Movies like Chain Reaction
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Chain Reaction (1996)
56K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Two researchers in a green alternative energy project are put on the run when they are framed for murder and treason.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, intense, serious, realistic, entertaining, suspense, tech noir, cult classic, surprise ending ...
Audience:
family outing, boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, frame up, on the run, chase, fbi, conspiracy theory, disaster, murder, hacking, cia, secrets, laboratory, protagonist as suspect, paranoia, female scientist, reluctant hero, whistleblower, uncover truth, hacker, technology, computer, winter, fugitives, scientist, motorcycle ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
chicago, usa, wisconsin, langley virginia, virginia, san francisco
Most similar movies to Chain Reaction
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, suspenseful, serious and exciting films with plots about conspiracy, chases and races, shootout, murder, pistol, gunfight and chase mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Chain Reaction: Enemy of the State (1998), The Fugitive (1993), Conspiracy Theory (1997), Blackhat (2015), Shooter (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Hotshot Washington lawyer, Robert Dean becomes a victim of high-tech identity theft when a hacker slips an incriminating video into his pocket. Soon, a rogue National Security agent sets out to recover the tape – and destroy Dean.
Style:
clever, tense, suspense, political thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, date night, kids
Plot:
conspiracy, surveillance, espionage, cia, political conspiracy, uncover truth, on the run, investigation, politics, twists and turns, manhunt, intelligence ...
Time:
year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place:
baltimore, washington d.c., maryland, afghanistan, iraq ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
316K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Wrongfully accused of murdering his wife, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find her killer and clear his name. Pursuing him is a team of U.S. marshals led by Deputy Samuel Gerard, a determined detective who will not rest until ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, detective, neo noir, exciting ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, on the run, betrayal, escape, framed for murder, investigation, fugitives, death row, doctor, manhunt, corruption, fugitive ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1993
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.
Style:
tense, suspense, political thriller, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
conspiracy, cia, political conspiracy, paranoia, conspiracy theory, murder, mind control, surveillance, chase, spy, obsession, amnesia ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
64K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A man is released from prison to help American and Chinese authorities pursue a mysterious cyber criminal. The dangerous search leads them from Chicago to Hong Kong.
Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, exciting, intense ...
Audience:
family friendly, boys' night
Plot:
hacker, computer, terrorist, terrorism, computer hacker, terrorist plot, cybercrime, hacking, geek, espionage, chase, fbi ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, malaysia, chicago, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
353K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why.
Style:
intense, exciting, suspense, action packed, political ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
sniper, conspiracy, fbi, one man army, on the run, corruption, assassination, revenge, cover up, manhunt, military, false accusation ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
montana, philadelphia, virginia, tennessee, langley virginia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Bobby Bishop (Sheen) is a special assistant to the President of the United States. Accidentally, he meets his friend professor Pochenko on the street. Pochenko has time to tell Bishop about some conspiracy in the White House but then immediately ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, political thriller, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
political conspiracy, on the run, conspiracy, betrayal, assassination, corruption, politics, political corruption, intrigue, witnessing a crime, life turned upside down, political intrigue ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When someone tries to murder watchmaker Eddy Kay, the incident triggers a barrage of nightmares and flashbacks into a past that isn't his own. Fearing for his sanity, Eddy contacts psychiatrist Dr. Anna Nolmar for help. Anna thinks he's ...
Style:
grindhouse, erotic, suspense, independent film, psychological ...
Plot:
terrorism, truck, intrigue, trucker, explosions, cyberpunk, woman with a gun, gunfight, murder, on the run, female assassin, mind control ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
asia, vietnam, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Renegade FBI agent Art Jeffries protects a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked the government's new "unbreakable" code.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, intense, rough, neo noir ...
