Movies like Executive Decision

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Executive Decision (1996)
 6.5
 61K
Executive Decision (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell) suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is assigned to intercept the plane and hijackers.
Style: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic, intense, anamorphic, cult classic, action thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, airplane, hostage, rescue, hijacking, terrorist, hand to hand combat, bomb, surveillance, military, special forces, senator, violence, terrorist plot, muslim, panic, shootout, suicide bomber, airplane accident, twists and turns, save the day, aviation, survival, stewardess, air disaster ...
Time: 20th century, year 1995, 90s, 1990s
Place: washington d.c., athens greece, london, los angeles, pentagon
Keyword: fighting movie, take over, arabic

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Most similar movies to Executive Decision

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and exciting films with plots about terrorism, danger, shootout, pistol, heroes, terrorist and race against time mostly in Thriller, Action and Adventure genres. Some movies like Executive Decision: Air Force One (1997), Non-Stop (2014), Cliffhanger (1993), Passenger 57 (1992), Speed (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 6.5
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Air Force One (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Russian terrorists conspire to hijack the aircraft with the president and his family on board. The commander in chief finds himself facing an impossible predicament: give in to the terrorists and sacrifice his family, or risk everything to uphold ...
Style: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, tension, entertaining ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: hostage, airplane, secret service, president, terrorism, white house, terrorist, hijacking, conspiracy, head of state, u.s. president, heroism ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: russia, afghanistan, iraq, washington d.c., moscow russia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.9
 276K
Non-Stop (2014)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Bill Marks is a burned-out veteran of the Air Marshals service. He views the assignment not as a life-saving duty, but as a desk job in the sky. However, today's flight will be no routine trip. Shortly into the transatlantic journey from New ...
Style: suspense, clever, detective, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: airplane, twists and turns, terrorism, hostage, air disaster, danger, terrorist, save the day, hijacking, investigation, mind game, heroes ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, iceland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.5
 139K
Cliffhanger (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy, France, Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to rescue a group of stranded climbers, only to learn the climbers are actually thieving hijackers who ...
Style: serious, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: climbing, mountain climbing, heist, mountain, rocky mountains, wilderness, rock climbing, villain, snow, redemption, rescue, survival ...
Time: 20th century, future, 90s
Place: colorado, antarctic
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.9
 51K
Passenger 57 (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: An infamous terrorist has evaded capture for a long time by being extremely clever and ruthless. Things get interesting when he hijacks a plane carrying famous security expert John Cutter, who isn't about to stand this sort of thing.
Style: serious, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience: girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot: terrorism, hostage, airplane, hijacking, airport, terrorist, motorcycle, evil man, aviation, fbi, danger, heroes ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: florida, louisiana, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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 7.3
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Speed (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Los Angeles SWAT cop Jack Traven is up against bomb expert Howard Payne, who's after major ransom money. First it's a rigged elevator in a very tall building. Then it's a rigged bus--if it slows, it will blow, bad enough any day, but ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, tense, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: hostage, bomb, danger, terrorism, trapped, bus, terrorist, save the day, unlikely partners, chase, rescue, on the road ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1994
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
 6.9
 317K
Con Air (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: When the government puts all its rotten criminal eggs in one airborne basket, it's asking for trouble. Before you can say, "Pass the barf bag," the crooks control the plane, led by creepy Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom. Watching ...
Style: exciting, suspense, serious, action packed, intense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, teens
Plot: airplane, prison, hijacking, master criminal, aviation, law enforcement, machismo, convict, colombian drug cartel, fugitives, die hard, confined ...
Time: year 1997, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place: utah, las vegas, usa, north america, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
 6.5
 95K
Under Siege (1992)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: This action-packed thriller takes place on the soon-to-be-decommissioned USS Missouri. Disgruntled ex-CIA operative Strannix, his assistant Krill and their group of terrorists seize the battleship with nuclear blackmail in mind. They've planned ...
Style: suspense, exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: martial arts, terrorism, one man army, u.s. navy, ship, hostage, one against many, terrorist plot, violence, terrorist, sociopath, race against time ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1991
Place: hawaii, pacific ocean, honolulu hawaii, pentagon
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
 7.4
 356K
The Rock (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: FBI chemical warfare expert Stanley Goodspeed is sent on an urgent mission with a former British spy, John Patrick Mason, to stop Gen. Francis X. Hummel from launching chemical weapons on Alcatraz Island into San Francisco. Gen. Hummel demands $100 ...
