Movies like Thunder Point

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Thunder Point (1998)
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Thunder Point (1998)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Former IRA agent Sean Dillon comes to the rescue when a woman discovers a briefcase containing plans that could destroy all of Europe. Dillon's assignment is to protect her until the plans can be properly destroyed.
Style: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: ira, espionage, spy, world war two, undercover, dishonesty, state affairs, criminal heroes, unlikely partners, save the day, female nudity, bathtub, adventure, crimes
Time: 90s

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Most similar movies to Thunder Point

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about dishonesty, undercover, state affairs, espionage, chases and races, spy and rivalry mostly in Thriller, Action and Drama genres. Some movies like Thunder Point: Blindside (1987), On Dangerous Ground (1996), Midnight in Saint Petersburg (1996), Avenger (2006), Who's Got the Black Box? (1967). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Blindside (1987)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Harvey Keitel plays Penfield Gruber, a once great scientist, reduced to managing a sleazy hotel. Gruber monitors the daily comings and goings of his tenants, mainly for his own interest, until underworld figures ask him to spy on a suspected ...
Style: retro, independent film, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Plot: espionage, murder, scientist, hotel, xmas, surveillance, canuxploitation, dishonesty, undercover, rivalry, drug dealing, intrigue ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
On Dangerous Ground (1996)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, Luxembourg
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left as a young boy (he was organizing against apartheid, and left in fear of his life) to bury his father. He meets up with his brother Ernest, who tells him their other brother Stephen ...
Style: rough, exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, spy, terrorism, special agent, secret agent, violent content, conspiracy, rivalry, state affairs, race against time, working undercover, political conspiracy ...
Time: 90s
Place: hong kong, england, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Midnight in Saint Petersburg (1996)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, Russia, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Harry Palmer heads a private investigation business based in Moscow. His associates are Nikolai "Nick" Petrov (Jason Connery), ex-CIA agent Craig (Michael Sarrazin), and ex-KGB Colonel Gradsky (Lev Prygunov). They take on the job of ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, independent film, eurospy
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, private detective, cold war, law enforcement, british spy, james bond spoof, secret agent, violent content, kidnapping, political conspiracy, woman in danger, nuclear threat ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: russia, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 5.6
 1K
Avenger (2006)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After his own daughter was killed in Panama in 1994, former CIA agent Calvin Dexter became a private 'specialist' in cases which wouldn't reach justice trough the regular legal channels. Two years later he accepts to find Richard ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, political thriller ...
Plot: manhunt, vigilante, undercover, justice, working undercover, race against time, rivalry, government agency, save the day, state affairs, dishonesty, spy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: washington d.c., latin america, africa, south africa, bosnia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Who's Got the Black Box? (1967)
Genre: Thriller
Country: France, Italy, Greece
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The widow of a murdered undercover NATO officer in Greece is the prime suspect in his killing. She finds herself embroiled in a bigger conspiracy about the sabotage of U.S. radar installations while trying to prove her innocence.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, rough, bleak ...
Plot: spy, cold war, murder, conspiracy, secret agent, whistleblower, disorder, snitch, righting the wronged, working undercover, frame up, mistaken identity ...
Time: year 1967, 60s
Place: greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
American Roulette (1988)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Carlos Quintas, the democratically-elected president of an unnamed South American country, has been deposed by a military coup. He is in London, the head of a government in exile, rallying international support. He is also a poet of talent and ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: spy, violent content, nudity, on the run, politics, assassination attempt, danger, heroes, dishonesty, rebellion, espionage, head of state ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Midnight Man (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: British soldiers force a recently captured IRA terrorist to cooperate with them and then assign him to go undercover with a gang of terrorists and prevent them from killing the U.S. President. But the spy isn't in long before he realizes that ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: soldier, undercover, spy, anglo irish relations, ira, terrorism, british monarchy, assassination attempt, violent content, hitman, militant, royal family ...
Time: 90s
Place: ireland, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 5.9
 484
Chameleon (1995)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: An undercover agent (Anthony LaPaglia) uses his rare personality disorder in pursuing the drug-cartel leader responsible for the deaths of his wife and kids.
Style: independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: undercover, secret agent, special agent, violent content, drug dealing, criminal heroes, good versus evil, law enforcement, dishonesty, partners against crime, government agency, dealing with death ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Wolf (2004)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Based on a true story. In the 70s, during the last stages of Franco's dictatorship, Txema, a basque construction worker, is arrested because of his connection to some terrorists who have just committed a murder. The secret service see in him an ...
