Movies like Haywire
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Haywire (2011)
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Mallory Kane is a highly trained operative who works for a government security contractor in the dirtiest, most dangerous corners of the world. After successfully freeing a Chinese journalist held hostage, she is double crossed and left for dead by someone close to her in her own agency. Suddenly the target of skilled assassins who know her every move, Mallory must find the truth in order to stay alive.
Style:
brutal, enigmatic, talky, intense, tense, thought provoking, rough, serious, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
one woman army, spy, assassin, espionage, betrayal, rescue, twists and turns, mercenary, revenge, rivalry, dishonesty, vengeance, suspense, redemption, adaptation, secret agents, female protagonist, femdom, mission gone awry, women, art, fight scenes, manhunt, female assassin, hitman ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
ireland, washington d.c., usa, europe, new york, dublin ireland, new mexico ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, serious, suspenseful and realistic films with plots about chase, betrayal, suspense, violence, murder, vengeance and revenge mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Haywire: Safe House (2012), Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014), Point of No Return (1993), The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), Hanna (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA, Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, intense, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
cia, espionage, secret service, gunfight, on the run, secret agents, cia agent, spy, corruption, conspiracy, mercenary, betrayal ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
cape town south africa, africa, south africa, langley virginia, paris france
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100%
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, suspenseful, serious, intense, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
cia, espionage, terrorism, conspiracy, secret agents, spy, terrorist, race against time, undercover agent, surveillance, murder, political conspiracy ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2001, year 2003, 2010s, 2000s ...
Place:
russia, london, new york, manhattan new york city, moscow russia ...
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Hardened criminal Maggie Hayward's consistent violence, even in police custody, ends in the execution chamber. However, top-secret US government agent 'Bob' arranges a staged death, so Maggie can be elaborately trained as a phantom ...
Style:
exciting, intense, suspenseful, serious, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
female assassin, female spy, female martial artist, murder, female killer, female warrior, suspense, chase, death sentence, spy, espionage, undercover ...
Time:
future, 90s
Place:
washington d.c., new orleans, california, usa, italy ...
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Samantha Caine, suburban homemaker, is the ideal mom to her 8 year old daughter Caitlin. She lives in Honesdale, PA, has a job teaching school and makes the best Rice Krispie treats in town. But when she receives a bump on her head, she begins to ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, intense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
memory loss, strong female lead, female assassin, amnesia, hitman, spy, suspense, terrorism, cia, chase, christmas, presumed dead ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, pennsylvania, canada, usa, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A 16-year-old girl raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe. Tracked by a ruthless operatives, she faces startling revelations about her existence and questions about her humanity.
Style:
fairy tale, tense, exciting, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
chase, spy, vengeance, teenage girl, female warrior, strong female lead, female protagonist, secret agents, assassin, hitman, martial arts, cia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland, berlin germany, africa, germany, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude ...
Style:
exciting, surprise ending, serious, entertaining, visually appealing ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
espionage, cia, female protagonist, spy, strong female lead, secret service, double agent, chase, on the run, russian, agent as target, female spy ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, north korea, washington d.c., russia, usa ...
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100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A beautiful felon, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a policeman, is given a second chance - as a secret political assassin controlled by the government.
Style:
neo noir, stylized, atmospheric, psychological, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female assassin, spy, female killer, mentor, undercover, impossible love, hitman, suspense, espionage, double life, young woman, assassin ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
paris france, france, venice, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why.
Style:
intense, exciting, serious, realistic, political ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
sniper, conspiracy, corruption, fbi, military, one man army, revenge, swat team, cover up, assassination, false accusation, on the run ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
virginia, iraq, philadelphia, boston, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A businessman on a trip to Tokyo ends up in the middle of a centuries old feud between a criminal Ninja cult and a Samurai when he witnesses a assassination performed by the Ninja-cult leader.
Style:
exciting, brutal, intense, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ninja, samurai, sword fight, murder, vengeance, martial arts, violence, suspense, betrayal, brutality, survival, revenge ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Prima ballerina, Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies ...
Style:
surprise ending, sexy, rough, brutal, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
spy, female agent, russian spy, female assassin, female spy, deception, femme fatale, uncle niece relationship, secret mission, torture, seduction, feminine wiles ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
russia, budapest, ussr, hungary, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Belgium, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When the moral values of a longtime wetwork black ops agent is tested during his last operation, he receives an unfavorable psych evaluation. Now he is given a break and a seemingly uncomplicated assignment of simply protecting the security of a ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, intense, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, undercover, hitman, survival, suspense, plot twist, vengeance, happy ending, assassination, secret service, adaptation, betrayal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, new jersey, nevada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy that threatens national security in this adaptation of the Robert Ludlum novel.
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suspenseful, tense, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
spy, cold war, betrayal, murder, espionage, conspiracy, surveillance, undercover, voyeurism, paranoia, suspense, threat ...
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Place:
san francisco, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world’s most elite operatives—Danny, an ex-special ops agent and Hunter, his longtime mentor—against the cunning leader of a secret military society. Covering the globe from ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, hitman, secret service, mentor, secret agents, conspiracy, rescue, hostage, espionage, agent, gangsters, ex military ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place:
middle east, london, australia, europe, paris france ...
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50%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A female rookie in the police force engages in a cat and mouse game with a pistol wielding psychopath who becomes obsessed with her.
Style:
neo noir, exciting, tense, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
policewoman, serial killer, chase, psychopath, murder, female protagonist, police investigation, police, investigation, runaway, mind game, stalking ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Renegade FBI agent Art Jeffries protects a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked the government's new "unbreakable" code.
