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Iron Eagle (1986)
17K
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, cult classic, sincere, fast, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, manly, teens, girls' night
Plot:
air force, fighter jet, airplane, fighter plane, rescue, brutality, u.s. air force, lone hero, captivity, colonel, military, parent child relationship, hotshot hero, daring rescue, tough heroes, pilot, government, danger, military life, race against time, save the day, heroic mission, cold war, machismo, one against many ...
Time:
80s
Place:
middle east, north africa, 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, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about danger, heroes, military, escapades, combat, soldier and rivalry mostly in Action, Thriller and War genres. Some movies like Iron Eagle: Top Gun (1986), Navy Seals (1990), Red Dawn (1984), Toy Soldiers (1991), Special Forces (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, fast, suspenseful, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
aerial combat, military, aviation, female bodybuilder, airplane, army, world war two, female fighter, female fight, chase, violence, fighter jet ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s, 80s
Place:
peru, austin texas, texas
Similarity:
100%
546K
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 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:
cult classic, exciting, entertaining, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, teens, kids, manly ...
Plot:
aviation, fighter pilot, pilot, u.s. navy, cold war, fighter jet, warplane, love and romance, aerial combat, officers and cadets, flying, aviator ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california, san diego california
Similarity:
100%
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, special forces, violence, commando, u.s. navy, soldier, military, car chase, terrorist, rescue, shootout, friendship between men ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
middle east, beirut lebanon, lebanon, north america, pentagon ...
Similarity:
100%
68K
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, boys' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
survival, propaganda, cold war, dystopia, politics, anti communist, invasion, betrayal, high school, small town, fictional war, winter ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century, future, near future
Place:
colorado, soviet union, ussr, china, new mexico ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Israel, Canada, USA
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:
cult classic, independent film, fast, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
aviation, air force, airplane, cold war, fighter jet, war on terror, flying, air attack, u.s. air force, colonel, battles, military ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
israel, middle east, russia, iraq
Similarity:
57%
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, boys' night, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
terrorism, violence, boarding school, preparatory school, terrorist, high school, hostage, childhood, swat team, student, father son relationship, military ...
Time:
20th century, year 1991, future, 90s, 80s
Place:
new jersey, colombia, virginia, florida, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
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, reluctant partners, tough heroes, terrorist, military, rescue, war on terror, terrorist plot, soldier, good versus evil, heroes ...
Time:
year 1995
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Disgraced Top Gun fighter pilot Butch Masters leads a rogue squad in recovery of a WMD. Masters must navigate a fractured friendship, a love triangle, and must take to the skies to reclaim his military and personal honor.
Style:
serious, exciting, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, betrayal, mission, conspiracy, soldier, save the day, love triangle, rivalry, danger, dishonesty, pilot, freedom fighter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, iraq, las vegas, iran, st. petersburg russia ...
Similarity:
38%
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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, suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
fighter jet, gulf war, air force, aviation, disaster, airplane, battles, military, chase, soldier, pilot, tough heroes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
iraq, middle east, eastern europe
Similarity:
38%
31K
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, fighter pilot, chase, espionage, aerial combat, fighter jet, aviation, military, scientist ...
Time:
80s, year 1982
Place:
soviet union, russia, moscow russia, england, vietnam ...
Similarity:
38%
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, suspenseful, rough, serious, intense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
sniper, military, behind enemy lines, survival, courage, fighter pilot, combat, u.s. navy, reconnaissance, war crime, fighter plane, rescue ...
Time:
year 2001, 20th century, year 1995, 21st century
Place:
bosnia, balkan, serbia, former yugoslavia, europe ...
Similarity:
37%
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:
37%
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, military, rescue, battles, save the day, leadership, heroic mission, race against time, danger, one man army, escapades ...
Place:
the philippines, asia
Similarity:
37%
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, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
aerial combat, military, aviation, biological warfare, terrorism, flying, chase, airplane, computer cracker, training, u.s. air force, colonel ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
russia
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Action - When an elite band of private mercenaries known as Black Knight gets caught behind enemy lines in a Middle East combat zone, their only hope for survival lies with the team leader, who has escaped but vows to return. - Salman Bokhari, ...
