Movies like Sabotage 1996
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Sabotage (1996)
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Former special services agent plays an intricate game of chess involving several federal agencies. Queen takes pawn.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
hostage, fbi, betrayal, martial arts, gunfight, sniper, mercenary, conspiracy, false accusation, cia agent, traitor, bomb, fistfight, spy, murderer, hitman, assassin, kung fu, bosnian war, jungle, chess, airplane, revenge, karate, pagan ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, exciting, serious and realistic films with plots about gun, violence, gunfight, fistfight, martial arts, machine gun and danger mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Sabotage: Sniper: Assassin's End (2020), Sanctuary (1998), Shooter (2007), Silent Trigger (1996), Most Wanted (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Special Ops sniper Brandon Beckett is set up as the primary suspect for the murder of a foreign dignitary on the eve of signing a high-profile trade agreement with the United States. Narrowly escaping death, Beckett realizes that there may be a dark ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
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Luke Kovak is part of a covert group within the CIA that works on illegal black ops involving blackmail and assassinations. When his boss orders the murder of one of the team, Luke realizes how expendable they all are and gets out (taking proof of ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
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A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why.
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Waxman is a former Special Forces soldier who is now working as a heavily armed assassin for a top secret government agency. When a covert mission goes terribly wrong, Waxman and fellow assassin Clegg become that agency's prime targets.
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bloody, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
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100%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sgt. James Dunn, who is wrongly accused of assassination of the officer he had a row with, is saved from death row and recruited for top-secret special operations squad led by Lt. Col Grant Casey. Their mission is to neutralize criminals who had ...
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realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, exciting ...
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boys' night
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When millionaire businessman Ted Billings (Glenn Morshower) double-crosses his partners in a weapons deal, he decides to hire some protection. Billings enlists Eugene "Vash" Vasher (Lou Diamond Phillips) a mercenary-for-hire and soon, Vash ...
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serious, disturbing, tense, realistic, surprise ending
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betrayal, arms dealing, suspense, violence, mercenary, armed forces, vigilante, swat team, chase, bodyguard, gunfight, martial arts ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A deep cover operative awakens to find himself imprisoned on a submarine. With the help of a fellow prisoner and an amateur agent, he must race against the clock to escape the vessel and expose who set him up.
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future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
canada, pentagon
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34%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
During a handover to the head of counter-terrorism of MI5, Harry Pearce, a terrorist escapes custody. When Harry disappears soon after, his protégé is tasked with finding out what happened as an impending attack on London looms, and eventually ...
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future, 2010s, 21st century
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england, london, britain, united kingdom, berlin germany ...
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26%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA, Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them ...
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Place:
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25%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Aruba, USA, South Africa
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Mercenary John Seeger is one of the best in the business. John and his crew battle some soldiers on Galmoral Island in Southern Africa as they're trying to rescue the French Ambassador -- there's a coup going on. Some of John's ...
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kidnapping, heroes, vengeance, escapades, hostage, mercenary, rivalry, martial arts, rescue, brutality, showdown, cia ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Former CIA Operative, James Dial is coaxed back into action to kill a terrorist in London, but it all goes wrong and he is forced into hiding, where he meets and befriends a 12 year old girl.
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england, london, usa, montana, europe
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A secret criminal organization, headed by Mr. Takamura, arranges a tournament in order to find the perfect killer. Ten young people who have nothing to lose, accept the rules and run in this revenge. To spice up the game, Silex, the right arm of ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Kickboxing champion Matt Reeves witnesses the murder of his friend Johnny. While investigating the crime, he learns that a Mr. Negaal in South Africa has founded a new kickboxing association and does not leave international champions much of a ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Having just returned home, decorated U.S. Marine Captain Brad Paxton's wife, Kate, is kidnapped by a terrorist group while working in Morocco. He is forced back into action for a daring and deadly operation to save the woman he loves.
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After being involuntarily discharged from the U.S. Special Forces, James Harper decides to support his family by joining a private contracting organization alongside his best friend and under the command of a fellow veteran. Overseas on a covert ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In the jungles of Ecuador, blood taints the waters. A multinational conglomerate's unholy alliance with a bloodthirsty military regime has resulted in a massacre. Only the rebel Francisco Franco and his determined wife Mia can prove the truth. ...
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23%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Rebels seize control of the hotel where a Marine sniper and his wife are staying. Can he save the day?
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martial arts, terrorism, hostage, marine, heroes, resort, save the day, spouse in danger, u.s. marine, heroism, wrestling, soldier ...
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thailand, asia
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22%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, China
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Travis Block is a shadowy Government agent who specializes in removing operatives whose covers have been exposed. He then has to uncover a deadly conspiracy within his own ranks that reaches the highest echelons of power.
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usa, washington d.c.
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22%
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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.
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serious, rough, exciting, realistic, suspenseful
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22%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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tense, psychological, exciting, captivating, disturbing ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Erstwhile C.I.A. assassin Richard Malone hopes for a tranquil retirement in the placid Pacific Northwest, but what he gets is a rumble with a right-wing extremist plotting a secret revolution. Adapted from the novel "Shotgun," by William ...
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22%
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Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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22%
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Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Harmon is a CIA/DEA enforcer investigating Arab terrorists captured in Mexico. With his team--seductive FBI agent Zara and spy-drone pilot Sharp--he flies to Istanbul and uncovers a brutal plot: Islamic extremists plan to use Sonora drug-smuggling ...
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Story:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Duration: 90 min.
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Duration: 90 min.
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Story:
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Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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