war on terror and was at the forefront of averting the biggest terrorist plots on UK soil. Now in his mid 40s and married with two children he’s struggling to adapt to the new MI5, where threats to national ...
Style:
political thriller, suspenseful, tense, dark, atmospheric
Plot:
espionage, conspiracy, betrayal, national security, moral ambiguity, assassination, ethical dilemma, cover up, intelligence agency, surveillance, male protagonist, family drama ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
66%
10K
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Two women play a deadly game of truth and lies on the road from Istanbul to Paris and London. One woman has a secret, the other a mission to reveal it before thousands of lives are lost. In the shadows, mission controllers at the CIA and French DGSE ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, psychological, political thriller ...
Plot:
deception, isis, espionage, female protagonist, secret, cia, secrets, game of death, women, con trick, investigation, problem ...
Place:
paris france, london, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
59%
146
Genre: Thriller
Country: Norway
TV show
Story:
A criminal group starts to investigate the police man Tom Karlsen after a drug deal goes wrong.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, crime thriller, crime drama, exciting ...
Plot:
police corruption, corruption, gang, gangster, police, drug, corrupt cop, criminal gang, gang of outlaws, bandit, police officer, crime investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
58%
1K
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
CIA spy Cornelia Gray’s coming in from the cold after twenty years in hiding, dodging the Government agents who suspected her of being a traitor. She returns to her old life just as it is discovered that there is a new mole within her old spy ...
Style:
tense, suspense, mysterious, dark, action drama ...
Plot:
espionage, betrayal, deception, spy thriller, government agent, surveillance, female protagonist, female spy, double agent, conspiracy, cat and mouse, paranoia ...
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
A jury is sequestered in a hotel while deliberating a court case with massive implications.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, serious, tense, intense ...
Plot:
jury, legal, murder trial, isolation, uncover truth, hotel, investigation, dishonesty, law enforcement, political conspiracy, courtroom drama, claustrophobia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Brazil
TV show
Story:
What do a cop, a TV presenter, a politician and a dangerous criminal all have in common?
Style:
tense, crime thriller, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
investigation, cop, police, politician, criminal, private investigation, police officer, crime investigation, police investigation, tv host, politics, media ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story:
Romulus and Remus are two CIA agents, their direct instructor is John Elliott. They both were picked up at an orphanage by Elliott at the age of about eight, raised together as brothers and specially trained to supersede every other agent in the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, f word
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, spy, manhunt, conspiracy, kgb, cia agent, covert operation, on the run, betrayal, orphan, spy thriller, secret agent ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A married pair of former spies is forced to face their past when asked to surrender their son to Russian Intelligence to become a spy himself. Will he choose to betray his parents or his native country?
Style:
tense, captivating, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, moral dilemma, betrayal, double agent, parents and children, who to trust, family relations, workplace situations, dishonesty, manipulation, secret agent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
52%
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:
50%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Former IRA agent Sean Dillon comes to the rescue when a woman discovers a briefcase containing plans that could destroy all of Europe. Dillon's assignment is to protect her until the plans can be properly destroyed.
Style:
action thriller, suspense, political thriller, fast paced, tense ...
Plot:
espionage, ira, spy, covert operation, conspiracy, rescue mission, british intelligence, betrayal, neo nazi, violent, cat and mouse, european ...
Time:
90s
Place:
london
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Within the DGSE (General Directorate for External Security), a department called the Office Of Legends (BDL) forms and remote pilot the most important agents of the French intelligence services: Clandestine. Immersion in hostile country, their ...
Style:
political thriller, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
espionage, spy, undercover agent, terrorism, danger, investigation, national security, secret service, twists and turns, secret identity, mission, characters in danger ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
syria, paris france, middle east, france, israel ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
A weathered CIA agent is thrown into a web of deception when he uncovers a rogue government plot to unleash a deadly drug on humanity.
Style:
suspense, tension, political thriller, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
agent, conspiracy, cia agent, political conspiracy, organized crime, fighting crime, evil plot, plan, drug, spy thriller, cover up, espionage ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
TV show
Story:
Spy drama set in the social and political chaos of 1968, inspired by a true story. Pursued into Canada by the FBI, the matriarch of an American activist family helps smuggle Vietnam war deserters and draft dodgers across the border. What she ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, exciting, thrilling, serious ...
Plot:
espionage, vietnam war, loyalty, political activism, relationships, male female relationship, fight, politics, love, love affair, political intrigue, couples ...
Time:
60s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
47%
17K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
When the British Prime Minister’s husband is kidnapped and the visiting French President is blackmailed, the two political leaders both face unimaginable choices. Forced into a fierce rivalry where their political futures, and lives, might hang in ...
Style:
political thriller, suspense, suspenseful, tension, tense ...
Plot:
kidnapping, prime minister, political intrigue, diplomacy, power struggle, conspiracy, espionage, blackmail, moral dilemma, international relations, investigation, rivalry ...
Place:
united kingdom
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 139 min.
