Movies Like The Silent War
If you liked The Silent War (2012), a drama and mystery movie directed by Alan Mak Siu-fai and Felix Chong Man-keung, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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The Company You Keep (2012)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaA former Weather Underground activist goes on the run from a journalist who discovers his identity.
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Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaThe story of Mark Felt, who under the name "Deep Throat" helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1974.
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Murder at the Embassy (2025)
★ 6/10Also mysteryPrivate detective Miranda Green investigates a murder perpetrated in the British Embassy in Cairo, where a top secret document was stolen, risking to jeopardize both Buckingham Palace and the peace of the world.
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Snowden (2016)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaCIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
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The Miracle Worker (2000)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaDevoted teacher Anne Sullivan leads deaf, blind and mute Helen Keller out of solitude and helps integrate her into the world.
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The Witness (2015)
★ 7.5/10Also mysteryA blind woman and a delivery boy attempt to solve a hit-and-run case the police have been unable to solve.
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Three Days of the Condor (1975)
★ 7.3/10Also mysteryWhen bookish CIA researcher Joe Turner finds all his co-workers dead, he, together with a woman he has kidnapped, must work together to outwit those responsible until he determines who he can really trust.
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The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and mysteryA three-year-old boy disappears during his mother's high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated.
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The Courier (2020)
★ 7/10Also dramaCold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Breach (2007)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaEric O'Neill, a low-level surveillance expert with the FBI, believes he is accomplishing his dream of becoming a full-fledged agent, with his unexpected promotion and assignment to clerk for Robert Hanssen, a renowned…
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Lost in the Stars (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also mysteryHe Fei's wife, Li Muzi, disappears during their anniversary trip. When she reappears, he insists that she is not his wife. As Chen Mai, a top lawyer gets involved in this bizarre case, more mysteries start to emerge.
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Eagle Eye (2008)
★ 6.5/10Also mysteryJerry Shaw and Rachel Holloman are two strangers whose lives are suddenly thrown into turmoil by a mysterious woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, the unseen caller uses everyday technology to…
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The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and mysteryRomulus, a misunderstood musician turned recluse hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tree. The authorities, including his police officer daughter, claim…
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The Parts You Lose (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaAn unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm.
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Remember (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and mysteryWith the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.
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Thoughtcrimes (2003)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaFreya McAllister suddenly starts hearing voices in her head on the night of her High School Prom. One night Dr Michael Welles arrives telling Freya that she isn't crazy but that her voices are the thoughts of everyone…
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Code 46 (2003)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaIn a dystopian future, insurance fraud investigator William Gold arrives in Shanghai to investigate a forgery ring for "papelles", futuristic passports that record people's identities and genetics. Gold falls for Maria…
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The Deadly Affair (1967)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery and dramaCharles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office official Samuel Fennan. Dobbs suspects that Fennan's wife, Elsa, a survivor of a Nazi Germany extermination camp, might have…
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Fast Girls (2012)
★ 6/10Also dramaA street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
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Buddha Mountain (2011)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaIn Chengdu, China, a retired female opera singer named Master Chang takes in a trio of young tenants into her boarding home. The tenants include a rock singer and a college student who has run away from home.