Movies and TV shows like Red Alert

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Red Alert (2025)
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Red Alert (2025)
Original name: אור ראשון
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Israel, USA
TV show
Story: From the ambush at an open-air music festival to a family's last stand inside their home, ordinary people face life-or-death situations as a terrorist invasion turns southern Israel into a war zone.
Style: intense, tension, realistic, suspenseful, tear jerker, tearjerker
Audience: adult
Plot: survival, fear, bravery, conflict, terrorist attack, resilience, war zone, home invasion, chaos, family drama, ambush, trauma, graphic violence, evacuation, multiple perspectives, moral ambiguity, camaraderie, media coverage, terrorist, terrorism, slow burn, genocide
Place: israel

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Most similar movies to Red Alert

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, intense and tense films and TV series with plots about investigation, survival, moral ambiguity, urban, trauma, resilience and terrorism mostly in Drama, History and Thriller genres. Some movies like Red Alert: Crossfire (2022), Notre-Dame (2022), Our Boys (2019), Heart Beat (2024), The Path to 9/11 (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Crossfire (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: A group of holidaymakers are caught up in a gun attack on the hotel where they are staying
Style: suspense, tension, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Audience: adult
Plot: problem, family problems, shooting, threat, fear, hotel, violent, hostage situation, panic, survival, chaos, hostility ...
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Notre-Dame (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 297 min.
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Story: As the Paris firefighters try to stop the flames from spreading in the Cathedral, the show also follows characters being put through the wringer - they will have to fight each other, love each other, come across each other, hate each other, smile at ...
Style: tense, realistic, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot: firefighter, fire brigade, notre dame cathedral, fire, rescue, firefighting, problem, house fire, heroism, rescue attempt, disaster, sacrifice ...
Time: year 2019, 2010s
Place: france, paris france
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Our Boys (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Three Jewish teenagers are kidnapped and murdered by Hamas militants in the summer of 2014, leading to the retaliatory killing of 16-year-old Palestinian Muhammad Abu Khdeir and a conflict that forever changes the lives of Jews and Arabs alike.
Style: tense, realistic, psychological, serious, atmospheric ...
Audience: adult
Plot: terrorism, investigation, murder, civil war, who done it, parents and children, law enforcement, evidence, interrogation, haunted by the past, hate crime, religious conflict ...
Time: 2010s
Place: middle east, palestine, jerusalem
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Heart Beat (2024)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
TV show
Story: RK Multispeciality Hospital is a beacon of hope and healing. Its doctors are resilient even when they have to deal with medical and personal challenges.
Style: medical drama, emotional, tension, inspirational, realistic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: hospital, doctor, teamwork, compassion, healing, humanity, resilience, conflict, urban, slice of life, professional rivalry, loyalty
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The Path to 9/11 (2006)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: The Path to 9/11 was a two-part miniseries that aired in the United States on ABC television from September 10 – 11, 2006, and also in other countries. The film dramatizes the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York City and the events leading ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, bleak, atmospheric
Plot: terrorism, hijacking, white house, terrorist, politics, danger, government agency, dishonesty, head of state, state affairs, 9/11, vice president ...
Time: september 11 2001, 90s, 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c., north america, new york, manhattan new york city
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Heweliusz (2025)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: In 1993, the Polish ferry MS Jan Heweliusz capsizes off the coast of Rügen in the Baltic Sea.
Style: bleak, tense, suspenseful, period drama
Plot: ferry, shipwreck, tragedy, disaster, trauma, loss, survival, realism, investigation, isolation, investigative journalism, bureaucracy ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1993
Place: poland
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Without Warning: Terror in the Towers (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Based on the earlier bombing attack on the Twin Towers in New York
Style: tense, suspenseful, historical drama, bleak, political thriller ...
Audience: adult
Plot: terrorist, world trade center manhattan new york city, rescue, terrorism, bombing, skyscraper, disaster, bomb threat, evacuation, search and rescue, resilience, urban ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
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22 July (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark, Finland
Duration: 50 min.
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Story: The story about the people working on July 22 2011, when a terror attack happened in Norway.
Style: bleak, suspenseful, thought provoking, bad ending, suspense ...
Plot: journalist, police, teacher, counter terrorism, terrorism, terrorist attack, politics, terrorist, trauma, mass murder, grief, political violence ...
Time: year 2011
Place: oslo norway
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Bad Boy (2023)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: Dean, a young teen living with his mother and younger brother, prepares to turn in for the night when a knock on the door changes his life forever. Correctional officers storm into his room and haul him, barely clothed, out of the house.
Style: intense, realistic, dark
Audience: teen drama
Plot: juvenile detention, troubled youth, survival, psychological trauma, abuse, coming of age, friendship, corruption, resilience, isolation, mother son relationship, violence ...
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With My Own Eyes (2023)
Genre: Drama
Country: Lithuania
Duration: 44 min.
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Story: A large family reside in different Ukrainian cities. Mother and Father live in the Kiev suburbs, the oldest daughter in Mariupol, the second of the three in Vinnitsa, and the youngest in Chernigov. The son went on a work trip to Donetsk. Exactly in ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, thought provoking, captivating, thrilling ...
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Patient Zero (2022)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
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Story: USSR, 1980s. The Elista Children's Hospital is experiencing the country's first major HIV outbreak, with more than 70 children and several adults infected. Now everyone: doctors, patients, relatives need to preserve human dignity in the ...
Style: dramatic, medical drama, disturbing, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: epidemic, doctor, medical, female protagonist, female nudity, branding iron, hiv, fighting illness, doctors and patients, children, terminal illness, illness ...
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The Attaché (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 30 min.