Style: suspense, tense, exciting, action packed, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: terrorism, hostage, prison, alcatraz, twists and turns, military, mercenary, car chase, prison escape, gunfight, chemical weapon, swat team ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, usa, california, bay area
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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 6.5
 134K
Red Eye (2005)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: After attending the funeral of her grandmother in Dallas, the Lux Atlantic Hotel manager Lisa is waiting for a flight to Miami. Due to the bad weather and consequent flight delay, she meets in the airport bar Jack Rippner, who is also in the waiting ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, psychological, tense, suspense ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot: airplane, terrorism, hostage, kidnapping, woman in danger, airport, villain, hitman, fear, stewardess, strong female character, danger ...
Time: 2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place: usa, miami, dallas texas, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the loss of innocent lives. McClane thought he'd seen it all, ...
Style: suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, action packed, intense ...
Audience: chick flick, manly, boys' night
Plot: gunfight, terrorism, police, heist, race against time, bomb, police officer, car chase, revenge, weapons, puzzle, buddy cop ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa, north america, harlem ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A passenger train has been hijacked by an electronics expert and turned into an untraceable command center for a weapons satellite. He has planned to blow up Washington DC and only one man can stop him, former Navy SEAL Casey Ryback.
Style: intense, suspense, action adventure, action drama, saga ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: train, terrorism, martial arts, terrorist, military, hostage, railway, die hard, disaster, 007, violent, one man army ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: colorado, denver colorado, pentagon
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 6.5
 196K
Swordfish (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Rogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account. He wants the cash to fight terrorism, but lacks the computer skills necessary to hack into the government mainframe. ...
Style: suspense, surprise ending, exciting, sexy, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: heist, computer hacker, hacker, hostage, bank robbery, spy, terrorism, computer, surveillance, father daughter relationship, hot and sexy, ex convict ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, monte carlo, usa, malibu california, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 3.3
 406
Deep Water (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Hotshot Navy special ops guys get assigned to take a cruise to keep an eye on a VIP's daughter. Once the voyage is under way, somehow a nuke A) gets lost in the vicinity, and goes off. The resulting tidal wave capsizes the cruise ship, and its ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, exciting, independent film ...
Plot: cruise ship, one against many, hostage, survival, conspiracy, terrorist group, kidnapping, fight, betrayal, ocean, teenage girl, disaster ...
Time: 2000s, 90s
Place: san francisco, pentagon, san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Delta Force (1986)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A 707 aircraft jetliner on its way from Athens to Rome and then to New York City is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists. The terrorists demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite team of commandoes ...
Style: grindhouse, exciting, suspenseful, cult classic, funny ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: military, terrorism, martial arts, special forces, explosions, cannon, commando, violence, war on terror, hostage, aviation, patriotism ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: middle east, israel, athens greece, beirut lebanon, iran ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.2
 940K
Die Hard (1988)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: NYPD cop, John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking ...
Style: intense, christmas special, exciting, suspense, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, date night, chick flick, teens ...
Plot: hostage, gunfight, one man army, heist, tough guy, christmas, terrorist, terrorism, police, shootout, robbery, skyscraper ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1988, year 2016
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 4.1
 437
Hijack (1998)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A prestigious senator and the passengers on board a train are kidnapped by a militia group.
Style: suspenseful, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: train, terrorism, hijacking, chases and races, danger, heroes, confined, law enforcement, race against time, save the day, die hard, terrorist plot ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Crash Point Zero (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When a plane carrying a legendary and recently found death ray machine from Siberia to Canada is hijacked and crashes in the remote mountains of Alaska, only a fearless government agent (Treat Williams) will risk his life to save the world. A modern ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: airplane, terrorism, tough heroes, save the day, confined, danger, survival, undercover, daring rescue, heroes, race against time, aviation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: russia, alaska
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story: John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.
