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Safe House (2025)
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Trapped in a high-security safe house after a terrorist attack in downtown Los Angeles, six government agents realize they must survive not just the enemy outside, but the potential traitor among them.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, twist ending, political thriller, surprise ending, neo noir, suspense, ambiguous ending, independent film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
betrayal, paranoia, government agent, suspicion, survival, claustrophobia, mistrust, conspiracy, interrogation, false accusation, quarantine, isolation, paranoid, confined, cat and mouse, domestic terrorism, moral ambiguity, investigation, urban, sabotage, suicide bomber, secret agent, state terrorism, martial arts, tank ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
los angeles
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, surprise ending, f word and independent film films with plots about gunfight, ambush, pistol, held at gunpoint, violence, death and machine gun mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Safe House: Chief of Station (2024), S.W.A.T.: Under Siege (2017), Contract to Kill (2016), G20 (2025), Black Water (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Hungary
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he thought he knew.
Style:
independent film, neo noir, suspense, surprise ending, f word
Plot:
cia agent, conspiracy, female spy, shootout, strangulation, money laundering, husband wife relationship, rogue agent, wife, hostage, interrogation, death ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
hungary, washington d.c., budapest, eastern europe
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a D.E.A. and S.W.A.T. cartel takedown ends in a shootout, S.W.A.T. Agent Travis Hall seizes a mysterious prisoner taking him into custody. Before long, the S.W.A.T. compound is under siege by wave-after-wave of assault teams attempting to ...
Style:
saga, suspense, suspenseful, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
police, survival, spy, death of friend, female warrior, corrupt cop, computer cracker, chase, police chase, brutality, husband wife relationship, tough guy ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
seattle, washington d.c., washington state
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Monaco
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Harmon is a CIA/DEA enforcer investigating Arab terrorists captured in Mexico. With his team--seductive FBI agent Zara and spy-drone pilot Sharp--he flies to Istanbul and uncovers a brutal plot: Islamic extremists plan to use Sonora drug-smuggling ...
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suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
aikido, female warrior, martial arts, terrorist plot, conspiracy, hitman, secret agent, fbi agent, cia agent, woman fights a man, undercover, terrorist ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
sonora, el paso texas, istanbul turkey, mexico
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84%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After the G20 Summit is overtaken by terrorists, President Danielle Sutton must bring all her statecraft and military experience to defend her family and her fellow leaders.
Style:
intense, inspirational, suspenseful, powerful, political thriller ...
Plot:
usa president, terrorist attack, terrorist, bomb, mercilessness, 17 year old, female warrior, one against many, revenge, reporter, elevator, secretary ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
south africa, cape town south africa, budapest, washington d.c.
Similarity:
81%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A deep cover operative awakens to find himself imprisoned on a submarine. With the help of a fellow prisoner and an amateur agent, he must race against the clock to escape the vessel and expose who set him up.
Style:
suspense, exciting, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
martial arts, submarine, female warrior, murder, violence, martial artist, danger, betrayal, brutality, blood, dishonesty, espionage ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
pentagon, canada
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A Texas Ranger is recruited by British Intelligence to track down a dangerous terrorist and stop him from attacking London.
Style:
serious, bleak, captivating, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
terrorist, police officer, texas ranger, police, terrorism, prospector, male protagonist, intelligence, ranger, profanity, pub, escape ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
mexico, texas, london, big ben london, tower bridge london
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In this world of contract killers, Morgan Gaines is the best of the best. When Morgan is hired to kill six people around the world, he soon discovers all the targets are also assassins unknowingly hired to kill each other.
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot:
killer, hitman, murder, assassin, murderer, race against time, cat versus mouse, struggle for survival, serial killer, killing, problem, agent ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
paris france, barcelona, lisbon portugal, rome italy
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When former black ops operative Tom Steele and his partner Manning are assigned to decommission an old prison, they must oversee the arrival of two mysterious female prisoners. Before long, an elite force of mercenaries assault the prison in search ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, martial arts, partner, chase, rescue, confined, tough heroes, master warrior, on the run, danger, jail, die hard ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
texas, oregon, usa
Similarity:
71%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: UK, Croatia, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Top level CIA agent Avery Graves is blackmailed by terrorists into betraying her own country to save her kidnapped husband. Cut off from her team, she turns to her underworld contacts to survive and help locate the coveted intelligence that the ...
