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Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr (1981)
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Original name: Race for the Yankee Zephyr
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Australia, New Zealand, USA, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In a lake high in the mountains of New Zealand hunter Gibbie Gibson discovers a plane wreck from WW2. When he tells it around, a gang of crooks follows and threatens him and his daughter, because they know there are 50 million dollars in the wreck. Helicopter pilot Barney helps Gibbie against them, risking his life thereby.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
treasure hunt, chase, escapades, obsessive quest, survival, airplane, adventurer, danger, one man army, aviation, wilderness, treasure hunter, female nudity, bare breasts, woman with a gun, mountain, heroes, kidnapping, rescue, chases and races, rivalry, confined, daring rescue, save the day, crocodile ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
new zealand
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and independent film films with plots about danger, escapades, heroes, chases and races, rivalry, confined and race against time mostly in Drama, Action and Adventure genres. Some movies like Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr: Running Scared (1980), Crash Point Zero (2000), River of Death (1989), The Aviator (1985), The Rescue (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Country: Mexico
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A ragtag group of adventurers, including a former Nazi, is led by a half-maddened grizzled treasure hunter who wants a second chance to find the mythical treasure of the Amazon, after his first mission went terrible wrong.
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
treasure hunt, jungle, diamonds, topless woman, ex nazi, gold, bounty hunter, amazon, adventurer, danger, jungle adventure, cannibalism ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
texas, new jersey, california
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A team of Navy Seals are sent to destroy a disabled submarine so it will not fall into the "wrong" hands. They complete their mission, but are captured before they can return to their base. The U.S. Government will not mount a rescue ...
Style:
serious, bleak, independent film
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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84%
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
84%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
81%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When a solar storm wipes out the air traffic control system, Air Force One and a passenger jet liner are locked on a collision course in the skies above the midwest.
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, save the day, danger, aviation, confined, escapades, disorder, disaster, airplane, airplane accident, aeroplane, army ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
80%
Genre: Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, wilderness, murder, treasure hunt, mountain, rivalry, danger, hostage, manhunt, camping, skinny dipping, river ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, usa, montana
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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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, secret agent, undercover, law enforcement, confined, race against time, danger, save the day ...
Place:
washington d.c., france
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Based on Louis L'Amour novel, The Diamond of Jeru tells the story of an American scientist and his wife who hire an ex-pat war veteren to act as a guide on a journey up an unchartered Borneo river in search of diamonds.
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
78%
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 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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Similarity:
76%
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Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense, cliffhanger ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Canada, Romania, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
73%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: France, Germany, Belgium, Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Les Chevaliers du ciel (English: Sky Fighters) is a 2005 French film directed by Gérard Pirès about two air force pilots preventing a terrorist attack on the Bastille Day celebrations in Paris. It is based on Tanguy et Laverdure, a comics series ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
retro, disturbing, anthropological, exciting, thought provoking ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Time:
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