Movies like The Gunman
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The Gunman (2015)
45K
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain, UK, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Eight years after fleeing the Congo following his assassination of that country's minister of mining, former assassin Jim Terrier is back, suffering from PTSD and digging wells to atone for his violent past. After an attempt is made on his life, Terrier flies to London to find out who wants him dead -- and why. Terrier's search leads him to a reunion with Annie, a woman he once loved, who is now married to an oily businessman with dealings in Africa.
Style:
intense, suspense, exciting, fast paced, political thriller, political, action thriller, action adventure, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
agent as target, espionage, chase, undercover, hitman, home invasion, gangster, weapons, gunfight, danger, conspiracy, mercenary, betrayal, haunted by the past, interpol, murder, deception, fistfight, sniper, violence, death, brutality, redemption, assassination, damsel in distress ...
Time:
year 2006, year 2014, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
south africa, europe, london, barcelona, africa, barcelona spain
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Most similar movies to The Gunman
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, realistic, suspenseful and serious films with plots about gunfight, betrayal, shootout, chase, shot to death, pistol and gun mostly in Thriller, Action and Crime genres. Some movies like The Gunman: Blackhat (2015), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Killer Elite (2011), Hitman: Agent 47 (2015), The International (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
67K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A man is released from prison to help American and Chinese authorities pursue a mysterious cyber criminal. The dangerous search leads them from Chicago to Hong Kong.
Style:
perverse, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
family friendly, boys' night
Plot:
hacker, terrorist, computer, cybercrime, terrorism, hacking, computer hacker, conspiracy, terrorist plot, geek, espionage, fbi ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, malaysia, chicago, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France, Spain
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne ...
Style:
exciting, intense, action thriller, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
cia, conspiracy, spy, espionage, secret agent, corruption, secret service, escapades, hitman, tough guy, fighting the system, one man army ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, 21st century
Place:
langley virginia, new york, moscow russia, tangier morocco, paris france ...
Similarity:
100%
140K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, USA, Jordan, Morocco, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world’s most elite operatives—Danny, an ex-special ops agent and Hunter, his longtime mentor—against the cunning leader of a secret military society. Covering the globe from ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, action thriller, suspense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, secret service, spy, conspiracy, mentor, undercover, rescue, espionage, hostage, mercenary, violence, secret agent ...
Time:
year 2011, 20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place:
middle east, london, australia, iran, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Canada, Singapore
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An assassin teams up with a woman to help her find her father and uncover the mysteries of her ancestry.
Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, surprise ending, anamorphic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, assassin, one man army, murder, assassination, super soldier, danger, secret identity, revenge, hired killer, mission, agent ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
berlin germany, singapore
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK, France, Turkey
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their investigation takes them from Berlin, ...
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, tricky, suspense, intense ...
Plot:
conspiracy, interpol, assassin, investigation, gunfight, conspiracy theory, chase, politics, twists and turns, hitman, lawyer, revenge ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, berlin germany, italy, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
214K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Spain, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his particular set of skills to track the real killer ...
Style:
exciting, action thriller, saga, rough, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
on the run, revenge, one man army, murder, kidnapping, bodyguard, frame up, hostage, vigilante, chase, police investigation, husband murders wife ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, europe, malibu california ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Seagal is Nico Toscani, an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist, and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice: expert and thorough bone-crushing.
Style:
suspense, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, conspiracy, aikido, undercover, heroic bloodshed, corruption, drug dealing, vengeance, drug lord, police, vietnam war, kung fu ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
chicago, vietnam, usa, illinois, las vegas ...
Similarity:
100%
248K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA, South Africa
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them ...
Style:
exciting, sexy, clever, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
cia, espionage, secret service, secret agent, cia agent, on the run, gunfight, betrayal, mercenary, conspiracy, covert operation, traitor ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
cape town south africa, africa, south africa, iran, paris france ...
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, Australia, UK, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A retired assassins past catches up with him and his brutality surfaces as he goes on a final killing spree to make things right.
Style:
suspense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot:
retired, brutality, killing spree, haunted by the past, gunfight, danger, rescue, tough guy, murderer, investigation, chase, surveillance ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
indonesia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Serbia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
An ex- CIA operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, suspense, tense, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
espionage, cia, spy, secret service, sex scene, conspiracy, hostage, assassin, violence, female agent, undercover, secret agent ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
montenegro, belgrade serbia, former yugoslavia, switzerland, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him ...
Style:
political thriller, intense, action adventure, exciting, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
spy, amnesia, cia, espionage, secret agent, hitman, secret service, one against many, on the run, black ops, secret past, uncover truth ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, hamburg germany, greece, europe, langley virginia ...
Similarity:
75%
229K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, France, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Deep in the heart of Jakarta's slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world's most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the run-down apartment block has been considered untouchable to even the bravest of police. Cloaked under ...
Style:
brutal, suspenseful, suspense, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, fight, swat, violent, gang, fistfight, trapped, violence, survival, death, kung fu, warrior ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, future, 21st century
Place:
east asia, middle east, asia, indonesia, hong kong ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.
