Subterfuge movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant subterfuge movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, suspenseful, suspense, serious, exciting and cult classic films and TV shows about / with subterfuge, deception, kiss, murder, danger, death, husband wife relationship, explosion, flashback and violence plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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subterfuge movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as subterfuge: Jury Duty (2023), Christmas at Castle Hart (2021), The Mechanism (2018), Firefox (1982), Allied (2016), La Femme Nikita (1997), Badland Hunters (2024), Kingdom (2019), Alienoid (2022), Fistful of Vengeance (2022).

List of subterfuge movies

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 8.2
 45K
Jury Duty (2023)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story: The inner workings of an American jury trial through the eyes of one particular juror, Ronald Gladden. Gladden is unaware the entire case is fake, everyone except him is an actor and everything that happens — inside the courtroom and out — is ...
Style: satirical, captivating, entertaining, feel good, semi serious ...
Plot: jury, hidden camera, courtroom, social experiment, manipulation, subterfuge, trial, deception, sociology, judge, actor, judiciary ...
Place: california
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Christmas at Castle Hart (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Ireland, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Brooke Bennett goes to Ireland for Christmas to search for her Irish roots. While there, she meets Aiden Hart, Earl of Glaslough. Mistaken for an elite event planner, she’s hired to host his castle’s epic Christmas party.
Plot: christmas, aristocrat, xmas, subterfuge, two sisters, duchess, hotel, sister sister relationship, waitress, party, earl, chapel ...
Place: ireland, dublin ireland, europe
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 8.0
 37K
The Mechanism (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 41 min.
TV show
Story: A scandal erupts in Brazil during an investigation of alleged government corruption via oil and construction companies. Loosely inspired by true events.
Style: tense, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, political ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: investigation, corruption, border, society, dishonesty, good versus evil, rivalry, danger, nordic, right wing, villain, police officer ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s
Place: brazil, sao paulo brazil, rio de janeiro
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 5.9
 29K
Firefox (1982)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called "Firefox". Naturally, the British are worried that the jet will be used as a first-strike weapon, as rumours say that the jet is indetectable on radar. They send ex-Vietnam ...
Style: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, funny, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cold war, spy, fighter plane, behind enemy lines, espionage, chase, submarine, fighter pilot, fighter jet, aviation, aerial combat, military ...
Time: 80s, year 1982
Place: soviet union, russia, moscow russia, england, asia ...
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 7.1
 168K
Allied (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.
Style: sexy, emotional, suspense, intense, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: world war two, spy, nazi, double agent, female agent, espionage, love, betrayal, war, husband wife relationship, british secret service, danger ...
Time: 1940s, year 2016, future, 1900s, 2010s ...
Place: london, france, england, south africa, north africa ...
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La Femme Nikita (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: La Femme Nikita was a Canadian action/drama television series based on the French film Nikita by Luc Besson. The series was co-produced by Jay Firestone of Fireworks Entertainment and Warner Bros.. It was adapted for television by Joel Surnow. The ...
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: secret agent, secret life, government agency, double agent, love, disguise, femme fatale, female assassin, female killer, kickass women, spy, cover up ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
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Badland Hunters (2024)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story: After a deadly earthquake turns Seoul into a lawless badland, a fearless huntsman springs into action to rescue a teenager abducted by a mad doctor.
Plot: wasteland, earthquake, post apocalypse, disaster, apocalypse, violence, reptile, lizard, crocodile, hunter, combat, grandmother granddaughter relationship ...
Place: seoul, korea, asia
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 6.7
 4K
Kingdom (2019)
Genre: Action, History, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Set in Qin Dynasty during the warring states period in ancient China. Shin was a war orphan. He has a dream of becoming a great general Shin has a fateful encounter with young King Eisei. King Eisei aims to unify all of China.
Style: entertaining, captivating, exciting, anime
Plot: battles, sword fight, king, medieval, warrior, best friend, doppelganger, pursuit, slave, death of friend, power struggle, heir ...
Place: china, asia
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 6.2
 5K
Alienoid (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Gurus in the late Goryeo dynasty try to obtain a fabled, holy sword, and humans in 2022 hunt down an alien prisoner that is locked in a human's body. The two parties cross paths when a time-traveling portal opens up.
Style: captivating, tense, disturbing, futuristic, exciting ...
Plot: time warp, alien, time travel, time paradox, teamwork, battles, martial arts, fight, time loop, time jump, prisoner, sword ...
Time: 14th century
Place: asia
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Fistful of Vengeance (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A revenge mission becomes a fight to save the world from an ancient threat when superpowered assassin Kai tracks a killer to Bangkok.
