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Decoded (2024)
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Original name: 解密
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: China
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
In the 1940s, the world was in turmoil, and it was crucial to decipher the enemy's communication codes in a timely and accurate manner. Rong Jinzhen has shown amazing mathematical talent since her childhood, and because she solved the problems assigned by her math teacher, she was noticed by more people, and even walked into the door of code-breaking by mistake.
Style:
historical drama, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, tension, period piece, suspense, inspirational, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mathematics, world war two, secret code, espionage, code breaking, genius, wartime, cryptography, code, mind game, spy thriller, spy, mind, anti war, secret, spy mission, deduction, intelligence agency, political intrigue, secret mission, sacrifice, patriotism, biopic, teamwork, isolation ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
china
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, period piece, historical drama and suspenseful films with plots about world war two, sacrifice, espionage, resistance, betrayal, spy and wartime mostly in Drama, War and Thriller genres. Some movies like Decoded: Hidden Blade (2023), The Message (2009), Enigma (2001), Autumn Cicada (2020), No Goodbyes (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: China
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A romantic thriller based around the World War 2 project to crack the codes behind the Enigma machine, used by the Germans to encrypt messages sent to their submarines.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
1940s
Place:
china
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
1940s
Place:
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Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: China
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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:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller, War
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Duration: 114 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: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
1930s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Norway, Sweden, Belgium
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Sonja Wigert, Scandinavia's most acclaimed female movie star, enlists as a spy for Swedish intelligence but ends up becoming entangled with the German Reichskommissar Terboven.
Style:
historical drama, suspense, tension, period piece
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Norway
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
1940s
Similarity:
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Country: Denmark
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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1940s
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: China
Duration: 40 min.
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Story:
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Time:
1940s
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Country: China
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: China
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Style:
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Place:
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Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, tense, period piece, bleak, suspenseful ...
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Time:
1940s
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36%
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