Plot:
autism, conspiracy, assassin, secret service, murder, child in peril, fbi, boy, assassination, witness protection, twists and turns, spy ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
chicago, bangkok thailand, south dakota
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sgt. James Dunn, who is wrongly accused of assassination of the officer he had a row with, is saved from death row and recruited for top-secret special operations squad led by Lt. Col Grant Casey. Their mission is to neutralize criminals who had ...
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
political conspiracy, frame up, manhunt, investigation, on the run, assassination, death row, conspiracy, sniper, false accusation, bomb, parachuting ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
12K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
F/X man Rollie Tyler is now a toymaker. Mike, the ex-husband of his girlfriend Kim, is a cop. He asks Rollie to help catch a killer. The operation goes well until some unknown man kills both the killer and Mike. Mike's boss, Silak says it was ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, fast, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
technology, chase, police investigation, murder, filmmaking, betrayal, corruption, buddy cop, dirty cop, stuntman, serial killer, witness ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A data courier, literally carrying a data package inside his head, must deliver it before he dies from the burden or is killed by the Yakuza. In a dystopian 2021, Johnny (Keanu Reeves) is a data trafficker who has an implant that allows him to ...
Style:
futuristic, cyber, stylized, apocalyptic, bleak ...
Audience:
family friendly, boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, virtual reality, hacker, dystopia, cyborgs, heroic mission, artificial intelligence, computers and web, danger, hacking, dystopian future, computer cracker ...
Time:
future, near future, 20th century, 2000s, 2020s ...
Place:
arizona, japan, beijing china
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he's working for Homeland Security. He calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, realistic, suspenseful, humorous ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, boys' night, teens
Plot:
gunfight, hacking, one man army, terrorism, hacker, computer hacker, tough cop, conspiracy, car chase, fbi, lone hero, surveillance ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, maryland, baltimore, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, United Arab Emirates, Canada
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
New CIA operative, Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.
Style:
exciting, suspense, action thriller, action adventure, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
cia, espionage, spy, secret service, secret agent, on the run, cia agent, chase, assassin, intelligence, intelligence agency, conspiracy ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
the philippines, maryland, virginia, usa, seoul ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
113K
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term memory is erased so he's incapable of breaching security. But at the end of a ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, tech noir, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, memory loss, time travel, twists and turns, gunfight, frame up, chase, seeing the future, changing the past or future, betrayal, amnesia, time machine ...
Time:
future, year 2003, near future, 21st century
Place:
seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Jay Killon is the bodyguard of the recently elected US president, but he is assigned to the first lady (Lara Royce). Lara hates Killon so she does all she can to escape. The story complicates when someone tries to kill Lara.
Style:
grindhouse, political, cult classic, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
assassin, cannon, spy, chase, conspiracy, secret service, violence, law enforcement, die hard, heroes, terrorism, secret agent ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
wyoming, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A movies special effects man is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well known gangster. When the agency double cross him, he uses his special effects to trap the gangster and the corrupt agents.
Style:
exciting, suspense, suspenseful, tense, tricky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
corruption, murder, gangster, chase, manhunt, assassination, disguise, car chase, faked death, witness protection, mission of murder, frame up ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, intense, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, police, corruption, police corruption, false accusation, conspiracy, negotiation, frame up, swat, uncover truth, twists and turns, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, intense, suspense ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
cia, espionage, terrorism, undercover agent, conspiracy, terrorist, race against time, murder, government agency, undercover, corruption, assassin ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, year 2013, 2000s, year 2001 ...
Place:
russia, new york, afghanistan, london, big ben london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
81K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins forming in the La Brea Tar Pits, the director of the city's emergency management service, Mike ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, intense, suspenseful, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
natural disaster, disaster, survival, volcano, catastrophe, end of the world, firefighter, forces of nature, race against time, lava, panic, fire ...
Time:
year 1997, future, 90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills, iceland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and American society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight ...
Style:
exciting, futuristic, serious, rough, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
dystopian future, distopia, chase, cyberpunk, chases and races, dystopic future, danger, prison, prison escape, tough heroes, stephen king, game of death ...
