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Hangfire (1991)
420
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a large group of escaped convicts take Ike Slayton, a Vietnam veteran's wife hostage, Slayton enlists the help of his old army friend in a furious search to find her, while a hard-nosed National Guardsman leads a platoon of solders determined to kill or capture all the convicts, even if it means killing all the hostages in the crossfire.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, suspense, psychotronic, independent film, tension, f word ...
Plot:
terrorist, state trooper, hostage situation, vietnam veteran, prison break, heroes, hostage, kidnapping, profanity, danger, evacuation, small town, hijacking, captivity, fugitives, chases and races, rivalry, confined, tough law enforcer, save the day, violent content, survival, prison, dancing, serial killer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
new mexico, usa
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Most similar movies to Hangfire
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, suspenseful, serious and surprise ending films with plots about pistol, gunfight, shootout, hostage, gun, danger and tough guy mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Hangfire: Die Hard (1988), CIA Code Name: Alexa (1992), Hunt to Kill (2010), The Marine 3: Homefront (2013), Deadly Prey (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
1.0M
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, clever, action packed, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, date night, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
hostage, one man army, gunfight, heist, tough guy, christmas, police, terrorism, terrorist, skyscraper, robbery, police officer ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 2016, year 1988
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A CIA operative kills a terrorist during a prison break. When a group of terrorists attempts to recover a microchip implanted in the man's body, one of them is captured and convinced by the CIA to work for them as an informer.
Style:
independent film, fast, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kickboxer, female assassin, female warrior, terrorism, terrorist, spy, female fighter, cia, woman fights a man, female agent, chase, one woman army ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A U.S. Border Patrol agent Jim Rhodes, a tough divorcée mourning the loss of his murdered partner while struggling to raise his rebellious daughter in the mountains of Montana. But when a crew of trigger-happy fugitives takes Rhodes and his ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
daughter, profanity, fugitives, tough heroes, survival, danger, hostage, father daughter relationship, forest, border patrol, martial arts, computer cracker ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, texas, montana, canada, reno nevada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A Marine must do whatever it takes to save his kidnapped niece and stop a terrorist attack masterminded by a radical militia group.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, soldier, hostage, kidnapping, tough heroes, daring rescue, save the day, rivalry, danger, military, chase, wrestling ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
british columbia, usa, seattle, washington state
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A group of sadistic mercenaries led by Col. John Hogan kidnap Michael Danton from his home, and set him loose on the grounds of their secret camp to be used as training for new recruits. Danton has been called the "most perfect killer ...
Style:
cult classic, perverse, retro, psychotronic, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
manhunt, mercenary, swamp, kidnapping, death of wife, serial killer, badass, sex crime, exploitation, buddies, gunfight, fistfight ...
Time:
80s, year 2016, 20th century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A chemical spill has caused the occupants of Beverly Hills to be forcibly evacuated. A retiring football player left behind, finds that the toxic gas emulating from the spill is a bogus front for a heist set up by fired police officers out to ...
Style:
action thriller, cult classic, fast, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
reluctant partners, die hard, caught having sex, evacuation, master criminal, one man army, danger, chase, on the run, race against time, heist, car chase ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 20th century
Place:
beverly hills, california
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When former black ops operative Tom Steele and his partner Manning are assigned to decommission an old prison, they must oversee the arrival of two mysterious female prisoners. Before long, an elite force of mercenaries assault the prison in search ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, martial arts, partner, chase, rescue, confined, tough heroes, master warrior, on the run, danger, jail, die hard ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
texas, oregon, usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A girl is in love with a gas station attendant and sees him against her father's wishes. The father is the sheriff and shortly after a confrontation with the boy friend, he is killed by escaped convicts and the daughter is kidnapped. Everyone, ...
