Movies like Under Siege 1986
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Under Siege (1986)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Terrorists launch an attack against the USA. Their first strike is by a suicide squad that detonates a truckload of explosives at an army base in Washington DC. FBI probes indicate that the attack is by Arab terrorists led by Iranians. Subsequent attacks are via airplanes exploded in mid-air, crowded restaurants, and an attack on a mall. Administration cabinet heads push the President to retaliate. The director of the FBI believes that there may be more to the story than the investigation has revealed and the Secretary of Defense is the only other person urging caution.
Style:
political thriller
Plot:
terrorist, terrorist attack, army, cia, military, fbi, politics, racism, terrorism, u.s. army, president, arab, usa president, bomb, u.s. president, bomber, racial prejudice, military base, senator, exploding airplane, civil rights, bombing, terrorist plot, u.s. military, u.s. senator ...
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Most similar movies to Under Siege
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, tense and political thriller films with plots about terrorism, terrorist, politics, danger, conspiracy, president and usa president mostly in Thriller, Action and Drama genres. Some movies like Under Siege: Unknown Caller (2014), The Siege (1998), Quarantine (2000), Jerusalem Countdown (2011), Advise & Consent (1962). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A psychopath uses a family's high tech security system with a ticking time bomb to terrorize them for 90 minutes demanding an answer to his question; 'WHO AM I?'
Style:
suspenseful, tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating
Plot:
terrorist, psycho killer, phone terror, bomb, security system, terrorizing, threatening telephone call, race against time, mentally unstable, terrorism, anonymous telephone call, psychopath ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York that lead to the declaration of martial law.
Style:
suspense, political, thought provoking, intense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
terrorism, cia, martial law, siege, fbi, conspiracy theory, lone hero, military, espionage, president, conspiracy, race against time ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, usa, israel ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The president of the United States declares a state of emergency after a deadly virus developed as a bio-weapon is accidentally released across the globe.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, dark ...
Plot:
quarantine, bio weapon, pandemic, virus, terrorism, epidemic, virus outbreak, terrorist attack, disease, terrorist, deadly virus, terrorizing ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A South American quasi-revolutionary/guerilla/terrorist and a misled, admiring girl compatriot manage to kidnap the U.S. President during a diplomatic visit to Toronto. With a nondescript armored truck, crudely yet somehow elaborately rigged with ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hostage, kidnapping, armored car, rescue, head of state, danger, secret agent, law enforcement, die hard, trucker, politics ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s
Place:
south america, canada
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When nuclear weapons are smuggled into America, FBI Agent Shane Daughtry (David A.R White) is faced with an impossible task -- find them before they are detonated. The clock is ticking and the only people who can help are a washed up arms dealer ...
Style:
christian film, serious, suspenseful, realistic, disgusting ...
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, religious, bomb, law enforcement, danger, nuclear threat, chases and races, state affairs, faith, christian propaganda, christian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, iran, middle east
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A Senate investigation into the President's newly-nominated Secretary of State gives light to a secret from the past, which may not only ruin the candidate, but the President's character as well.
Style:
political, black and white, realistic, clever, thought provoking ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, politics, gay bar, courtroom drama, president, cold war, political corruption, journalism, american politics, corruption, government, secret past ...
Time:
year 1962, 60s, 20th century, 70s, 1930s
Place:
washington d.c., new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
While protecting the U.S. President, Secret Service agent Nick Sager helps him to dispose of the body of a young girl, who accidentally died during an adulterous encounter. Some time later, a few weeks before the elections, the disillusioned ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, political thriller
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
political conspiracy, die hard, torture, usa president, political corruption, conspiracy, extramarital affair, cover-up, secret agent, campaign, political intrigue, who done it ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A U.S. Army general alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
Style:
political thriller, tense, political, black and white, suspense ...
Plot:
cold war, conspiracy, politics, u.s. air force, white house, terrorism, president, coup d'etat, u.s. president, betrayal, mistress, espionage ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, future, 70s
Place:
austin texas, russia, texas, spain, america ...
