Movies like The Hunt for Red October

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The Hunt for Red October (1990)
 7.5
 213K
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: A new Soviet nuclear missile sub (a Boomer) heading out on her maiden voyage that is being tracked by a Los Angeles class American submarine suddenly goes silent and "disappears". This focuses the attention of both U.S. Intelligence and the U.S. Navy on the Russian Sub Commander . When it is determined that the silent Soviet Boomer may be headed for American coastal waters panic ensues. A CIA analyst, Jack Ryan, convinces the brass that the Boomer's commander may intend something other than a nuclear first strike in mind. A perilous and tense cat-and-mouse game ensues.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, realistic, political thriller, political, exciting, serious, clever, entertaining, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: submarine, cold war, spy, navy, espionage, nuclear threat, cia, politics, underwater, nuclear submarine, u.s. navy, sea, cold war era, weapons, mutiny, warship, political intrigue, courage, water, saboteur, murder, defector, torpedo, race against time, war ...
Time: 80s, year 1990, year 1984, 20th century
Place: russia, washington d.c., usa, maine, soviet union, virginia, atlantic ocean ...
Keyword: russian, superior, ocean or sea, attack, american, poster

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Most similar movies to The Hunt for Red October

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, exciting, serious and realistic films with plots about danger, heroes, explosion, spy, chases and races, escapades and murder mostly in Thriller, Action and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Hunt for Red October: Crimson Tide (1995), Phantom (2013), Black Sea (2014), The Wolf's Call (2019), U-571 (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 7.3
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Crimson Tide (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: On a US nuclear missile sub, a young first officer stages a mutiny to prevent his trigger happy captain from launching his missiles before confirming his orders to do so.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, suspense, intense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: submarine, nuclear threat, cold war, navy, nuclear bomb, underwater, u.s. navy, military, nuclear, war, spy, sea ...
Time: 90s
Place: russia, pacific ocean, mediterranean sea, alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
 5.9
 15K
Phantom (2013)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The haunted Captain of a Soviet submarine holds the fate of the world in his hands. Forced to leave his family behind, he is charged with leading a covert mission cloaked in mystery.
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, serious, political thriller ...
Plot: submarine, military, cold war, nuclear submarine, navy, nuclear threat, underwater, military life, mission gone awry, danger, sea disaster, haunted by the past ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1968
Place: soviet union, ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.4
 41K
Black Sea (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Russia, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A rogue submarine captain pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumored to be lost in the depths of the Black Sea. As greed and desperation take control on-board their claustrophobic vessel, the increasing uncertainty of the ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, bleak, psychological, clever ...
Plot: submarine, underwater, boat, treasure hunt, sea, ocean, gold, isolation, heist, danger, greed, murder ...
Time: year 1941, year 2008, 21st century
Place: black sea, scotland, ukraine, crimea
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Wolf's Call (2019)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Thriller set in the milieu of French nuclear submarines.
Style: suspenseful, atmospheric, disturbing, futuristic
Plot: submarine, sea battle, torpedo, sea, nuclear submarine, naval battle, chain of command, nuclear threat, danger, investigation, water, nuclear testing ...
Time: near future
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 6.6
 87K
U-571 (2000)
Genre: Action, War
Country: France, USA, Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story: In the midst of World War II, the battle under the sea rages and the Nazis have the upper hand as the Allies are unable to crack their war codes. However, after a wrecked U-boat sends out an SOS signal, the Allies realise this is their chance to ...
Style: realistic, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, factual ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: submarine, world war two, military, navy, war, naval battle, nazism, naval officer, sea battle, ship captain, wartime, boat ...
Time: year 2000, 1940s, y2k, 20th century
Place: germany, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 73K
Hunter Killer (2018)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, China, France, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: An untested American submarine captain teams with U.S. Navy SEALs to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: submarine, u.s. navy, navy, military coup, warship, swat team, battleship, save the day, daring rescue, danger, chases and races, tough heroes ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place: pentagon, moscow russia, washington d.c., usa, scotland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story: When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, exciting, political, tense ...
