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Has anyone seen similar films to this?


I simply loved this movie, and would LOVE to watch anything similar in style, content or atmosphere with this movie.

Any suggestions?

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Lot of great suggestions by everyone. I'd like to add two movies that aren't necessarily 'spy movies', but have a lot of depth and aren't merely entertainment. The American, with George Clooney, is a slow moving, but captivating movie about an assassin hiding out in a little Italian village. Flame and Citron is based on a two Danish guys fighting underground against the nazis.

Love's turned to lust and blood's turned to dust in my heart.

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I see mentions of Breach, Michael Clayton, and Arlington Road, all good movies. Notorious (the one by Alfred Hitchcock), also mentioned, is one of my all-time favorites, infusing a lot of romance into the suspense. No one mentioned The Little Drummer Girl, starring Diane Keaton and based on a Le Carre novel. Also, The Lives of Others, one of THE best films about living in a surveillance state, namely East Germany. Enemy of the State with Will Smith and Gene Hackman, excellent.

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Yes, Lives of Others is great.

Love's turned to lust and blood's turned to dust in my heart.

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Please do watch Enigma (2001)

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Films similar to this one? Try the Godfather series. Seriously, it felt to me as if De Niro was homaging Coppola all the way. Even the Russian guy asks Damon at some point to return a favor with another favor.

If the OP meant spy films only, I'd recommend most of Le Carré adaptations. They do have a similar "feel" to this one. And "Topaz", Alfred Hitchcock's much maligned film about spionage and Cuba. It's a great yarn.

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TONE:

The Godfather 1,2,3
JFK
Nixon
The Aviator
Bugsy
Chaplin
Sleepers
Zodiac
Road To Perdition
All The King's Men (2006)
Michael Collins
Hoffa
Malcolm X
Carlos
Che

SUBJECT:

Valkyrie
Black Book
Enigma
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
The Third Man
Saboteur
Notorious
North By Northwest
The Parallax View
3 Days Of The Condor
All The President's Men
The Manchurian Candidate
The Conversation
The Quiet American
A Bright Shining Lie
Marathon Man
Day Of The Jackal
The Odessa File
The Ipcress File
Funeral In Berlin
Billion Dollar Brain
Eye Of The Needle
Gorky Park
The Lives Of Others
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The Tailor of Panama
Spy Game
Munich
The Constant Gardener
Blow Out
Ronin
The Tourist
The Ghost Writer
The American
State Of Play
Breach
Arlington Road
The Recruit
The Siege
Enemy Of The State
The Hunt For Red October
Patriot Games
Clear And Present Danger
The Sum Of All Fears
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Mission: Impossible (1996)
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Bourne Legacy
Salt
Conspiracy Theory
The Peacemaker
The International
The Insider
Michael Clayton
Spartan
Blood Diamond
Catch A Fire
Black Hawk Down
Lord Of War
Syriana
The Kingdom
A Mighty Heart
Rendition
Body Of Lies
Green Zone
Traitor
The Debt
Nothing But The Truth
Fair Game
United 93
Zero Dark Thirty

TV

The Company [TNT Mini-Series] - same story as The Good Shepherd
The Americans [FX Series] - great show about suburbanite Russian sleeper cells during Reagan era cold war
State Of Play
Homeland
24
Alias
House Of Cards

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The Pelican Brief

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Has anyone included The Ipcress File ?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059319/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

WDYT

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Lots of recommendations....... This was a somewhat confusing film and way too long.

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