Movies like Mission: Impossible
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Mission: Impossible (1996)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the No. 1 suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, clever, suspense, saga, cerebral, action thriller, entertaining, action packed, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
cia, espionage, secret service, secret agent, conspiracy, mission, chase, undercover, train, spy, disguise, twists and turns, female spy, betrayal, murder, husband murders wife, plot twist, spy thriller, double agent, intelligence agency, caper, hardcore, secret mission, heist, theft ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 1990s
Place:
prague, virginia, paris france, london, berlin germany, shanghai, czech republic ...
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Most similar movies to Mission: Impossible
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, suspenseful, suspense and action adventure films with plots about undercover, spy, murder, car chase, machine gun, gun and betrayal mostly in Action, Thriller and Adventure genres. Some movies like Mission: Impossible: Jason Bourne (2016), The King's Man (2021), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Die Another Day (2002), Knight and Day (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, China, UK, Austria, Morocco, Hong Kong
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate - an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF.
Style:
sexy, breathtaking, entertaining, suspenseful, action adventure ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, chick flick, boys' night, girls' night ...
Plot:
conspiracy, spy, cia agent, female agent, rogue agent, espionage, tough guy, female spy, secret service, tough girl, undercover, secret agent ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, austria, vienna, morocco, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera. This mission, ...
Style:
sexy, action thriller, action adventure, exciting, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
espionage, agent, lone hero, secret agent, secret service, chase, gunfight, spy, violence, cia, good versus evil, car chase ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
spain, sydney australia, australia, oceania
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: Italy, Germany, China, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Retired from active duty to train new IMF agents, Ethan Hunt is called back into action to confront sadistic arms dealer, Owen Davian. Hunt must try to protect his girlfriend while working with his new team to complete the mission.
Style:
suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, action thriller, tense ...
Audience:
teens, manly, chick flick, boys' night, girls' night ...
Plot:
espionage, spy, disguise, mission, cia, double agent, secret agent, gunfight, undercover, terrorist, terrorism, secret service ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
china, italy, shanghai, berlin germany, north america ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, Russia, Canada, Czech Republic, India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion ...
Style:
exciting, action adventure, breathtaking, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
spy, espionage, cia, mission, gunfight, frame up, female spy, escapades, undercover, chases and races, tough guy, working undercover ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, budapest, washington state, bay area, iran ...
Similarity:
89%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, China, France, Norway
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfil his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against ...
Style:
action adventure, saga, clever, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
spy, espionage, terrorist, female spy, tough guy, cia agent, plutonium, hand to hand combat, violence, bodyguard, rogue agent, cia ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
london, kashmir, ireland, france, germany ...
Similarity:
87%
256K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Spain, Japan, Iceland, Germany, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.
Style:
exciting, suspense, captivating, action thriller, intense ...
Audience:
chick flick, family outing
Plot:
spy, espionage, black ops, hitman, cia, chase, assassin, rogue agent, cia agent, secret service, one man army, assassination ...
Time:
year 2016, 2000s, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, berlin germany, washington d.c., reykjavik iceland, greece ...
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them.
Style:
humorous, captivating, saga, perverse, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
spy, top secret, secret service, world war one, spy hero, closeted gay, traitor, espionage, war, female warrior, master criminal, mysterious villain ...
Time:
1910s, 2020s, future, 1900s, year 1914 ...
Place:
london, south africa, buckingham palace, washington d.c., germany ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France, Spain
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne ...
Style:
exciting, intense, action thriller, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
cia, conspiracy, spy, espionage, secret agent, corruption, secret service, escapades, hitman, tough guy, fighting the system, one man army ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, 21st century
Place:
langley virginia, new york, moscow russia, tangier morocco, paris france ...
Similarity:
89%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Bond takes on a North Korean leader who undergoes DNA replacement procedures that allow him to assume different identities. American agent, Jinx Johnson assists Bond in his attempt to thwart the villain's plans to exploit a satellite that is ...