Style:
suspenseful, intense, rough, neo noir, exciting ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
autism, fbi, conspiracy, suspense, murder, child in peril, assassin, secret service, assassination, paranoia, witness protection, twists and turns ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
bangkok thailand, south dakota, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Belgium, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A former agent of the CIA and his estranged daughter go on the run after his employers target them for assassination.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, sexy, bad ending ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
father daughter relationship, cia, spy, espionage, family relations, secret service, conspiracy, undercover, lone hero, family in danger, hitman, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, belgium, usa, brussels, antwerp
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A career criminal (Gibson) nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.
Style:
intense, brutal, clever, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, prison escape, gunfight, gang, lone hero, gangsters, prison gang, criminal heroes, mafia, tough guy, vengeance, corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, usa, tijuana mexico, san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
May Munro is a woman obsessed with getting revenge on the people who murdered her parents when she was still a girl. She hires Ray Quick, a retired explosives expert to kill her parent's killers. When Ned Trent, embittered ex-partner of ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, stylized, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
suspense, assassination, sex scene, haunted by the past, organized crime, gangsters, rivalry, spy, vengeance, bomb, revenge, erotica ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s, year 1984, year 1994
Place:
miami, florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When his brother-in-law runs afoul of a drug lord, family man Chris Farraday turns to a skill he abandoned long ago – smuggling – to repay the debt. But the job goes wrong, and Farraday finds himself wanted by cops, crooks and killers alike.
Style:
realistic, exciting, clever, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
smuggling, gunfight, robbery, criminal heroes, drug lord, dishonesty, conspiracy, drugs, gangsters, caper, rivalry, mafia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a former BlackRose cartel assassin deliberately betrays them by refusing to complete her mission, the cartel orders her execution. Unbeknownst to them, she fakes her own death and is able to create a new life of her own. When the cartel ...
Style:
tense, brutal, captivating, exciting
Plot:
one woman army, drug cartel, sniper, torture, hitman, revenge, murder, gunfight, betrayal, vengeance, anger, chase ...
Place:
the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
An ex- CIA operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, sexy, visually appealing ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
spy, cia, secret service, espionage, secret agents, conspiracy, brutality, female agent, surveillance, chase, violence, undercover ...
Time:
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Place:
montenegro, russia, switzerland, usa, moscow russia ...
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21%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A dangerous international spy is determined to give up his high stakes life to finally build a closer relationship with his estranged wife and daughter. But first, he must complete one last mission - even if it means juggling the two toughest ...
Style:
suspenseful, intense, exciting, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, boys' night
Plot:
secret service, cia, special agents, hitman, family relations, parents and children, agent, family reunited, terminal illness, one last job, race against time, undercover ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe, langley virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their investigation takes them from Berlin, ...
Style:
clever, exciting, suspenseful, sexy, enigmatic ...
Plot:
conspiracy, spy, interpol, murder, investigation, intrigue, assassin, espionage, chase, lawyer, gunfight, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, middle east, israel, usa, berlin germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, brutal, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
vengeance, father daughter relationship, murder, investigation, corruption, fighting the system, uncover truth, suspense, riddles and clues, conspiracy, political corruption, violence ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Former federal agent Jack Bauer confronts African dictator Benjamin Juma, whose forces have been ordered to capture the children Bauer oversees for malicious military training.
Style:
intense, serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
politics, terrorist plot, kidnapping, special agents, brutality, violence, spy, political unrest, police corruption, secret agents, heroes, tough heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, washington d.c., usa, south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Driver (Dwayne Johnson) has spent the last 10 years in prison planning revenge for the murder of his brother. Now that Driver is free to carry out his deadly plan only two men stand in his way- Billy Bob Thornton plays a veteran cop and Oliver ...
Style:
stylized, brutal, intense, talky, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, manly
Plot:
corruption, lone hero, twists and turns, justice, vengeance, hotshot, car, revenge, vigilantism, vigilante, brutality, ex convict ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, nevada
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20%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Martial arts star Steven Seagal stars in this action drama as Jack Taggart, an undercover agent working for the Environmental Protection Agency. When an EPA representative is murdered in a small Appalachian community, Taggart is sent in -- posing as ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, sexy, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, toxic, small town, environment, brutality, suspense, betrayal, investigation, environmentalism, good versus evil, snake, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
kentucky, usa, appalachia, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Locked up for a minor crime, 19 year old JR quickly learns the harsh realities of prison life. Protection, if you can get it, is paramount. JR soon finds himself under the watchful eye of Australia's most notorious criminal, Brendan Lynch, but ...
Style:
tense, stylized, exciting, suspenseful, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, prison, prison life, prison escape, robbery, twists and turns, murder, betrayal, gangsters, gunfight, love story, mafia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, melbourne australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
French secret agent Joss Baumont is sent to kill the president Njala of an African country. However, a counter-order is given before he can execute his mission and he is abandoned in the hands of foreign authorities. He escapes and seeks revenge by ...
Style:
suspenseful, intense, tense, harsh, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, prison, assassination, car chase, secret agents, suspense, hitman, lone hero, fighting the system, government agency, on the run, tough heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
france, paris france, africa, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
As the heir and current marketing director for one of the nation's biggest gun manufacturers, Liberty Wallace is indifferent to the atrocities made possible through her business and her CEO husband, Victor. On her way to see her actor lover, ...
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, stylized, rough ...
Plot:
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los angeles, israel, usa
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