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
profanity, rescue, danger, rivalry, captivity, war, escapades, tough heroes, heroes, wartime, violent content, one man army ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
36%
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, suspense, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
vietnam war, prison, jungle, rescue, soldier, military, captivity, danger, military life, against the odds, missing person, daring rescue ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s, year 1973, 70s, year 1972 ...
Place:
vietnam, texas, bangkok thailand, laos, asia ...
Similarity:
36%
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, realistic, serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
violence against women, terrorist, female prisoner, female warrior, vietnam war, terrorism, prison fight, prison guard, rebel army, anti heroine, woman kills a man, female criminal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
vietnam, asia, usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
John, is sent in to recover a stolen Stealth Bomber. His trusty sidekick Rojar and John's ever faithful Jessica, fight the rebel forces of Banansistan, led by the vivacious Ellianna.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, martial arts, betrayal, terrorism, tough heroes, lesbianism, soldier, espionage, chases and races, secret agent, escapades, undercover ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
35%
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425
Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The cold war is over. East and West are fighting together against illegal secretly heavily armed terrorists, criminals and resistance fighters. During one of these missions, four soldiers are kidnapped and seems like a great international crisis to ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
marine, terrorism, military life, rivalry, danger, military, terrorist, conflict, soldier, violent content, battles, heroic mission ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, eastern europe, chechnya
Similarity:
35%
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:
34%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Cambodia
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:
talky, suspense, intense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, military, rescue mission, terrorist plot, soldier, cia, navy seal, swat team, navy, terrorist, squad, violence ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
somalia, costa rica, las vegas, ukraine, san diego california ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA, Philippines
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, grindhouse, funny, independent film, realistic ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, martial arts, military, cannon, one man army, propaganda, vengeance, prisoner, betrayal, torture, revenge, brutality ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 1975
Place:
vietnam, asia, bangkok thailand, washington d.c., saigon ...
Similarity:
34%
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:
serious, rough, period piece, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, bomber, military, war, battles, soldier, aerial combat, u.s. air force, friendship, mission, aerial combats, luftwaffe ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century
Place:
america, europe, england, united kingdom, germany ...
Similarity:
34%
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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:
touching, serious, suspense, factual, compassionate ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
military, war, jungle, combat, civil war, soldier, sniper, refugee, special forces, escapades, rescue mission, army ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
africa, nigeria, iran, iraq, hawaii
Similarity:
34%
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:
33%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
There have been two mysterious plane crashes in only 48 hours. The aircraft suddenly lose control and crash, killing everyone aboard. A woman of Russian descent, Francesca Zaborszin, the daughter of a slain Federal investigator, claims ...
Style:
suspense, independent film, fast, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
terrorist, airplane accident, law enforcement, airplane crash, air disaster, aviation, race against time, terrorism, hostage, tough heroes, one man army, espionage ...
Time:
90s
Place:
pentagon, washington d.c.
Similarity:
33%
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:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
aviation, justice, heroic mission, one man army, danger, tough heroes, against the odds, daring rescue, save the day, military, death, supermarket ...
Time:
80s, 90s, future
Place:
colombia, iraq, south america, pentagon
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Chechen rebels take over a Russian nuclear plant and it's up to a mysterious agent(Snipes) to stop them.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, black american, military, soldier, heroes, rescue, sniper, frame up, heroic mission, daring rescue, political conspiracy, danger ...
Place:
russia
Similarity:
33%
27K
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, suspense, political thriller ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
sniper, assassin, soldier, marksman, manhunt, stalking, tough heroes, machine gun, drug lord, jungle, military, professional killer ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 20th century
Place:
panama, central america, latin america, washington d.c.
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
FBI hostage rescue team leader Jack Bender has been sacked for not being a team player, and months later he finds himself in the ultimate hostage nightmare: stuck aboard a plane that's been taken over by a group of well-armed terrorists who ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, terrorism, daring rescue, rescue, save the day, heroes, danger, tough heroes, master criminal, one man army, aviation, air disaster ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
33%
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