Movies like Sanctuary 1998
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Sanctuary (1998)
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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 their activities with him). He now lives as a priest until the group start to get close to tracking him down.
Style:
independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, suspense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female assassin, female killer, spy, martial arts, conspiracy, female agent, manhunt, assassination attempt, computer cracker, female mercenary, assassination plot, rogue agent, covert operation, undercover, church, redemption, assassination, heroes, hitman, rebellion, chases and races, rivalry, danger, law enforcement, starting over ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
italy, canada, pentagon, washington d.c., toronto ontario canada, chicago
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and exciting films with plots about shootout, gun, pistol, gunfight, machine gun, chase and violence mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Sanctuary: Sabotage (1996), Hunt to Kill (2010), The Defender (2004), The Marine 3: Homefront (2013), The Point Men (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
suspenseful, exciting, tense, enigmatic, captivating ...
Plot:
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100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A U.S. Border Patrol agent Jim Rhodes, a tough divorcée mourning the loss of his murdered partner while struggling to raise his rebellious daughter in the mountains of Montana. But when a crew of trigger-happy fugitives takes Rhodes and his ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
daughter, profanity, fugitives, tough heroes, survival, danger, hostage, father daughter relationship, forest, border patrol, martial arts, computer cracker ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, texas, montana, canada, reno nevada
Similarity:
100%
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, tough heroes, one man army, danger, state affairs, daring rescue, save the day, law enforcement, chases and races, conspiracy, undercover agent ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
romania, europe, new york, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A Marine must do whatever it takes to save his kidnapped niece and stop a terrorist attack masterminded by a radical militia group.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, soldier, hostage, kidnapping, tough heroes, daring rescue, save the day, rivalry, danger, military, chase, wrestling ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
british columbia, usa, seattle, washington state
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Some time after their botched operation to capture a known Palestinian terrorist, a team of Israeli agents starts to get killed off one by one. Their leader must get to the bottom of things before the killer(s) plan is complete.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mossad, terrorism, bodyguard, espionage, undercover, female assassin, murder of a nude woman, female warrior, secret agent, assassination, assassination attempt, vengeance ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
new york, jerusalem, austria, zurich switzerland, tel aviv israel ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
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.
Style:
suspense, bloody, fast, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, professional killer, killer, assassin, professional, soldier, terrorism, showdown, violence, kickboxing, firing squad, karate ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When Merrill Ross (Michael Dudikoff) is thought to be a C.I.A. agent gone bad and teaming with some other alphabet named agency to take over the oil rich country of Qumir, he finds he's in the middle of a very explosive situation. Not knowing ...
Style:
suspense, perverse, grindhouse, dark comedy, independent film ...
Plot:
female warrior, cannon, mossad, woman kills a man, computer cracker, geopolitics, shootout, woman in jeopardy, fugitive, bare chested male, crooked businessman, special forces ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Bobby Bishop (Sheen) is a special assistant to the President of the United States. Accidentally, he meets his friend professor Pochenko on the street. Pochenko has time to tell Bishop about some conspiracy in the White House but then immediately ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, political thriller, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
political conspiracy, conspiracy, on the run, betrayal, assassination, corruption, assassination plot, politics, lone hero, political corruption, assassination attempt, intrigue ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
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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, antidote, poison, undercover, terrorist, rescue, espionage, heroes, soldier, daring rescue, good versus evil ...
Place:
uruguay
Similarity:
100%
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 ...
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
political conspiracy, frame up, investigation, assassination, death row, conspiracy, parachuting, manhunt, false accusation, reluctant partners, shootout, framed for murder ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
iraq, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A CIA operative kills a terrorist during a prison break. When a group of terrorists attempts to recover a microchip implanted in the man's body, one of them is captured and convinced by the CIA to work for them as an informer.
Style:
independent film, fast, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kickboxer, female assassin, female warrior, terrorism, terrorist, spy, female fighter, cia, woman fights a man, female agent, chase, one woman army ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Former government Jason Price (Dolph Lundgren) makes people disappear for a living. But when a top lieutenant for a crime syndicate asks Price to help him drop out of sight, things take a grisly, unexpected turn. A mysterious hit man known as The ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, lone wolves, special agent, uncover truth, government agency, law enforcement, dishonesty, danger, conspiracy, car bomb, one against many, espionage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, pittsburgh
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
This story is about a freelance agent (Seagal) who is the courier of a package from France to Germany. He soon finds that many people want to get their hands on it.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, stylized, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, spy, secret agent, martial arts, one man army, good versus evil, on the run, race against time, heroes, political conspiracy, murder, danger ...
Place:
france, europe, poland, germany, warsaw poland ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Queen's Messenger is called to convey vital dispatches to a highly secretive conference called to combat the activities of modern poachers who threaten the economies of many African states.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
secret agent, murder, one man army, hotshot hero, daring rescue, heroic mission, undercover, government agency, dishonesty, danger, political conspiracy, assassination attempt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A cop on vacation at a mountain resort comes to the rescue when the resort is taken over by violent criminals.
Style:
cliffhanger, political thriller, independent film, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
female assassin, voyeur, female mercenary, female killer, stasi, mountain, skinny dipping, seduction, love, sex, voyeurism, sex scene ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago, east germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Croatia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
UN agents Mike Graham and Sabrina Carver are sent by their director Nick Caldwell to investigate the theft of Rembrandt's painting, "The Night Watch". The trail takes them from Amsterdam to Hong Kong and involves them in not only art ...