Style:
perverse, fast, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, bare chested male, forbidden love, unrequited love, car, gas station, kidnapping, murder, desert, false accusation, rescue, danger ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new mexico, oklahoma, texas
Similarity:
31%
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888
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A corrupt right-wing militia group chooses a California teacher as the ideal specimen to clone for its army.
Style:
independent film, fast, serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, martial artist, manhunt, danger, chase, laboratory, kidnapping, murder, rivalry, heroes, escapades, violence spree ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A Texas Ranger is recruited by British Intelligence to track down a dangerous terrorist and stop him from attacking London.
Style:
serious, bleak, captivating, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
terrorist, police officer, texas ranger, police, terrorism, prospector, male protagonist, intelligence, ranger, profanity, pub, escape ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
mexico, texas, london, big ben london, tower bridge london
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When the top secret prototype of the Nova Stealth fighter has been stolen, the Pentagon launches big alarm; the plane shouldn't come into hostile hands...
Style:
exciting, rough, serious, suspense, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female warrior, military, airplane, save the day, danger, rivalry, escapades, secret mission, invisibility, pilot, terrorist, forced sex ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
libya
Similarity:
30%
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:
suspense, serious, exciting, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
terrorism, hostage, airplane, hijacking, airport, terrorist, escape, fbi, airplane hijack, aviation, courage, psychopath ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
louisiana, florida, los angeles
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An ex-Navy SEAL, Michael Adams, (Matthew Reese) was captured during a raid to free Japanese prisoners from a North Korean prison camp. He endures the North Koreans torture for three years -- seen only as flashbacks -- then released back into ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, disturbing, tense, thought provoking ...
Plot:
female agent, vendetta, violence, chase, husband wife relationship, tragic hero, political prisoner, conspiracy, female assassin, tragic past, dark hero, danger ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
korea, north korea
Similarity:
30%
44K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A logger defends his family from a group of dangerous drug runners.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, scenic, independent film ...
Audience:
family friendly, manly
Plot:
plot twist, daughter, child in peril, father son relationship, wilderness, tough guy, cocaine, archery, mountain cabin, home invasion, mercilessness, murder ...
Time:
2010s, future
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a D.E.A. and S.W.A.T. cartel takedown ends in a shootout, S.W.A.T. Agent Travis Hall seizes a mysterious prisoner taking him into custody. Before long, the S.W.A.T. compound is under siege by wave-after-wave of assault teams attempting to ...
Style:
saga, suspense, suspenseful, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
police, survival, spy, death of friend, female warrior, corrupt cop, computer cracker, chase, police chase, brutality, husband wife relationship, tough guy ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
seattle, washington d.c., washington state
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When Merrill Ross (Michael Dudikoff) is thought to be a C.I.A. agent gone bad and teaming with some other alphabet named agency to take over the oil rich country of Qumir, he finds he's in the middle of a very explosive situation. Not knowing ...
Style:
suspense, perverse, grindhouse, dark comedy, independent film ...
Plot:
female warrior, cannon, mossad, woman kills a man, computer cracker, geopolitics, shootout, woman in jeopardy, fugitive, bare chested male, crooked businessman, special forces ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Forced into a deadly cat-and-mouse game, a disgraced mixed martial arts fighter is hunted through the jungles of Southeast Asia.
Style:
perverse, tense, captivating, disturbing, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
violence, martial arts, jungle warfare, martial artist, brutality, paranoia, female warrior, manhunt, muscleman, jungle, kickboxer, survival ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
thailand, bangkok thailand, burma, las vegas
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Dozens of American cargos with high valuable goods have disappeared, probably attacked by modern pirates. The United States decide to mobilize a team of expert SWAT, with Mike Bradley as leader, sending them to destroy the pirates' base, namely ...
Style:
serious, exciting, bleak, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, undercover, military, pirate, battles, female spy, soldier, daring rescue, danger, military life, heroes, ocean ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, french riviera, san francisco, turkey, albania
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national ...
