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The Terrorists (1974)
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Original name: Ransom
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Following a series of bomb attacks in London, a group of terrorists seize Britain's ambassador to Scandinavia. With the ambassador now a hostage in his residence, another group hijacks an airliner at the capital's airport, announcing that the passengers will not be freed until their demands are met. Colonel Nils Tahlvik, Scandinavia's resourceful and ruthless head of security, seeks to take an uncompromising stance against the terrorists yet his attempts meet resistance from unknown forces at every turn...
Style:
surprise ending, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
Plot:
hijacking, terrorist, airplane, hostage, terrorism, aviation, diplomacy, undercover agent, 007, judiciary, mountain, heroes, politics, captivity, chases and races, rivalry, danger, law enforcement, confined, one man army, bait, race against time, state affairs, daring rescue, save the day ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place:
scandinavia, oslo norway
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and rough films with plots about danger, confined, hostage, chases and races, terrorism, deadly and rivalry mostly in Thriller, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like The Terrorists: S.O.S. Concorde (1979), Crash Landing (2005), Strategic Command (1997), Final Approach (2007), Air Marshal (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A reporter tries to stop the crash of an aircraft after uncovering an airline's plot to save their business by sabotaging Concorde flights and have them decommissioned.
Style:
exciting, rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
airplane, aviation, conspiracy, swimming, danger, daring rescue, sabotage, reporter, airplane crash, gangster, hostage, terrorism ...
Time:
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Place:
paris france, england, london, brazil, france ...
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When a hostage situation arises on-board a private plane with the daughter of a billionaire on-board. Major John Masters (Sabato Jr.) teams up with Captain Williams (Michael Paré) to stop the terrorist and land the plane.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Rick Harding is a former Marines officer, now working in the FBI as a chemical weapons designer. While packing up for the night, a group of armed soldiers led by wanted criminal Carlos Gruber, break into the FBI research lab. They steal large ...
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Plot:
terrorist, die hard, biological warfare, disaster, aviation, aeroplane, hijacking, hostage, airplane, tough heroes, rivalry, one man army ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
FBI hostage rescue team leader Jack Bender has been sacked for not being a team player, and months later he finds himself in the ultimate hostage nightmare: stuck aboard a plane that's been taken over by a group of well-armed terrorists who ...
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realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, terrorism, daring rescue, rescue, save the day, heroes, danger, tough heroes, master criminal, one man army, aviation, air disaster ...
Time:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A commercial jet plane has been hijacked by a group of terrorists who don't realize that a U.S. Air Marshal, Brett Prescott (Dean Cochran), is among the passengers. The fate of dozens of people lies in the hands of Prescott, who must forge a ...
Style:
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boys' night
Plot:
hijacking, airplane, strong violent content, terrorism, terrorist, one man army, danger, heroes, aviation, muslim, hijacker, flight attendant ...
Time:
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51%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hijacking, hostage, save the day, danger, race against time, ransom, tunnel, confined, mind game, law enforcement, subway, extortion ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a plane carrying a legendary and recently found death ray machine from Siberia to Canada is hijacked and crashes in the remote mountains of Alaska, only a fearless government agent (Treat Williams) will risk his life to save the world. A modern ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, terrorism, tough heroes, save the day, survival, confined, danger, undercover, heroes, daring rescue, race against time, one man army ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, alaska
Similarity:
49%
686
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
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Eighteen-year-old Amy is having a bad day. Not only has she been kidnapped by a deranged gunman, but as a diabetic without her insulin, her chances of survival are diminishing with each tick of the clock. FBI agent Megan Saunders isn't walking ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, disturbing, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, diabetic, police investigation, danger, woman in danger, chase, kidnapped, terminal illness, kidnapping, salvation, captivity, hostage situation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, illinois
Similarity:
42%
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, one man army, tough heroes, save the day, on the run, hostage, undercover, danger, train, one against many, gunfight, die hard ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
41%
488
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:
terrorism, hijacking, chases and races, confined, save the day, danger, race against time, heroes, law enforcement, die hard, terrorist plot, terrorist group ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
A chilling and unflinching look at all sides of a complicated issue, focusing on an African-American Muslim who joins an Islamic sleeper terrorist cell in the United States while working undercover for the FBI.
Style:
tense, captivating, rough, suspenseful, erotic ...
Plot:
terrorist, muslim, undercover, undercover agent, fbi, spy, heroes, danger, race against time, chases and races, pretense, working undercover ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, america
Similarity:
100%
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:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
daring rescue, undercover, terrorism, hostage, rescue, one man army, escapades, save the day, rivalry, confined, danger, race against time ...
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The incredible true story of Lufthansa Flight 181, which was hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in October of 1977, and the noble efforts of stewardess Gabriele Dillmann (Nadja Uhl) to ensure the safety of the terrified ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist attack, passenger, daring rescue, danger, confined, airplane, hysteria, terrorist, raf, pilot, mossad ...
