Movies like Iron Eagle
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Iron Eagle (1986)
15K
Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When Doug's father, an Air Force Pilot, is shot down by MiGs belonging to a radical Middle Eastern state, no one seems able to get him out. Doug finds Chappy, an Air Force Colonel who is intrigued by the idea of sending in two fighters piloted by himself and Doug to rescue Doug's father after bombing the MiG base.
Style:
light, exciting, realistic, tense, serious, suspenseful, ridiculous, feel good, humorous, sincere ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens, girls' night, manly
Plot:
pilot, air force, airplane, rescue, aviation, military, fighter pilot, guilty pleasure, desert, brutality, colonel, fighter plane, parent child relationship, captivity, hotshot hero, daring rescue, government, military life, race against time, save the day, heroic mission, fighter jet, machismo, teenager, motorcycle ...
Time:
80s
Place:
middle east, california
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Most similar movies to Iron Eagle
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, exciting and suspenseful films with plots about mentor, danger, vengeance, catastrophe, brutality, dialogue and weapons mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Iron Eagle: Navy Seals (1990), Toy Soldiers (1991), Top Gun (1986), Flight of the Intruder (1991), Behind Enemy Lines (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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 ...
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100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After federal agents arrest a drug czar and put him on trial, the cartel leader's vicious son storms a prep school and takes its students hostage. They rebel against the armed intruders and try to take back their academy by any means necessary.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, bloody, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, boarding school, high school, terrorist, siege, preparatory school, father son relationship, friendship, swat team, childhood, violence, redemption ...
Time:
20th century, future, 80s, 90s
Place:
usa, new jersey, virginia, florida, argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
466K
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, realistic, entertaining, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night, kids, manly ...
Plot:
airplane, fighter pilot, pilot, u.s. navy, fighter jet, officers and cadets, military, aviation, warplane, aviator, u.s. military, flying ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Canada, Israel
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Chappy Sinclair is called to gather together a mixed Soviet/U.S. strike force that will perform a surgical strike on a massively defended nuclear missile site in the Middle East. Chappy finds that getting the Soviet and U.S. Pilots to cooperate is ...
Style:
humorous, unusual plot structure, feel good, ridiculous, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, manly, boys' night
Plot:
airplane, air force, aviation, cold war, fighter jet, military, nude, nuclear, childhood, air attack, disaster, superhero ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
israel, iraq, russia, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
U.S. Navy pilot Lt. Jake Grafton and his bombardier buddy, Lt. Cmdr. Virgil Cole, are two soldiers embedded in the Vietnam War growing frustrated by the military's constraints on their missions. Despite the best efforts of their commanding ...
Style:
intense, entertaining, clever, unusual plot structure, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, military, war, bomber, pilot, suspense, airplane, bombing, u.s. navy, fight scenes, fantasy world, courage ...
Time:
70s
Place:
vietnam, europe, asia, china, france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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:
sexy, feel good, intense, humorous, satirical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, biological warfare, aerial combat, fighter plane, chase, airplane, training, u.s. air force, conspiracy, colonel, terrorist, multiple storylines ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets shot down behind enemy lines, where he must outrun an army led by a ruthless Serbian general. With ...
Style:
exciting, dramatic, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
military, sniper, fighter pilot, survival, war, behind enemy lines, suspense, bosnian war, gunfight, atrocity, navy, fight scenes ...
Time:
year 1995, 21st century
Place:
iraq, balkan, serbia, europe, former yugoslavia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese...
Style:
intense, tense, exciting, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, manly, boys' night
Plot:
military, vietnam war, prison, war, jungle, survival, rescue, suspense, soldier, captivity, military life, missing person ...
Time:
80s, year 1972, year 1977, year 1983, year 1982 ...
Place:
vietnam, texas, california, laos, bangkok thailand ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
59K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town, and their country, from invading Soviet forces.
Style:
intense, serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
survival, invasion, cold war, politics, propaganda, high school, military, visceral, post apocalypse, teenager, save the day, heroic mission ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century, near future, future
Place:
colorado, latin america, russia, ussr, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A one-man army comes to the rescue of the United States when a spy attempts an invasion.
Style:
exciting, humorous, intense, campy, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, manly, boys' night
Plot:
violence, vigilantism, martial arts, machismo, spy, vigilante, revenge, terrorism, fight, lone hero, gunfight, chase ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
florida, miami, usa, everglades, atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
101K
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 ⇓
41%
28K
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:
exciting, suspenseful, intense, cerebral, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, spy, fighter plane, behind enemy lines, espionage, chase, fighter jet, suspense, fighter pilot, military, submarine, aviation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
russia, moscow russia, england, vietnam, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
25K
Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Peru
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Tough guy Thomas Beckett is an US soldier working in the Panamanian jungle. His job is to seek out rebels and remove them using his sniper skills. Beckett is notorious for losing his partners on such missions. This time he's accompanied by ...