Audience: kids
Plot: spy, cia, cold war, terrorism, espionage, nuclear war, secret agent, terrorist, nuclear bomb, nuclear explosion, nuclear threat, covert operation ...
Time: year 2002, 90s, year 1973, 2000s, 20th century ...
Place: maryland, israel, russia, washington d.c., chechnya ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
 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 ⇓
69%
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The Bedford Incident (1965)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Richard Widmark plays a hardened cold-war warrior and captain of the American destroyer USS Bedford. Sidney Poitier is a reporter given permission to interview the captain during a routine patrol. Poitier gets more than he bargained for when the ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, atmospheric, political, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cold war, submarine, navy, war, battlefield, military, confrontation, u.s. navy, reporter, propaganda, world war two, nuclear ...
Time: 60s
Place: greenland, atlantic ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, realistic, rough ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: submarine, cold war, navy, nuclear submarine, radiation, sea, underwater, nuclear, radiation sickness, disaster, sea disaster, nuclear threat ...
Time: 60s, year 2002, 20th century, year 1989, 80s ...
Place: soviet union, russia, nova scotia, moscow russia, atlantic ocean ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 4.3
 556
Depth Charge (2008)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Jason Gedrick and Eric Roberts lead the cast of this thriller about a submarine captain who attempts to hold Washington, D.C. hostage for a billion dollars, and the heroic doctor who struggles to thwart the plan before the situation escalates.
Style: rough, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Plot: submarine, confined, hostage, save the world, danger, terrorism, good versus evil, state affairs, save the day, nuclear threat, blackmail, extortion ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 21K
Kursk (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Romania, Canada, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The story of the 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster and the governmental negligence that followed. As the sailors fight for survival, their families desperately battle political obstacles and impossible odds to save them.
Style: serious, captivating, suspenseful, talky, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: submarine, nuclear submarine, rescue attempt, disaster, fire, death of father, death of husband, survival, politics, friendship, danger, government ...
Time: year 2000, 2000s
Place: eastern europe, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.9
 29K
Firefox (1982)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called "Firefox". Naturally, the British are worried that the jet will be used as a first-strike weapon, as rumours say that the jet is indetectable on radar. They send ex-Vietnam ...
Style: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, funny, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cold war, spy, fighter plane, behind enemy lines, espionage, chase, submarine, fighter pilot, fighter jet, aviation, aerial combat, military ...
Time: 80s, year 1982
Place: soviet union, russia, moscow russia, england, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 7.2
 179K
Dr. No (1962)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: In the film that launched the James Bond saga, Agent 007 battles mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go to Jamaica, where he encounters beautiful Honey ...
Style: action packed, stylized, entertaining, saga, exciting ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: 007, james bond, spy, terrorism, murder, british secret service, terrorist plot, undercover, secret service, spy hero, cold war, espionage ...
Time: 20th century, year 1962, 60s
Place: caribbean, jamaica, west indies, fictional island, england ...
⇓ 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 ⇓
67%
 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 ⇓
100%
The Fourth Protocol (1987)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Plan Aurora, led by Kim Philby is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear ...
Style: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, intense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: espionage, cold war, politics, spy, conspiracy, kgb, chase, betrayal, nuclear bomb, race against time, secret agent, terrorism ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: russia, england, glasgow scotland, europe, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Ice Station Zebra (1968)
Genre: Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story: A top-secret Soviet spy satellite -- using stolen Western technology -- malfunctions and then goes into a descent that lands it near an isolated Arctic research encampment called Ice Station Zebra, belonging to the British, which starts sending out ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, suspense, action thriller, retro ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: submarine, cold war, espionage, spy, satellite, military, underwater, winter, snow, disaster, political intrigue, double agent ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Mission: Impossible (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the No. 1 suspect. To clear his name, Hunt ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, suspense, clever, action thriller ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot: cia, espionage, secret agent, mission, secret service, undercover, chase, murder, spy, train, conspiracy, betrayal ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: prague, virginia, paris france, united kingdom, shanghai ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Shadow Conspiracy (1997)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Bobby Bishop (Sheen) is a special assistant to the President of the United States. Accidentally, he meets his friend professor Pochenko on the street. Pochenko has time to tell Bishop about some conspiracy in the White House but then immediately ...
