Movies like Safe House 2012

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Safe House (2012)
 6.7
 234K
Safe House (2012)
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 dead.
Style: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, intense, tense, serious, realistic, clever, action packed, action thriller ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot: cia, espionage, secret service, secret agent, on the run, gunfight, cia agent, betrayal, conspiracy, mercenary, corruption, rogue agent, hitman, fistfight, twists and turns, officer, danger, who to trust, survival, assassin, brutality, consulate, tough guy, terrorism, vengeance ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: cape town south africa, africa, south africa, iran, paris france, langley virginia
Keyword: partners, gangsters, french, challenge

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, suspenseful, suspense and action thriller films with plots about pistol, spy, murder, shot to death, shootout, hitman and violence mostly in Thriller, Action and Crime genres. Some movies like Safe House: Jason Bourne (2016), The Bourne Identity (2002), The Bourne Supremacy (2004), The Equalizer (2014), Killer Elite (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Jason Bourne (2016)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Spain, Japan, Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story: The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.
Style: exciting, suspense, captivating, intense, action adventure ...
Audience: chick flick, family outing
Plot: spy, cia, espionage, black ops, chase, hitman, rogue agent, assassin, betrayal, assassination, revenge, lone hero ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place: las vegas, reykjavik iceland, berlin germany, rome italy, washington d.c. ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Bourne Identity (2002)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him ...
Style: political thriller, intense, exciting, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot: spy, amnesia, cia, secret agent, secret service, hitman, tough heroes, espionage, one against many, on the run, escape, black ops ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: paris france, hamburg germany, greece, europe, langley virginia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Russia, India
Duration: 108 min.
Story: When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation ...
Style: suspense, exciting, intellectual, serious, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night, manly
Plot: spy, cia, conspiracy, amnesia, espionage, on the run, hitman, revenge, assassin, secret agent, tough heroes, dark past ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: russia, europe, berlin germany, manhattan new york city, moscow russia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.2
 416K
The Equalizer (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ...
Style: serious, suspense, exciting, brutal, breathtaking ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot: vigilante, vigilantism, corruption, hitman, assassin, one man army, gunfight, organized crime, justice, lone hero, brutality, tough heroes ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: boston, moscow russia, usa, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
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Killer Elite (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world’s most elite operatives—Danny, an ex-special ops agent and Hunter, his longtime mentor—against the cunning leader of a secret military society. Covering the globe from ...
Style: exciting, tense, suspenseful, suspense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, hitman, secret service, mentor, conspiracy, hostage, undercover, rescue, espionage, mercenary, secret agent, assassination ...
Time: year 2011, 20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place: middle east, london, australia, iran, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
From Paris with Love (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: James Reese has a good job as an ambassador's aid in France, but his real passion is a side gig, working in a minor role in the CIA. He would love to be a full-fledged agent and can't believe his luck when he lands an assignment with ...
Style: entertaining, intense, semi serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot: cia, spy, terrorism, chase, heroic mission, embassy, danger, one man army, shootout, twists and turns, espionage, secret agent ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: paris france, france, europe, pakistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.1
 86K
Mile 22 (2018)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A CIA field officer and an Indonesian police officer are forced to work together in confronting political corruption. An informant must be moved twenty-two miles to safety.
Style: exciting, tense, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: terrorist, black ops, top secret, surveillance, cia, shootout, hand to hand combat, rogue agent, spy, computer cracker, machismo, political corruption ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: southeast asia, asia, indonesia
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
 7.0
 239K
Body of Lies (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – ...
Style: clever, political, exciting, tense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: terrorism, spy, cia, espionage, cia agent, terrorist, intelligence agency, secret service, government agency, conspiracy, danger, politics ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: middle east, iraq, jordan, syria, virginia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Bourne Legacy (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, United Arab Emirates, Canada
Duration: 135 min.
Story: New CIA operative, Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.