Style:
psychological, exciting, suspenseful, buddy movie, intense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
sniper, soldier, lone hero, military, gunfight, hitman, assassin, manhunt, helicopter, army, spy, killer ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
panama, latin america, central america, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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:
splatter, funny, humorous, touching, feel good ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, martial arts, military, vengeance, fight, orphan, violence, torture, happy ending, revenge, betrayal, car chase ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 1975
Place:
vietnam, asia, cambodia, saigon, thailand ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Red Dawn similar movies
201K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A runaway train, transporting deadly, toxic chemicals, is barreling down on Stanton, Pennsylvania, and only two men can stop it: a veteran engineer and a young conductor. Thousands of lives hang in the balance as these ordinary heroes attempt to ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, intense, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
train, runaway train, train crash, race against time, chase, disaster, save the day, suspense, train engineer, train wreck, determination, partners ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, north america, pittsburgh, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Firefighter Jesse Graves has to save ornithologist Jennifer and other people caught in a forest fire, which was set up by the lawyer of convicted killer Earl Shaye, who escaped from the prison with several of his inmates posing as firefighters to ...
Style:
humorous, satirical, factual, campy, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, prison, natural disaster, fire, hostage, firefighter, catastrophe, survival, fugitives, violence, first contact, multiple storylines ...
Time:
90s
Place:
wyoming
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Prequel to the first Missing In Action, set in the early 1980s it shows the capture of Colonel Braddock during the Vietnam war in the 1970s, and his captivity with other American POWs in a brutal prison camp, and his plans to escape.
Style:
campy, feel good, unusual plot structure, tear jerker, humorous ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, military, escape, martial arts, prison, prison escape, survival, jungle, war, vietcong, rat, fight ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century, year 1972
Place:
vietnam, asia, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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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:
tense, exciting, emotional, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, war, bomber, military, soldier, battles, airplane, friendship, u.s. air force, aviation, heroic mission, bomb ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century
Place:
europe, australia, germany, england, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
36K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.
Style:
epic, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, war, fighter pilot, airplane, interracial relations, aerial combats, aviation, military life, discrimination, african american, soldier, military base ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944, year 1942
Place:
europe, cuba, germany, italy, pentagon ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Movies similar to White House Down
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.
Style:
harsh, exciting, realistic, factual, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
war, airplane, world war one, aerial combat, aviation, fighter pilot, german, zeppelin, vengeance, biplane, fight scenes, love story ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
europe, france, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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 ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
justice, heroic mission, against the odds, tough heroes, daring rescue, save the day, aviation, military, helicopter, airplane, fantasy world, dark hero ...
Time:
80s, future
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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 ⇓
38%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring the conflict that surrounds them, or finding the courage to follow their ...
Style:
intense, touching, serious, factual, compassionate ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, war, jungle, civil war, soldier, rescue mission, gunfight, navy seal, genocide, violence, u.s. navy, brutality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, iraq, nigeria, hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, surprise ending
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
fighter jet, gulf war, aviation, disaster, military, chase, soldier, airplane, battles, fighter pilot, pilot, air force ...
Time:
90s
Place:
iraq, middle east, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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No Escape similar movies
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
"Something hit us...the crew is dead...help us, please, please help us!" With these terrifying words, 22 of Hollywood's greatest stars find themselves aboard a pilotless jumbo jet headed on a collision course with destruction in the ...
Style:
suspenseful, sexy, psychotronic, absurd, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
airplane, airport, disaster, aviation, catastrophe, survival, natural disaster, air disaster, helicopter, alcohol abuse, stewardess, airplane accident ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
los angeles, tokyo, washington d.c., usa, salt lake city utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
On a flight transporting dangerous convicts, murderer Ryan Weaver manages to break free and cause complete chaos throughout the plane. As various people on board fall victim to Weaver, it is ultimately down to flight attendant Teri Halloran to keep ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, intense, tense, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
airplane, christmas, stewardess, hijacking, murder, disaster, psychopath, aviation, serial killer, airplane accident, suspense, air disaster ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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:
exciting, rough, serious, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, manly, boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, secret service, white house, president, hostage, terrorist attack, one man army, daring rescue, politics, betrayal, bodyguard, u.s. president ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, north korea, pentagon, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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, intense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, swat team, military, terrorist plot, rescue mission, navy seal, cia, army, soldier, navy, torture, war ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
somalia, iraq, las vegas, costa rica, ukraine ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is ...
Style:
exciting, intense, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, manly, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
secret service, terrorism, conspiracy, white house, president, save the day, treason, rescue, hostage, head of state, nuclear threat, ex military ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., middle east, paris france, north america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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