Style:
suspense, surprise ending, neo noir, f word
Plot:
female assassin, kidnapping, spy thriller, cia agent, terrorist, terrorism, female protagonist, blackmail, airplane, spy, abduction, gas mask ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new york, tokyo, singapore
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A man wakes in a hospital with no memory, and quickly finds himself on the run in a locked down hospital with the Cartel on his tail.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, tense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
thug, amnesiac, amnesia, gangster, hospital, crime scene, race against time, memory loss, trap, deathtrap, memory lapse, vigilante ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
mexico, arizona
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When Merrill Ross (Michael Dudikoff) is thought to be a C.I.A. agent gone bad and teaming with some other alphabet named agency to take over the oil rich country of Qumir, he finds he's in the middle of a very explosive situation. Not knowing ...
Style:
suspense, perverse, grindhouse, dark comedy, independent film ...
Plot:
female warrior, cannon, mossad, woman kills a man, computer cracker, geopolitics, shootout, woman in jeopardy, fugitive, bare chested male, crooked businessman, special forces ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An ex-hacker is forced to break into high-level banking institutions, another man must try to penetrate the booby-trapped building to get the young man off the hot seat.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, action thriller ...
Plot:
hacker, terrorist, computer cracker, race against time, computer hacker, investigation, suspect, protagonist as suspect, code breaking, breaking and entering, terrorism, explosions ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
U.S. Marshal Mason Pollard specializes in “erasing” people – faking the deaths of high-risk witnesses. With the technological advances of the last 25 years, the game has upgraded, and it’s just another day at the office when he’s assigned ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, surprise ending, f word
Plot:
tough guy, witness protection, martial arts, attempted murder, abusive husband, u.s. marshal, fbi, shootout, woman in jeopardy, rescue, hand to hand combat, ship ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
south africa, cape town south africa, los angeles
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Thailand, China, USA, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A crime syndicate places a hit on a billionaire's daughter, making her the target of an elite assassin squad. A small band of down-and-out mercenaries protects her, fighting tooth and nail to stop the assassins from reaching their target.
Style:
intense, suspense, brutal, bloody, action thriller ...
Plot:
martial arts, fight, organized crime, mole, police shootout, mercenary, police, danger, murder, chase, police station, fistfight ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
china
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A deadly female assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men.
Style:
bleak, tense, captivating, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
assassin, conspiracy, mother and daughter, danger, fight, daughter, female protagonist, hitman, female killer, killer, murderer, ex special forces ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
illinois, cincinnati ohio, havana cuba, alaska
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
While working as an EMT back stateside Jake Carter after responding to a distress call, finds himself caught up protecting a person of interest from a biker gang ruthlessly hunting them down.
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, chase, murder, brutality, violence, betrayal, gunfight, fight, deception, death, martial arts, marine ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
british columbia
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Portugal, Canada, Bulgaria
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Secret Service Agent Mike Banning is framed for the attempted assassination of the President and must evade his own agency and the FBI as he tries to uncover the real threat.
Style:
tense, exciting, suspense, captivating, intense ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
secret service, agent, terrorist, secret service agent, president, fbi, spy, lone hero, gunfight, white house, justice, state affairs ...
Time:
2010s, future, year 2019, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., west virginia, usa, north carolina, virginia ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Italy, Malta
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Following the murder of his fiancée, Mitch Rapp trains under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair then is enlisted to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets.
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, exciting, action adventure, tense ...
Plot:
revenge, terrorism, cia, counter terrorism, terrorist, training, kickboxing, government agent, spy, hand to hand combat, showdown, mentor ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
london, warsaw poland, romania, istanbul turkey, virginia ...
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Monaco
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An elite team of DEA agents are assigned to protect a dangerous drug lord and take refuge in a luxury hotel while they await extraction. They soon find themselves at the center of an ambush as the drug lord's former associates launch an ...
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, exciting, surprise ending ...
Plot:
female warrior, drug lord, battles, organized crime, violence, betrayal, witness protection, deception, chase, mob boss, crime boss, murder ...
Place:
ukraine, romania, eastern europe
Similarity:
53%
41K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Switzerland, UK, France, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After failing to apprehend the terrorist behind a Paris attack that claimed dozens of lives, CIA agent Alice Racine is forced to live in London as a caseworker. Her mentor unexpectedly calls her back into action when the CIA discovers that another ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, rough, cult classic ...
