Movies like Fire Birds
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Fire Birds (1990)
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A joint task force operation between the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Army has been formed to dismantle one of the largest drug cartels operating in South America. Multiple attempts to assault the cartel's mountainous compound have been thwarted by a Scorpion-attack helicopter piloted by a cartel leader, Eric Stoller (Bert Rhine). After having several aircraft shot down, most notably a pair of UH–60 Black Hawks and their AH–1 Cobra escorts, the army turns to the new AH–64 Apache attack helicopter, which can match its enemies' maneuverability and firepower.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, sexy, exciting, ridiculous, unusual plot structure, buddy movie, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
justice, heroic mission, against the odds, daring rescue, save the day, tough heroes, aviation, military, helicopter, airplane, catastrophe, superhero, revenge, fight, mutant, natural disaster, computer game, writers, death, camp, miraculous event, technology, suspense, internet, weapons ...
Time:
80s, future
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Most similar movies to Fire Birds
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and exciting films with plots about fight scenes, destiny, catastrophe, first contact, brutality, dialogue and mentor mostly in Action, Adventure and Thriller genres. Some movies like Fire Birds: The Guardian (2006), Dante's Peak (1997), Navy Seals (1990), Red Scorpion (1988), Wing Commander (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A high school swim champion with a troubled past enrolls in the U.S. Coast Guard's 'A' School, where legendary rescue swimmer, Ben Randall teaches him some hard lessons about loss, love, and self-sacrifice.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, sentimental, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
ocean, coast guard, rescue, lifeguard, mentor, military, death, survival, training, friendship, daring rescue, teamwork ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alaska, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Volcanologist Harry Dalton comes to the sleepy town of Dante's Peak to investigate the recent rumblings of the dormant volcano the burg is named for. Before long, his worst fears are realized when a massive eruption hits, and immediately, ...
Style:
intense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
natural disaster, catastrophe, disaster, volcano, suspense, volcanic eruption, rescue, scientist, race against time, small town, survival, mayor ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
washington state
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, war, military, u.s. navy, soldier, race against time, battles, heroes, gunfight, save the day, heroic mission, tough heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
middle east, pentagon, usa, north america, beirut lebanon ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, South Africa, Namibia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A Russian KGB agent is sent to Africa to kill an anti-Communist black revolutionary. However, he has a change of heart when he sees how the Russians and their Cuban allies are killing and repressing the locals, so he switches sides and helps the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, touching, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, brutality, gunfight, assassination, justice, gratuitous violence, soldier, mission of murder, war, politics, state affairs, fighting the system ...
Time:
80s
Place:
africa, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Hollywood version of the popular video game series "Wing Commander". Unlike other video games to feature film transitions, series creator Chris Roberts was heavily involved in the film's creation. This is the story of Christopher ...
Style:
exciting, humorous, campy, futuristic, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
space wars, space opera, space, space and aliens, alien, heroes, heroic mission, save the world, spacecraft, video game, space travel, alien encounter ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Action
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Chappy discovers a drug-smuggling scheme at his own air base. It turns out that the lives of some village people in Peru are at stake, and he decides to fly there with ancient airplanes and friends to free them.
Style:
intense, satirical, campy, unusual plot structure, splatter ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female bodybuilder, aerial combat, military, airplane, aviation, death, female fighter, world war two, female fight, fighter plane, chase, violence ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
austin texas, peru, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
21K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A team of skydiving crooks led by DEA-agent-turned-bad Ty Moncrief (Busey) specialize in landing on police roofs and breaking in so their evil computer nerd can steal undercover agents' files and sell them to drug lords. Federal Marshal Pete ...
Style:
exciting, intense, serious, sexy, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, terrorism, parachuting, hijacking, terrorist, suspense, chase, airplane hijack, heroes, race against time, track down, skydiving ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Harry Burck has been kidnapped by South American terrorists, and when the US Government refuses to intervene, Harry's friends decide to take matters into their own hands!
Style:
sexy, humorous, thought provoking, buddy movie, feel good ...