Time:
future, 80s, 20th century, 2010s, year 2019 ...
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
College student Jake Lo is pursued by smugglers, mobsters and crooked federal agents after he witnesses a murder by a Mafia kingpin.
Style:
exciting, intense, serious, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, gangster, police investigation, police corruption, justice, gunfight, danger, fighting crime, tough law enforcer, fight scenes, violent, murder ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
chicago, los angeles, usa, bangkok thailand, beijing china ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
110K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Mulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about a conspiracy that might mean the alien colonization of Earth.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, scary, cerebral, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
ufo, alien, conspiracy, first contact, conspiracy theory, virus, chase, evil alien, paranoia, fbi, obsession, twists and turns ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, prehistory, prehistoric times
Place:
washington d.c., london, usa, europe, antarctica ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
323K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent, Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last ditch effort to survive and uncover his assailants.
Style:
exciting, entertaining, action comedy, witty, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, manly
Plot:
spy, cia, hitman, secret service, chase, assassin, mission, gunfight, on the run, ex cia agent, female spy, kidnapping ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new orleans, iran, kansas city, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
2.0M
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
Style:
philosophical, thought provoking, cerebral, mind bending, surreal ...
Audience:
kids, date night, family friendly, manly, chick flick ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, philosophy, virtual reality, dystopia, distopia, martial arts, existentialism, cyberpunk, alternate reality, gunfight, fight, visceral ...
Time:
future, 20th century, near future, year 1999, 90s ...
Place:
persia, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
754
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Jim Natter, the leader of a violent Kuk Klux Klan lodge, is shot dead. His teenage son Eric Natter is found nearby, and taken into police custody for his protection pending the investigation. While four cops drive him to a safe-house, they are ...
Style:
suspense, independent film, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
racism, youth, nypd, xenophobia, police, ku klux klan, white supremacy, special agent, partner, chases and races, dishonesty, legal investigation ...
Time:
90s
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100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Singapore
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In the near future in the Asian city-state Sintawan, everyone's identity is recorded in the vast CyberLink. The only way around this is using illegal simulated identity implants (sims). A young bounty hunter who makes her living tracking sims, ...
Style:
futuristic, cyber, suspense, tech noir, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, fighting the system, technology gone awry, imaginary, society, life is a bitch, chase, dystopian future, cyberspace, bounty hunter, computer, militant ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Place:
asia, singapore
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Six months after the events depicted in The Matrix, Neo has proved to be a good omen for the free humans, as more and more humans are being freed from the matrix and brought to Zion, the one and only stronghold of the Resistance. Neo himself has ...
Style:
saga, philosophical, futuristic, reflective, cyber ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids, chick flick, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, dystopia, post apocalypse, prophecy, man versus machine, chosen one, oracle, robot, martial arts, alternate reality ...
Time:
future, year 2003, 2000s, near future, distant future ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
110K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
High School student David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department's war computer and initiates a ...
Style:
clever, futuristic, tense, cyber, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
cold war, hacker, computer, computer hacker, teenager, nuclear threat, hacking, computer cracker, computer genius, chess, artificial intelligence, nuclear war ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
seattle, oregon, washington state, usa, ussr ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When ruthless terrorists threaten to bring down the United Nations, they frame the one man they believe can stop them: an international security expert named Shaw. Now he must run from his own allies and become a solitary force for good, as he tries ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, intense, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, espionage, martial arts, murder, political conspiracy, secret agent, mafia, gunfight, car chase, heroes, translator, frame up ...
Time:
y2k, year 2000, 90s, 20th century
Place:
china, hong kong, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a plane load of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes. But when Diplomatic Security Agent John Royce is assigned to help Gerard recapture Sheridan, it ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, suspenseful, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night
Plot:
manhunt, cia, on the run, conspiracy, frame up, agent, fugitive, tough cop, corruption, car chase, murder, u.s. marshal ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
new york, chicago, kentucky, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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