Movies like The Patriot 1998
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The Patriot (1998)
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A deadly virus threatens to wipe out an entire Rocky Mountain town, leaving the town doctor to find some way to escape the soldiers who enforce the town's quarantine and devise an antidote. Matters take a more deadly turn after the physician is captured by a dangerously unstable band of militia extremists.
Style:
exciting, melancholic, serious, rough, suspense, cult classic, action adventure, independent film, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
martial arts, small town, virus, doctor, death, epidemic, chase, indians, violence, fight scenes, father daughter relationship, hospital, rescue, danger, race against time, save the day, chaos and mayhem, parents and children, farm, antidote, native american, aikido, immunity, pandemic, car chase ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
montana, usa, california, united states of america
Keyword:
doctors, fighting movie, buddy movie
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, rough and realistic films with plots about danger, pistol, violence, heroes, fistfight, chases and races and shootout mostly in Thriller, Action and Crime genres. Some movies like The Patriot: Into the Sun (2005), Hunt to Kill (2010), Under Siege (1992), Adrenalin: Fear the Rush (1996), The Andromeda Strain (1971). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After the assassination of Tokyo's Governor by Yakuza members, the CIA bureau chief (William Atherton) for Tokyo puts out a call to an agent (Steven Seagal) that had been raised in Japan and trained by ex-Yakuza. Using his former ties, he ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
yakuza, law enforcement, martial arts, assassination, fbi, gangster, master criminal, undercover, race against time, danger, katana, martial artist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, thailand, asia, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A U.S. Border Patrol agent Jim Rhodes, a tough divorcée mourning the loss of his murdered partner while struggling to raise his rebellious daughter in the mountains of Montana. But when a crew of trigger-happy fugitives takes Rhodes and his ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
fugitives, daughter, profanity, danger, survival, hostage, forest, father daughter relationship, martial arts, wrestler, fugitive, heroes ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, texas, montana, reno nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
This action-packed thriller takes place on the soon-to-be-decommissioned USS Missouri. Disgruntled ex-CIA operative Strannix, his assistant Krill and their group of terrorists seize the battleship with nuclear blackmail in mind. They've planned ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, terrorism, one man army, u.s. navy, ship, hostage, one against many, terrorist plot, violence, terrorist, sociopath, race against time ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1991
Place:
hawaii, pacific ocean, honolulu hawaii, pentagon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
In a not-too-distant future, a lethal virus sweeps across Europe, prompting the creation of quarantine refugee camps in the United States. Police officers Delon (Natasha Henstridge) and Lemieux (Christopher Lambert) learn of a grisly murder in the ...
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, independent film, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, brutality, quarantine, virus, chase, race against time, catastrophe, fantasy world, dystopian future, chaos, danger, investigation ...
Time:
year 2007, future, 21st century
Place:
boston, usa, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy ...
Style:
futuristic, suspense, exciting, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
deadly virus, disaster, plague, alien, medical, survival, laboratory, science, virus, infection, race against time, distopia ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1971, distant future
Place:
new mexico, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After serving 6 years for a crime he didn't commit, Shane Daniels is released from jail with an apology from the State of Arizona. Within hours of his freedom, he unluckily bears witness to a cop killing by Chinese mafia who have a kidnapped ...
Style:
exciting, serious, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
profanity, danger, wrongful conviction, rivalry, confined, police officer killed, save the day, false accusation, assassination attempt, chase, investigation, conspiracy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, heroes, espionage, undercover, save the day, secret agent, danger, terrorism, master criminal, government agency, rivalry, race against time ...
Place:
europe, romania
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
437
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A prestigious senator and the passengers on board a train are kidnapped by a militia group.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train, terrorism, hijacking, chases and races, danger, heroes, confined, law enforcement, race against time, save the day, die hard, terrorist plot ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Aruba
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
NATO operative Jacques Kristoff (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is summoned into action—on his birthday, no less—to track down Galina Konstantin (Laura Harring), who has stolen an extremely valuable and dangerous top-secret container from the Slovakian ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, cult classic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
runaway train, train, terrorism, race against time, fight scenes, terrorist plot, rescue, secret agent, save the day, chases and races, betrayal, martial arts ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
vienna, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, secret agent, martial arts, spy, good versus evil, heroes, on the run, race against time, danger, undercover, espionage, government agency ...
