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13 Days, 13 Nights (2025)
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Original name: 13 jours, 13 nuits
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Kabul, August 15, 2021. US troops are preparing to withdraw from Afghanistan, while the Taliban are marching on the capital to seize power. Amid the chaos, Commander Mohamed Bida and his men are in charge of security at the French embassy, the last Western mission to remain open. Trapped along with 500 people, left to their own devices, the team must reach the airport at all costs. A perilous mission with no guarantee of success to flee the hell of Kabul and rescue what remains of humanity.
Plot:
taliban, embassy, us military, evacuation, airplane, military, death, soldier, tragedy, helicopter, baby, translator, bus, telephone call, convoy, mission, chaos, airport, security, terrorist attack, autobiography, based on real people, alcohol, explosion, telephone conversation ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan
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Genre: Action, Thriller
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Duration: 144 min.
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Style:
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Audience:
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
india, mumbai india
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Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 87 min.
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When Andrew Briggman—a young soldier in the US invasion of Afghanistan—witnesses other recruits killing innocent civilians under the direction of a sadistic Sergeant, he considers reporting them to higher-ups. However, the heavily-armed and ...
Style:
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Place:
afghanistan, middle east
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level al-Qaeda operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enemy ambush. As they confront unthinkable odds, the SEALs must find ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, captivating, tense, suspenseful, powerful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller, War
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Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
afghanistan, middle east
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, brutal, stylized, intense, rough ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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afghanistan
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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23%
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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104K
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, UK
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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21%
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Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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21%
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Story:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
serious, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, action thriller
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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