Style: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, political ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, spy, double agent, infiltration, life turned upside down, fish out of water, on the run, espionage, undercover, dishonesty, betrayal, chase ...
Time: 70s, 60s, 20th century
Place: spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Full Disclosure (2001)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A reporter discovers a woman who is a suspected terrorist.
Style: exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot: terrorism, undercover, manhunt, hidden identity, special agent, government agency, danger, on the run, journalism, chases and races, federal bureau of investigation, scoop ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
To Commit a Murder (1967)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, West Germany, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A writer gets wrapped up in espionage.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: spy, espionage, cold war, kidnapping, scientist, violent content, undercover, rescue, state affairs, chases and races, danger, dishonesty ...
Time: year 1967, 20th century, 60s
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Rocket Attack U.S.A. (1960)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story: It's the height of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union with the Communists launching a spy satellite that has the Free World leaders in a panic. Fears about the nature of the satellite force the United States to send an ...
Style: grindhouse, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot: spy, cold war, espionage, invasion, voice over narration, propaganda, satellite, anti communist, sabotage, nuclear missile, chaos, save the day ...
Time: year 1961, year 1957, future, 20th century, 50s
Place: russia, moscow russia, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Deadly Stranger (1988)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: An undercover cop infiltrates an illegal labor racket on a remote, Texas/Mexican border farm. After falling for the farm owner's mistress, the two discover the tables have been turned and they are the hunted.
Style: independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: undercover, labor, misfit, society, life is a bitch, law enforcement, dishonesty, workplace situations, working undercover, labor union, nudity, immigrant ...
Time: 80s
Place: mexico, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Bullet to Beijing (1995)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK, USA, Russia
Duration: 101 min.
Story: When long-time British agent Harry Palmer loses his job because the Cold War is over, he's promptly approached by a Russian bossman, Alex. In St. Petersburg Alex tells Harry of his plan for Russia's future, which is threatened because a ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, political thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: biological warfare, spy, conspiracy, intrigue, state affairs, danger, political conspiracy, secret agent, dishonesty, save the day, betrayal, rivalry ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: russia, beijing china, asia, europe, korea ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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A Perfect Spy (1987)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 374 min.
TV show
Story: This is the story of Magnus Pym, from his childhood to the end of his career in middle age. As a young man, there is little doubt that his father Rick was the most influential character in his life. Rick was a raconteur, con man, thief, black ...
Style: political, captivating, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot: espionage, spy, cold war, british spy, cons and scams, midlife crisis, state affairs, dishonesty, rivalry, introspection, government agency, undercover ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: england, austria, usa, czech republic, prague
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
The Jigsaw Man (1983)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given plastic surgery and sent back to Britain by the KGB to retrieve some vital documents. With the documents in hand, he instead plays off MI6 and the KGB ...
Style: political thriller, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cold war, spy, espionage, face, 007, james bond, surgery, law enforcement, spy thriller, kgb, british intelligence, traitor ...
Time: year 1983, 80s
Place: russia, soviet union, europe, england, scotland yard ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
The Infiltrator (1995)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The Infiltrator is an American film about an Israeli freelance journalist who travels to Germany circa the early 1990's and uncovers a story about a dangerously pervasive underground Neo-Nazi faction, who are intent to bring Nazism back to the ...
Style: thought provoking, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: skinhead, world war two, neo nazi, punk, spy, nazi, judaism, undercover, journalism, racism, immigrant, uncover truth ...
Time: 90s
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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 399
BlackMale (2000)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The Plot is actually pretty crafty and full of (surprisingly) unsuspecting twists. The special effects are actually quite realistic which is surprising for such a low budget movie. Bokeeem Woodbine plays his role with a serious emotion that only ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, suspense, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, siblings relations, disorder, crime gone awry, dishonesty, cons and scams, blackmail, home invasion, voyeurism, lesbian, female nudity, sex ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Double Agent (2003)
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, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot: spy, soldier, politics, save the day, state affairs, political conspiracy, undercover, terrorism, journalism, investigation, dishonesty, political intrigue ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: new york, north korea, korea, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
The President's Mistress (1978)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: When Ben investigates the mysterious death of his sister, he is unaware that he is opening up a web of political intrigue. Ed Murphy, the White House Chief of Staff, becomes embroiled in a struggle to save the President from a humiliating scandal.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot: president, u.s. president, murder, special agent, undercover, dishonesty, heroes, politics, espionage, state affairs, government agency, infidelity ...
