Movies like Plato's Run

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Plato's Run (1997)
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Plato's Run (1997)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Hired to rescue escaped inmates, a Florida man is framed for a Cuban gangster's assassination.
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: boat, die hard, kidnapping, frame up, assassination, prison, heroes, undercover, rescue, arms dealing, fugitives, chases and races, manhunt, assassination attempt, danger, political conspiracy, law enforcement, on the run, partner, government agency, buddies, dishonesty, state affairs, protagonist as suspect, tough law enforcer ...
Time: 90s
Place: latin america, cuba
Keyword: partners

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Most similar movies to Plato's Run

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and rough films with plots about danger, chases and races, heroes, deadly, rivalry, undercover and law enforcement mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Plato's Run: The Protector (1997), The Rage (1997), Sunstorm (2001), Asker (2000), Crooked (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Protector (1997)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Soldier of fortune Ken Conway gets a job offer from his former fiancee to look into the whereabouts of a missing scientist. The scientist was working for pharmaceutical researcher Dr. Krago, so Conway goes undercover to infiltrate the doctor's ...
Style: erotic, suspense, independent film, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, woman with a gun, antidote, muscleman, tough guy, bare chested male, save the day, chases and races, dishonesty, race against time, undercover, heroes ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.5
 670
The Rage (1997)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: FBI Special Agent Travis is trying to catch a deranged serial killer and is doing his best despite having a new and unexperienced partner in the form of Kelly McCord. It turns out that the serial killer is an entire army of disgruntled CIA ...
Style: suspense, independent film, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, reluctant partners, buddy cop, zombie, vietnam war, heroes, kickboxer, secret agent, partner, special agent, silly humor, strong violent content ...
Time: 90s
Place: vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 3.1
 289
Sunstorm (2001)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When The General is assassinated in the streets of San Juan, his four daughters are left embroiled in a scheme that leads all the way to the CIA and U.S. Treasury department. Now they must rely on each other to escape with their lives.
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, exciting, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: manhunt, assassination, cons and scams, vengeance, siblings relations, rivalry, race against time, dishonesty, law enforcement, unlikely partners, sister sister relationship, spy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 3.5
 828
Asker (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When deadly anthrax missiles are stolen by a militia, ATF agent Ethan Carter (Dean Cain) must go undercover and join the group to save the country from disaster.
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, undercover, hostage, save the day, rebelliousness, espionage, heroes, working undercover, secret agent, danger, escapades, leadership ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 3.5
 492
Crooked (2006)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Two police detectives must protect a beautiful call girl from mob hitmen and a crooked cop.
Style: serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prostitute, murder, woman in danger, witnessing a crime, police investigation, danger, partner, chases and races, martial arts, mafia, gunfight, gangster ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 2.7
 418
Lethal (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A sexy and lethal female mercenary takes on an international syndicate of weapons smugglers run by the Russian Mafia.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: female martial artist, rescue, save the day, espionage, confined, government agency, danger, dishonesty, law enforcement, one man army, undercover, secret agent ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 4.9
 1K
Bulletproof (1987)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A group of dangerous terrorists succeeds to get hold of a tank of the army and all its crew.
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, hijacking, kidnapping, terrorist plot, danger, daring rescue, heroes, one man army, love interest, terrorist, rescue, tough heroes ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 4.2
 484
Con Express (2002)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A hotheaded Alaskan customs agent (Sean Patrick Flannery) unwillingly teams up with a coldhearted but beautiful Soviet agent (Ursula Karven) to capture a rogue Russian general (Arnold Vosloo), selling a shipment of deadly nerve gas. Tensions and ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, suspense, cliffhanger ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, fugitives, train, hostage, danger, rivalry, chases and races, politics, escapades, state affairs, prison, partner ...
Time: year 2002
Place: usa, alaska
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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 477
Hard Justice (1995)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When A.T.F. agent Nick Adams (David Bradley) goes undercover in a prison to unravel the mystery of a fellow agents death there. Warden Pike (Charles Napier) and his pet goons are involved in all kinds of corrupt activities; dope dealing and gun ...
Style: bloody, independent film, fast, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: undercover, martial arts, prison, government agent, corruption, undercover agent, karate, convict, gunfight, fistfight, special agent, partner ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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, fast
Audience: boys' night
Plot: betrayal, martial arts, assassination, heroes, on the run, murder, conspiracy, politics, manhunt, protagonist as suspect, rivalry, undercover ...
Place: british columbia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Peacekeeper (1997)
Genre: Action
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When a terrorist group steals the US President's personal communications computer for launching the US arsenal in case of war, only a heroic Major has the key to prevent a Presidential assassination or a nuclear holocaust.
Style: suspense, serious, realistic, fast, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, nuclear threat, chase, secret agent, law enforcement, government agency, state affairs, daring rescue, save the day, danger, heroic mission, hostage ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, washington d.c., chicago, pentagon
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 5.1
 720
First Target (2000)
Genre: Action
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The Secret Service attempts to prevent an elaborately plotted assassination attempt on the President.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Plot: bodyguard, political conspiracy, undercover, danger, government agency, state affairs, assassination, political intrigue, save the day, assassination attempt, head of state, secret agent ...
Time: 90s
Place: washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Operation Delta Force 3: Clear Target (1998)
Genre: Action
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The anti-terrorist team Delta Force destroys a billion dollar cocaine stash, to the extreme displeasure of drug cartel leader Umberto Salvatore. To retaliate, he hijacks a stealth submarine and threatens to unleash a biological weapon with the power ...
Style: independent film, fast, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: die hard, hijacking, conflict, boat, cavalry, subway, disaster, martial arts, satellite, stash, secret agent, heroic mission ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, colombia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 4.6
 1K
