Movies like Into the Sun 1991

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Into the Sun (1991)
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Into the Sun (1991)
Genre: Action, Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Paul Watkins (Michael Paré) is an American pilot stationed in the Middle East, who is taken away from his normal duties of protecting the skies to show an actor everything he needs to know about being a pilot in the Air Force. The actor, Tom Slade (Anthony Michael Hall), is about to start filming an Air Force movie and wants to "get the feeling" for the part. When Watkins takes Slade for a ride in an F-16 fighter, some other American jets are attacked and the pair comes to the rescue. However, it does not go according to the plan.
Style: suspense, action comedy, independent film, exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: aviation, fighter jet, space, military, friendship, battles, soldier, unrequited love, fighter pilot, war, strong sexual content, heroes, friends, hollywood, profanity, chases and races, showbiz, escapades, rivalry, danger, partner, military life, odd couple, buddies, basic training ...
Time: year 1992, 90s, 1990s
Place: middle east
Keyword: partners

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, exciting, serious and suspenseful films with plots about explosion, machine gun, soldier, danger, military, pistol and combat mostly in Action, War and Thriller genres. Some movies like Into the Sun: Top Gun (1986), Iron Eagle IV (1995), Memphis Belle (1990), Rogue Warfare (2019), The Hunt for Eagle One (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Top Gun (1986)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and Co-Pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. A tragedy, as well as personal demons, threaten ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, suspense, intense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, date night, manly, kids ...
Plot: fighter pilot, aviation, pilot, u.s. navy, fighter jet, officers and cadets, airplane, flying, aerial combat, cold war, u.s. military, aviator ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Iron Eagle IV (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: While Chappy Sinclair is saddled with a bunch of misfits and delinquents for his flight school, he turns to his protégé Doug Masters to assist him in rounding them into shape for an important competition. During their training, they stumble upon a ...
Style: independent film, fast, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: aerial combat, military, aviation, terrorism, biological warfare, flying, airplane, chase, u.s. air force, colonel, training, conspiracy ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Memphis Belle (1990)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bombing raid before they have finished their duty and can go home. In the briefing before ...
Style: exciting, emotional, serious, rough, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, bomber, military, war, soldier, battles, friendship, aerial combat, airplane, u.s. air force, heroic mission, luftwaffe ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1943
Place: europe, america, england, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Seal Team Eight: Behind Enemy Lines (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Seal Team Eight must fight their way deep into Africa's Congo, decommission a secret uranium mine, and stop our most dangerous enemy from smuggling weapon's grade yellow-cake out of the country.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: soldier, heroes, danger, battles, military, betrayal, rescue mission, wartime, conflict, propaganda, struggle, woman with a gun ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, johannesburg south africa, congo
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Rogue Warfare (2019)
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A group of military elite from the U.S., Russia, UK, China and France join forces to fight an elite underground terrorist network.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: pow, military, chase, brutality, swat, life is a bitch, lifestyle, heroic mission, friendship, adaptation, woman with a gun, computer cracker ...
Time: 2010s
Place: middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
The Hunt for Eagle One (2006)
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A group of US Marines are sent to rescue captured a US Marine and a Filipino Captain while stopping a group of Al-Qaeda-backed local rebels from launching biological weapons.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, marine, rescue, military, battles, save the day, leadership, heroic mission, race against time, escapades, danger, rivalry ...
Place: the philippines, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Search and Destroy (2020)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When American Ranger John Cutter fails to save a family being held hostage and loses his entire team in a battle with infamous Ukrainian Arms Dealer Igor Rodin, John is discharged from the army. Three years later he is approached by his old General ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Plot: commando, submarine, one man army, one against many, sniper, mission, terrorist group, attempted murder, race against time, revenge, rescue, arms dealer ...
Place: eastern europe, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Black Thunder (1998)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 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: serious, rough, exciting, suspense, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, airplane, danger, save the day, undercover, escapades, rivalry, female warrior, pilot, invisibility, die hard, world war ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: libya
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988)
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: When Colonel James Braddock is told that his Asian wife and 12-year-old son are still alive in Communist Vietnam, he mounts a one-man assault to free them. Armed with the latest high-tech firepower, Braddock fights his way into the heart of the ...