Style:
exciting, clever, entertaining, sexy, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, girls' night
Plot:
james bond, 007, espionage, agent, british secret service, sex, spy, cia, secret service, secret agent, james bond spoof, secret service agent ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
north korea, iceland, hong kong, britain, asia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Spain, Austria
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A fugitive couple goes on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one – even themselves – are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with their survival ultimately ...
Style:
romantic, exciting, action comedy, entertaining, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, boys' night, date night ...
Plot:
spy, secret agent, cia, espionage, chase, couples, on the run, fbi, chases and races, assassin, undercover, gunfight ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
boston, austria, spain, kansas, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Czech Republic, Germany, Bahamas, Italy
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond – on his maiden ...
Style:
sexy, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, chick flick, manly
Plot:
007, spy, poker, james bond, espionage, secret service, chase, casino, cia, undercover, terrorist, heroic mission ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
montenegro, britain, bahamas, italy, europe ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
James Bond is retired and living a peaceful life, but after a visit from Felix Leiter, Bond must follow the trail of a dangerous new villain with never before seen technology.
Style:
exciting, epic, saga, thrilling, anamorphic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
james bond, spy, agent, espionage, cia, cia agent, 007, secret service, british intelligence, master criminal, secret service agent, death ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
jamaica, london, havana cuba, italy, england ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, India, Russia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation ...
Style:
suspense, tense, action thriller, entertaining, satanic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, girls' night
Plot:
cia, conspiracy, spy, amnesia, espionage, hitman, revenge, on the run, chase, assassin, dark past, lone hero ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
russia, europe, berlin germany, manhattan new york city, moscow russia ...
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
The seventh installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
spy, espionage, secret agent, cia agent, disguise, mission impossible, train wreck, spy thriller, undercover agent, cia, artificial intelligence, secret service ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
usa, italy, amsterdam, venice, rome italy ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: China, Canada, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Extreme athlete turned government operative Xander Cage comes out of self-imposed exile, thought to be long dead, and is set on a collision course with deadly alpha warrior Xiang and his team in a race to recover a sinister and seemingly unstoppable ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, intense, action packed, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
tough guy, spy hero, spy, lone hero, secret service, weapons, martial artist, chase, mission, exodus, tough girl, anti heroine ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
dominican republic, london, the philippines, new york, detroit ...
Similarity:
100%
342K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, surprise ending, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
secret service, cia, espionage, spy, secret agent, female protagonist, strong female lead, female spy, chase, conspiracy, cia agent, hitman ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
north korea, washington d.c., new york, russia, usa ...
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find the device that holds British launching instructions before the enemy Soviets get to it first.
Style:
sexy, exciting, serious, tense, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
007, james bond, secret agent, espionage, cold war, british secret service, secret service, car chase, undercover, top secret, vengeance, spy thriller ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, future
Place:
greece, albania, england, europe, london ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him ...
Style:
political thriller, intense, action adventure, exciting, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
spy, amnesia, cia, espionage, secret agent, hitman, secret service, one against many, on the run, black ops, secret past, uncover truth ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, hamburg germany, greece, europe, langley virginia ...
Similarity:
80%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the loss of innocent lives. McClane thought he'd seen it all, ...
Style:
suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, action packed, intense ...
Audience:
chick flick, manly, boys' night
Plot:
gunfight, terrorism, revenge, race against time, lone hero, heist, police, buddy cop, car chase, terrorist, police officer, bank robber ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, harlem, new york city, usa, harlem ...
Similarity:
100%
420K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Los Angeles SWAT cop Jack Traven is up against bomb expert Howard Payne, who's after major ransom money. First it's a rigged elevator in a very tall building. Then it's a rigged bus--if it slows, it will blow, bad enough any day, but ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, fast, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
hostage, bomb, twists and turns, danger, bus, terrorist, terrorism, police officer, trapped, unlikely partners, save the day, bomb squad ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994, 80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
389K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
When a gunman takes five lives with six shots, all evidence points to the suspect in custody. On interrogation, the suspect offers up a single note: "Get Jack Reacher!" So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth, pitting Jack Reacher ...
Style:
detective, exciting, suspenseful, serious, saga ...
