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The President's Man (2000)
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The President's Man (2000)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: To many, Joshua McCord (Chuck Norris) is a charismatic Asian studies professor. To the President of the United States, he's America's greatest secret weapon; a covert operative charged with only the most sensitive and dangerous missions.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, fast
Audience: boys' night
Plot: rescue mission, hostage, race against time, daring rescue, save the day, undercover, missing person, chases and races, escapades, danger, working undercover, head of state, state affairs, u.s. president, torture, tough guy, martial arts, combat, fight, drug lord, battles, terrorism, president, gunfight, prison fight ...
Time: 90s
Place: colombia, brazil, washington d.c., latin america
Keyword: colombian

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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 shootout, danger, chases and races, heroes, martial arts, terrorism and rivalry mostly in Action, Thriller and Adventure genres. Some movies like The President's Man: Counterstrike (2002), The Defender (2004), Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia (2009), Special Forces (2003), Hour of Valor (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The President's Man: A Line in the Sand (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A counterterrorism specialist is assigned by the President to track down a terrorist who is suspected of planning to set off a nuclear device in the U.S.
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorist, terrorism, one man army, law enforcement, heroes, undercover, race against time, good versus evil, confined, secret agent, nuclear bomb, tough heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: afghanistan, texas, usa, chicago, illinois ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 4.3
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Counterstrike (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A Secret Service agent and his brother, a reckless ATF agent, try to stop a group of extreme right-wing U.S. military mercenaries, led by a fanatic Taiwanese vixen, who hijack the Queen Mary 2 ocean liner with the U.S. and Chinese presidents on ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: daring rescue, terrorism, hostage, rescue, special agent, save the day, confined, escapades, danger, race against time, undercover, rivalry ...
Place: asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Delta Force 3: The Killing Game (1991)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A terrorist places an atom bomb somewhere in an American metropolis. The president of the U.S. has no other choice; he has to call Delta Force.
Style: suspense, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, gunfight, martial arts, cavalry, military, heroes, tough heroes, nightmare comes true, heroic mission, hijacking, chases and races, rivalry ...
Time: 90s
Place: miami, florida, usa, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 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, 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 ⇓
47%
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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: suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, terrorism, heroes, battles, soldier, secret agent, hostage, heroic mission, frame up, military life, daring rescue, manhunt ...
Place: colombia, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Special Forces (2003)
Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When the crazed commander (Eli Danker) of a sadistic army in Moldavia kidnaps an American photojournalist (Daniella Deutscher) and holds her hostage, his misguided actions ignite a targeted response from Maj. Don Harding (Marshall R. Teague) and his ...
Style: realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, martial arts, tough heroes, reluctant partners, military, rescue, heroes, soldier, good versus evil, war on terror, terrorist plot, vengeance ...
Time: year 1995
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 3.3
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Hour of Valor (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A Presidential candidate running against the Vice-President plans a trip to the Balkans to negotiate the release of American servicemen being held hostage. Before he leaves, he receives a disk documenting evidence that the Vice-President has been ...
Style: serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, hijacking, one man army, political conspiracy, state affairs, law enforcement, confined, undercover, race against time, save the day, danger, secret agent ...
Place: washington d.c., france
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 3.7
 5K
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, rough, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: submarine, martial arts, espionage, rescue, undercover, soldier, heroes, daring rescue, good versus evil, working undercover, government agency, danger ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Hijack (1998)
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 ⇓
42%
Invasion U.S.A. (1985)
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 ⇓
42%
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil (2006)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Navy SEALS, headed by Lt. Bobby James, are dispatched to North Korea on a covert mission, all in an effort to take out a missile site...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, soldier, heroes, battles, danger, military life, mission gone awry, daring rescue, cliche, tough heroes, nuclear threat, timebomb ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, asia, washington d.c., north korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection (1990)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: When DEA agents are taken captive by a ruthless South American kingpin, the Delta Force is reunited to rescue them in this sequel to the 1986 film.
Style: grindhouse, action adventure, disgusting, cult classic, action thriller ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, revenge, rescue, colombian drug cartel, death, cannon, commando, hostage, soldier, machine gun, military ...
Time: 80s, 90s
Place: latin america, the philippines, colombia, south america, rio de janeiro ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The Strike Force team is back in this action-packed sequel to "The Hunt For Eagle One"! Terrorists have stolen a Ground Control Encoder...
Style: realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: jungle warfare, terrorism, martial arts, lieutenant, rescue, terrorist attack, female fighter, behind enemy lines, heroes, race against time, hostage, kidnapping ...
