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Most Wanted (1997)
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sgt. James Dunn, who is wrongly accused of assassination of the officer he had a row with, is saved from death row and recruited for top-secret special operations squad led by Lt. Col Grant Casey. Their mission is to neutralize criminals who had avoided conventional law enforcement methods. On his first Mission, James is made the fall guy for the assassination of the first lady and everyone is loo
Style:
rough, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, suspense, surprise ending, fast, independent film, f word
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
political conspiracy, frame up, investigation, assassination, death row, conspiracy, parachuting, manhunt, false accusation, reluctant partners, murder, tough guy, african american, showdown, one man army, framed for murder, first lady, scapegoat, african american protagonist, shootout, chase, on the run, betrayal, government agency, state affairs ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 1990s
Place:
iraq, los angeles
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Most similar movies to Most Wanted
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, exciting and realistic films with plots about gun, pistol, gunfight, shootout, chases and races, chase and violence mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Most Wanted: Silent Trigger (1996), Erased (2012), Enemy of the State (1998), Sanctuary (1998), The Art of War (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Waxman is a former Special Forces soldier who is now working as a heavily armed assassin for a top secret government agency. When a covert mission goes terribly wrong, Waxman and fellow assassin Clegg become that agency's prime targets.
Style:
suspense, bloody, fast, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, professional killer, killer, assassin, professional, soldier, terrorism, showdown, violence, kickboxing, firing squad, karate ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
34K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Belgium, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A former agent of the CIA and his estranged daughter go on the run after his employers target them for assassination.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, suspense, rough, political thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
espionage, cia, father daughter relationship, spy, secret agent, undercover, hitman, secret service, conspiracy, on the run, lone hero, brutality ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
belgium, usa, antwerp, new jersey, brussels ...
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:
80%
797
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Luke Kovak is part of a covert group within the CIA that works on illegal black ops involving blackmail and assassinations. When his boss orders the murder of one of the team, Luke realizes how expendable they all are and gets out (taking proof of ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female assassin, female killer, spy, conspiracy, martial arts, female mercenary, female agent, rogue agent, assassination plot, assassination attempt, computer cracker, manhunt ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
pentagon, chicago, italy, washington d.c., canada ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When ruthless terrorists threaten to bring down the United Nations, they frame the one man they believe can stop them: an international security expert named Shaw. Now he must run from his own allies and become a solitary force for good, as he tries ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, intense, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, espionage, political conspiracy, mafia, martial arts, murder, frame up, translator, secret agent, gunfight, car chase, heroes ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 90s, 20th century
Place:
china, hong kong, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Bobby Bishop (Sheen) is a special assistant to the President of the United States. Accidentally, he meets his friend professor Pochenko on the street. Pochenko has time to tell Bishop about some conspiracy in the White House but then immediately ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, political thriller, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
political conspiracy, conspiracy, on the run, betrayal, assassination, corruption, assassination plot, politics, lone hero, political corruption, assassination attempt, intrigue ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
343K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Wrongfully accused of murdering his wife, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find her killer and clear his name. Pursuing him is a team of U.S. marshals led by Deputy Samuel Gerard, a determined detective who will not rest until ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, neo noir, detective, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, boys' night
Plot:
on the run, conspiracy, betrayal, escape, framed for murder, fugitives, death row, manhunt, doctor, murder, uncover truth, corruption ...
Time:
20th century, year 1993, 90s
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
9K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
North Korea's 8th Special Forces hijacks a shipment of CTX, a potent new liquid explosive, and threatens South Korea as part of a plot to re-unify the two countries.Ryu and Lee, special agents of O.P., South Korea's secret intelligence ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, stylized, neo noir, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, korean army, female killer, terrorist, hitman, female assassin, espionage, assassination, agent, political conspiracy, inter-korean relations, secret agent ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
north korea, korea, seoul, south korea, asia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Alex Thomas was the man in charge of protecting the president but, when the time came to fulfill his duties, everything just went wrong. His conscience haunted by a bullet and his devotion to his country stronger than ever, Alex teams with seasoned ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, secret service, car chase, assassination, police, journalist, political conspiracy, political intrigue, haunted by the past, dishonesty, assassination of president, one man army ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cuba, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
374K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why.
Style:
intense, action packed, exciting, action thriller, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
sniper, conspiracy, fbi, one man army, on the run, assassination, corruption, revenge, manhunt, military, cover up, false accusation ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
montana, philadelphia, virginia, usa, baltimore ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.
Style:
tense, political thriller, suspense, psychological, exciting ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
conspiracy, political conspiracy, cia, chase, surveillance, conspiracy theory, mind control, paranoia, amnesia, obsession, taxi driver, twists and turns ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Kiefer Sutherland is a hard-edged hit man. Known as the world's best professional killer, Sutherland is living a life of detached solitude when he is given an assignment that pairs him up with a sultry hitchhiker (Melora Walters). Before long, ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, professional killer, desert, manhunt, undercover, contract killer, woman kills a man, assassin, investigation, fbi, betrayal, murder ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, south america, sonora, arizona ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An average everyman discovers he's the unwitting target of an ultra secret domestic black-op centering on mind control.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, serious, grindhouse, surprise ending
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mind control, brainwashing, political conspiracy, manhunt, government agency, rivalry, undercover, investigation, uncover truth, supernatural ability, dishonesty, murder ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Romania
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The global war on terror rages on. When a government official goes missing, Lance, a man with an impressive record of service to his country, finds himself protecting the man who embodies everything he has dedicated his life to fight against.