Place:
france, europe, poland, germany, warsaw poland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Russia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A former Russian mobster named Ruslan, who is now a crime novelist, returns home and discovers his daughter is marrying his arch nemesis. His past also comes back to haunt him when his family is threatened. Hungry for justice, Ruslan returns to the ...
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, psychological, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, vengeance, haunted by the past, danger, vigilantism, rivalry, family relations, revenge, save the day, getting home, going straight, erotica ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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 ...
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boys' night
Plot:
prison, martial arts, chase, rescue, confined, partner, tough heroes, on the run, master warrior, danger, jail, wrestler ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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 ...
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boys' night
Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Martial arts star Steven Seagal stars in this action drama as Jack Taggart, an undercover agent working for the Environmental Protection Agency. When an EPA representative is murdered in a small Appalachian community, Taggart is sent in -- posing as ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, environment, toxic, small town, brutality, betrayal, investigation, environmentalism, danger, good versus evil, dishonesty, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
kentucky, usa, appalachia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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:
state affairs, danger, terrorism, assassination, political conspiracy, political corruption, dishonesty, government agency, military, race against time, political intrigue, conspiracy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, cuba, washington d.c., middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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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, danger, save the day, chases and races, law enforcement, conspiracy, undercover agent, shootout, spy ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
romania, europe, new york, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A passenger train has been hijacked by an electronics expert and turned into an untraceable command center for a weapons satellite. He has planned to blow up Washington DC and only one man can stop him, former Navy SEAL Casey Ryback.
Style:
intense, suspense, action adventure, action drama, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train, terrorism, martial arts, terrorist, military, hostage, railway, die hard, disaster, 007, violent, one man army ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
colorado, denver colorado, pentagon
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Seagal plays a man with a dark and violent past, who seeks revenge for the murder of his son.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, martial arts, gang, investigation, chase, murder, gangster, danger, law enforcement, dishonesty, death in the family, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A hard core Interpol Agent is assigned to an Eastern European task force to target gun trafficking and dope running throughout the Balkans. While investigating a Russian gun dealer, his team is caught in a bloody street war between a Gypsy gang and ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspense, tense, hood ...
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boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, bucharest, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A one-man army comes to the rescue of the United States when a spy attempts an invasion.
Style:
grindhouse, cult classic, exciting, independent film, fast ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, vigilante, violence, one man army, vigilantism, cold war, machismo, spy, explosions, revenge, terrorism, gunfight ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
florida, miami, usa, everglades, atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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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, suspense, captivating, tense, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
betrayal, terrorism, soldier, danger, heroic mission, dishonesty, escapades, rivalry, daring rescue, military, race against time, tough heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Former LAPD cop, Dakota Varley, enters a power boat race seeking the prize of $250,000, but immediately discovers, first hand, that this race's risk matches the prize: one racer is killed, 3 others seriously injured in multiple action-packed ...
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
manhunt, martial arts, survival, one man army, heroes, chase, one against many, island, rivalry, danger, escapades, contests and competitions ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A Marine must do whatever it takes to save his kidnapped niece and stop a terrorist attack masterminded by a radical militia group.
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hostage, soldier, kidnapping, daring rescue, save the day, rivalry, danger, military, chase, wrestling, martial arts ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
british columbia, usa, seattle, washington state
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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276
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:
suspense, independent film, fast, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
terrorism, world war, 007, die hard, heroes, race against time, computer cracker, chaos, chaos and mayhem, chases and races, confined, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s
Place:
switzerland, washington d.c., pentagon, haiti, idaho
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, 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:
sexy, action packed, exciting, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lone hero, martial arts, car chase, kidnapping, fight scenes, weapons, car, driver, explosions, gunfight, driving, mentor ...
Time:
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Place:
florida, miami, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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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, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, prison, world war, heroes, one man army, profanity, captivity, jungle, heroic mission, escapades, danger, buddies ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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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:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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37%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Firefighter Jesse Graves has to save ornithologist Jennifer and other people caught in a forest fire, which was set up by the lawyer of convicted killer Earl Shaye, who escaped from the prison with several of his inmates posing as firefighters to ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
wyoming
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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