Style:
suspense, serious, captivating, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
art theft, espionage, partner, undercover, forgery, female warrior, investigation, famous painting, spy, danger, escapades, heist ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
amsterdam, europe, asia, new york, hong kong
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A lethal assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he kills, is seen swiftly and mercilessly executing three Yakuza gangsters by a beautiful artist. She is captivated by the grace of his kill and later falls in ...
Style:
emotional, exciting, suspenseful, anime, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, yakuza, martial arts, police investigation, killer, bodyguard, assassin, violence, mind control, contract killer, danger, murder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan, china, san francisco, vancouver, shanghai ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Hannah has been trained in the lethal art of assasination by her father Luc, a former sniper with the special forces in Vietnam. When her father is unexpectedly killed she is forced to choose between the violent world she knows and the ordinary ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
female assassin, female killer, female fighter, woman fights a man, female fight, spy, woman with a gun, evil woman, covert operation, assassination, conspiracy, hitman ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Bulgaria, Romania
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Rescued as a child by the legendary assassin Moody and trained in the family business, Anna is the world’s most skilled contract killer. When Moody, the man who was like a father to her and taught her everything she needs to know about trust and ...
Style:
perverse, suspense, captivating, tense, neo noir ...
Plot:
female assassin, female killer, revenge, mercenary, assassin, female agent, murder, female warrior, drone, vengeance, professional killer, hitman ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 90s, year 1991, 21st century
Place:
london, bucharest, vietnam
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, Netherlands, Hungary
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In the future of post-Soviet and economically devastated Russia, Big Brother still rules with an iron hand of brutality, brain-washing and ruthless dictatorship. Into this cauldron of corruption and terror plunges American crook and smuggler John ...
Style:
futuristic, cyber, tech noir, serious, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
reluctant partners, apocalypse, cyberpunk, woman fights a man, murder of a nude woman, capoeira, dystopian future, gangster, murder, betrayal, gang, prostitute ...
Time:
90s, future, near future
Place:
russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
100%
632
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After the murder of their families by a terrorist bomb, five young adults are trained as a hi-tech, anti-terrorist team with a mission to search and destroy high-profile terrorist groups.
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
terrorism, undercover, u.s. navy, female warrior, secret agent, danger, chases and races, save the day, good versus evil, heroes, daring rescue, government agency ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 2000s
Place:
europe, greece, utah, athens greece, austria ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Trained KGB assassin, EDWARD GENN (code name ICARUS), worked years ago as a sleeper agent in America. But when the Soviet Union collapsed, he quickly found himself in a foreign country with no one to trust. Determined to escape his muddled ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
one man army, secret identity, tough heroes, confined, danger, special agent, professional killer, murder, tough guy, hitman, female nudity, chinese mafia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, vancouver, british columbia, hong kong
Similarity:
100%
9K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
North Korea's 8th Special Forces hijacks a shipment of CTX, a potent new liquid explosive, and threatens South Korea as part of a plot to re-unify the two countries.Ryu and Lee, special agents of O.P., South Korea's secret intelligence ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, stylized, neo noir, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, korean army, female killer, terrorist, hitman, female assassin, espionage, assassination, agent, political conspiracy, inter-korean relations, secret agent ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
north korea, korea, seoul, south korea, asia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Movie Info When a top secret nuclear guidance system is stolen by an ex-CIA operative looking to sell the deadly device to the top bidder, it's up to a determined CIA agent and the international terrorist who he has vowed to capture to team up ...
Style:
independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female killer, female assassin, terrorist, terrorism, spy, cia, martial arts, woman fights a man, kickboxer, woman with a gun, psychopath, working undercover ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Romania
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Brazil is a contract killer, willing to take any job if the price is right. Flint left the assassin game when a ruthless drug dealer’s brutal attack left his wife in a coma. When a contract is put out on the same coldblooded drug dealer, both ...
Style:
exciting, rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
vengeance, hitman, kickboxing, assassin, sniper, gang rape, fight, assassination, chases and races, tough heroes, martial arts, tough guy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bucharest, ukraine, eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
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, suspenseful, fast, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, undercover, heroes, espionage, one man army, save the day, tough heroes, secret agent, terrorism, race against time, danger, master criminal ...
Place:
europe, romania, bucharest
Similarity:
100%
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, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, undercover, military, pirate, battles, female spy, soldier, daring rescue, danger, military life, heroes, ocean ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, french riviera, san francisco, turkey, albania
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Aruba
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
NATO operative Jacques Kristoff (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is summoned into action—on his birthday, no less—to track down Galina Konstantin (Laura Harring), who has stolen an extremely valuable and dangerous top-secret container from the Slovakian ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, cult classic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
runaway train, train, terrorism, die hard, one man army, terrorist plot, race against time, fight scenes, rescue, secret agent, tough heroes, save the day ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
vienna, europe, hong kong
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Martial arts expert Matt Hunter was one of the most promising operatives in Army intelligence until his parents were killed by terrorists, and he retired to the family's farm in Louisiana to take care of his 12-year-old sister Sara and their ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, perverse, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
manhunt, terrorism, martial arts, masked man, terrorist, rescue, survival, one man army, kidnapping, tough heroes, vengeance, save the day ...
Time:
80s
Place:
louisiana, usa, new orleans
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, Russia, Canada, Czech Republic, India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion ...
Style:
exciting, action adventure, breathtaking, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
spy, espionage, cia, mission, gunfight, frame up, female spy, escapades, undercover, chases and races, tough guy, working undercover ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, budapest, washington state, bay area, iran ...
Similarity:
100%
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