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 ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
romania, europe, new york, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
120K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a plane load of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes. But when Diplomatic Security Agent John Royce is assigned to help Gerard recapture Sheridan, it ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, exciting, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night
Plot:
manhunt, on the run, cia, agent, conspiracy, escaped prisoner, escape, frame up, traitor, swamp, airplane accident, car chase ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
new york, chicago, kentucky, usa, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Portugal, Canada, Bulgaria
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Secret Service Agent Mike Banning is framed for the attempted assassination of the President and must evade his own agency and the FBI as he tries to uncover the real threat.
Style:
tense, exciting, suspense, captivating, intense ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
secret service, agent, terrorist, secret service agent, president, fbi, spy, lone hero, gunfight, white house, justice, state affairs ...
Time:
2010s, future, year 2019, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., west virginia, usa, north carolina, virginia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Matt Hendricks (Dolph Lundgren) is the US Navy's top Marine Special Operations Commander and is facing his toughest challenge yet - Escorting the deadliest viral weapon on the planet back to a safe Storage Faciliy.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, suspense, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, terrorism, working undercover, terrorist, female warrior, special agent, state affairs, save the day, danger, government agency, frame up, die hard ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, new york, russia, pentagon, washington d.c. ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Former special services agent plays an intricate game of chess involving several federal agencies. Queen takes pawn.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, tense, enigmatic, captivating ...
Plot:
swat team, cia agent, hostage, betrayal, fbi, martial arts, mercenary, professional killer, false accusation, conspiracy, murderer, gunfight ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A woman's son is snatched and she must follow his kidnappers’ instructions to get him back. But when she’s framed for murder by a government department, she must take them on at their own game to ensure her son's survival.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female assassin, kidnapping, woman in danger, murder, on the run, disorder, mistaken identity, danger, secret agent, righting the wronged, good versus evil, law enforcement ...
Place:
montana
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Japan, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A maverick skydiver and a former KGB agent team up to stop the Russian mafia from stealing gold.
Style:
parody, suspense, exciting, intense, light ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
parachuting, desert, skydiving, undercover, kgb agent, shootout, faking one's own death, presumed dead, sports car, gold, parachute, chase ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
moscow russia, arizona
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Movie Info When a top secret nuclear guidance system is stolen by an ex-CIA operative looking to sell the deadly device to the top bidder, it's up to a determined CIA agent and the international terrorist who he has vowed to capture to team up ...
Style:
independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female killer, female assassin, terrorist, terrorism, spy, cia, martial arts, woman fights a man, kickboxer, woman with a gun, psychopath, working undercover ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An ex-marine returns to Vietnam when he learns his former mercenary partner whom he thought was killed is being held by a sadistic general.
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, prison, world war, heroes, one man army, violent content, jungle, heroic mission, captivity, military, soldier, daring rescue ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
vietnam, asia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Danny O'Neill is a bomb disposal expert assigned to a case where terrorists have developed an "invisible" liquid explosive which is activated within the human body.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, reluctant partners, assassination, senator, bomb squad, investigation, danger, undercover, police detective, government agency, politics, special agent ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
82K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York that lead to the declaration of martial law.
Style:
suspense, political, thought provoking, intense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
terrorism, cia, martial law, siege, fbi, conspiracy theory, lone hero, military, espionage, president, conspiracy, race against time ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, usa, israel ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ex-Green Beret Matt Collins is kidnapped along with his fiancée, Lauren Sadler, by crazed hunter extraordinaire Danton Vachs. Every year he holds a contest where people can purchase the right to hunt down and kill a human being. This time, Collins ...
Style:
suspense, independent film
Plot:
manhunt, monster, ak 47, fistfight, guerilla warfare, taekwondo, tough guy, karate, hand to hand combat, hunter, hunting, gunfight ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Killer gets orders from a video game named The Silencer.
Style:
tense, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
conspiracy, scoop, hitman, professional killer, covert operation, spy, undercover, assassination, danger, frame up, one man army, terrorism ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When someone tries to murder watchmaker Eddy Kay, the incident triggers a barrage of nightmares and flashbacks into a past that isn't his own. Fearing for his sanity, Eddy contacts psychiatrist Dr. Anna Nolmar for help. Anna thinks he's ...
Style:
erotic, suspense, grindhouse, independent film, exciting ...
Plot:
mind control, female assassin, terrorism, assassination plot, intrigue, woman with a gun, truck, cyberpunk, trucker, explosions, gunfight, murder ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
vietnam, asia, mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A renegade general plots to bomb Washington using a new top secret jet called the Storm Catcher. The only trouble is only one man is capable of flying it. So they seek to put him on the run in a conspiracy that makes him appear to have murdered ...
Style:
realistic, rough, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, tough guy, conspiracy, heroes, one man army, dishonesty, state affairs, political conspiracy, false accusation, fighting the system, chases and races ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Paramilitary operative David Wolfe stumbles upon an international conspiracy connecting presidential cabinet members to a Middle Eastern terrorist plot. Wanting to expose the truth, Wolfe defies orders and returns to the US as an army of one ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge plot, state affairs, danger, assassination, terrorism, political conspiracy, political corruption, military, government agency, dishonesty, race against time, political intrigue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, cuba, washington d.c., middle east
Similarity:
24%
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