TV show
Story:
Two ideologically-disparate terrorists (one from the PLO, one from the IRA) meet up in London to assassinate a visiting Israeli nuclear scientist. An alcoholic ex-government agent (Anthony Perkins) is brought out of retirement to track them down.
Style:
political thriller, suspenseful, tense, grim, dark ...
Plot:
ira, assassination, espionage, terrorism, hitman, political violence, betrayal, violence, mature, cat and mouse, urban, investigation ...
Place:
london, france
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
In 1977 Moscow, two "PONIES" ("persons of no interest") become CIA operatives and uncover a Cold War conspiracy their husbands were killed for.
Style:
political thriller, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, noir ...
Plot:
spy thriller, conspiracy, cia, cold war, u.s. embassy, espionage, surveillance, assassination, betrayal, moral ambiguity, paranoia, double life ...
Time:
70s, year 1977
Place:
soviet union, moscow russia, russia, europe
Similarity:
44%
83
Genre: Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A thriller with a surprise twist about the NSA Deputy Director, who needs a genius plan to save his child from a kidnapper, who wants him to betray the privacy of all US citizens and make him the next Snowden with a devious marketing plan.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
kidnapping, spy, surveillance, privacy, risk, agent, secret agent, spying, special agent, abduction, race against time, kidnapped woman ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Lobbyist is a 2007 South Korean television series produced by Korea Pictures International, Inc. that aired on SBS. Budgeted at ₩12 million, overseas filming locations included the United States and Kyrgyzstan. It starred Song Il-gook, Han Jae-suk ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense, tension ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
power struggle, female protagonist, lobbyist, politics, arms dealer, international relations, criminal underworld, intrigue, weapons, arms dealing, family business, corporate world ...
Place:
south korea, usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 374 min.
TV show
Story:
This is the story of Magnus Pym, from his childhood to the end of his career in middle age. As a young man, there is little doubt that his father Rick was the most influential character in his life. Rick was a raconteur, con man, thief, black ...
Style:
political, serious, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
espionage, spy, cold war, cold war era, covert operation, british spy, midlife crisis, cons and scams, state affairs, introspection, undercover, rivalry ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
prague, czech republic, england, usa, austria
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 308 min.
TV show
Story:
Bonn depicts the rise of the young West Germany, a country struggling to break free from the terrors and legacies of World War II and longing for a 'normal' life. Into this heady and volatile mix steps Toni, a young woman determined to ...
Style:
period piece, exciting, captivating, serious, historical drama ...
Plot:
secret service, post war, german woman, world war two, head of state, spying, state affairs, politics, country, young woman, espionage, german history ...
Time:
post world war two, 1950s
Place:
germany, west germany
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
An explosion at the National Assembly kills everyone in the cabinet, leaving Park Mu-jin, the Minister of Environment, to become the next president. Park Mu-jin is a scientist-turned-politician who has no ambitions in politics, but as the acting ...
Style:
political thriller, tense, captivating, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
terrorist attack, politics, conspiracy, president, investigation, twists and turns, justice, family relations, terrorism, danger, leadership, national security ...
Place:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Years after a disastrous job in Baluchistan, a former Indian spy must confront his past when he returns to lead an unsanctioned hostage-rescue mission.
Style:
suspense, exciting, captivating, serious, tense ...
Plot:
politics, conspiracy, revenge, espionage, covert operation, rescue mission, intelligence agency, escapades, spy, murder, violence, danger ...
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Israel, Belgium, UK, Netherlands
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A young operative is sent on a mission to follow an older agent who's behavior has come into question.
Style:
atmospheric, suspense, tension, bleak
Plot:
espionage, mossad, spy, covert operation, black ops, investigation, danger, politics, nothing goes right, lie, social problems, spy thriller ...
Place:
syria, israel
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Italy
TV show
Story:
When Karl, a young monk, comes to Bolzano after a robbery, he only reminisces about the events of the previous night. Ambitious journalist Chiara, sensing a new story, and Erich, the commissioner investigating the case, meet in the hospital room. ...
Style:
crime drama, tense, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
monk, hospital, investigation, cover up, conspiracy, corruption, secrets, intrigue, violence, betrayal, lie, investigative journalism ...
Place:
alps
Similarity:
34%
2K
Genre: Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
War veteran and former hunter soldier Niels Oxen, Denmark's most decorated soldier ever. Sent home with war trauma, he tries to create meaning in life and to make everyday life fit together.
Style:
tense, bleak, suspenseful, action drama, realistic ...
Plot:
war veteran, ex soldier, ptsd, trauma, conspiracy, alienation, identity crisis, slow burn, mature, investigation, moral ambiguity, solitude ...
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
TV show
Story:
A bus is hijacked by three robbers—who end up dead before they can get away. Every passenger's story is the same: A hooded man saved the day. As the case unfolds, the line between hero and criminal begins to blur.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
robbery, witness, criminal, moral ambiguity, ambiguity, true crime, crime investigation, crime scene, burglar, witnessing a crime, heist, armed robbery ...
Place:
barcelona, catalonia
Similarity:
33%
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