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Shiri (1999)
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Original name: 쉬리
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 service, attempt to track down the terrorists and find the CTX. Meanwhile Hee, the 8th's ultra-bad female sniper, resurfaces to wreak havoc and haunt Ryu.
Style:
exciting, realistic, stylized, neo noir, action thriller, bleak, serious, suspenseful, fast, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, korean army, female killer, terrorist, hitman, female assassin, espionage, assassination, agent, political conspiracy, inter-korean relations, secret agent, love, violence, assassin, betrayal, murder, arms dealer, chase, supermarket, secret organization, doomed love, tragic romance, world war three, professional killer ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
north korea, korea, south korea, seoul, asia
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Most similar movies to Shiri
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, exciting and realistic films with plots about danger, gunfight, gun, shootout, pistol, violence and undercover mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Shiri: The Defender (2004), Sanctuary (1998), The Foreigner (2003), The Point Men (2001), Detonator II: Night Watch (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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%
797
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 ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female assassin, female killer, spy, conspiracy, martial arts, female mercenary, female agent, rogue agent, assassination plot, assassination attempt, computer cracker, manhunt ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
pentagon, chicago, italy, washington d.c., canada ...
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, 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%
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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%
342K
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:
suspense, exciting, surprise ending, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
secret service, cia, espionage, spy, secret agent, female protagonist, strong female lead, female spy, chase, conspiracy, cia agent, hitman ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
north korea, washington d.c., new york, russia, usa ...
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%
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%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Croatia, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When a renegade Russian general sends a nuclear bomb hurtling toward the Middle East aboard a hijacked train, special agents are dispatched to disarm the deadly device. Ten tons of steel and one ounce of hot plutonium are now riding roughshod ...
Style:
suspense, fast, serious, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train, railway, hijacking, 007, fugitives, spy, subway, covert operation, gulf war, die hard, scientist, mercenary ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
iraq, russia, europe, soviet union, iran ...
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, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Hungary
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Iconoclastic, take-no-prisoners cop John McClane, finds himself for the first time on foreign soil after traveling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack - unaware that Jack is really a highly-trained CIA operative out to stop a nuclear weapons ...
Style:
tense, melancholic, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
father son relationship, violence, cia agent, tough cop, car chase, terrorist, terrorism, 007, american abroad, car accident, traffic jam, uranium ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
russia, seattle, new york, langley virginia, moscow russia ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Spain, Japan, Iceland, Germany, Italy
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, action thriller, intense ...
Audience:
chick flick, family outing
Plot:
spy, espionage, black ops, hitman, cia, chase, assassin, rogue agent, cia agent, secret service, one man army, assassination ...
Time:
year 2016, 2000s, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, berlin germany, washington d.c., reykjavik iceland, greece ...
Similarity:
100%
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, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Bahrain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Every ten or seven years in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world's deadliest assassins. The last man standing receiving the $10,000,000 cash prize and the title of Worlds No 1, which itself ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, intense, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
chase, survival, hitman, martial arts, tournament, assassin, game of death, killer, competition, female killer, contract killer, fight ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
england, britain, miami, united kingdom, brazil
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, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Danny O'Neill is a bomb disposal expert assigned to a case where terrorists have developed an "invisible" liquid explosive which is activated within the human body.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, reluctant partners, assassination, senator, bomb squad, investigation, danger, undercover, police detective, government agency, politics, special agent ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, China, France, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
An untested American submarine captain teams with U.S. Navy SEALs to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
submarine, navy, u.s. navy, warship, world war three, military coup, battleship, military base, save the day, naval battle, swat team, escapades ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
pentagon, washington d.c., moscow russia, scottish highlands, scotland ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A North Korean diplomat defects to the South during the Cold War, but the South Koreans have their suspicions as to whether he is an actual defector or a double agent.
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
spy, politics, journalism, political conspiracy, save the day, soldier, terrorism, state affairs, investigation, undercover, danger, government agency ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, north korea, korea, europe
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national ...
Style:
rough, political thriller, serious, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
chick flick, manly, girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, secret service, president, hostage, white house, terrorist attack, one man army, politics, daring rescue, u.s. president, commando mission, propaganda ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., north korea, usa, north america, pentagon
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Italy, Malta
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Following the murder of his fiancée, Mitch Rapp trains under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair then is enlisted to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets.
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, exciting, action adventure, tense ...
Plot:
revenge, terrorism, cia, counter terrorism, terrorist, training, kickboxing, government agent, spy, hand to hand combat, showdown, mentor ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
london, warsaw poland, romania, istanbul turkey, virginia ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Bulgaria, India
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, saga, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, manly, chick flick
Plot:
terrorism, secret service, hostage, terrorist, president, conspiracy, one man army, terrorist attack, save the day, danger, u.s. president, propaganda ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe, tokyo, united kingdom ...
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.
Style:
exciting, suspense, political, political thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
terrorism, revenge, cia, espionage, spy, terrorist, assassination, cia agent, politics, ira, hitman, traitor ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., ireland, north africa, scotland yard, usa ...
Similarity:
24%
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:
los angeles, usa, amsterdam, utah
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
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 ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, undercover, female agent, british intelligence, escape, one man army, corruption, disobeying orders, police, secret agent, uncover truth ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, britain, united kingdom, berlin germany ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Six years ago a mysterious shooting takes place in Seoul. The after effects of the shooting results in Han-kyu Lee (Song Kang-Ho) losing his job at the NIS (National Intelligence Service). Six years later, Ji-won Song (Kang Dong-Won), an ex North ...
Style:
rough, realistic, suspenseful, tense, humorous ...
Plot:
undercover, foe turned friend, inter-korean relations, secret agent, hidden identity, intelligence agency, private detective, investigation, danger, treason, government, disorder ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, north korea, asia, korea, seoul
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Myung-sin, who has become a pirate, lives with hatred in his heart and endures the hardships, seeks revenge on the two nations, North and South Korea, using nuclear waste that has the devastating power of plutonium. Se-jong, a South Korean naval ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, politics, losing-it hero, secret agent, heroes, save the day, undercover, heroic mission, rivalry, danger, race against time ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north korea, korea, asia, russia, southeast asia ...
Similarity:
22%
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:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, twists and turns, happy ending, secret service, betrayal, assassination, adaptation, vengeance, cia, undercover, danger, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, new jersey, nevada, usa
Similarity:
22%
11K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A man wakes up missing his memories. Directed by a mysterious voice from a device in his ear, he sets off on a hostage rescue mission rife with danger.
Style:
twisted, disturbing, suspenseful, serious, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
violent, female warrior, amnesia, survival, target, fight, inter-korean relations, martial arts, epic battle, computer game, fight club, virus ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
south korea, north korea, korea
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
La Femme Nikita was a Canadian action/drama television series based on the French film Nikita by Luc Besson. The series was co-produced by Jay Firestone of Fireworks Entertainment and Warner Bros.. It was adapted for television by Joel Surnow. The ...
Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, suspenseful, spy action ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
secret agent, secret life, double agent, government agency, disguise, love, female assassin, femme fatale, female killer, kickass women, terrorist, true love ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
100%
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:
21%
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