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Story: Avshalom, a successful musician, relocates to Paris when his wife Annabelle gets a job there. They are greeted by terrorist attacks, and the dream of a romantic year abroad soon turns into a nightmare. Together and separately, Avshalom and Annabelle ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, emotional, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot: islam, terrorist, relationship problems, musician, husband wife relationship, relationships, problem, male female relationship, social problems, terrorism, anxiety, trauma ...
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Siyavash (2021)
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Country: Iran
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: What are you willing to do to support your family? If you are no longer a member of the family, do you do the right thing or wait for them to be destroyed?
Style: serious, tension, emotional, intense, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: family conflict, family drama, loyalty, mature, ethical dilemma, betrayal, sacrifice, morality, power struggle, survival, identity crisis, revenge ...
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The Last Will (2025)
Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: It is possible to start over even after experiencing hell. An unexpected inheritance and a crime give an unjustly treated woman the opportunity to change her life.
Style: emotional, suspense, intense, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: inheritance, redemption, female protagonist, second chance, family drama, resilience, betrayal, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, investigation, justice, family secret ...
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October 1970 (2006)
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Country: Canada
Duration: 480 min.
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Krank: Berlin (2025)
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Duration: 41 min.
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Style: suspenseful, historical drama, captivating, exciting, period piece ...
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Story: Activists follows the years from 1899 to 1906 when Finland as an independent nation started to form. At the center stage are young restless souls who operate against the backdrop of the phenomena of the time: deep social divisions, political ...
Style: period piece, historical drama, dramatic, tension, tense ...
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Style: suspenseful, suspense, captivating, dramatic, period piece ...
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Soldier (2012)
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Story: Kim Jun is the son of an escaped palace slave, who gets raised by monks. Years later, after being torn from his home during wartime, Kim Jun must renounce hispacifist ways to partake in a deadly game that could be his ticket to freedom from his ...
Style: tense, captivating, intense, dramatic, epic ...
Audience: adult
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Style: inspirational, heartfelt, uplifting, tense, emotional ...
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The Choice (2020)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Egypt
Duration: 50 min.
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Story: The story of Ahmed Saber Al-Mansi, commander of the 103rd Brigade, Thunderbolt, who was martyred in the ambush of the Burth Square in the Egyptian city of Rafah in 2017 while responding to a terrorist attack in the Sinai.
Style: realistic, captivating, thrilling, intense, patriotic ...
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 54 min.
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Story: Takako Mamiya is a lawyer who quits her job at a prestigious law firm and establishes her own office. She confidently sets out to build her business, but soon her former firm is putting up obstacles and interfering, causing Takako's employees ...
Style: tension, realistic, emotional, melancholic
Audience: adult
Plot: personal growth, female protagonist, lawyer, divorce, career change, ambition, female empowerment, resilience, office politics, team building, professional rivalry, ethics ...
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Elkizi (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
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Story: Fighting for her dreams, Ezo has two things to hold on to in this life; memories and what's left of her mother - So a handful of hope. However, everything he has in his hand is taken away at once by his family, to whom he is persecuted. Ezo has ...
Style: captivating, romantic, psychological, intense, emotional ...
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Bury the Lead (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Eleventh Hour is a Canadian television drama series which aired weekly on CTV from 2002 to 2005. The show revolves around the reporters and producers at a fictional television newsmagazine series, The Eleventh Hour. Unhappy with the ...
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological, intense, realistic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: investigative reporter, investigative journalism, journalist, reporter, ethical dilemma, workplace situations, teamwork, workplace, television crew, moral ambiguity, behind the scenes, professional rivalry ...
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Riding in Darkness (2022)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: This is a survival thriller, based on true events, three women with different connections to one man needs to find a way to get out of the monsters grip. Will they be believed or can he manipulate the surroundings once again.
Style: suspenseful, tense, realistic, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot: psychological manipulation, escape, abusive relationship, domestic violence, male female relationship, problem, relationships, survival, life is a bitch, manipulation, manipulative person, relationship problems ...
Time: 90s
Place: scandinavia, eastern europe
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The Invisible Line (2020)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The birth of the Basque terrorist gang ETA and its first attack, of which José Antonio Pardines, a Guardia Civil traffic officer, was the victim.
Style: political thriller, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, tense ...
Plot: terrorism, ideology, violence, political propaganda, murder, family problems, repression, eta terrorist group, assassination, spanish history, secret organization, franco regime (francoism) ...
Time: 60s, 1950s, 20th century, 50s
Place: basque country, spain, europe, south of france, iberian peninsula ...
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Internal Affairs (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Força-Tarefa is a Brazilian television series directed by José Alvarenga Jr. and Mário Márcio Bandarra and written by Fernando Bonassi Marçal Aquino. The series aired two season since April 16, 2009 on Rede Globo.
Style: tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: law enforcement, police investigation, fighting crime, workplace, workplace situations, police, police corruption, corruption, investigation, police procedural, internal affairs, obsession ...
Time: 21st century
Place: latin america, brazil, rio de janeiro
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The Leaving of Liverpool (1993)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 180 min.
Story: A poignant and forceful saga which traces the fortunes of two English children uprooted from their beloved Liverpool dockside to the alien environment of Australia in the years following World War Two.
Style: historical drama, poignant, emotional, period piece, realistic ...
Plot: corporal punishment, family drama, post war, loss, emigration, social history, working class, resilience, coming of age, alienation, identity crisis, realism ...
Time: 1940s, 1950s
Place: liverpool, australia
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