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The Kidnapping of the President (1980)
652
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A South American quasi-revolutionary/guerilla/terrorist and a misled, admiring girl compatriot manage to kidnap the U.S. President during a diplomatic visit to Toronto. With a nondescript armored truck, crudely yet somehow elaborately rigged with high explosives (and the President trapped inside), the two terrorists keep the Secret Service at bay until in the end, Assanti is killed and Shatner has to find a way into the truck anyway.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, psychotronic, political, grindhouse, independent film, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hostage, kidnapping, armored car, rescue, danger, head of state, law enforcement, secret agent, politics, trucker, die hard, heroes, undercover, chases and races, rivalry, confined, state affairs, special agent, terrorist, cia, white house, president, secret service, politician ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s
Place:
south america, canada
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and rough films with plots about danger, chases and races, rivalry, deadly, terrorism, race against time and heroes mostly in Thriller, Action and Drama genres. Some movies like The Kidnapping of the President: Tripfall (2000), Homeland Security (2004), Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977), Diplomatic Siege (1999), The Devil's in the Details (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Thriller
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Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Duration: 146 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hostage, heroic mission, save the day, politics, rescue, danger, race against time, government agency, state affairs, one man army, heroes ...
Time:
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50%
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
south america, sonora, arizona, usa, mexico
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47%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Swedish intelligence officer Carl Hamilton's 7-year-old goddaughter Nathalie is kidnapped. When the kidnapping's underlying motive becomes known, the Swedish authorities assume a passive role, forcing Hamilton to action. With the help of ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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50%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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46%
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, cliffhanger ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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44%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Javier Falcón, Chief of the Sevilla Homicide Division, must solve two different cases in a short time. In the first case he is personally involved. An old friend of his infiltrated an Islamic terrorist cell and now the group is trying to recruit ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, captivating, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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43%
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Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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676
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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43%
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Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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488
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, riddles and clues, supernatural, race against time, danger, supernatural ability, infidelity, who done it, dishonesty, betrayal, special agent ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
No overview found.
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, terrorism, rebelliousness, military life, race against time, danger, rivalry, military, undercover, nuclear holocaust, hijacking, world war three ...
Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: UK
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Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
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Place:
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511
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Country: USA, UK, Germany, Romania
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, rough, exciting, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, undercover, tough heroes, one man army, danger, state affairs, daring rescue, save the day, law enforcement, chases and races, conspiracy, undercover agent ...
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Similarity:
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443
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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