Style:
rough, political thriller, serious, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
chick flick, manly, girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, secret service, president, hostage, white house, terrorist attack, one man army, politics, daring rescue, u.s. president, commando mission, propaganda ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., north korea, usa, north america, pentagon
Similarity:
29%
488
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:
terrorism, hijacking, chases and races, confined, save the day, danger, race against time, heroes, law enforcement, die hard, terrorist plot, terrorist group ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
29%
24K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An ex-special services veteran, down on his luck and desperate for work, takes a job as a security guard at a run-down mall in a rough area of town. On his first night on the job, he opens the door to a distraught and desperate young girl who has ...
Style:
serious, exciting, tense, suspense, realistic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
security guard, tough guy, shopping mall, brutality, gunfight, tough law enforcer, female warrior, ex soldier, warrior, hand to hand combat, danger, escape attempt ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
29%
294
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, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, computer cracker, world war three, 007, world war, die hard, heroes, race against time, violent content, chaos, save the world ...
Time:
90s
Place:
haiti, idaho, pentagon, washington d.c., switzerland
Similarity:
29%
626
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An heiress is kidnapped during the chaos of a riot.
Style:
independent film, fast, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ira, martial arts, mansion, die hard, anglo irish relations, one man army, terrorism, hostage, kidnapping, special agent, secret agent, gangster ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, los angeles
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A cop on vacation at a mountain resort comes to the rescue when the resort is taken over by violent criminals.
Style:
cliffhanger, political thriller, independent film, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
female assassin, voyeur, female mercenary, female killer, stasi, mountain, skinny dipping, seduction, love, sex, voyeurism, sex scene ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago, east germany
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Aruba
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
NATO operative Jacques Kristoff (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is summoned into action—on his birthday, no less—to track down Galina Konstantin (Laura Harring), who has stolen an extremely valuable and dangerous top-secret container from the Slovakian ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, cult classic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
runaway train, train, terrorism, die hard, one man army, terrorist plot, race against time, fight scenes, rescue, secret agent, tough heroes, save the day ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
vienna, europe, hong kong
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
While working as an EMT back stateside Jake Carter after responding to a distress call, finds himself caught up protecting a person of interest from a biker gang ruthlessly hunting them down.
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, chase, murder, brutality, violence, betrayal, gunfight, fight, deception, death, martial arts, marine ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
british columbia
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When one of Mike McBride's men goes rogue and takes a group of gymnasts hostage to Devil's Island in exchange for the return of drug lord Carlos Gallindo, the SEALS face their most perilous assignment yet.
Style:
sexy, cliffhanger, fast, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
woman fights a man, female warrior, dominant woman, hostage, woman hits a man, female agent, one woman army, terrorist, wrestler, wrestling, kidnapping, island ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
caribbean, washington d.c., seattle, miami, france
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Navy SEALS, headed by Lt. Bobby James, are dispatched to North Korea on a covert mission, all in an effort to take out a missile site...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, soldier, heroes, battles, danger, military life, mission gone awry, daring rescue, cliche, tough heroes, nuclear threat, nuclear ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, asia, washington d.c., north korea
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Convicted corporate criminal Howard engineers a prison break as he and a number of fellow inmates are being transferred to a new facility. The escapees storm a shopping mall and take a group of shoppers hostage (after killing many more of them) ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, brother brother relationship, rescue, danger, one man army, race against time, criminal heroes, tough law enforcer, confined, daring rescue, fugitives, siege ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
International action superstar Jean Claude Van Damme teams with Powers Boothe in a Tension-packed, suspense thriller, set against the back-drop of a Stanley Cup game.Van Damme portrays a father whose daughter is suddenly taken during a championship ...
Style:
suspense, intense, exciting, action thriller, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hockey, terrorism, hostage, martial arts, one man army, female assassin, die hard, terrorist, fight scenes, explosions, hockey player, kidnapping ...
Time:
90s, year 1995, year 1993
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, chicago, usa
Similarity:
28%
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