Sharpshooter (2007)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: An assassin working for the CIA decides to take one final job before quitting only to find out that he is the target of his CIA boss.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, exciting, cliffhanger ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: secret agent, betrayal, sniper, conspiracy, on the run, danger, save the day, special agent, race against time, manhunt, rivalry, undercover ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Connors' War (2006)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: They'll never see him coming... It's Personal. It's War. A blinded ex special agent is given his sight back by a special serum in order for him to stop a nuke that's hidden somewhere in the city. Things are just starting to ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: tough girl, secret agent, terrorism, manhunt, chases and races, race against time, undercover, state affairs, government agency, danger, vengeance, law enforcement ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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, fast
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, un, martial arts, heroes, protagonist as suspect, race against time, undercover, mysterious character, master warrior, danger, save the day, betrayal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, usa, asia, new york, seoul
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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First Shot (2002)
Genre: Action
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: No one knows why the army base was blown up until the President gets shot there during the memorial service for those killed, but he wasn't the only target.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, cliffhanger ...
Plot: terrorism, gunfight, undercover, save the day, special agent, law enforcement, rivalry, danger, renegade, woman with a gun, die hard, shootout ...
Time: 21st century
Place: washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
New World Disorder (1999)
Genre: Action
Country: USA, Luxembourg
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A gang of four eyed crooks led by Kurt Bishop (McCarthy) are ripping off top dollar computer chips from a list of factories. The night they hit Dynaphase Systems, two dirty employees are staying late using company resources to develop their own ...
Style: suspense, independent film, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: computer, dystopian future, computers and web, kidnapping, woman in danger, school, police corruption, danger, dishonesty, confined, chases and races, undercover ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Witness to a Kill (2001)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The Queen's Messenger is called to convey vital dispatches to a highly secretive conference called to combat the activities of modern poachers who threaten the economies of many African states.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: secret agent, murder, daring rescue, hotshot hero, heroic mission, dishonesty, government agency, danger, undercover, political conspiracy, betrayal, assassination attempt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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, political conspiracy, false accusation, confined, rivalry, fighting the system, chases and races ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Diplomatic Siege (1999)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Steve Mitchell is clandestinely sent to the US embassy in Bucharest, Romania to disarm a nuclear bomb that has secretly remained in the building since the end of the Cold War, little does he know that other problems will soon erupt. He must ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, hostage, heroic mission, rescue, race against time, danger, save the day, politics, secret agent, special agent, government agency, law enforcement ...
Time: 90s
Place: romania, europe, bucharest, balkan
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Blast (1997)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Terrorists attempt to disrupt the Atlanta Olympics by kidnapping the U.S. women's swim team. If their demands are not met, the team will be executed. Only janitor Jack Bryant, a former Olympic gymnast champion of Tae Kwon Do felled by injuries ...
Style: independent film, fast, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, hostage, nemesis, die hard, janitor, heroes, swimming pool, swimmer, psychopath, danger, chases and races, contests and competitions ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Perfect Assassins (1998)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When deadly terrorists strike, an FBI man, who is an expert on terrorist mentality, hunts their twisted "creator," who may be connected with a disgraced professor from his past.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: assassination, hitman, terrorism, chess, suicide, mad scientist, hostage, poison, undercover, manhunt, state affairs, law enforcement ...
Time: 90s
Place: latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Overkill (1996)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: American Police officer Jack Hazard heads for South America after being ordered to take time off by his boss after a raid goes bad. Once there, however, he finds himself caught up with a stranger wanted by the government, and soon ends up in prison. ...
Style: independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: jungle, martial arts, on the run, heroes, violent content, profanity, psychopath, chases and races, undercover, law enforcement, survival, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s
Place: latin america, south america
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 3.1
 901
The Alternate (2000)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The President of the United States, in the midst of negative public opinion, is kidnapped while attending a charity function. However, this is all part of a plan to boost his ratings, the 'kidnappers' being a CIA black ops team. It seems ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, kidnapping, undercover, rescue, daring rescue, heroes, save the day, president, secret agent, special agent, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 4.2
 490
Steel Sharks (1997)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Submarine crews wage a silent war beneath the waves in this undersea thriller.
Style: independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: submarine, die hard, battles, underwater, confined, danger, daring rescue, military, rivalry, rescue, escapades, terrorism ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 4.2
 475
Moving Target (1996)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A bounty hunter with a pregnant wife who is urging him to get a regular job gets framed for murder and trapped in a war between Russian gangsters.
Style: suspenseful, serious, intense, independent film, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroes, chase, hand to hand combat, murder, gangster, fugitives, dishonesty, chases and races, criminal's revenge, on the run, master warrior, violence ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 4.1
 279
Border Lost (2008)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Over five thousand people illegally cross the border each day. There are areas where crime is at its highest, where criminals prey upon these defenseless groups. An elite task force is put together with high expectations of solving this problem that ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: partners against crime, illegal immigration, partner, danger, escapades, government agency, heroes, desert, daring rescue, immigrant, immigration, special agent ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 5.2
 7K
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, suspenseful, rough, serious, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: rescue mission, sniper, military, terrorism, death row, betrayal, assassination, soldier, hitman, danger, undercover, dishonesty ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Outside the Law (2002)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Secret agent Julie Cosgrove is walking into her most dangerous mission yet.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, secret agent, undercover, vengeance, danger, working undercover, hitman, starting over, government agency, heroes, murder, spy ...
Place: usa, colombia, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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