Movies like Toy Soldiers 1984

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Toy Soldiers (1984)
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Toy Soldiers (1984)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: While on a vacation in Central America, some American teenagers are kidnapped by terrorists. A rescue mission is sent after them, but they manage to escape and join up with a mercenary fighting the terrorists.
Style: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: exploitation, woman with a gun, kidnapping, jungle, heroes, military, friendship, college, hostage, soldier, missing person, on the road, escapades, danger, confined, political unrest, basic training, daring rescue, officers and cadets, heroic mission, nudity, violent content, teenager, money, escape ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: central america, beverly hills
Keyword: american

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about heroes, danger, military, escapades, rivalry, daring rescue and confined mostly in Action, Drama and War genres. Some movies like Toy Soldiers: Dead Men Can't Dance (1997), Desert Thunder (1999), Mercenaries (2011), The Paper Will Be Blue (2006), Death Before Dishonor (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Dead Men Can't Dance (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: To stamp out the threat of nuclear war, a special ops team must travel to North Korea to carry out a covert mission to destroy a nuclear power plant. Everything does not go as planned. Their communications are cut off and they must remember their ...
Style: independent film, rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: violent content, danger, military, escapades, heroic mission, undercover, chases and races, heroes, daring rescue, female nudity, shootout, sergeant ...
Time: 90s
Place: asia, korea, north korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 3.7
 428
Desert Thunder (1999)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Terrorists threaten to launch a missile armed with deadly disease at Europe. A special unit is put together to stop them.
Style: independent film, fast, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Plot: world war, terrorism, military, bar fight, profanity, escapades, danger, heroes, heroic mission, aerial combats, violent content, bio weapon ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
 3.4
 1K
Mercenaries (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Andy Marlow, an ex British S.A.S serviceman turned mercenary, is sent into the Balkans after a military coup has arisen to rescue a U.S ambassador and his aide.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, tense, independent film ...
Plot: military coup, military, danger, daring rescue, undercover, escapades, murder, coup, genocide, cavalry, ethnic cleansing, coup d'etat ...
Time: 21st century
Place: balkan, serbia, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
The Paper Will Be Blue (2006)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Out of enthusiasm, a Militia soldier abandons his platoon and decides to fight for the cause of the Revolution. His Lieutenant and the rest of the crew look for him during the confused night of 22-23 December 1989.
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Plot: soldier, political unrest, terrorism, danger, military, idealism, state affairs, daring rescue, romanian revolution, artist, media, society ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: romania, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Death Before Dishonor (1987)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Gunnery Sergeant Burns reports for duty to an American Embassy in the Middle East. However due to the 'enlightened' views of the Ambassador, the marine security detachment he is in charge of is severely restricted in their functions and ...
Style: independent film, cult classic, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, military, female assassin, kidnapping, revenge, hostage, u.s. embassy, photographer, exploitation, muslim, die hard, war on terror ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: middle east, lebanon
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
 3.1
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The Alternate (2000)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The President of the United States, in the midst of negative public opinion, is kidnapped while attending a charity function. However, this is all part of a plan to boost his ratings, the 'kidnappers' being a CIA black ops team. It seems ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, kidnapping, undercover, rescue, daring rescue, heroes, save the day, president, secret agent, special agent, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
 2.5
 570
SEAL Team VI (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Inspired by actual events: This heroic saga depicts an elite counter-terrorism team's black ops incursion into Iraq four days prior to Operation: Desert Shield and the harrowing consequences its members faced when their covert mission was ...
Style: serious, rough, suspense, tense, realistic
Plot: battles, desert, military, escapades, save the day, danger, isolation, soldier, basic training, confined, blood, u.s. navy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
 3.3
 834
Submerged (2000)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Navy SEALs launch a rescue mission after terrorists plunge a jet carrying a missile-launching computer into the sea.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: airplane, terrorism, heroic mission, race against time, daring rescue, heroes, rivalry, gang, confined, save the day, escapades, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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The Local (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A wealthy out-of-towner hires an indigent man to abduct an estranged family member.
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: redemption, daring rescue, addiction, danger, drug dealing, lone wolves, life is a bitch, rivalry, heroes, city life, fight, violence ...