Time: 70s
Place: washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Harry's Game (1982)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: Harry is an undercover agent for the British army sent to Northern Ireland to infiltrate the IRA and find (and terminate) the assassin of a British Cabinet Minister. Harry is alone, the army hasn't been told he is being put in place, his wife ...
Style: serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, detective
Plot: ira, struggle, freedom, spy, anglo irish relations, terrorism, profanity, disorder, state affairs, assassination, danger, hidden identity ...
Time: future, 80s
Place: ireland, europe, belfast
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 4.6
 828
Blowback (2000)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Whitman is a psychotic religious killer who was caught by Inspector Morell a former seminarian, whose religious knowledge led to Whitman's capture. Whitman was tried and sentenced to death. However, he was rescued by a secret government group ...
Style: realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, police detective, psychopath, religions or cults, danger, undercover, violence spree, law enforcement, race against time, partners against crime, legal ...
Time: 90s
Place: san francisco, san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Assassins' Code (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A corporate assassination forces opportunistic double agents from three nations to fight to retrieve a high-tech computer disk containing schematics for a deadly weapon.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: espionage, working undercover, hitman, rivalry, undercover, danger, dishonesty, vengeance, woman with a gun, spy, haunted by the past, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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 7.0
 5K
Jack Strong (2014)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A spy thriller telling a historically based story of a man who alone dares to challenge Soviets being in the middle of the communistic system himself. Planning the maneuvers of Warsaw Pact forces he discovers that the American plans of nuclear ...
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot: spy, martial law, state affairs, politics, undercover, government agency, political unrest, dishonesty, iron curtain, cold war, chase, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s, 90s, 60s
Place: poland, europe, soviet union, warsaw poland, ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Secrets of State (2008)
Genre: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In France, terrorist groups and intelligence agencies battle in a merciless war everyday, in the name of radically opposed ideologies. Yet, terrorist and secret agents lead almost the same lives. Condemned to secrecy, these masters of manipulation ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, suspense ...
Plot: counter terrorism, terrorist, espionage, politics, terrorism, spy, secret agent, political conspiracy, state affairs, race against time, good versus evil, prison rape ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 4.1
 323
Time Lapse (2001)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Clayton Pierce is an agent working under deep cover. Although he is a top agent, he is questioning his loyalty after twenty years of service. His devotion has already cost him his wife, family and personal life. During a de-briefing from his last ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: working undercover, save the day, undercover, memory loss, dishonesty, government agency, terrorism, political corruption, danger, rivalry, political conspiracy, antidote ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.5
 3K
The Snake (2006)
Genre: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A ruthless gang led by private detective Joseph Plender is extorting rich people and famous fashion photographer Vincent Mandel seems the next victim. He is married to Hélène, daughter of one of the richest people in Europe, but not quite happily. ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: murder, dishonesty, obsession, rivalry, psychopath, photograph, blackmail, photography, european, twists and turns, snow, tattoo ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The MacKintosh Man (1973)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, political thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, espionage, secret agent, car chase, prison, betrayal, on the run, working undercover, cold war, rivalry, danger, heist ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: ireland, russia, london, england, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 4.9
 2K
The Heavy (2009)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Sibling rivalry turned into betrayal between two brothers. One a prime candidate for Prime Minister, the other a henchman for a successful, yet shady businessman. Presented with an opportunity to take revenge against his brother, our anti-hero must ...
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: gangster, betrayal, sibling rivalry, dishonesty, uninhibited rivalry, vengeance, violence, gang, mafia, violent content, rivalry, siblings relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 4.8
 251
The Fall (1999)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, Hungary, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In Budapest, two Americans live together. Adam, a former Manhattan prosecutor at work on his first novel, and Lisa, a cool hard-working financier who idolizes her boss (former Communist turned deal maker, Kovacs) as she tires of Adam's ...
Style: exciting, tense, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot: violent content, nudity, intrigue, chases and races, dangerous attraction, dishonesty, danger, mentally unstable, mysterious character, on the run, femme fatale, woman in danger ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: europe, hungary, budapest
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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