Audience:
girls' night, family friendly, teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
loner, sniper, one man army, investigation, murder, vigilante, vigilantism, lone hero, hitman, tough guy, expert, gunfight ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, iraq, seattle, pennsylvania, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
277K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A group of Iraq War veterans goes on the run from U.S. military forces while they try to clear their names after being framed for a crime they didn't commit. Along the way, Col. Hannibal Smith, Capt. H.M. ‘Howling Mad’ Murdock , Sgt. Bosco ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, suspenseful, intense, action adventure ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, manly, chick flick
Plot:
team, chase, cia, twists and turns, anti hero, frame up, mercenary, military operation, conspiracy, prison escape, escape, fight scenes ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, 20th century, year 2002 ...
Place:
colorado, california, iran, germany, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is ...
Style:
retro, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
undercover, espionage, mission, iron curtain, race against time, top secret, working undercover, heroic mission, cold war, twists and turns, fighting crime, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s
Place:
europe, paris france, france, east germany, eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, South Korea, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Philippines
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
New CIA operative, Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.
Style:
satanic, action adventure, saga, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
cia, espionage, spy, secret service, assassin, cia agent, on the run, conspiracy, secret agent, chase, covert operation, agent ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
the philippines, maryland, virginia, usa, london ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Norway
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
Ethan Hunt and the IMF team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity - which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe - with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Ethan's past on their ...
Style:
fast paced, suspenseful, tense, cliffhanger, anamorphic ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, mission impossible, spy, airplane, nuclear war, arctic, underwater, final showdown, infiltration, trick, secret agent, submarine ...
Time:
2020s, near future, year 1996
Place:
south africa, england, austria, tower bridge london, big ben london ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Mexico
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
James Bond and his American colleague Felix Leiter arrest the drug lord Sanchez who succeeds in escaping and takes revenge on Felix and his wife. Bond knows but just one thing: revenge.
Style:
saga, exciting, controversial, cult classic, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
james bond, 007, vengeance, woman with a gun, spy, drug lord, secret agent, shark, secret service, revenge, rape and revenge, secret service agent ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
colombia, latin america, south america, florida, mexico ...
Similarity:
100%
768K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Turkey, China
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong and agents around the world are exposed, MI6 is attacked forcing M to relocate the agency. These events cause her authority and position to be challenged by Gareth Mallory, the new Chairman of ...
Style:
visually stunning, exciting, entertaining, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
james bond, espionage, 007, spy, secret service, chases and races, secret agent, british intelligence, heroic mission, killer, intelligence, undercover ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, china, turkey, scotland, britain ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Switzerland, Bahamas, Canada, Italy, Egypt, Brazil, Spain, France, Mexico, Australia, Japan, Netherlands, Austria, Thailand
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as James Bond tries to solve the riddle of the disappearing ships. But the KGB also has an agent on the ...
Style:
saga, entertaining, exciting, witty, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
007, cold war, james bond, espionage, secret agent, female agent, car chase, secret service, chase, villain, female spy, secret service agent ...
Time:
year 1977, 70s, 20th century
Place:
egypt, england, sardinia, cairo egypt, soviet union ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Hotshot Washington lawyer, Robert Dean becomes a victim of high-tech identity theft when a hacker slips an incriminating video into his pocket. Soon, a rogue National Security agent sets out to recover the tape – and destroy Dean.
Style:
suspense, clever, tense, political thriller, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, manly, kids
Plot:
surveillance, conspiracy, cia, on the run, espionage, political conspiracy, intelligence, violence, murder, manhunt, fighting the system, uncover truth ...
Time:
year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place:
washington d.c., baltimore, iraq, maryland, afghanistan ...
Similarity:
91%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Quantum of Solace continues the adventures of James Bond after Casino Royale. Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M interrogate ...
Style:
sexy, suspense, saga, entertaining, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, manly, teens
Plot:
james bond, espionage, 007, chase, secret service, spy, secret agent, revenge, female spy, roman empire, car chase, cia ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
italy, south america, austria, britain, chile ...
Similarity:
88%
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