Similarity:
59%
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685
Genre: Thriller
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Adam, a security guard, travels from California to the Philippines, his native land, for his father's funeral. He arrives in Manila. As he waits, a phone rings in his backpack; he answers it, and a male voice tells him that his mother and ...
Style:
tense, rough, suspenseful, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
terrorist, hostage, terrorism, heroes, danger, leadership, confined, chases and races, politics, homecoming, extremist, ransom ...
Place:
the philippines, asia, san diego california, manila philippines
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Intense drama based on the 1984 hijacking of bus line 300, in which 41 passengers and a bus driver were attacked and held captive by terrorists in Israel.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, intense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
hostage, terrorism, hostage situation, kidnapping, terrorist, bus, abduction, terrorist attack, taken hostage, problem, rescue attempt, confined space ...
Place:
israel
Similarity:
54%
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:
53%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Terrified commuters are on the ride of their lives when terrorists send a subway train speeding out of control during rush hour. With the saboteur among them, a group of citizens are now trapped underground and in a race against time if they hope to ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, fast
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, subway, tunnel, danger, escapades, bomb, trapped, train crash, die hard, underground, chases and races, train ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
On her first assignment aboard Air Force One, a rookie Secret Service agent faces the ultimate test when terrorists hijack the plane, intent on derailing a pivotal energy deal. With the President's life on the line and a global crisis at stake, ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, political thriller, intense, action packed ...
Plot:
terrorism, rookie, president, national security, secret service, counter terrorism, war on terror, terrorist, capture, save the world, airplane hijack, hijacking ...
Place:
washington d.c.
Similarity:
53%
838
Genre: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
One evening, while her parents go out for dinner, 18-year-old Louise, alone in her hotel room at Taj Mahal Mumbai, hears strange noises out in the corridor. Within minutes, she realises that a terrorist attack is underway. Her only connection to the ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, unusual plot structure, tense ...
Plot:
terrorist attack, terrorist, hotel, female protagonist, father daughter relationship, terror, terrorism, teenager, teenage girl, 18 year old, teenage protagonist, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
taj mahal, mumbai india, india
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The movie follows the story of Jonah Thomas, a US senator, who gets trapped in an epic battle fought between life and death.
Style:
captivating, christian film, serious, exciting, suspenseful
Plot:
angel, epic battle, good versus evil, superpower, faith, senator, supernatural power, terrorist, government agent, politics, fight, government ...
Place:
washington d.c.
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
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Story:
Favorite Son is a miniseries about political intrigue that aired on NBC in 1988 a week before that year's presidential election. It starred Harry Hamlin, Linda Kozlowski, James Whitmore, Robert Loggia, John Mahoney, Ronny Cox, and a ...
Style:
political thriller
Plot:
u.s. senator, die hard, political conspiracy, usa politics, conspiracy, usa president, vice president, senator, u.s. president, president, presidential election, political campaign ...
Time:
20th century
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Khalil is an Arab diplomat who wants to not only make peace with Israel, but admit the Jewish state as a member of OPEC. This instantly makes him a target for a series of ingeniously conceived assassination attempts, most of which he foils with the ...
Style:
independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, terrorist, female nudity, massage, economist, 007, diplomacy, assassination attempt, nudity, secret agent, violent content, peaceful mission ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s
Place:
nice france, israel, new york, london, england ...
Similarity:
48%
60K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside ...
Style:
sexy, serious, tense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
terrorism, politics, terrorist, conspiracy, islamic terrorism, war on terror, kidnapping, spy, espionage, islam, cia, intelligence ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
middle east, iraq, washington d.c., illinois, chicago ...