Place: asia, melbourne, the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Delta Force (1986)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A 707 aircraft jetliner on its way from Athens to Rome and then to New York City is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists. The terrorists demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite team of commandoes ...
Style: grindhouse, exciting, suspenseful, cult classic, funny ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: military, terrorism, martial arts, special forces, explosions, cannon, commando, violence, war on terror, hostage, aviation, patriotism ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: middle east, israel, athens greece, beirut lebanon, iran ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Blast (2004)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany, South Africa, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A terrorist posing as environmentalist hijacks an oil rig off the coast of California with the intent of detonating an electromagnetic bomb over the US.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, daring rescue, hidden identity, isolation, escapades, danger, save the day, undercover, rivalry, law enforcement, disguise, gunfight ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 4.8
 4K
Firestorm (1998)
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: cliffhanger, anamorphic, fast, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: disaster, prison, firefighter, firefight, natural disaster, fire, hostage, survival, fugitives, forest fire, violence, firefighting ...
Time: 20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place: wyoming
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 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, 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 ⇓
39%
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 ⇓
39%
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Laser Mission (1989)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: West Germany, South Africa, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A CIA agent is sent to get Professor Braun before the KGB can seize him as the Prof's knowledge, together with a recently stolen diamond, could be used to make a laser cannon.
Style: serious, suspenseful, feel good, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, secret agent, government, one man army, scientist, kgb, good versus evil, undercover, espionage, heroic mission, danger, government agency ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: south africa, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Detonator (2006)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Sonni Griffith, a top US Secret Agent must protect a witness as he crosses Europe.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: law enforcement, terrorism, undercover, on the run, woman in danger, save the day, survival, espionage, race against time, witnessing a crime, rivalry, escapades ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Death Train (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A man is supposed to guard a shipment of diamonds being sent by rail. But a man robs the train and kills the men guarding the diamonds. The robbers derail the train and hope to get away with their crime. The robbers get caught in Mexico and are sent ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, exciting, suspense, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, train, on the run, save the day, hostage, danger, undercover, gunfight, die hard, hijacking, railway, subway ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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 ⇓
38%
Behind Enemy Lines (1997)
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 ⇓
38%
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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 ⇓
38%
Flight of Fury (2007)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: John, is sent in to recover a stolen Stealth Bomber. His trusty sidekick Rojar and John's ever faithful Jessica, fight the rebel forces of Banansistan, led by the vivacious Ellianna.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national ...
Style: exciting, rough, political thriller, serious, suspense ...
Audience: chick flick, manly, teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot: terrorism, secret service, president, hostage, white house, terrorist attack, one man army, daring rescue, u.s. president, politics, secret agent, danger ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa, north korea, north america, pentagon
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Best of the Best 4: Without Warning (1998)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A group of Russian mobsters have stolen a huge supply of paper for printing U.S. currency, and are now flooding the market with conterfeit bills. When one of the mobsters decides to give herself in and hand over a data CD to the DA, she is shot and ...
Style: fast, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, dojo, die hard, home invasion, hostage, gangster, heroes, master warrior, heroic mission, fighting crime, forgery, partners against crime ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 3.8
 3K
U.S. Seals (2000)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Dozens of American cargos with high valuable goods have disappeared, probably attacked by modern pirates. The United States decide to mobilize a team of expert SWAT, with Mike Bradley as leader, sending them to destroy the pirates' base, namely ...
Style: serious, exciting, bleak, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, pirate, battles, ship, soldier, undercover, military life, daring rescue, danger, heroes, ocean, betrayal ...
Time: 90s
Place: europe, french riviera, san francisco, turkey, albania
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 3.5
 486
Critical Mass (2001)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Jeffers works security at a nuclear power plant. The plant is being decommissioned, and a politician is touring the plant and videotaping his comments regarding the closing. A terrorist group led by Samson gets inside the gates, with their ultimate ...
Style: semi serious, suspense, captivating, exciting, touching ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, rescue, hostile takeover, bomb, journalism, danger, race against time, heroes, terrorist plot, good versus evil, terrorist, male female relationship ...
Time: 90s
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 3.7
 371
Terminal Rush (1996)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A group of terrorists, led by a Brit and a psycho (in a great performance by "Rowdy" Roddy Piper) take control of the Hoover Dam and demand $25 million or they will kill civilians and dam workers they have taken hostage. But the terrorists ...
Style: cliffhanger, independent film, fast, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: disaster, wrestling, die hard, martial arts, one man army, heroes, terrorism, violent content, frame up, hijacking, haunted by the past, tough heroes ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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