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Defense Play (1988)
181
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Professor Vandemeer works on a secret project for the US-Air-Force called DART: a very small helicopter for scouting and defense. When he gets killed, Colonel Denton gets under suspicion. His son Scott and Vandemeers daughter Karen believe in his innocence and search for the true murderer and his motives.
Style:
independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
computer, heroes, undercover, espionage, chases and races, teenage life, danger, computers and web, nudity, anti hero, violent content, murderer, military, investigation, death, murder, car chase, tragedy, helicopter, father daughter relationship, astronaut, chase, rocket, nasa, father son relationship ...
Time:
80s, year 1988
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and exciting films with plots about danger, heroes, chases and races, rivalry, escapades, murder and violent content mostly in Drama, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like Defense Play: Dead Men Can't Dance (1997), Mercenaries (2011), Running Scared (1980), The Local (2008), Gale Force (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
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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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
cult classic, independent film, realistic, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
80s
Place:
russia, malta
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Action, Drama
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:
60%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Mirror Wars: Reflection One is a post-cold-war thriller from the Russian point of view. Bad-guy British arms dealer Murdock (Malcolm McDowell) and numerous mercenaries and clandestine agents tries to steal a new Russian stealth fighter. Murdock is ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, suspenseful, serious, fast
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, london, scotland yard
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, fast, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
south africa
Similarity:
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525
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
55%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
bulgaria, europe, chechnya
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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781
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Duration: 95 min.
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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52%
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Style:
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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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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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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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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Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Country: Turkey, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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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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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
bleak, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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800
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
70s
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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