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Genre: History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Documentary series recounting the exploits of the Special Operations Executive in World War Two.
Style:
suspenseful, period piece, captivating, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, military history, covert operation, military, wartime life, world history, historical figure, black ops, great war, historical character, british history, world war ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
britain, europe, france, belgium, italy
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
August 1944. With the American Eighth Air Force poised to strike over Nazi Germany, British Intelligence learns that they could be flying into a deadly trap. With only hours to spare, Flight Lieutenant Edward Barnes must fly a life and death mission ...
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, military, heroic mission, aviation, military officer, nazi germany, heroism, dangerous mission, air strike, air force base, historical event, soldier ...
Place:
berlin germany
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Negative is set in the American southwest and follows Natalie, a former British spy who flees Los Angeles for Phoenix after a deal with a cartel goes wrong. She's joined by Hollis, a street photographer who has put his life at risk by taking ...
Style:
tense, suspense, intense, suspenseful, crime thriller ...
Plot:
spy, escape, reconnaissance, former spy, on the run, haunted by the past, twists and turns, mafia, rescue, photographer, determination, female protagonist ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The Omega Factor is a British television series produced by BBC Scotland in 1979. It was created by Jack Gerson and produced by George Gallaccio, and transmitted in ten weekly episodes between 13 June and 15 August.
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, dark, tense, cult classic ...
Plot:
occult, paranormal investigation, supernatural, conspiracy, british intelligence, investigative journalism, parapsychology, british, mind control, moral ambiguity, telepathy, supernatural horror ...
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A disgruntled I.R.A. member (Chapa) becomes Ireland's biggest threat to the peace process
Style:
crime drama, bleak, tense, dark, political thriller ...
Plot:
ira, revenge, violence, political conflict, on the run, assassination, british intelligence, moral ambiguity, guilt, betrayal, trauma, loyalty ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
northern ireland, belfast, ireland
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Genre: Action, History, War
Country: UK, USA, Switzerland
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
This true story follows the exploits of a top secret British military mission to destroy Nazi radio ships in a neutral harbor during WWII. The daring plan is led by British Intelligence officers Col. Lewis Pugh (Gregory Peck) and Capt. Gavin Stewart ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, suspense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, war, battles, espionage, military, undercover, submarine, spy, seaport, 007, ship, heroic mission ...
Time:
1940s, year 1980, 20th century, year 1943, year 1942 ...
Place:
india, asia, goa india, portugal, germany ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Director Billy Wilder adds a new and intriguing twist to the personality of intrepid detective Sherlock Holmes. One thing hasn't changed however: Holmes' crime-solving talents. Holmes and Dr. Watson take on the case of a beautiful woman ...
Style:
detective, satirical, witty, atmospheric, humorous ...
Plot:
private detective, sherlock holmes, loch ness monster, investigation, morse code, british intelligence, damsel in distress, female spy, canary, valet, men's club, cemetery ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1880s, 1800s, year 1970 ...
Place:
scotland, britain, england, europe, germany ...
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Genre: Action
Country: Bulgaria, UK, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
By order of Her Majesty's Secret Service, Captain Strong is given a dangerous assignment to deliver a delicate communication to the British Ambassador in Kazakhstan. As the senior officer for the elite Queen's Messenger corps, Captain ...
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mission, spy, secret service, assignment, british secret service, secret mission, agent, diplomat, special agent, government agent, government coverup, spy mission ...
Place:
kazakhstan
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Through the eyes of various Irish Republican Army (IRA) members, explore the extremes some people will go to in the name of their beliefs, the way a deeply divided society can suddenly tip over into armed conflict, the long shadow of radical ...
Style:
period piece, tense, bleak, suspenseful, historical drama ...
Plot:
conflict, trouble, ira, moral ambiguity, murder mystery, political conflict, surveillance, flashback, witness protection, repression, british intelligence, armed conflict ...
Time:
year 1972, year 1981, 70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
northern ireland, ireland, europe
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When intelligence agent Kathryn Woodhouse is suspected of betraying the nation, her husband – also a legendary agent – faces the ultimate test of whether to be loyal to his marriage, or his country.