Plot:
terrorism, spy, biohazard, female warrior, rogue agent, cia agent, virus, female protagonist, female spy, cia, biological warfare, terrorist ...
Time:
future, year 2017, 2010s, year 2012
Place:
london, paris france, moscow russia, big ben london, tower bridge london ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An ex-Navy SEAL, Michael Adams, (Matthew Reese) was captured during a raid to free Japanese prisoners from a North Korean prison camp. He endures the North Koreans torture for three years -- seen only as flashbacks -- then released back into ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, disturbing, tense, thought provoking ...
Plot:
female agent, vendetta, violence, chase, husband wife relationship, tragic hero, political prisoner, conspiracy, female assassin, tragic past, dark hero, danger ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
korea, north korea
Similarity:
52%
11K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A man wakes up missing his memories. Directed by a mysterious voice from a device in his ear, he sets off on a hostage rescue mission rife with danger.
Style:
twisted, disturbing, suspenseful, serious, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
violent, female warrior, amnesia, survival, target, fight, inter-korean relations, martial arts, epic battle, computer game, fight club, virus ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
south korea, north korea, korea
Similarity:
51%
24K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An ex-special services veteran, down on his luck and desperate for work, takes a job as a security guard at a run-down mall in a rough area of town. On his first night on the job, he opens the door to a distraught and desperate young girl who has ...
Style:
serious, exciting, tense, suspense, realistic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
security guard, tough guy, shopping mall, brutality, gunfight, tough law enforcer, female warrior, ex soldier, warrior, hand to hand combat, danger, escape attempt ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
51%
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43K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A group of top female agents from American, British, Chinese, Columbian and German government agencies are drawn together to try and stop an organization from acquiring a deadly weapon to send the world into chaos.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, action thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female agent, female protagonist, female spy, woman with a gun, female assassin, kick-butt women, female bonding, female warrior, mission, fight, spy, undercover ...
Time:
2020s, future
Place:
montmartre paris, berlin germany, shanghai, langley virginia, paris france ...
Similarity:
51%
93K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Colombia, Indonesia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A CIA field officer and an Indonesian police officer are forced to work together in confronting political corruption. An informant must be moved twenty-two miles to safety.
Style:
perverse, exciting, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
black ops, terrorist, top secret, rogue agent, spy, secret service, surveillance, political corruption, woman with a gun, cia, espionage, computer cracker ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016
Place:
southeast asia, indonesia, asia
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Nicknamed after a human-devouring spirit, the ruthless leader of an overseas black ops team takes up a dangerous mission in a city riddled with spies.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating, perverse ...
Plot:
mission, espionage, female warrior, organized crime, secret agent, spy, investigation, special agent, cia agent, secret mission, fighting crime, entertainment ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
china, new york, london, tower bridge london, rio de janeiro ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Top special agent Lucinda Kavsky works for a secret part of the CIA. She's given a special assignment but then set up by her own agency
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
spy, female killer, female spy, special agent, strong female lead, heroes, martial arts, secret agent, violence, fight, murder, death ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
usa, europe, washington d.c., manhattan new york city, new york ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Romania
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The global war on terror rages on. When a government official goes missing, Lance, a man with an impressive record of service to his country, finds himself protecting the man who embodies everything he has dedicated his life to fight against.
Style:
serious, rough, exciting, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, undercover, tough heroes, one man army, danger, state affairs, daring rescue, save the day, law enforcement, chases and races, conspiracy, undercover agent ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
romania, europe, new york, washington d.c.
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A former CIA operative is kidnapped by a group of terrorists. When his son learns there is no plan for his father to be saved, he launches his own rescue operation.
Style:
exciting, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
terrorist, death of wife, female warrior, escape from reality, computer cracker, rescue, machismo, murder, deception, brutality, father son relationship, violence ...
Time:
year 2016, 2000s, 2010s, year 2005, year 2004 ...
Place:
langley virginia, central europe, czech republic, prague, usa ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Colonel Robert Sikes is on a mission to rid his city of crime. As a stealthy, one-man assault team, he will take on street gangs, mobsters, and politicians with extreme prejudice until his mission is complete. His former protégé, William Porter, ...
Style:
tense, suspense, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
bare breasts, stripper, vigilante, danger, brutality, murder, anti hero, sociopath, gangster, tough guy, fbi agent, chase ...
Similarity:
48%
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