Movies like Fear 1988
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Fear (1988)
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A family living in an isolated cabin in the woods are terrorized by a gang of escaped convicts. Their leader, a serial killer, is a disturbed Vietnam veteran. What the gang doesn't know is that the family's father is also a Vietnam veteran, and he has no intention of letting his family come to any harm.
Style:
scary, psychological, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
hostage, crimes, gang, on the road, hostages, confined, kidnapping, missing person, violence spree, danger, family in danger, chases and races, criminal heroes, gory, deadly, escape, vietnam war, vietnam vet, tied up, vietnam war veteran, escaped convict, cabin
Place:
vietnam, asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and rough films with plots about crimes, chases and races, confined, danger, deadly, rivalry and heroes mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Fear: The Don of the Dons (2014), Freezer (2014), Submerged (2000), Blast (1997), Frogmen Operation Stormbringer (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 72 min.
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Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Terrorists attempt to disrupt the Atlanta Olympics by kidnapping the U.S. women's swim team. If their demands are not met, the team will be executed. Only janitor Jack Bryant, a former Olympic gymnast champion of Tae Kwon Do felled by injuries ...
Style:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Captain Rick Jeffries is the head of a group of elite soldiers who swim into action, doing the dirty jobs no else can or wants to do. They are in pursuit of a world traveling terrorist known only as Casper, and have the difficult job of bringing him ...
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Time:
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Four desperate bank robbers are forced to abandon their lucrative heist plans and become the reluctant heroes when two of their hostages turn out to be psychotic killers who won't stop until everyone in the bank has been ruthlessly slaughtered. ...
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action
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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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
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Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Duration: 80 min.
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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