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Decorated army veteran Jason Hill is on a routine visit to the local VA hospital when organized terrorists infiltrate the building and take hostages, including a decorated general, and Hill’s wife. The highly trained veteran is outnumbered and the ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense
Plot:
terrorist, counter terrorism, army, hostage, hospital, terrorist attack, hostage situation, showdown, rescue mission, fighting crime, terrorism, confronting the past ...
Similarity:
44%
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:
44%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Set in 1995. A helicopter, operated remotely, is hovering in the sky over a nuclear power plant. The power company, prefectural government and media all receive a fax. The fax contains a threat that if the nuclear power plant is not taken offline ...
Style:
tension, suspense, intense, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
terrorism, helicopter, hostage, rescue, nuclear power, threat, race against time, terror, terrorist, terrorist attack, risk, saving a life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan, china
Similarity:
43%
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, politics, espionage, spy, intelligence agency, terrorism, prison rape, secret agent, political conspiracy, race against time, state affairs ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe, paris france
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
A rebellious chapter of the American Nazi Party storms a Miami hotel as part of a plan to destroy the city’s power plant and a Navy destroyer.
Style:
political thriller, controversial, suspense, tense, crime drama ...
Plot:
neo nazi, domestic terrorism, political violence, terrorist, extremism, sabotage, social commentary, fear, conspiracy, hostage situation, law enforcement, underground movement ...
Time:
60s
Place:
miami
Similarity:
42%
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865
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Drones begins in the Nevada desert, where new girl Sue Lawson joins airman Jack in a hot, windowless bunker from which they manoeuvre unmanned drones across the plains of Afghanistan. Their first day at work is awkward but polite, with Jack all too ...
Style:
suspense, serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, desert, war on terror, terrorism, danger, us military, military, u.s. military, moral ambiguity, power struggle, responsibility, air force ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, afghanistan, iraq, nevada
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
An enterprising Senator's daughter realizes she can make money by venturing into the seedy side of politics. With the help of two sexy friends, she sets up a thriving blackmail business videotaping her father's political colleages in ...
Style:
erotic, independent film, crime drama, political thriller, suspense ...
Plot:
blackmail, politics, scandal, corruption, sexploitation, voyeurism, seduction, manipulation, greed, power, blackmailer, seductive ...
Time:
90s
Place:
washington d.c.
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals details of a secret meeting held just after the start of the Vietnam ...
Style:
political thriller, political, neo noir, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nuclear threat, vietnam war, cold war, president, u.s. president, danger, terrorism, conspiracy, nuclear missile, military, u.s. military, u.s. air force ...
Place:
montana, usa, vietnam, asia
Similarity:
39%
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:
38%
Genre: Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
"When a senior pathogen scientist (Linnell) working for the CIA goes missing while visiting a colleague in Munich - alarm bells sound across much of Europe. Violence spreads out across the Middle East as the Arab Spring uprising takes hold. ...
Style:
political thriller, tense, suspenseful, crime thriller, thrilling ...
Plot:
espionage, terrorism, cia, virus outbreak, paranoia, mature, moral ambiguity, cat and mouse, nudity, spy thriller, female nudity, skinny dipping ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
munich germany, libya, russia
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Political double-talk, dirty tricks, hidden microphones, spy satellites, bugging the Oval Office and a nuclear bomb for sale are all ingredients in this swift, funny and frightening look at the possibilities in today's political arenas. Sean ...
Style:
political, black comedy, fast, cynical, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, reporter, media manipulation, political satire, world war, 007, news, time travel, conspiracy, cold war era, world war three, satire ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s, near future
Place:
new york, san antonio texas, north africa, manhattan new york city, texas
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
Epic political fantasy drama, envisioning what would have happened if Dick Cheney had been indicted for ordering torture, which was used to get the false confessions to make a fraudulent case for war.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
al qaeda, usa president, public speaking, torturer, secretary of state, fighting the system, airplane, interrogation, false confession, power, vice president, black man ...
Time:
september 11 2001
Place:
manhattan new york city, washington d.c., new york, las vegas, pentagon
Similarity:
37%
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