Time: future
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Kill the Shogun (1975)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Action-drama set during the 1904 occupation of Korea (by Japan). An incident is sparked when the Japanese force the Korean soldiers to strip off their uniforms. Two of the Korean soldiers refuse and go on a rampage against the Japanese, forcing them ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense, rough ...
Plot: martial arts, violent content, battles, rivalry, against the odds, confined, heroes, military, heroic mission, vengeance, violence, kung fu master ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: hong kong, china, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 4.3
 611
Warriors (1994)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Canada, Israel
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A government-trained killing machine must turn his lethal skills against his top-secret squad's AWOL leader
Style: independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: top secret, terrorism, awol, soldier, battles, on the run, rivalry, chase, heroes, prostitute, chases and races, danger ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
186 Dollars to Freedom (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Peru, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A young California surfer has to grow up in a hurry when he is thrown into a Peruvian political prison in 1980.
Style: realistic, serious, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: prison, prison life, false arrest, frame up, danger, survival, confined, police corruption, law enforcement, escapades, jail, surfer ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: peru
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
In Her Line of Fire (2006)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When the Vice President's plane goes down near a remote Pacific island, he is kidnapped by rebel forces and held for ransom. It is up to his female Secret Service agent and a press secretary to infiltrate the camp and save him.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense, cliffhanger ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: lesbian, tough heroes, heroine, female protagonist, one woman army, heroes, save the day, chases and races, sniper, strong female presence, conspiracy, one man army ...
Place: latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Mirror Wars: Reflection One (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Mirror Wars: Reflection One is a post-cold-war thriller from the Russian point of view. Bad-guy British arms dealer Murdock (Malcolm McDowell) and numerous mercenaries and clandestine agents tries to steal a new Russian stealth fighter. Murdock is ...
Style: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, serious, fast
Audience: boys' night
Plot: espionage, secret agent, military, daring rescue, save the day, betrayal, escapades, danger, rivalry, arms dealing, heroic mission, aerial combat ...
Time: 21st century
Place: russia, london, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Target of Opportunity (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Jim Jacobs and Nick Carlton, childhood friends, are CIA operatives on a sting operation in Chechnya. The raid of a rebel militia group goes bad and the entire teams gets wiped out except for Jim and Nick, who manages to save them both. Five years ...
Style: realistic, exciting, serious, rough, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cia, espionage, friendship, rescue, escapades, dishonesty, danger, political intrigue, spy, conflict, secret agent, special agent ...
Time: 21st century
Place: bulgaria, europe, chechnya
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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USS Seaviper (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Direct to DVD movie: The German U-Boat, U-234, from the Port of Kiel is trading cargo with the Japanese. USS Seaviper must locate and stop this dangerous exchange. The Captain of USS Seaviper must go ashore to conduct reconnaissance on an island ...
Style: exciting, tense, suspense, captivating, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: submarine, world war two, save the day, danger, isolation, heroic mission, rebellion, survival, island, rebelliousness, war, soldier ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Bad Asses on the Bayou (2015)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The third installment in the successful Bad Ass action-comedy franchise. Bad Asses on the Bayou reunites the dynamic duo, Frank Vega (Danny Trejo) and Bernie Pope (Danny Glover), as they travel to Louisiana to attend the wedding of their dear friend ...
Style: exciting, realistic, rough, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, partner, vigilantism, rivalry, danger, elderly, partners against crime, aging, heroes, vigilante, superhero, meme ...
Time: 21st century
Place: louisiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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 490
Steel Sharks (1997)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Submarine crews wage a silent war beneath the waves in this undersea thriller.
Style: independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: submarine, die hard, battles, underwater, confined, danger, daring rescue, military, rivalry, rescue, escapades, terrorism ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Christmas Rush (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In the season of giving, the department took his badge. Criminals took his wife. Now, one cop is taking matters into his own hands
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: christmas, law enforcement, save the day, partner, danger, master criminal, crime gone awry, rivalry, disorder, die hard, hijacking, chases and races ...
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Cage (1989)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A GI in Vietnam saves his buddy's life, but in the process is shot in the head. The injury results in brain damage to the point where he basically has a child's brain in a (very large) man's body. When they get out of the army the two ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, martial arts, competition, fight, friendship, beefcake martial arts, beefcake, cage fighting, vietnam veteran, cell, gangster, confined ...