Plot:
kidnapping, friendship, escape, underdog, mission, nude, fight, superhero, chase, corruption, culture clash, jungle ...
Time:
80s
Place:
colombia, latin america, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
American servicemen are still being held captive in Vietnam and it's up to one man to bring them home in this blistering, fast-paced action/adventure starring martial arts superstar Chuck Norris.Following a daring escape from a Vietnamese POW ...
Style:
exciting, intense, rough, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
vietnam war, jungle, martial arts, military, one man army, heroes, suspense, fight scenes, justice, rescue, heroic mission, military life ...
Time:
80s
Place:
vietnam, the philippines, thailand, asia, saigon ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After "The Poseidon Adventure", in which the ship got flipped over by a tidal wave, the ship drifts bottom-up in the sea. While the passengers are still on board waiting to be rescued, two rivaling salvage parties enter the ship on search ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, captivating, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
disaster, ship, survival, natural disaster, shipwreck, sinking ship, race against time, suspense, catastrophe, cruise, escapades, boat ...
Time:
80s, future, 70s
Place:
san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three bumbling Army reservists are hustled onto a plane headed for combat in Iraq -- but the fact that the plane drops them in Mexico doesn't stop them from "liberating" what they believe to be the Middle East.
Style:
humorous, satirical, absurd, funny, parody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
comedy of errors, soldier, friendship, gang, escapades, misfit, nothing goes right, battles, farce, military, desert, dumb ...
Place:
las vegas, iraq, latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
134K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Combat has taken its toll on Rambo, but he's finally begun to find inner peace in a monastery. When Rambo's friend and mentor Col. Trautman asks for his help on a top secret mission to Afghanistan, Rambo declines but must reconsider when ...
Style:
intense, homoerotic, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
manly, family outing, boys' night
Plot:
lone hero, one man army, desert, revenge, violence, gunfight, loner, war, heroes, military, rambo, torture ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
afghanistan, russia, pakistan, ussr, middle east ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
At a secret Russian nuclear missile base, an ex-U.S. SEAL member is planning to launch a missile strike on the United States, and the only way to stop him is with the best of the best. Because of a natural gas refinery leak, the newly formed team ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, soldier, military, heroic mission, martial arts, commando mission, master warrior, daring rescue, heroes, military base, betrayal, island ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The Dark Knight of Gotham City confronts a dastardly duo: Two-Face and the Riddler. Formerly District Attorney Harvey Dent, Two-Face believes Batman caused the courtroom accident which left him disfigured on one side. And Edward Nygma, ...
Style:
light, stylized, entertaining, campy, sexy ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night, family outing, date night
Plot:
superhero, batman, psychologist, good versus evil, partner, millionaire, secret identity, halloween, villain, justice, heroes, district attorney ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil's corrupt CEO, Michael Jennings, is the kind of person who doesn't care whether or not oil spills into the ocean or onto the land, just as long ...
Style:
entertaining, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, corruption, conspiracy, fight, environmental, oil, revenge, brutality, justice, vigilante, heroes, vengeance ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
alaska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A store clerk and an ice cream truck driver are thrown together when a dying scientist entrusts them with a deadly chemical kept in ice. This chemical will kill every living thing once it melts. They have to take the chemical codenamed ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, buddy movie ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
suspense, reluctant partners, save the day, race against time, police investigation, misfit partners, undercover, island, chase, machismo, disaster, catastrophe ...
Time:
90s
Place:
montana, cuba, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Kong falls from the twin towers and he appears to be alive!
Style:
scary, campy, humorous, romantic, splatter ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
king kong, giant ape, monster, giant monster, monkey, kaiju, heart transplant, military, pregnancy, island, snake, hospital ...