Style: action packed, harsh, intense, realistic, serious ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: one man army, revenge, rambo, weapons, vietnam war, violent, prisoner, prison, chase, violence, soldier, military ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: vietnam, arizona, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 5.0
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Turbulence (1997)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: On a flight transporting dangerous convicts, murderer Ryan Weaver manages to break free and cause complete chaos throughout the plane. As various people on board fall victim to Weaver, it is ultimately down to flight attendant Teri Halloran to keep ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, intense, suspense, tense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: airplane, christmas, stewardess, hijacking, aviation, murder, disaster, psychopath, serial killer, danger, airplane accident, pilot ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.5
 18K
Navy Seals (1990)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: During a rescue mission, a team of Navy Seals discover that a terrorist group have access to deadly US built Stinger missiles, and must set out to locate and destroy them before they can be used.
Style: exciting, intense, humorous, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, military, war, soldier, u.s. navy, battles, heroes, special forces, gunfight, danger, save the day, heroic mission ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: middle east, lebanon, beirut lebanon, north america, pentagon
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The Strike Force team is back in this action-packed sequel to "The Hunt For Eagle One"! Terrorists have stolen a Ground Control Encoder...
Style: realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: jungle warfare, terrorism, martial arts, lieutenant, rescue, terrorist attack, female fighter, behind enemy lines, heroes, race against time, hostage, kidnapping ...
Place: asia, melbourne, the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 3.3
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Hour of Valor (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A Presidential candidate running against the Vice-President plans a trip to the Balkans to negotiate the release of American servicemen being held hostage. Before he leaves, he receives a disk documenting evidence that the Vice-President has been ...
Style: serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, hijacking, one man army, political conspiracy, state affairs, law enforcement, confined, undercover, race against time, save the day, danger, secret agent ...
Place: washington d.c., france
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 6.6
 195K
Eagle Eye (2008)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Jerry Shaw and Rachel Holloman are two strangers whose lives are suddenly thrown into turmoil by a mysterious woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, the unseen caller uses everyday technology to control their actions and push ...
Style: suspense, exciting, serious, intense, futuristic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: surveillance, artificial intelligence, chase, mysterious character, investigation, technology gone awry, life turned upside down, computers and web, fugitives, chases and races, imaginary, conspiracy ...
Time: year 2008, near future, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., afghanistan, chicago, indianapolis indiana, pentagon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
 6.6
 6K
Juggernaut (1974)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A bomber has planted 7 bombs on a transatlantic cruise ship. While a crack bomb squad team try to defuse the bombs the police attempt to track down the mad bomber.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, realistic, rough, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, ship, shipwreck, disaster, cruise, ransom, cruise ship, sea, bomb, ocean, espionage, brutality ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: england, atlantic ocean, scotland yard, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: When an Amacor oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, Captain Frank Towns and copilot "A.J." are sent to shut the operation down. However, on their way to Beijing, a major dust storm forces them to ditch their C-119 ...
Style: intense, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: survival, desert, aviation, stranded, air disaster, adaptation, chase, rescue, introspection, danger, getting home, human nature ...
Time: 20th century
Place: long beach california, beijing china, mongolia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
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%
 4.2
 276
Warhead (1996)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Terrorists seize an American nuclear missile site and threaten to launch the missiles at Washington unless the President resigns immediately and $1 billion is placed in a Swiss account in 8 hours.
Style: suspense, independent film, fast, exciting, serious ...
Plot: terrorism, world war, 007, die hard, heroes, race against time, computer cracker, chaos, chaos and mayhem, chases and races, confined, law enforcement ...
Time: 90s
Place: switzerland, washington d.c., pentagon, haiti, idaho
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 4.1
 5K
The Marksman (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Chechen rebels take over a Russian nuclear plant and it's up to a mysterious agent(Snipes) to stop them.
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, black american, military, sniper, soldier, heroes, rescue, frame up, heroic mission, daring rescue, political conspiracy, race against time ...
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 5.3
 2K
The Soldier (1982)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Terrorists take over a plutonium bomb and threaten to detonate it in a Saudi Arabian oil field. A special anti-terrorist unit is sent in to stop them.
Style: retro, cult classic, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, machine gun, oil, espionage, exploitation, war on terror, cavalry, undercover, soldier, race against time, kgb, hijacking ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: saudi arabia, east germany, germany, middle east, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Storm Catcher (1999)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A renegade general plots to bomb Washington using a new top secret jet called the Storm Catcher. The only trouble is only one man is capable of flying it. So they seek to put him on the run in a conspiracy that makes him appear to have murdered ...
Style: realistic, rough, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, conspiracy, heroes, terrorist, state affairs, dishonesty, political conspiracy, false accusation, confined, rivalry, fighting the system, chases and races ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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