Style: exciting, suspense, action thriller, action adventure, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: cia, espionage, spy, secret service, secret agent, on the run, cia agent, chase, assassin, intelligence, intelligence agency, conspiracy ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: the philippines, maryland, virginia, usa, seoul ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France, Spain
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne ...
Style: exciting, intense, rough, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: cia, conspiracy, espionage, spy, secret agent, corruption, secret service, escapades, hitman, fighting the system, danger, memory ...
Time: 2000s, year 2007, 21st century
Place: langley virginia, new york, paris france, tangier morocco, moscow russia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
 6.5
 235K
The Gray Man (2022)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Czech Republic, UK, Canada, Thailand, Denmark, France, Cambodia, Vietnam
Duration: 122 min.
Story: When a shadowy CIA agent uncovers damning agency secrets, he's hunted across the globe by a sociopathic rogue operative who's put a bounty on his head.
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, action thriller ...
Plot: agent, cia, assassin, gunfight, hitman, fight, murder, mission, female warrior, killer, murderer, cia agent ...
Time: future, 2000s, year 2003, 2020s
Place: prague, central europe, europe, thailand, hong kong ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The November Man (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: An ex- CIA operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect.
Style: suspenseful, exciting, tense, suspense, action thriller ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: cia, secret service, spy, espionage, conspiracy, hostage, brutality, secret agent, female agent, surveillance, assassin, violence ...
Time: year 2008, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: montenegro, belgrade serbia, switzerland, usa, moscow russia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.8
 90K
Haywire (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Mallory Kane is a highly trained operative who works for a government security contractor in the dirtiest, most dangerous corners of the world. After successfully freeing a Chinese journalist held hostage, she is double crossed and left for dead by ...
Style: talky, intense, suspense, tense, serious ...
Audience: girls' night, boys' night
Plot: one woman army, spy, secret agent, espionage, betrayal, assassin, rescue, mercenary, chases and races, revenge, danger, rivalry ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: ireland, washington d.c., europe, usa, mallorca ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Enemy of the State (1998)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Hotshot Washington lawyer, Robert Dean becomes a victim of high-tech identity theft when a hacker slips an incriminating video into his pocket. Soon, a rogue National Security agent sets out to recover the tape – and destroy Dean.
Style: clever, tense, suspense, political thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, date night, kids
Plot: conspiracy, surveillance, espionage, cia, political conspiracy, uncover truth, on the run, investigation, politics, twists and turns, manhunt, intelligence ...
Time: year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place: baltimore, washington d.c., maryland, afghanistan, iraq ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 6.7
 224K
2 Guns (2013)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.
Style: buddy comedy, exciting, action comedy, entertaining, funny ...
Audience: chick flick, manly, boys' night
Plot: undercover, heist, organized crime, cia, money, working undercover, corruption, foe turned friend, conspiracy, robbery, mafia, investigation ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
 6.6
 180K
RED 2 (2013)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Canada, Russia
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.
Style: entertaining, exciting, witty, action adventure, spy comedy ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: spy, hitman, cia, agent, cia agent, secret service, superhero, mercenary, assassin, comic book, mad scientist, betrayal ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: russia, england, paris france, usa, washington d.c. ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.4
 78K
The Siege (1998)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York that lead to the declaration of martial law.
Style: suspense, political, intense, exciting, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: terrorism, cia, martial law, lone hero, siege, fbi, conspiracy theory, military, spy, espionage, civil rights, president ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.1
 353K
Shooter (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: 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.
Style: intense, exciting, suspense, action packed, political ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: sniper, conspiracy, fbi, one man army, on the run, corruption, assassination, revenge, cover up, manhunt, military, false accusation ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: montana, philadelphia, virginia, tennessee, langley virginia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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The Numbers Station (2013)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Belgium, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When the moral values of a longtime wetwork black ops agent is tested during his last operation, he receives an unfavorable psych evaluation. Now he is given a break and a seemingly uncomplicated assignment of simply protecting the security of a ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, tense, suspense, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 21st century
Place: england, new jersey, nevada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story: When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, exciting, political, tense ...