Style: suspense, exciting, political thriller, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: political conspiracy, on the run, conspiracy, betrayal, assassination, corruption, politics, political corruption, intrigue, witnessing a crime, life turned upside down, political intrigue ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.7
 202K
Goldfinger (1964)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Special agent 007 (Sean Connery) comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox -- and obliterate the ...
Style: entertaining, suspense, realistic, exciting, witty ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: james bond, spy, 007, gold, british secret service, race against time, golf, espionage, car chase, agent, secret agent, badass ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: kentucky, switzerland, england, florida, geneva switzerland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
From Russia with Love (1963)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing ...
Style: realistic, exciting, witty, suspenseful, saga ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: james bond, spy, cold war, 007, assassin, secret service, espionage, bond girl, secret agent, agent, train, chess ...
Time: year 1963, 60s, 20th century
Place: russia, turkey, venice, england, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 6.8
 120K
Patriot Games (1992)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.
Style: exciting, political, suspense, suspenseful, political thriller ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: terrorism, spy, hitman, revenge, espionage, cia, terrorist, assassination, conspiracy, ira, violence, secret agent ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: washington d.c., ireland, usa, north africa, scotland yard ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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 6.9
 126K
Thunderball (1965)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 130 min.
Story: A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. The secret service sends James Bond to the Bahamas to once again save the world.
Style: exciting, saga, cult classic, thrilling, slasher ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: james bond, spy, 007, secret agent, underwater, secret service, cold war, scuba diving, espionage, agent, diving, assassin ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: bahamas, caribbean, paris france, big ben london, florida ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find the device that holds British launching instructions before the enemy Soviets get to it first.
Style: exciting, sexy, tense, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: 007, james bond, espionage, cold war, secret service, car chase, british secret service, vengeance, secret agent, agent, revenge, danger ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: greece, albania, england, europe, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Never Say Never Again (1983)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: James Bond returns as the secret agent 007 one more time to battle the evil organization SPECTRE. Bond must defeat Largo, who has stolen two atomic warheads for nuclear blackmail. But Bond has an ally in Largo's girlfriend, the willowy Domino, ...
Style: entertaining, exciting, cult classic, saga, slasher ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: james bond, spy, 007, espionage, car chase, terrorism, secret agent, agent, assassin, tough girl, secret service, underwater ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: caribbean, bahamas, french riviera, monte carlo, england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as James Bond tries to solve the riddle of the disappearing ships. But the KGB also has an agent on the ...
Style: entertaining, exciting, witty, action adventure, saga ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: 007, james bond, spy, espionage, cold war, car chase, chase, secret service, secret agent, villain, agent, female agent ...
Time: year 1977, 70s, 20th century
Place: egypt, england, cairo egypt, sardinia, britain ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A mysterious space craft kidnaps a Russian and American space capsule and brings the world on the verge of another World War. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and meets with his archenemy Blofeld. The fifth film from the legendary James ...
Style: exciting, witty, saga, retro, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: james bond, 007, spy, espionage, secret service, secret organization, secret headquarters, ninja, interracial romance, faked death, cold war, white man asian woman relationship ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: japan, tokyo, russia, hong kong, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now 007 must take on this evil mastermind in an adrenaline-charged battle to end his reign of terror and prevent global pandemonium.
Style: suspense, intense, serious, suspenseful, action packed ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: spy, james bond, 007, espionage, chase, secret agent, top secret, secret service, world war three, terrorism, female martial artist, female agent ...
Time: year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place: hamburg germany, hong kong, china, vietnam, england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Diamonds are stolen only to be sold again in the international market. James Bond infiltrates a smuggling mission to find out who’s guilty. The mission takes him to Las Vegas where Bond meets his archenemy Blofeld.
Style: exciting, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: james bond, spy, 007, secret agent, car chase, espionage, cat, casino, chase, smuggling, murder, ford mustang ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: las vegas, amsterdam, europe, africa, nevada ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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