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Scorcher (2002)
2K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The only hope for humanity to survive a natural disaster is to detonate a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, fast, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film, freeze frame, f word, disaster movie
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, martial arts, destiny, rescue, danger, soldier, race against time, atomic bomb, save the world, government agency, daring rescue, terrorism, undercover, chaos, forces of nature, heroic mission, secret agent, military, father daughter relationship, bomb, government agent, natural disaster, volcanic eruption, white house, catastrophe ...
Time:
2000s, contemporary
Place:
california, antarctica, los angeles, usa, pacific ocean, washington d.c.
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, exciting and fast films with plots about race against time, danger, heroes, chases and races, explosion, escapades and pistol mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Scorcher: Soldier Boyz (1995), Retrograde (2004), Deep Water (2000), Sabotage (1996), Nick Fury: Agent of Shield (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A group of prisoners are going to Vietnam to rescue the daughter of a V-I.P. The Ones who survive get their freedom back...but hell awaits them.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
violence against women, terrorist, female prisoner, female warrior, vietnam war, terrorism, prison fight, prison guard, rebel army, anti heroine, woman kills a man, female criminal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
vietnam, asia, usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Luxembourg, Italy, UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two time travelers with opposing views are sent back to the present aboard a research ship in the Antarctic to prevent a global biological disaster from occuring
Style:
futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
time travel, disease, ship, tough guy, good versus evil, race against time, heroic mission, dystopian future, imaginary, experiment gone awry, infection, one against many ...
Time:
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Place:
south america, antarctica
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Hotshot Navy special ops guys get assigned to take a cruise to keep an eye on a VIP's daughter. Once the voyage is under way, somehow a nuke A) gets lost in the vicinity, and goes off. The resulting tidal wave capsizes the cruise ship, and its ...
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suspense, suspenseful, tense, exciting, independent film ...
Plot:
terrorist, cruise ship, one against many, hostage, survival, betrayal, ocean, fight, kidnapping, terrorist group, teenage girl, conspiracy ...
Time:
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Place:
san francisco, pentagon, san diego california
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Illegal experimentation accidentally rips open a previously unknown hidden magma reserve directly under Manhattan!
Style:
suspenseful, rough, tense, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
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Place:
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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:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Marvel's hard-boiled hero is brought back to fight the menace of Hydra after exiling himself in the Yukon since the end of the Cold War. The children of the former Hydra head, Baron Von Stucker, have taken charge of the terrorist organization. ...
Style:
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Plot:
superhero, female spy, terrorism, good versus evil, terrorist plot, fight, heroic mission, escapades, danger, undercover, spy, comic book ...
Time:
90s
Place:
yukon, canada, berlin germany, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Tom Merrick (Van Dien) works as a TV reporter when he's nearly killed in an accident while informing about a fire in the Evanston power plant. The sight of a creepy-looking man leaving the place accidentally saves his life, when he was meant to ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, psychotronic, surprise ending
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
future
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Matt Hendricks (Dolph Lundgren) is the US Navy's top Marine Special Operations Commander and is facing his toughest challenge yet - Escorting the deadliest viral weapon on the planet back to a safe Storage Faciliy.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, suspense, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, terrorism, working undercover, terrorist, female warrior, special agent, state affairs, save the day, danger, government agency, frame up, die hard ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, new york, russia, pentagon, washington d.c. ...
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
A international science conference is held in Australia when Dr. Austin Shepard mysteriously disappears Dr. Shepard's colleague, Christopher Richardson and other people are soon faced with the reality of an impending crisis and an attempt to ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chaos, apocalypse, universe, desert, survival, astronomer, danger, disaster, heroic mission, save the planet, escapades, government agency ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
australia, africa, taj mahal, tokyo, sydney australia ...
Similarity:
36%
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:
34%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The Strike Force team is back in this action-packed sequel to "The Hunt For Eagle One"! Terrorists have stolen a Ground Control Encoder...
Style:
realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
jungle warfare, terrorism, martial arts, lieutenant, rescue, terrorist attack, female fighter, behind enemy lines, heroes, race against time, hostage, kidnapping ...
Place:
asia, the philippines, melbourne
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Morocco
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.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, exciting, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rescue mission, navy seal, military, swat team, murder, photograph, terrorism, vengeance, sniper, soldier, heroes, violence ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
syria, usa, new york, washington d.c., algeria ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
There have been two mysterious plane crashes in only 48 hours. The aircraft suddenly lose control and crash, killing everyone aboard. A woman of Russian descent, Francesca Zaborszin, the daughter of a slain Federal investigator, claims ...
Style:
suspense, independent film, fast, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
terrorist, airplane accident, law enforcement, airplane crash, air disaster, aviation, race against time, terrorism, hostage, tough heroes, one man army, espionage ...