Style:
cyber, masala, psychiatric, psychological thriller, suspense ...
Plot:
spy, spy thriller, espionage, poisoned drink, top secret, british intelligence, drone, psychiatrist, intelligence, husband wife relationship, boat, infidelity ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
england, zurich switzerland, britain, russia, london ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, China, Indonesia, Turkey
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Five Eyes, the international intelligence agency, recruits MI6 agent Orson Fortune to prevent the sale of a deadly new weapons technology that threatens to disrupt the world order.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, captivating, action comedy, humorous ...
Plot:
teamwork, cia, agent, cia agent, undercover, satire, secret mission, secret agent, fight, special agent, fighting crime, spy ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
johannesburg south africa, morocco, los angeles, london, madrid ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Czech Republic, Germany, Bahamas, Italy
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond – on his maiden ...
Style:
sexy, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, chick flick, manly
Plot:
007, spy, poker, james bond, espionage, secret service, chase, casino, cia, undercover, terrorist, heroic mission ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
montenegro, britain, bahamas, italy, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A would be private eye gets mixed up in a smuggling case.
Style:
neo noir, parody, semi serious, realistic, witty ...
Plot:
private detective, amateur detective, murder, villainess, british intelligence, stand up comedian, heroin, bingo, book, railway, private investigator, respect ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s, 20th century
Place:
liverpool, northern england, europe, england, london
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given plastic surgery and sent back to Britain by the KGB to retrieve some vital documents. With the documents in hand, he instead plays off MI6 and the KGB ...
Style:
political thriller, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, cold war era, spy thriller, surgery, plastic surgery, traitor, british intelligence, father daughter relationship, covert operation, james bond ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Place:
soviet union, england, russia, europe, united kingdom ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
James Bond helps a Russian General escape into the west. He soon finds out that the KGB wants to kill him for helping the General. A little while later the General is kidnapped from the Secret Service leading 007 to be suspicious.
Style:
saga, suspense, exciting, spy action, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
007, espionage, cold war, soviet afghanistan war, desert, cello, assassin, secret service, secret agent, deception, british secret service, cia agent ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
vienna, britain, soviet union, central europe, middle east ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, China, UK, Austria, Morocco, Hong Kong
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate - an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF.
Style:
sexy, breathtaking, entertaining, suspenseful, action adventure ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, chick flick, boys' night, girls' night ...
Plot:
conspiracy, spy, cia agent, female agent, rogue agent, espionage, tough guy, female spy, secret service, tough girl, undercover, secret agent ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, austria, vienna, morocco, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When Arthur Davis, a junior bachelor in the British secret service's African section, is seen taking a file with him to meet his girlfriend Cynthia- the brass fears he may be the leak to Moscow, and allows Dr. Percival to terminate the ...
Style:
medical drama, political thriller, independent film, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, interracial romance, double agent, conspiracy, covert operation, politics, suspicion, intrigue, interracial marriage, traitor ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
Place:
britain, england, africa, europe, south africa ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Double-agent Alexander Eberlin is assigned by the British to hunt out a Russian spy, known to them as Krasnevin. Only Eberlin knows that Krasnevin is none other than himself! Accompanying him on his mission is a ruthless partner, who gradually ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
spy, cold war, berlin wall, espionage, undercover, undercover agent, secret service agent, secret mission, secret agent, iron curtain, double agent, photographer ...
Time:
future, 60s, 20th century
Place:
britain, berlin germany, east berlin, west berlin west germany, england ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
spy comedy, eurospy
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, doctor, englishman abroad, covert operation, assassination, double agent, british intelligence, desertion, scheme, taxi driver ...
Time:
year 1966
Place:
middle east, paris france, london, beirut lebanon, canada ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Turkey, China
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong and agents around the world are exposed, MI6 is attacked forcing M to relocate the agency. These events cause her authority and position to be challenged by Gareth Mallory, the new Chairman of ...
Style:
visually stunning, exciting, entertaining, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
james bond, espionage, 007, spy, secret service, chases and races, secret agent, british intelligence, heroic mission, killer, intelligence, undercover ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, china, turkey, scotland, britain ...