Time:
year 1977, 70s, 20th century
Place:
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, USA, West Germany, UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Genua, 3rd October 1985. Together with over 500 other passengers Margot and Pierre Bergeron, a married couple from France, the Serafinis, an Italian family, Anne Higgins, an Englishwoman, Gitta and Helmut Holzer from Germany and an American couple ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hostage situation, taken hostage, hijacking, hostage, ocean, leadership, chases and races, danger, confined, one man army, heroes ...
Time:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, captivating, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
rome italy, europe, greece
Similarity:
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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:
terrorist, disaster, wrestling, die hard, martial arts, terrorism, heroes, one man army, violent content, hijacking, haunted by the past, frame up ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Deals with 90 minutes in a kidnapped hostage's life, and the frustration his family, a special ops team, and a man in charge of delivering the ransom money all feel as they rush to save him.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, stylized, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, crime gone awry, missing person, terrorism, danger, race against time, rivalry, chase, destiny, car chase, missing child, father son relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
colombia, new york, usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
Kidnap and Ransom is a British television three-part miniseries, originally shown on ITV in January 2011 with a second series following in February 2012. The series follows the work of a British hostage negotiator Dominic King, played by Trevor Eve, ...
Style:
tense, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
terrorist, rescue, captivity, ransom, confined, danger, kidnapping, hostage, abduction, negotiator, police, terrorist plot ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Martijn, an idealistic Dutch pianist, travels to Morocco to help start a food program for malnourished children. Within moments of his arrival, however, Martijn is abducted by a group of terrorists, injected with a debilitating drug, and imprisoned. ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, serious, realistic, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, kidnapping, torture, chess, idealism, confined, rivalry, danger, missing person, presumed dead, threat ...
Place:
africa, morocco
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Philippines
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A pleasent trip to the Phillipines is turned into tragedy when the tour bus is kidnapped by a group of rebels that want to exchange the prisoners for the Rebel Leader's brother...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rape, hostage, soldier, military, kidnapping, hijacking, bus, rivalry, escapades, confined, daring rescue, chase ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Harry Walker, a former military pilot, works as a helicopter pilot and traffic reporter for a Salt Lake City radio station. One day while working he observes a bank robbery in progress and the kidnapping of a young woman who worked at the bank. ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
bank robbery, chase, hostage, chases and races, criminal heroes, confined, heroes, danger, race against time, buddies, armored car, kidnapping ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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613
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Greece, Turkey, Austria
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Inspired by the real-life story of a bus hijacking in Northern Greece, HOSTAGE explores the sensitive issue of Greek-Albanian relations through a young Albanian who takes over an intercity bus. Upon hijacking the bus, he takes the seven passengers ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, serious, psychological, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
albania, greece, europe
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An American reporter is held hostage by Muslim fundamentalists in Karachi against the release of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, political thriller, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
captivity, terrorism, journalism, hostage, politics, confined, prison, kidnapping, war on terror, rebellion, danger, negotiation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pakistan, usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When the President learns that domestic terrorists have skyjacked the passenger jet her brother is flying, she must choose between family and the safety of the people in the cities below
Style:
serious, captivating, suspense, tense, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hijacking, terrorist, disaster, terrorism, moral dilemma, danger, save the day, head of state, rivalry, undercover, aviation, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
30%
676
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
U.S. Army sniper Charlie Snow finds himself at the other end of the crosshairs when the brother of an Eastern European arms dealer whom he killed decides to take vengeance on Charlie and his family in L.A.
Style:
rough, realistic, serious
Plot:
terrorism, rivalry, state affairs, chases and races, one man army, law enforcement, danger, soldier, hostage, kidnapping, undercover, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles, turkey
Similarity:
29%
381
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After huge explosions rip through a chemical processing plant, Alexander Scott, the leader of the radical extremists, is apprehended by a beautiful but tough ATF agent. While in jail, a series of bombings take place, killing innocent people. Scott ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, save the day, police investigation, leadership, race against time, heroes, environmentalism, terrorism, law enforcement, tough law enforcer, danger, escapades ...
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29%
958
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Set in the Seventies, Hennessy is a Irishman who believes in peace, but who has had connections to the IRA. Hennessy's family is killed, and he plots revenge, setting out to assassinate Queen Elizabeth of England.
Style:
political, grindhouse, offbeat, independent film, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ira, anglo irish relations, explosions, revenge, manhunt, terrorism, violent content, repression, royal family, political corruption, political intrigue, political unrest ...
Time:
year 1975, 20th century, 70s
Place:
ireland, london, england, europe, belfast
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29%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hostage, heroic mission, save the day, politics, rescue, danger, race against time, government agency, state affairs, one man army, heroes ...
Time:
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