Movies like Most Wanted

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Most Wanted (1997)
 5.6
 6K
Most Wanted (1997)
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, surprise ending
Audience: boys' night
Plot: political conspiracy, frame up, chase, manhunt, on the run, false accusation, assassination, death row, investigation, betrayal, government agency, state affairs, conspiracy, spy, military, suspense, bomb, gulf war, desert, parachuting, rivalry, political corruption, dishonesty, reluctant partners, uncover truth ...
Time: 90s, 1990s

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and exciting films with plots about gun, gunfight, chases and races, violence, tough guy, fistfight and heroes mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Most Wanted: Enemy of the State (1998), Shooter (2007), Erased (2012), The Fugitive (1993), U.S. Marshals (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Enemy of the State (1998)
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: clever, tense, suspenseful, political, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, kids
Plot: conspiracy, surveillance, suspense, espionage, political conspiracy, cia, uncover truth, investigation, politics, on the run, twists and turns, intelligence ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: washington d.c., baltimore, maryland, usa, north america
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100%
 7.1
 339K
Shooter (2007)
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, exciting, serious, realistic, political ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: sniper, conspiracy, corruption, fbi, military, one man army, revenge, swat team, cover up, assassination, false accusation, on the run ...
Time: 21st century
Place: virginia, iraq, philadelphia, boston, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.0
 32K
Erased (2012)
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: exciting, suspenseful, rough, sexy, bad ending ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot: father daughter relationship, cia, spy, espionage, family relations, secret service, conspiracy, undercover, lone hero, family in danger, hitman, chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new jersey, belgium, usa, brussels, antwerp
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.8
 301K
The Fugitive (1993)
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, neo noir, exciting, tense, cerebral ...
Audience: girls' night, boys' night
Plot: conspiracy, escape, on the run, betrayal, twists and turns, suspense, framed for murder, fugitives, manhunt, death row, uncover truth, u.s. marshal ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: chicago illinois, usa, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 6.5
 108K
U.S. Marshals (1998)
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: exciting, suspenseful, serious, entertaining, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: manhunt, cia, frame up, agent, suspense, twists and turns, tough cop, on the run, mole, corruption, law enforcement, escape ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, chicago illinois, san francisco, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.1
 6K
End Game (2006)
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, political ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: conspiracy, investigation, assassination, journalist, police, secret service, political conspiracy, car chase, spy, haunted by the past, political intrigue, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Silent Trigger (1996)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
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: bloody, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, sniper, soldier, killer, terrorism, mercenary, suspense, heroes, showdown, violence, kickboxing, karate ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.1
 25K
Sniper (1993)
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, buddy movie, intense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, teens
Plot: sniper, soldier, lone hero, military, gunfight, hitman, assassin, manhunt, helicopter, army, spy, killer ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: panama, latin america, central america, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Conspiracy Theory (1997)
Genre: Action, 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, suspenseful, psychological, exciting, serious ...
Plot: conspiracy, political conspiracy, cia, paranoia, suspense, manhunt, murder, surveillance, mind control, chase, spy, obsession ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Way of War (2009)
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: realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, state affairs, assassination, political corruption, political conspiracy, dishonesty, government agency, race against time, military, political intrigue, conspiracy, one against many ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c., middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Storm Catcher (1999)
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, conspiracy, heroes, terrorist, state affairs, dishonesty, false accusation, political conspiracy, fighting the system, confined, rivalry, wrongfully committed ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Art of War II: Betrayal (2008)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Agent Neil Shaw is called out of retirement and finds himself in the midst of a plot to assassinate several leading Senators with himself set-up to take the rap for a recent killing
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: betrayal, martial arts, heroes, assassination, on the run, murder, conspiracy, rivalry, undercover, politics, protagonist as suspect, secret agents ...
Place: british columbia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Foreigner (2003)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story: This story is about a freelance agent (Seagal) who is the courier of a package from France to Germany. He soon finds that many people want to get their hands on it.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, stylized
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, secret agents, martial arts, spy, good versus evil, race against time, heroes, on the run, murder, political conspiracy, rivalry, espionage ...
Place: france, europe, poland, germany, warsaw poland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 5.4
 10K
The Contractor (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Former CIA Operative, James Dial is coaxed back into action to kill a terrorist in London, but it all goes wrong and he is forced into hiding, where he meets and befriends a 12 year old girl.
Style: suspenseful, exciting, serious, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, frame up, betrayal, assassination, manhunt, heroes, murder, friendship, law enforcer killer, on the run, spy, black hero ...
Place: england, london, usa, montana, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 4.8
 720
Sanctuary (1998)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 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: realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, conspiracy, martial arts, undercover, assassination, redemption, church, assassination attempt, computer cracker, rivalry, government agency, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: pentagon, washington d.c., italy, toronto ontario canada, canada ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 4.8
 2K
The Defender (2004)
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, state affairs, daring rescue, law enforcement, save the day, tough heroes, conspiracy, undercover agent, spy, judiciary, heroes ...