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Genre: Action, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The Secret Service is a British children's espionage television series, made by Century 21 for ITC Entertainment and broadcast on Associated Television, Granada Television & Southern Television in 1969. Created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, ...
Style:
psychotronic, eurospy
Plot:
supermarionation, puppet, magic, good versus evil, surrealism, british, shrinking, mission, spy mission, espionage, terrorist plot, spy ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find the device that holds British launching instructions before the enemy Soviets get to it first.
Style:
sexy, exciting, serious, tense, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
007, james bond, secret agent, espionage, cold war, british secret service, secret service, car chase, undercover, top secret, vengeance, spy thriller ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, future
Place:
greece, albania, england, europe, london ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A mysterious space craft kidnaps a Russian and American space capsule and brings the world on the verge of another World War. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and meets with his archenemy Blofeld. The fifth film from the legendary James ...
Style:
saga, exciting, witty, spectacular, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, james bond, faked death, 007, secret organization, secret headquarters, espionage, secret service, interracial romance, white man asian woman relationship, sluttiness, slut ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
japan, tokyo, russia, hong kong, asia ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When diabolical genius, Dr. Evil travels back in time to steal superspy Austin Powers's ‘mojo’, Austin must return to the swingin' '60s himself – with the help of American agent, Felicity Shagwell – to stop the dastardly plan. ...
Style:
parody, spoof, funny, teen sex comedy, satirical ...
Audience:
kids, teens, date night, adult
Plot:
spy, time travel, reluctant partners, cloning, james bond spoof, time machine, spy spoof, female spy, secret agent, sexual joke, satire, save the world ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 60s, 20th century, year 1969 ...
Place:
seattle, big ben london, washington d.c., london
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Two sisters turns in the center of a plot implying wolfram, Nazis, Franco's prisoners and British spies.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, serious, suspenseful, historical drama ...
Plot:
nazism, love interest, prisoner, nazi, spy, rebellion, jail, dictatorship, prison, sister sister relationship, third reich, owl ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
spain, galicia
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A seductive and ruthless spy in the service of Germany steals state secrets- including the formula for poison gas-from England and France during World War I. British intelligence, in turn, tries to hunt her down.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, exciting
Plot:
world war one, great war, spy, war, world war, lesbian seduction, lesbianism, lesbian, nazi spy, female spy, espionage, betrayal ...
Time:
year 1969, year 1916
Place:
france, scotland, england, germany, spain ...
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Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young man travels to Prague for his new employer, unaware that he is being used as an espionage courier.
Style:
parody, political thriller, not serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, james bond spoof, farce, secret agent, disorder, iron curtain, working undercover, escapades, heroes, danger ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
prague, europe, czech republic, czechoslovakia, central europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 258 min.
TV show
Story:
Presents the lives and loves of a family of cousins from 1939 to the present. Follows very closely the Mary Wesley novel. Begins with a funeral and uses the reminiscences of those gathered to fill in details in the lives of Richard and Helena and ...
Style:
controversial, serious, realistic, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot:
world war two, spanish civil war, unrequited love, female nudity, funeral, family relations, family gatherings, cousin, life is a bitch, coming of age, love and romance, society ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1939, 1930s, 80s ...
Place:
england, hawaii, europe, cornwall, london
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK, France, Monaco, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Rowan plays the eponymous lead character in a spoof spy thriller. During the course of the story we follow our hero as he attempts to single-handedly save the country from falling into the hands of a despot.
Style:
parody, hilarious, humorous, clever, funny ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night
Plot:
agent, spy, goofy hero, secret service, comedy of errors, british, secret agent, farce, espionage, spy spoof, sarcasm, stupidity ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, cornwall, france, london
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
This story of love and espionage focuses on political turmoil as a small nation struggles to free itself from colonial rule, and one man tries to serve both justice and his own heart.
Style:
tense, historical drama, tension, suspense, political thriller ...
Plot:
british army, independence movement, political conflict, colonialism, occupation, love triangle, guerilla warfare, danger, espionage, soldier, female protagonist, betrayal ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
cyprus, greece
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