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating, exciting
Plot: martial arts, supernatural power, car chase, mind control, superhero, treasure, escapades, hidden treasure, karate, bickering, chase, betrayal ...
Place: thailand, bangkok thailand
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 4.8
 34K
Expend4bles (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The Expendables square up against an arms dealer who commands the might of a massive private army.
Style: suspenseful, exciting, captivating, tense, action thriller
Plot: good versus evil, spy, tough guy, warrior, teamwork, death of child, terrorist, mission, mercenary, army, man on a mission, swat team ...
Time: 2020s
Place: thailand, southeast asia, syria, new orleans, libya
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 6.5
 8K
Asylum (1972)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A young psychiatrist applies for a job at a mental asylum, and must pass a test by interviewing four patients. He must figure out which of the patients, is in fact, the doctor that he would be replacing if hired.
Style: psychological, anthology, scary, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot: insanity, mental institution, psychiatrist, occult, mad scientist, serial killer, supernatural, murder, objects come to life, mental illness, investigation, mind game ...
Time: year 1972, 20th century, 70s
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 7.1
 204K
Wrath of Man (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A cold and mysterious new security guard for a Los Angeles cash truck company surprises his co-workers when he unleashes precision skills during a heist. The crew is left wondering who he is and where he came from. Soon, the marksman's ultimate ...
Style: suspense, humorous, action thriller, hood, crime drama ...
Plot: revenge, heist, crime boss, lone hero, fighting crime, security guard, working undercover, robbery, criminal gang, gang, father son relationship, fight ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, north america
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 6.4
 14K
Red Joan (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the KGB's longest-serving British spy.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, factual, realistic, depressing ...
Plot: woman, world war two, atomic bomb, propaganda, female spy, politics, kgb, soviet spy, oppression, russian spy, spanish civil war, female secret agent ...
Time: year 1945, 20th century, year 2019, 2000s, 1940s ...
Place: soviet union, hiroshima japan, russia, canada, montreal ...
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Three Weeks, Three Kids (2011)
Genre: Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: While taking care of her sister's children, a free-spirited woman discovers the hardships of raising a family.
Plot: bully, generation gap, sibling rivalry, sister sister relationship, new neighbor, handyman, nanny, subterfuge, male female relationship, school bully, motorcycle, babysitter ...
Place: paris france, london, st. louis missouri
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 5.4
 903
Fade to Black (2006)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, Serbia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Still reeling from the painful breakup of his marriage to screen siren Rita Hayworth, iconic filmmaker Orson Welles (Danny Huston) makes his way to Rome, where he gets pulled into a tangled political plot involving murder and mysterious motives. A ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, suspense, neo noir ...
Plot: filmmaking, murder, investigation, starting over, movie business, manipulation, danger, showbiz, life is a bitch, femme fatale, private detective, dishonesty ...
Time: 1940s, post world war two, year 1942, year 1948
Place: rome italy, italy, europe, usa
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 6.5
 209K
Air Force One (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Russian terrorists conspire to hijack the aircraft with the president and his family on board. The commander in chief finds himself facing an impossible predicament: give in to the terrorists and sacrifice his family, or risk everything to uphold ...
Style: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, tension, entertaining ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: hostage, airplane, secret service, president, terrorism, white house, terrorist, hijacking, conspiracy, head of state, u.s. president, heroism ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: russia, afghanistan, iraq, washington d.c., moscow russia ...
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 5.0
 253
C.O.D. (1981)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Albert Zack is a struggling, bumbling, advertising salesman hired to save the Beaver Bra Company from impending doom. He is charged with signing five specific, world-famous, busty woman as endorsers for the bra line. Silly antics and situations ...
Style: sex comedy, independent film
Plot: female pubic hair, bare breasts, female nudity, erotica, subterfuge, advertising, travel, mirror, large breasts, hollywood sign, costume
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 6.6
 106
The Valiant (1962)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Having placed mines on the hull of a British warship whilst it is safe in harbour during the second World War , the two man crew of an Italian miniature submarine are captured and held prisoner whist the crew try and discover the nature of their ...
Plot: world war two, submarine, world war, kriegsmarine, navy, interrogation, battleship, frogman, royal navy, damage, underwater, capture ...
Time: 1940s, year 1941
Place: alexandria egypt, mediterranean sea, egypt, africa
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The Search for John Gissing (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Matthew Barnes is a young exec on the move up who finds himself a pawn in corporate in-fighting when he's sent to London to oversee a merger
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, funny
Plot: satire, workplace, culture clash, rivalry, love and romance, boss and employee, couple relations, vengeance, couples, workplace situations, workplace romance, power relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, europe, england, chicago
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The Waiting Game (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The two friends Sarah and Amy runs an art gallery in a small town in New England. They share not only the art gallery, but also the longing for true love. Sarah's Uncle Lowell from Mexico pays a unexpected visit. This will be the start of an ...