Time: 90s, 21st century
Place: romania, europe, new york, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 4.4
 1K
Cover-Up (1991)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Israel
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Mike Anderson, a tough American reporter on a dangerous foreign assignment, finds his own life in jeopardy when he uncovers a deadly labyrinth of political intrigue that threatens the lives of thousands. Dispatched to investigate a mysterious and ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, spy, suspense, ambassador, terrorist plot, cia, reporter, conspiracy, buddy, secret agents, military, heroes ...
Time: 90s
Place: israel, middle east, los angeles, tel aviv israel, tel aviv
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Shadow Conspiracy (1997)
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: exciting, serious, suspenseful, political, ridiculous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: political conspiracy, conspiracy, suspense, betrayal, assassination, on the run, corruption, politics, political corruption, witnessing a crime, intrigue, political intrigue ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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The Art of War III: Retribution (2009)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When international diplomacy comes up short, extreme measures must be taken. In the newest installment of The Art of War, Agent Neil Shaw (Treach) is on a covert mission to stop North Korean terrorists from obtaining a nuclear bomb. But when the ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, un, martial arts, heroes, mysterious character, protagonist as suspect, betrayal, secret agents, save the day, race against time, partners, master warrior ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, new york, usa, korea, seoul
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 6.8
 115K
Patriot Games (1992)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, political, rough, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot: terrorism, spy, assassination, terrorist, cia, revenge, ira, suspense, violence, hitman, espionage, irish republican army ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, london, washington d.c., new england, scotland yard ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia (2009)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Navy SEALS mount an attack on Colombian special forces to clear their names and rescue a hostage.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, terrorism, heroes, battles, soldier, hostage, daring rescue, manhunt, war, secret agents, rescue, heroic mission ...
Place: latin america, colombia
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 4.1
 264
Warhead (1996)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Terrorists seize an American nuclear missile site and threaten to launch the missiles at Washington unless the President resigns immediately and $1 billion is placed in a Swiss account in 8 hours.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: terrorism, suspense, race against time, heroes, computer cracker, chaos and mayhem, chaos, law enforcement, escapades, rivalry, confined, save the world ...
Time: 90s
Place: idaho, haiti, pentagon, switzerland, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 3.0
 452
Special Ops (2010)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When an American soldier’s Black Ops Unit is ambushed during a raid to rescue a nano-nuclear device that has fallen into the wrong hands, he must run for his life to not only track down the missing device, but also clear his name when he is ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, tense, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: betrayal, terrorism, soldier, heroic mission, daring rescue, dishonesty, race against time, rivalry, escapades, military, tough heroes, conspiracy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Submerged (2005)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Bulgaria
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Chris Kody, imprisoned member of the US military, is released from prison and reunited with his old team in order to pursue a renegade scientist. The catch, the scientist has developed mind control technology that can make even your friends into ...
Style: stylized, serious, suspenseful, rough, surprise ending
Audience: boys' night
Plot: submarine, martial arts, espionage, rescue, heroes, undercover, soldier, daring rescue, good versus evil, working undercover, save the day, state affairs ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Maximum Conviction (2012)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When former black ops operative Tom Steele and his partner Manning are assigned to decommission an old prison, they must oversee the arrival of two mysterious female prisoners. Before long, an elite force of mercenaries assault the prison in search ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, martial arts, chase, rescue, partners, confined, tough heroes, on the run, master warrior, jail, suspense, monster ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas, usa, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 4.9
 5K
Unstoppable (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Aruba, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The deranged military and former CIA agent Dean Cage is in a rehab program, trying to forget the traumatic loss of his best friend Scott in Bosnia. When he dates with his girl-friend and Scott's sister, Detective Amy Knight, in a dinning ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, unstoppable, antidote, on the run, investigation, law enforcement, working undercover, special agents, undercover, secret agents, dishonesty, race against time ...
Place: europe, former yugoslavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 5.2
 6K
Sniper 2 (2002)
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Sergeant Thomas Beckett (Berenger) is back - and this time he has teamed up with death row inmate B.J. Cole (Woodbine) on a suicide mission to the Balkans. Their target: a rogue general accused of running ethnic cleansing missions. But when Becket ...
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: sniper, military, terrorism, rescue mission, betrayal, soldier, assassination, hitman, dishonesty, undercover, death row, political conspiracy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
One in the Chamber (2012)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A seasoned assassin plays both sides in a Russian gang war and becomes the target of an unknown enemy.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, rivalry, criminal heroes, violence spree, corruption, mob hit, murder, mob boss, gangsters, stalking, money, crime boss ...
Time: 21st century
Place: prague, europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 4.0
 4K
Shadow Man (2006)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Romania
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An intelligence operative discovers that no one is what they seem in the shadowy world of espionage.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, surprise ending
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, heroes, espionage, undercover, save the day, government agency, secret agents, terrorism, race against time, rivalry, master criminal, intrigue ...
Place: europe, romania, bucharest
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Direct Contact (2009)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An imprisoned ex-US Special forces operative in Eastern Europe, is offered his freedom and money to rescue an American woman, who has been kidnapped by a ruthless warlord. But, shortly after freeing her discovers that the kidnap story was just a ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, bloody ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, daring rescue, confined, tough heroes, father daughter relationship, one man army, rescue, heroes, prison, rivalry, undercover, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, russia, balkan
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%