Audience: kids
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Time: year 2002, 90s, year 1973, 2000s, 20th century ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.3
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Criminal (2016)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Bulgaria
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Bill Pope is a CIA agent on a mission in London tracking down a shadowy hacker nicknamed "The Dutchman." When he gets mysteriously ambushed and killed, an experimental procedure is used to transfer his memories into dangerous ex-convict ...
Style: suspense, exciting, intense, action adventure, disturbing ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: cia, spy, cia agent, terrorism, espionage, swat team, female agent, violence, brutality, prison, husband wife relationship, one against many ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: london, big ben london, west virginia, delaware
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
 323K
RED (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 111 min.
Story: When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent, Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last ditch effort to survive and uncover his assailants.
Style: exciting, entertaining, action comedy, witty, intense ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, manly
Plot: spy, cia, hitman, secret service, chase, assassin, mission, gunfight, on the run, ex cia agent, female spy, kidnapping ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new orleans, iran, kansas city, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.
Style: political thriller, tense, suspense, atmospheric, exciting ...
Plot: conspiracy, espionage, cia, fighting the system, political conspiracy, uncover truth, who to trust, life turned upside down, hitman, manhunt, assassin, cold war ...
Time: 70s, year 1975, 20th century
Place: new york, middle east, persia, usa, washington d.c. ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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London Has Fallen (2016)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Bulgaria
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.
Style: exciting, intense, serious, psychotronic, action adventure ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: terrorism, secret service, terrorist, hostage, president, terrorist attack, conspiracy, survival, danger, save the day, assassination, head of state ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, london, buckingham palace, tokyo, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.7
 256K
Escape Plan (2013)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival skills so he can design escape-proof prisons, his skills are put to the test. He's ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, suspense, clever, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, manly
Plot: prison, prison escape, survival, escape, prisoner, revenge, escape plan, lone hero, outsmarting, planning, ship, convict ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: morocco, usa, colorado, florida, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.5
 171K
The Mechanic (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code and unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. It's a job that requires professional perfection and total detachment, and Bishop is the best in the business. But ...
Style: clever, stylized, brutal, tense, suspense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: hitman, assassin, chase, mentor, lone hero, loner, martial arts, tough guy, vengeance, revenge, deception, arms dealer ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new orleans, colombia, chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.4
 329K
Salt (2010)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude ...
Style: exciting, suspense, surprise ending, serious, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: cia, female protagonist, espionage, secret service, spy, strong female lead, double agent, chase, agent as target, one woman army, female spy, female assassin ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place: new york, north korea, washington d.c., russia, soviet union ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 7.2
 194K
Ronin (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A briefcase with undisclosed contents – sought by Irish terrorists and the Russian mob – makes its way into criminals' hands. An Irish liaison assembles a squad of mercenaries, or 'ronin', and gives them the thorny task of ...
Style: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, neo noir, clever ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: espionage, car chase, mafia, cia, mercenary, car, undercover, caper, chase, shootout, ira, secret agent ...
Time: 90s
Place: paris france, france, europe, nice france, french riviera
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 8.0
 691K
Casino Royale (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, Czech Republic, USA, Germany, Bahamas
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond – on his maiden ...
Style: exciting, suspense, action packed, scenic, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, chick flick, date night
Plot: 007, spy, james bond, poker, espionage, casino, chase, cia, secret service, heroic mission, gambling, terrorism ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: montenegro, britain, italy, europe, madagascar ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 5.8
 43K
The Gunman (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain, UK, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Eight years after fleeing the Congo following his assassination of that country's minister of mining, former assassin Jim Terrier is back, suffering from PTSD and digging wells to atone for his violent past. After an attempt is made on his ...
Style: intense, suspense, exciting, rough, fast paced ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, chase, hitman, agent as target, gangster, gunfight, undercover, danger, conspiracy, home invasion, betrayal, haunted by the past ...
Time: year 2006, year 2014, 21st century
Place: south africa, europe, barcelona, london, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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