Movies like Man on Fire
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Man on Fire (2004)
305K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Mexico
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, mercenary, danger, justice, bodyguard, diary, cia, revenge, murder, vigilante, child in peril, 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, suspense and intense films with plots about revenge, betrayal, brutality, dialogue, mentor, vengeance and crimes mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres. Some movies like Man on Fire: The Equalizer (2014), John Wick (2014), The Man from Nowhere (2010), Safe (2012), Taken (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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297K
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
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100%
422K
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:
serious, stylized, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, vengeance, one man army, gangsters, criminal's revenge, righteous rage, russian mafia, murder, violence spree, widower, dark hero, revenge ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, new york, new jersey
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67%
Genre: Action, Drama, 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:
brutal, serious, emotional, intense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
one man army, kidnapping, gang, daring rescue, martial arts, missing child, drug lord, fist fighting, crimes, rivalry, master warrior, drugs ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
korea, asia, south korea, seoul
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
95K
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, chase, organized crime, mafia, protector, gunfight, on the run, kidnapping, lone wolves, car chase, gangsters, mentor ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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535K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 94 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, dark hero, rescue, daring rescue, human trafficking, danger, father daughter relationship, car chase, young woman ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
europe, france, paris france, arc de triomphe paris
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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314K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A young female FBI agent joins a secret CIA operation to take down a Mexican cartel boss, a job that ends up pushing her ethical and moral values to the limit.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense, surprise ending ...
Plot:
murder, death of daughter, moral dilemma, fbi, cia, tunnel, night vision, death of wife, tough girl, crime, drug dealing, smoking ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, 2010s
Place:
mexico, texas, usa, arizona, tucson arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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:
vengeance, vigilantism, fighting the system, murder, crime, prison, master criminal, mind game, justice, danger, death, perfect crime ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
philadelphia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A convert to Islam sends the U.S. government a tape showing him in three nondescript storage rooms, each of which may contain a nuclear bomb set to detonate in less than a week. Helen Brody, an FBI agent in L.A., is tasked with finding the bombs ...
Style:
psychological, rough, suspense, brutal, disturbing ...
Plot:
terrorism, violence, investigation, fbi, moral dilemma, nuclear threat, race against time, torture, manipulation, counter terrorism, right and wrong, nuclear bomb ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
usa, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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:
serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, violence, revenge, prostitution, vigilantism, police investigation, ex soldier, rape, torture, gore, chase, gang ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
vietnam, new york, asia, usa, new jersey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
102K
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%
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Movies similar to Leon: The Professional
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:
serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
crimes, vengeance, tough law enforcer, vigilantism, cocaine, organized crime, crime, fighting crime, revenge, tough heroes, danger, tragic hero ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
mexico, usa, california, latin america, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
353K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, atmospheric, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, rookie, police brutality, one day, corruption, drug dealing, bad cop, honest, ghetto, police investigation, lone hero, gangs ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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, mansion, pistol, rain, poker game, alcoholic, hostage, hospital, crime ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, new york, atlantic city new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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, serious, twists and turns, exciting ...
Plot:
assassination, kidnapping, race against time, politics, train station, accountant, terrorism, murder, assassination plot, one day, psychological torture, mysterious man ...
Time:
90s, 1990s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
517K
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, atmospheric ...
Plot:
kidnapping, missing child, police investigation, investigation, disappearance, crime, brutality, revenge, torture, vigilantism, moral ambiguity, maze ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, 2010s
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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No Country for Old Men similar movies
Genre: Crime, Drama, 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:
vengeance, revenge, vigilantism, violence, murder, vietnam veteran, motel, bar, sawed off shotgun, homecoming, small town, vietnam war ...
Place:
vietnam, asia, texas, mexico, tokyo ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
103K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, surprise ending, psychological, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, serial killer, psycho, danger, woman in danger, murder, fear, lifesaver, underground, control room, cell phone, investigation ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty-fifth precinct. Three police officers struggle with the sometimes fine line between right and ...
Style:
realistic, tense, bleak, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, guilt, police brutality, deception, undercover cop, betrayal, murder, undercover, violence, working undercover, racial slur, corruption ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
376K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A story about friendship and loyalty, guilt and vengeance, and the fateful affect the past has on the present.
Style:
psychological, tense, bleak, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
vengeance, police investigation, murder, death in the family, sexual abuse, childhood, vigilantism, mystery, loss of child, tragic event, guilt, child abuse ...
Time:
contemporary, 70s, 20th century, 21st century, 1960s
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Films like Taken
93K
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:
rough, twists and turns, serious, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police investigation, vengeance, tough heroes, ex convict, crime, policewoman, corruption, prisoner, law enforcement, revenge, hitman, lone hero ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
usa, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, clever, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, kidnapping, private detective, crime, investigation, mafia, serial killer, revenge, haunted by the past, drug dealer, murder of wife, ex cop ...
Time:
20th century, 1990s, contemporary, 21st century, 90s ...
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ 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 ⇓
29%
Movie in collections
58K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The quiet life of a beach bum is upended by dreadful news. He sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance but proves an inept assassin and finds himself in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, realistic, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, homeless, neo-noir, vigilantism, gory, drifter, violence spree, crimes, deadly, rivalry, haunted by the past ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
virginia, usa, delaware
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
35K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, suspense ...
Plot:
prison life, prison, vengeance, prison warden, life is a bitch, rivalry, good versus evil, prison escape, revenge, warden, murder, corruption ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Heat similar movies
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:
rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, prison life, confined, prison escape, vacation, crime, thief, anti heroes, drugs/alcohol, corruption, criminal heroes, gunfight ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, tijuana mexico, san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
45K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When a Las Vegas bodyguard with lethal skills and a gambling problem gets in trouble with the mob, he has one last play… and it's all or nothing.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, casino, crime, bodyguard, gangsters, tough heroes, lone wolves, dishonesty, betrayal, violence, brutality, greed ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
murder, uncover truth, investigation, violence, political corruption, vengeance, corruption, homicide detective, death of daughter, corporate crimes, dishonesty, law enforcement ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
146K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A mature 14-year old girl meets a charming 32-year old photographer on the Internet. Suspecting that he is a pedophile, she goes to his home in an attempt to expose him.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, tense, suspenseful, twist ending ...
Plot:
vengeance, age difference, sexual abuse, torture, pedophilia, dangerous attraction, deception, mind game, seduction, manipulation, vigilantism, justice ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After a 13-year imprisonment for the kidnap and murder of a 6 year old boy, beautiful Lee Guem-ja starts seeking revenge on the man that was really responsible for the boy's death. With the help of fellow inmates and reunited with her daughter, ...
Style:
disturbing, stylized, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
vengeance, vigilantism, crime, cult, torture, translator, bully, ex convict, teacher, redemption, righting the wronged, crimes ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
asia, korea, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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