Movies like Man on Fire
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Man on Fire (2004)
297K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, tense, realistic, tragic ending, suspense, emotional, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, vengeance, daring rescue, lone hero, vigilantism, friendship, danger, bodyguard, diary, cia, mercenary, revenge, murder, vigilante, child in peril, justice, violence, twists & turns, redemption, organized crime, torture, alcoholic, cell phone, stuffed animal, grenade launcher ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america
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Most similar movies to Man on Fire
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, rough and suspenseful films with plots about vengeance, mentor, crimes, revenge, betrayal, chase and violence mostly in Thriller, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Man on Fire: Taken (2008), The Equalizer (2014), The Man from Nowhere (2010), John Wick (2014), Safe (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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526K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
While vacationing with a friend in Paris, an American girl is kidnapped by a gang of human traffickers intent on selling her into forced prostitution. Working against the clock, her ex-spy father must pull out all the stops to save her. But with his ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, entertaining, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, one man army, vigilantism, chase, rescue, daring rescue, human trafficking, danger, father daughter relationship, car chase, young woman, track down ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
europe, france, arc de triomphe paris, paris france
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100%
279K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ...
Style:
suspense, serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
one man army, lone hero, fighting crime, lone wolves, vigilante, corruption, righting the wronged, organized crime, crime, tough heroes, gory, vigilantism ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa, moscow russia, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
His only friend called him 'the man from nowhere'... Taesik, a former special agent becomes a loner after losing his wife in a miserable accident and lives a bitter life running a pawnshop. He only has a few customers and a friend named ...
Style:
serious, brutal, emotional, intense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
one man army, kidnapping, gang, daring rescue, martial arts, missing child, fist fighting, crimes, rivalry, master warrior, drugs, fight scenes ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
korea, asia, south korea, seoul
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
398K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: China, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
Style:
stylized, exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, one man army, vengeance, criminal's revenge, gangsters, murder, revenge, assassin, violence, crimes, dog, russian mafia ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, new york, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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93K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After a former elite agent rescues a 12-year-old Chinese girl who's been abducted, they find themselves in the middle of a standoff between Triads, the Russian Mafia and high-level corrupt New York City politicians and police.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, entertaining, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lone hero, organized crime, mafia, protector, gunfight, on the run, kidnapping, lone wolves, car chase, gangsters, chase, mentor ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A man's best friend is killed on the streets of New York. The man (Robert Ginty) then transforms into a violent killer, turning New York into a great war zone and Christopher George is the only one to stop him.
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, violence, revenge, prostitution, vigilantism, police investigation, rape, gore, torture, ex soldier, chase, gang ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
vietnam, new york, asia, usa, new jersey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
101K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a ...
Style:
tense, serious, twists and turns, harsh, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, violence, dirty cop, police investigation, tough law enforcer, twists & turns, right and wrong, doubts and hesitations, undercover cop, corruption, police, murder ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, 2000s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, twists and turns, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hijacking, hostage, train, race against time, stock market, ransom, bribery, helicopter, mayor, tunnel, crime, urban ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, new jersey
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32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Gene Watson is a public accountant who arrives on a train at Union Station in Los Angeles, accompanied by his 6-year-old daughter Lynn. Because of his ordinary looks, he is approached by a pair of sinister people named Smith and Jones.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, serious, twists and turns ...
Plot:
assassination, kidnapping, neo noir, race against time, politics, train station, danger, rescue, lobbyist, mexican standoff, accountant, missing person ...
Time:
90s, 1990s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.
Style:
serious, exciting, tense, rough, psychological ...
Plot:
vigilantism, vengeance, fighting the system, murder, crime, prison, master criminal, mind game, justice, danger, death, perfect crime ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
philadelphia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Movies similar to Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When Vetter's wife is killed in a botched hit organized by Diablo, he seeks revenge against those responsible. But in the process, Vetter and Hicks have to fight their way up the chain to get to Diablo but it's easier said than done when ...
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
crimes, vengeance, tough law enforcer, vigilantism, cocaine, drugs/alcohol, crime, repayment, tough heroes, chases and races, organized crime, corpse ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
mexico, usa, california, latin america, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is seduced by a woman seeking retribution.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, rough, twists and turns, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
criminal's revenge, revenge, crime lord, crime, mysterious woman, blackmail, gangsters, danger, right hand man, mob boss, enemy, deadly ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, year 2012
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Action, Drama, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A Vietnam veteran, Charles Rane, returns home after years in a POW camp and is treated as a hero. When thugs invade his home to steal the silver coins he received for his service, they mangle his hand and leave him and his family for dead. Rane ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, vigilantism, murder, vietnam veteran, vengeance, homecoming, small town, vietnam war, crime, repayment, crimes, deadly ...
Place:
vietnam, asia, texas, mexico, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A career criminal (Gibson) nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, prison life, confined, prison escape, vacation, crime, thief, drugs/alcohol, anti heroes, corruption, criminal heroes, gunfight ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, san diego california, tijuana mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Christopher Walken shines in this cult-favorite dark comedy as Charlie, a former mobster who is abducted by five privileged young men (Sean Patrick Flanery, Johnny Galecki, Jay Mohr, Jeremy Sisto, Henry Thomas) desperate to raise a $2 million ransom ...