Time: year 1989, 20th century, 80s
Place: usa, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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The Rescue (1988)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A team of Navy Seals are sent to destroy a disabled submarine so it will not fall into the "wrong" hands. They complete their mission, but are captured before they can return to their base. The U.S. Government will not mount a rescue ...
Style: serious, bleak, independent film
Audience: kids, boys' night
Plot: rescue, survival, kidnapping, espionage, coming of age, hostage, save the day, chases and races, military, heroes, soldier, confined ...
Time: 80s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Frogmen Operation Stormbringer (2002)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Captain Rick Jeffries is the head of a group of elite soldiers who swim into action, doing the dirty jobs no else can or wants to do. They are in pursuit of a world traveling terrorist known only as Casper, and have the difficult job of bringing him ...
Style: serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: undercover, rivalry, terrorism, heroic mission, confined, chases and races, escapades, heroes, danger, hijacking, bomb, boat ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Tunnel Rats (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: During the Vietnam War [1959-1975] a special US combat unit is sent out to hunt and kill the Viet Cong soldiers in a man-to-man combat in the endless tunnels underneath the jungle of Vietnam. Suicide squads of a special kind.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspense, controversial ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, soldier, survival, heroic mission, danger, military life, escapades, chaos, war, blood, iraq war, cavalry ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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One More Chance (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An ex-convict, after spending six years in prison, tries to re-establish a relationship with the son he hasn't seen in all that time.
Style: independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot: kidnapping, cons and scams, missing person, friendship, confined, ex convict, father son relationship
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 6.3
 238
Fatal Vacation (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Philippines
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A pleasent trip to the Phillipines is turned into tragedy when the tour bus is kidnapped by a group of rebels that want to exchange the prisoners for the Rebel Leader's brother...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hostage, soldier, military, kidnapping, hijacking, bus, rape, save the day, chase, tough law enforcer, escapades, terrorism ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Skeleton Coast (1988)
Genre: Action, History, War
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A retired Army colonel attempts to rescue his imprisoned son in this action packed thriller. To save his CIA operative son from terrorists, Col. Smith (Ernest Borgnine) and a group of mercenaries head to war-torn Angola's Skeleton Coast, where ...
Style: cult classic, independent film, fast, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, man on a mission, hostage, soldier, kidnapping, tough heroes, rivalry, heroes, confined, chases and races, danger, criminal heroes ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: angola, cuba, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
The Guillotines (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: China, Haiti, Hong Kong
Duration: 112 min.
Story: During the Manchurian-ruled Qing Dynasty, Emperor Yong Zheng established a secret assassination squad known as the Guillotines to eliminate all who opposed him. Once heavily favored by the Emperor, the Guillotines are deemed expendable once Emperor ...
Style: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, serious, captivating
Audience: boys' night
Plot: political unrest, hitman, wuxia, danger, assassination, military, soldier, flying guillotine, qing dynasty, save the day, martial arts, fight club ...
Time: 18th century
Place: china, ancient china, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
The Alien Girl (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: 1990s. Gangster Kiev. A team of four men is assigned to deliver a girl from Prague, nicknamed "The Stranger." As the sister of a recently arrested criminal called Babai, her testimony could damage some important people.
Style: tense, serious, rough, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: betrayal, kidnapping, dishonesty, love, murder, criminal heroes, witnessing a crime, brutality, political unrest, witness, political intrigue, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: russia, czech republic, eastern europe, europe, prague ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Jarhead 2: Field of Fire (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Battle-scarred and disillusioned by the war, Corporal Chris Merrimette is put in charge of a unit whose next mission is to resupply a remote outpost on the edge of Taliban-controlled territory. While driving through the hostile Helmand province, a ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: navy seal, taliban, military, male nudity, battles, heroic mission, wartime life, against the odds, soldier, danger, heroes, terrorism ...
Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Pensacola: Wings of Gold (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Pensacola: Wings of Gold is a syndicated American action/adventure drama series based at the Naval Air Station Pensacola in Pensacola, Florida.
Style: rough, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, serious
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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