Style: cult classic, funny, grindhouse, independent film, serious ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, martial arts, military, one man army, cannon, vengeance, happy ending, revenge, torture, redemption, violence, betrayal ...
Time: 80s, 70s, year 1975
Place: vietnam, asia, bangkok thailand, washington d.c., thailand ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Tactical Assault (1998)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In this high-flying action thriller, an expert Air Force flyer finds himself forced to use every trick he has ever learned to stop a murderous, insane former colleague and friend from exacting deadly revenge upon him.
Style: independent film, rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gulf war, fighter jet, air force, aviation, disaster, chase, military, soldier, battles, airplane, pilot, vengeance ...
Time: 90s
Place: iraq, middle east, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Interceptor (1992)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A U.S. Air Force officer tries to stop a murderous group of terrorists whom are trying to steal two top secret F-117A Stealth Fighters from the cargo hold of a gigantic C-5 Galaxy Transport flying at 30,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean.
Style: suspense, independent film, fast, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: airplane, aviation, die hard, terrorism, heroes, profanity, violent content, officers and cadets, danger, rivalry, save the day, confined ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Human Shield (1991)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The Human Shield is a 1991 film directed by Ted Post. It stars Michael Dudikoff and Tommy Hinkley. It is about a former government agent who must save his diabetic brother from Iraqi abductors.
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, exciting, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: rescue, danger, terrorism, heroes, military, battles, confined, special agent, state affairs, brother brother relationship, rescue mission, revenge ...
Time: 90s, year 1985, year 1990
Place: iraq, middle east, iran, jordan, baghdad iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Fifty/Fifty (1992)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Two bickering mercenaries are hired by the CIA to overthrow a South East Asian dictator.
Style: retro, suspense, independent film, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, cannon, jungle, village, island, soldier, revolution, village life, against the odds, political conspiracy, friendship, missing person ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
Place: singapore, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Death Before Dishonor (1987)
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: independent film, cult classic, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, military, female assassin, kidnapping, revenge, hostage, u.s. embassy, photographer, exploitation, muslim, die hard, war on terror ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: middle east, lebanon
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Aces: Iron Eagle III (1992)
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: independent film, suspenseful, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: aerial combat, military, aviation, airplane, female bodybuilder, female fighter, world war two, female fight, violence, chase, woman with a gun, war on terror ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
Place: peru, austin texas, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Air America (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Air America was the CIA's private airline operating in Laos during the Vietnam War, running anything and everything from soldiers to foodstuffs for local villagers. After losing his pilot's license, Billy Covington is recruited into it, ...
Style: exciting, melancholic, light, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, pilot, heroes, aviation, military, military life, destiny, justice, society, idealism, battle zone, war ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1969
Place: southeast asia, laos, vietnam, cambodia, los angeles
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Sniper 2 (2002)
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Sergeant Thomas Beckett (Berenger) is back - and this time he has teamed up with death row inmate B.J. Cole (Woodbine) on a suicide mission to the Balkans. Their target: a rogue general accused of running ethnic cleansing missions. But when Becket ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: rescue mission, sniper, military, terrorism, death row, betrayal, assassination, soldier, hitman, danger, undercover, dishonesty ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
You Can't Win 'Em All (1970)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Two former U.S. Army soldiers, Adam Dyer and Josh Corey, join a band of Turkish mercenaries in 1922 Turkey whom are hired by Osman Bey, a local governor, to escort his three daughters to Smyran and to protect a gold shipment that is to accompany ...
Style: slapstick, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: mercenary, greco turkish war, aviation, myth, great war, man on a mission, battles, soldier, revolution, tough heroes, kidnapping, officers and cadets ...
Time: 20th century, 1920s
Place: turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Direct Contact (2009)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An imprisoned ex-US Special forces operative in Eastern Europe, is offered his freedom and money to rescue an American woman, who has been kidnapped by a ruthless warlord. But, shortly after freeing her discovers that the kidnap story was just a ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, bloody ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, confined, daring rescue, tough heroes, danger, chases and races, father daughter relationship, rescue, one man army, heroes, prison violence, prison ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, russia, balkan
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Soldier Boyz (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A group of prisoners are going to Vietnam to rescue the daughter of a V-I.P. The Ones who survive get their freedom back...but hell awaits them.