Time:
90s
Place:
pentagon, washington d.c.
Similarity:
33%
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:
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Place:
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Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jonathan Cold returns, this time he goes Undercover to stop a group of Terrorists before they bomb Los Angeles.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, semi serious, spiritual, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, secret agent, undercover, martial arts, spy, nuclear bomb, hostage, rescue, espionage, danger, working undercover, heroic mission ...
Place:
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Similarity:
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683
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A device that controls a powerful Russian-made satellite weapon is stolen by Russian terrorists, who try to escape by flying out but are shot down. The device is now on top of K2. The device is still active and where it will strike is ...
Style:
serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, fast
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, disaster, terrorism, race against time, survival, daring rescue, government agency, intrigue, danger, forces of nature, apocalypse, missile ...
Time:
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Place:
himalaya, pentagon, washington d.c.
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When the top secret prototype of the Nova Stealth fighter has been stolen, the Pentagon launches big alarm; the plane shouldn't come into hostile hands...
Style:
exciting, rough, serious, suspense, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female warrior, military, airplane, save the day, danger, rivalry, escapades, secret mission, invisibility, pilot, terrorist, forced sex ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
libya
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After freak climate and weather events destroy the world around them, a group of rogue scientists attempt to reverse the deadly new ice age.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, climate change, forces of nature, rescue, chaos, danger, escapades, volcano, evacuation, scientist, dystopian future ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
iceland, europe, usa, paris france
Similarity:
31%
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294
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Terrorists seize an American nuclear missile site and threaten to launch the missiles at Washington unless the President resigns immediately and $1 billion is placed in a Swiss account in 8 hours.
Style:
suspense, independent film, fast, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, computer cracker, world war three, 007, world war, die hard, heroes, race against time, violent content, chaos, save the world ...
Time:
90s
Place:
haiti, idaho, pentagon, washington d.c., switzerland
Similarity:
31%
87K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins forming in the La Brea Tar Pits, the director of the city's emergency management service, Mike ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, intense, suspenseful, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Aruba, USA, South Africa
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mercenary, kidnapping, one man army, tough heroes, vengeance, escapades, hostage, danger, rivalry, chases and races, martial arts, brutality ...
Place:
miami, athens greece, cape town south africa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ex-DEA agent Jack receives an emergency message from his brother Phillip, whose team was ambushed on the Caribbean island of St. Keith. Jack goes to St. Keith to find his brother, who has been turned into a cyborg by the drug runner he was after.
Style:
futuristic, psychotronic, semi serious, suspenseful, tech noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
denver colorado, caribbean
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When a former Special Ops commando visits Pompeii, his wife and daughter are trapped as Mt. Vesuvius erupts with massive force. While his family fights to survive the deadly onslaught of heat and lava, he enlists his former teammates in a daring ...
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:
30%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Deep in the jungles of Southeast Asia, a terrorist organization has stolen materials to create a dangerous chemical bomb. It is up to Captain Max Randall and his team of Marines to stop them. But when Randall's team kill the terrorist ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, female warrior, military, soldier, jungle, confined, danger, violent content, heroes, rescue, kidnapping ...
Time:
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Place:
southeast asia, asia, the philippines, manila philippines
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell) suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, airplane, hostage, hijacking, rescue, terrorist, airplane accident, special forces, hand to hand combat, ransom, bomb, surveillance ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1995
Place:
washington d.c., athens greece, london, los angeles, pentagon
Similarity:
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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:
29%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Chechen rebels take over a Russian nuclear plant and it's up to a mysterious agent(Snipes) to stop them.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, black american, military, soldier, heroes, rescue, sniper, frame up, heroic mission, daring rescue, political conspiracy, danger ...
Place:
russia
Similarity:
29%
311
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Over one hundred years ago, a cataclysmic chain of events plummeted the earth into the dark ages which destroyed most of civilization, and the remaining few survivors attempt to change the course of events that led to the destruction.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, exciting, independent film ...
Plot:
time travel, female warrior, survival, danger, heroic mission, chaos, escapades, rivalry, apocalypse, imaginary, disaster, woman kills a man ...
Time:
future, year 1999, 90s
Place:
colombia, pentagon
Similarity:
29%
110K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When rogue stealth-fighter pilot Vic Deakins deliberately drops off the radar while on maneuvers, the Air Force ends up with two stolen nuclear warheads -- and Deakins's co-pilot, Riley Hale, is the military's only hope for getting them ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
utah, usa, pentagon, hong kong
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Scientists make a horrible discovery: The "Big One" is coming in two days, with it, California will sink to the ocean. Their only hope is to rupture a volcano that will displace the earthquake's energy and build a new crust on the ...
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, tense, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, earthquake, demolished city, fire, death, apocalypse, survival, chaos and mayhem, race against time, chaos, destruction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
28%
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