Time:
80s, prehistoric times
Place:
tokyo, borneo, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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:
harsh, intense, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
revenge, chase, one man army, weapons, violent, rambo, vietnam war, prison, violence, heroes, soldier, military ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, arizona, asia, russia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Adventure, Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
A cruise ship succumbs to a terrorist act and capsizes on New Year's eve. A rag-tag group of survivors, spearheaded by a priest and a homeland security agent, must journey through the upside down vessel and attempt an escape.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, intense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
terrorism, cruise ship, disaster, survival, ship, suspense, natural disaster, christmas, greed, new year's eve, ocean, daring rescue ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In a post-apocalyptic world, a warrior wandering through the desert comes upon a group of settlers who are being menaced by a murderous gang that is after the water they control.
Style:
futuristic, humorous, unusual plot structure, campy, reflective ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, desert, survival, martial arts, sword, vengeance, heroes, disaster, distopia, gang, fight, sword fight ...
Time:
80s, future
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter will little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in The Philippines after a judge gives him a choice of enlistment or prison. On one of his first missions driving a ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, serious, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
ninja, martial arts, chase, lone hero, runaway, fight scenes, military, master warrior, heroes, violence, fight, mortal combat ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
the philippines, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Luxembourg
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
While filming an advertisement, some extreme sports enthusiasts unwittingly stop a group of terrorists.
Style:
exciting, intense, suspenseful, sexy, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
extreme sports, terrorism, chase, suspense, avalanche, isolation, rivalry, save the day, leadership, on the run, buddies, rescue ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
austria, europe, former yugoslavia, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Gunnery Sergeant Burns reports for duty to an American Embassy in the Middle East. However due to the 'enlightened' views of the Ambassador, the marine security detachment he is in charge of is severely restricted in their functions and ...
Style:
campy, clever, ridiculous, unusual plot structure, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
military, terrorism, kidnapping, fight, torture, revenge, hostage, terrorist, u.s. embassy, betrayal, weapons, destiny ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
middle east, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
It's 1961. Two servicemen smuggle a box of military gear to USA. Leroy tries out a military camera and accidentally takes a picture of some military facilities. Army finds one of the pictures and thinks they're communist spies.
Style:
suspenseful, humorous, visually appealing, melancholic, talky ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
spy, military, chase, espionage, weapons, escape, school, brutality, boat, adolescence, adaptation, stereotypes ...
Time:
80s, 60s
Place:
florida, usa, cuba, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When rogue stealth-fighter pilot Vic Deakins deliberately drops off the radar while on maneuvers, the Air Force ends up with two stolen nuclear warheads -- and Deakins's co-pilot, Riley Hale, is the military's only hope for getting them ...
Style:
exciting, stylized, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
terrorism, betrayal, mexican standoff, train, desert, race against time, escapades, fighter jet, rivalry, airplane, suspense, nuclear bomb ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, hong kong, utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When DEA agents are taken captive by a ruthless South American kingpin, the Delta Force is reunited to rescue them in this sequel to the 1986 film.
Style:
funny, campy, splatter, humorous, buddy movie ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, revenge, rescue, kung fu, guilty pleasure, gunfight, death, sword fight, hostage, soldier, military, car chase ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
latin america, the philippines, rio de janeiro, miami, south america
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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, thought provoking, humorous, campy, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train, terrorist, martial arts, terrorism, military, railway, suspense, violent, disaster, satellite, psychopath, train crash ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
colorado, pentagon, denver colorado, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Truck driver searches for his brother, who has disappeared in a town run by a corrupt judge.
Style:
intense, realistic, rough, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
martial arts, chase, small town, corruption, vengeance, truck, missing person, justice, police corruption, judge, buddies, partners ...
Time:
70s, future, 80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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 ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, terrorism, hostage, rescue, suspense, surveillance, hijacking, bomb, twists and turns, terrorist, ransom, pilot ...
Time:
20th century, year 1995, 90s
Place:
pentagon, washington d.c., athens greece, london, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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:
exciting, suspenseful, buddy movie, unusual plot structure, melancholic ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, military, martial arts, hostage, fight, terrorist, violence, aviation, rescue mission, patriotism, spy, chase ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
middle east, israel, athens greece, beirut lebanon, lebanon
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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