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: violence against women, vietnam war, female warrior, terrorism, cavalry, battles, survival, danger, military, soldier, rivalry, kidnapping ...
Time: 90s
Place: vietnam, los angeles, usa, asia, california
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31%
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Red Dawn (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A city in Washington state awakens to the surreal sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky - shockingly, the U.S. has been invaded and their hometown is the initial target. Quickly and without warning, the citizens find themselves ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, intense, teen, action packed ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: invasion, survival, danger, gunfight, battles, occupation, propaganda, heroic mission, save the day, war, friends, super weapon ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, detroit, north korea, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Project X-Traction (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: China, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: When a China-run oil refinery is attacked in Mosul, Iraq, a Chinese private security contractor is called in to extract the oil workers. He learns, however, that the attackers’ real plan is to steal a fortune in oil, and teams up with an American ...
Style: exciting, captivating, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: danger, escapades, blood, murder, war, survival, rescue, special forces, hopes, society, culture clash, catastrophe ...
Time: 2020s
Place: middle east, baghdad iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Sniper: Legacy (2014)
Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A rogue gunman is assassinating high-ranking military officers one by one. When Gunnery Sgt. Brandon Beckett is informed his father, legendary shooter Thomas Beckett has been killed, Brandon springs into action to take out the perpetrator. But when ...
Style: exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, perverse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: sniper, military, assassination, hitman, chase, vengeance, danger, rivalry, female warrior, dishonesty, parents and children, father son relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: syria, greece, berlin germany, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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The Delta Force (1986)
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: grindhouse, exciting, suspenseful, cult classic, funny ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: military, terrorism, martial arts, special forces, explosions, cannon, commando, violence, war on terror, hostage, aviation, patriotism ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: middle east, israel, athens greece, beirut lebanon, iran ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Ultimate Weapon (1998)
Genre: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Mercenaries, Ben & Vince, are assigned to destroy a stolen military arms cache held by a group of terrorists.
Style: cliffhanger, perverse, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ira, revenge, father daughter relationship, wrestling, wrestler, betrayal, military, soldier, bar fight, terrorism, tough heroes, weapon system ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Special Forces (2003)
Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When the crazed commander (Eli Danker) of a sadistic army in Moldavia kidnaps an American photojournalist (Daniella Deutscher) and holds her hostage, his misguided actions ignite a targeted response from Maj. Don Harding (Marshall R. Teague) and his ...
Style: realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, martial arts, tough heroes, reluctant partners, military, rescue, heroes, soldier, good versus evil, war on terror, terrorist plot, vengeance ...
Time: year 1995
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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 105K
Broken Arrow (1996)
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, suspense, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, kids
Plot: terrorism, betrayal, mexican standoff, train, desert, danger, chases and races, escapades, fighter jet, female warrior, rivalry, aviation ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Warhead (1996)
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, exciting, serious ...
Plot: terrorism, world war, 007, die hard, heroes, race against time, computer cracker, chaos, chaos and mayhem, chases and races, confined, law enforcement ...
Time: 90s
Place: switzerland, washington d.c., pentagon, haiti, idaho
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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 6K
Cat Run (2011)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: When a sexy, high-end escort holds the key evidence to a scandalous government cover-up, two bumbling young detectives become her unlikely protectors from a ruthless assassin hired to silence her.
Style: exciting, semi serious, stylized, humorous, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, date night
Plot: female killer, female spy, femme fatale, private detective, on the run, female assassin, uncover truth, danger, dishonesty, woman in danger, investigation, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: montenegro, usa, lyon, spain, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 6.4
 72K
Act of Valor (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When a covert mission to rescue a kidnapped CIA operative uncovers a chilling plot, an elite, highly trained U.S. SEAL team speeds to hotspots around the globe, racing against the clock to stop a deadly terrorist attack.
Style: realistic, talky, suspense, intense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, terrorism, rescue mission, terrorist plot, cia, navy seal, swat team, navy, army, soldier, torture, sniper ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: somalia, las vegas, san diego california, costa rica, ukraine ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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