Style:
dark humor, suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, ransom, betrayal, neo noir, hospital, mansion, poker game, alcoholic, pistol, rain, hostage, crime ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, atlantic city new jersey, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Films like Kill Bill: Vol. 2
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
Style:
exciting, tense, suspenseful, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
heist, murder, police corruption, bank robbery, violence, betrayal, crime, bag of money, dirty cop, law enforcement, corruption, organized crime ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, 2010s
Place:
usa, atlanta georgia, tel aviv israel, boston, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
496K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, psychological, tense, twist ending ...
Plot:
kidnapping, missing child, police investigation, investigation, disappearance, brutality, revenge, torture, crime, vigilantism, moral ambiguity, maze ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, 2010s
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
54K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In "Sabotage", Arnold Schwarzenegger leads an elite DEA task force that takes on the world's deadliest drug cartels. When the team successfully executes a high-stakes raid on a cartel safe house, they think their work is done - until, ...
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, brutality, drug cartel, bribe, strip club, swat team, drug addict, crime scene, hostage, police investigation, gory, crime ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
mexico, georgia, usa, atlanta georgia, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Charly Matteï has turned his back on his life as an outlaw. For the last three years, he's led a peaceful life devoting himself to his wife and two children. Then, one winter morning, he's left for dead in the parking garage in ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, shooting, revenge, violence, murder, left for dead, hospital, cemetery, crime, brutality, criminal heroes, chase ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, marseille
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
89K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Driver (Dwayne Johnson) has spent the last 10 years in prison planning revenge for the murder of his brother. Now that Driver is free to carry out his deadly plan only two men stand in his way- Billy Bob Thornton plays a veteran cop and Oliver ...
Style:
stylized, rough, serious, twists and turns, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police investigation, vengeance, revenge, hitman, tough heroes, knife murder, crime, ex convict, policewoman, millionaire, fist fighting, veteran ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
usa, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Films like Taken
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.
Style:
bleak, realistic, serious, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilantism, loneliness, murder, widower, social decay, vengeance, crime, gang, juvenile delinquency, chess, veteran, urban ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, 2000s
Place:
england, europe, london, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
108K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, exciting, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
millionaire, kidnapping, fbi, bounty, rescue, crime, ransom, reward, crime gone awry, tough heroes, confined, crimes ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
harlem manhattan new york city, new jersey, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
115K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world’s most elite operatives—Danny, an ex-special ops agent and Hunter, his longtime mentor—against the cunning leader of a secret military society. Covering the globe from ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, spy, mentor, rescue, secret service, hostage, secret society, violence, desert, assassination, mercenary, car chase ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1980
Place:
london, middle east, mexico, england, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.
Style:
clever, stylized, realistic, serious, twists and turns ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, ransom, gunfight, hotel, money, criminal, mexican standoff, sperm bank, gunslinger, surrogate mother, drifter, desert ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place:
mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
185K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Africa, Japan, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, rough, twists and turns ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cia, on the run, betrayal, espionage, mercenary, corruption, martial arts, consulate, microchip, rogue agent, interrogation, secret agents ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, 2010s
Place:
africa, cape town south africa, south africa, langley virginia, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Prisoners related movies
95K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Phil Broker is a former DEA agent who has gone through a crisis after his action against a biker gang went horribly wrong and it cost the life of his boss' son. He is recently widowed and is left with a 9-years-old daughter,Maddy. He decides to ...
Style:
serious, exciting, tense, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
protector, small town, crimes, drug dealer, martial arts, crime, ex law enforcer, tough heroes, gunfight, car chase, undercover cop, drugs ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After the death of his girlfriend's daughter from a drug overdose, Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) takes on the local drug cartel.
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilantism, vengeance, gory, gang, lone wolves, drug dealing, crime, fighting crime, crimes, danger, deadly, rivalry ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
174K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Professional driver Frank Martin is living in Miami, where he is temporarily filling in for a friend as the chauffeur for a government narcotics control policymaker and his family. The young boy in the family is targeted for kidnapping, and Frank ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, exciting, entertaining, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lone hero, kidnapping, car chase, martial arts, race against time, war on drugs, chases and races, danger, virus, fight scenes, mentor, child in peril ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
florida, miami, usa, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Samuel Pierret is a nurse who saves the wrong guy – a thief whose henchmen take Samuel's pregnant wife hostage to force him to spring their boss from the hospital. A race through the subways and streets of Paris ensues, and the body count ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, hospital, kidnapping, on the run, race against time, danger, life turned upside down, chases and races, unlikely partners, woman in danger, confined, crimes ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, paris france, tokyo, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Harry Kilmer returns to Japan after several years in order to rescue his friend George's kidnapped daughter - and ends up on the wrong side of the Yakuza, the notorious Japanese mafia...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, kidnapping, neo noir, yakuza, gangsters, crime, culture clash, friendship, crimes, rescue, haunted by the past, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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