Movies like Deadlock
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Deadlock (2021)
3K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Mack is a former soldier who, after the war, moved to a town with a nuclear power plant, where nearly everybody works. Life is peaceful for him there, until a gang of mercenaries led by Ron storm the reactor and take everybody hostage, including a group of children on a school trip. Now Mack is in a race against the clock and must use his military training to defeat Ron before he puts the reactor into meltdown. Along the way he discovers Ron’s motive, which unravels a greater secret Mack’s town is hiding.
Style:
action thriller, suspense, suspenseful, intense, grim
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hostage, mercenary, rogue soldier, power plant, nuclear power plant, rescue mission, ex soldier, survival, conspiracy, siege, revenge motive, violent, corruption, small town, cat and mouse, underdog, police officer, investigation, moral ambiguity, corrupt cop, war veteran, psychopath, schoolboy, alcoholic, soldier ...
Place:
georgia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, suspenseful and intense films with plots about revenge, violent, moral ambiguity, betrayal, survival, cat and mouse and conspiracy mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Deadlock: Out of Death (2021), The Target (2014), Fortress: Sniper's Eye (2022), Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up (1992), Ghost (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
As Shannon, a woman who wants to put her father's ashes away in the woods witnesses a corrupt cop dealing drugs with a junkie, she has to try and run away after she gets rampaged by two discreditable cops after they see her taking secret ...
Style:
suspense, tense, intense, tension, realistic ...
Plot:
police corruption, escape, survival, cat and mouse, chase, murder, isolation, manhunt, conspiracy, moral ambiguity, woman with a gun, hostage ...
Place:
turkey
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
At the same time as murder suspect Yeo-hoon is brought unconscious to the emergency room following a shooting incident, an assailant breaks into the house of Tae-jun, the emergency room's doctor in charge, and kidnaps his wife. The kidnapper ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Weeks after the deadly assault on Fortress Camp, Robert makes a daring rescue to save Sasha, the widow of his old nemesis Balzary. But back in the camp's command bunker, it appears Sasha may have devious plans of her own. As a new attack breaks ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
85%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The bank president in a small California town isn't quite the upstanding citizen he appears to be--he's a corrupt killer, who has just kidnapped the wife and daughter of the local sheriff.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
california
Similarity:
79%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A dreaded gangster called ‘Ghost’, takes hostage of a prison, and an efficient police officer Chengappa is immediately deputed to solve the issue. And thus begins the cat and mouse chase between an intelligent criminal and a ruthless police ...
Style:
tense, tension, suspense, action thriller, noir
Plot:
jail, police officer, hostage, gangster, cat and mouse, master criminal, siege, investigation, manhunt, law and order, showdown, prison break ...
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78%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Gunner, a special forces soldier who has witnessed the darkest side of country and combat, is forced back into the field of battle to save his niece, who is being held in South America. As the fight intensifies, Gunner and his team discover that her ...
Style:
suspenseful, intense, grim
Plot:
rescue mission, military, dark past, special forces, gunfight, mercenary, corruption, mature, revenge, survival, redemption, hand to hand combat ...
Place:
south america, venezuela
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A drifting ex-soldier turns underground fighter with the help of a just-released ex-con, pitting him against corrupt cops and hired killers now gunning for him and all those he cares about.
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological, crime drama ...
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, grim, detective ...
Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Similarity:
66%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A former Marine races against time to save a group of hostages -- including his young daughter and a congressman — when armed militants take over his stepfather's store.
Style:
exciting, social, brutal, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hostage, post traumatic stress disorder, violence, revenge, family relations, death, child in peril, father son relationship, father daughter relationship, danger, rescue mission, save the day ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Having taken control of a maximum security prison, a criminal mastermind faces off against a retired Black Ops agent who had been visiting his incarcerated son.
Style:
intense, tense, suspense, dark, fast paced
Audience:
adult
Plot:
escape, prison, master criminal, siege, hostage, showdown, black ops, confrontation, rescue mission, survival, revenge, cat and mouse ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
65%
533
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A former U.S. marshal discovers that all of the survivors of his old unit are experiencing the same symptoms simultaneously and there may be a larger conspiracy at hand.
Style:
tense, bleak, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
American war veteran Will Spalding has tracked the sadistic Nazi Colonel who executed his bomber crew during WWII to a remote location in South America. But he is in for more than he bargained for when he uncovers a secret Nazi headquarters known as ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, action drama, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, secret, nazi, world war two veteran, ex soldier, war veteran, hunt down, world war two, secret headquarters, retribution, manhunt, conspiracy ...
Place:
south america
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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61%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
As Israel is rocked by a series of terrorist bombings, a US senator's daughter is killed in one bloody explosion. Now, ex-Mossad agent Etan must lead an elite, covert team of agents and mercenaries to find the man responsible—the elusive ...
Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
53%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, thrilling, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, intense, suspense, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Kosovo
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, action thriller, intense, crime drama, high tension
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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