Style: twisted
Plot: intruder, uncle niece relationship, artifact, cia agent, party, painting, undercover agent, computer, deception, kidnapping, redhead, train ...
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The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Baptista, a rich Paduan merchant, announces that his fair young daughter, Bianca, will remain unwed until her older sister, Katharina, a hellish shrew, has wed. Lucentio, a student and the son of a wealthy Pisan merchant, has fallen in love with ...
Style: costume drama, clever, humorous, witty, funny ...
Audience: date night
Plot: battle of the sexes, shakespeare, opposites attract, medieval, wedding, marriage, renaissance, sister sister relationship, father daughter relationship, makeover, stage play, royal family ...
Time: 16th century, year 1967, 20th century
Place: persia, europe, italy
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The Pirates of Blood River (1962)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A group of ruthless pirates attack a 17th Century Huguenot settlement on the Isle of Devon in search of treasure and will stop at nothing to obtain it.
Style: exciting, captivating, entertaining, light, tense ...
Plot: pirate, treasure hunt, swashbuckler, danger, rivalry, escapades, infidelity, island, village, gold, greed, penal colony ...
Time: 17th century
Place: caribbean
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 7.2
 173K
Michael Clayton (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A law firm brings in its 'fixer' to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.
Style: suspense, serious, suspenseful, tense, political thriller ...
Plot: lawyer, business, legal, conspiracy, guilt, mental illness, law firm, twists and turns, divorce, courtroom, trial, murder ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, wisconsin, usa, milwaukee wisconsin, manhattan new york city
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Seducing Doctor Lewis (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A much-needed boost, in the form of a new factory, is promised to the residents of the tiny fishing village St. Marie-La-Mauderne, provided they can lure a doctor to take up full-time residency on the island. Inspired, the villagers devise a scheme ...
Style: feel good, humorous, witty, semi serious, entertaining ...
Plot: culture clash, village, friendship, small town, unemployment, doctor, goofy hero, nothing goes right, social relations, disorder, comedy of errors, dishonesty ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: canada, quebec, montreal
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 7.7
 321K
Gattaca (1997)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Science fiction drama about a future society in the era of indefinite eugenics where humans are set on a life course depending on their DNA. The young Vincent Freeman is born with a condition that would prevent him from space travel, yet he is ...
Style: futuristic, thought provoking, intellectual, neo noir, psychological ...
Audience: teens
Plot: distopia, genetics, fighting the system, discrimination, philosophy, society, eugenics, paraplegic, twists and turns, science, utopia, dystopia ...
Time: future, 20th century, year 1997, 1900s, distant future ...
Place: riviera, detroit, french riviera
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 7.2
 77K
The Dead Zone (1983)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the ...
Style: suspense, neo noir, psychological, dark, suspenseful ...
Plot: supernatural, stephen king, dark hero, serial killer, supernatural ability, coma, car accident, destiny, macabre, investigation, premonition, murder ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1983, 70s
Place: maine, usa, new hampshire
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The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico, Argentina, Spain
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The young Father Amaro is put to the test. He is sent to Mexico to help take care of aging Father Benito when he meets a 16-year-old girl that he begins and affair with. It turns out the girls mother had been having an affair with Father Benito. ...
Style: controversial, harsh, stylized, touching, realistic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: lust, abortion, celibacy, religion, clergy, forbidden love, priest in love, catholicism, corruption, sin, priest, hypocrisy ...
Time: year 2002
Place: mexico, latin america
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The Boys Club (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Three teenage boys in small-town Southern Ontario are thrilled when Luke Cooper, a mysterious American fugitive with a gunshot wound in his leg, decides to crash their secret hideout. Luke tells them that he's a cop on the run from corrupt ...
Style: epic, cliffhanger, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: man boy relationship, coming of age, psychopath, lgbtq, prison, friendship, youth, on the run, danger, hostage, small town, murder ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place: canada, ontario canada, toronto ontario canada
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The Happiest Place on Earth (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The story of Robert Hughes-Lambert, who was captured by Nazis when his active homosexuality was discovered during the filming of Mermoz (1943).
Style: realistic, witty, clever, biting, semi serious ...
Plot: filmmaking, world war two, biopic, satire, against humanity, showbiz, artists and showbiz, politics, society, anti semitism, state affairs, actor's life ...
Time: 1940s
Place: paris france, vichy, france
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