Style:
political thriller, mind bending, political, suspense, tricky ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
assassination, un, twists and turns, espionage, investigation, politics, murder, revenge, dictator, undercover, secret service, vengeance ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
africa, new york, brooklyn new york city, paris france, south africa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Romania, USA, Ukraine
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When a contract killer (Steven Seagal) encounters a girl on the run from a dangerous mob boss (Vinnie Jones) with powerful political ties, running a human trafficking operation, he is torn between protecting the girl, and remaining loyal to the ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, exciting, neo noir ...
Plot:
on the run, damsel in distress, chase, conspiracy, corruption, organized crime, gangster, dark past, spy, martial arts, spy thriller, friendship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
odessa ukraine, new york, eastern europe, ukraine
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Richard Hannay, a mining engineer on holiday from the African colonies, finds London socialite life terribly dull. Yet it's more than he bargained for when secret agent, Scudder, bursts into his room and entrusts him with a coded notebook, ...
Style:
clever, exciting, serious, suspenseful, period piece ...
Plot:
on the run, undercover, agent as target, world war one, manhunt, race against time, uncover truth, espionage, who to trust, false accusation, political conspiracy, betrayal ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
scotland, united kingdom, england, europe, london
Similarity:
100%
188K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Russia, France, Hong Kong
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.
Style:
entertaining, satanic, exciting, action adventure, witty ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
spy, hitman, cia agent, assassin, cia, secret service, agent, female spy, superhero, mercenary, comic book, mad scientist ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
russia, england, paris france, usa, washington d.c. ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Cavalier contract killer Lee-Seng (Rob Young) flees his vengeful employer and a ruthless assassin (James Trevena-Brown) after failing to eliminate a team of vigilantes intent on ridding their city of drug dealers. Meanwhile, as the bullets start to ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
on the run, hitman, betrayal, rivalry, danger, vengeance, law enforcement, showdown, murder, deception, survival, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Former government Jason Price (Dolph Lundgren) makes people disappear for a living. But when a top lieutenant for a crime syndicate asks Price to help him drop out of sight, things take a grisly, unexpected turn. A mysterious hit man known as The ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, lone wolves, special agent, uncover truth, government agency, law enforcement, dishonesty, danger, conspiracy, car bomb, one against many, espionage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, pittsburgh
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After an illustrious special ops career ends in disaster, Alexander goes off the grid and attempts to lead a quiet life as a handyman at an apartment complex. But when one of his tenants and her family fall under the thumb of a Russian gangster, ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
martial arts, terrorist, gangster, save the day, gang, danger, rivalry, gory, crime boss, murder, hostage, organized crime ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
russia, bucharest, romania, eastern europe
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A courier for a local crime lord must deliver a mysterious package while being chased by a horde of unusual gangsters.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, chases and races, danger, tough heroes, organized crime, hostage, brother brother relationship, deception, husband wife relationship, martial arts, sadist, torture ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
vancouver, seattle
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A fireman takes an unexpected course of action when a man whom he's been ordered to testify against – after being held up at a local convenience store – threatens him.
Style:
suspense, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
revenge, female warrior, firefighter, vigilante, brutality, murder, vigilantism, vengeance, law enforcement, police detective, secret service, gangster ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, california, los angeles, usa, phoenix arizona ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A seasoned assassin plays both sides in a Russian gang war and becomes the target of an unknown enemy.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, rivalry, criminal heroes, danger, chases and races, violence spree, mob hit, mob boss, murder, corruption, gangster, one against many ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cuba, prague, europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Romania
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Brazil is a contract killer, willing to take any job if the price is right. Flint left the assassin game when a ruthless drug dealer’s brutal attack left his wife in a coma. When a contract is put out on the same coldblooded drug dealer, both ...
Style:
exciting, rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
vengeance, hitman, kickboxing, assassin, sniper, gang rape, fight, assassination, chases and races, tough heroes, martial arts, tough guy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bucharest, ukraine, eastern europe
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Steven Seagal stars in this gritty, no-holds barred action film as an elite ex-cop with a gambling problem and a mountain of debt. When a mysterious man offers to clear his debts in exchange for the assassination of the city's most notorious ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, aikido, gambling, murder, life is a bitch, danger, downfall, redemption, introspection, dishonesty, one man army, sniper ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, connecticut
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Thailand, Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After his family is killed by a Serbian gangster with international interests. NYC detective Nick goes to S.E. Asia and teams up with a Thai detective to get revenge and destroy the syndicates human trafficking network.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sex slavery, martial arts, ak 47, gangster, strong sexual content, tough law enforcer, tough heroes, vengeance, rivalry, master criminal, police investigation, fight ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
thailand, usa, asia, new jersey, cambodia ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
On Christmas Eve a group of ruthless masked terrorists kidnap the Prime Ministers daughter, fortifying themselves in an underground car park rigged with explosives. Crack SAS operative Chris Lowe and his team are sent in and must take the building ...
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, military, soldier, danger, daring rescue, confined, law enforcement, escapades, chase, money, fear ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, scotland yard
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
While attempting to flee from the FBI, the criminal Frank Dallio kills Detective McKenna's wife, Rachel. McKenna himself is shot in the face by the professional killer Lyle Mason, who dies in a car crash shortly thereafter. The FBI persuades ...
Style:
suspense, independent film, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kickboxer, gunfight, fugitives, strip club, damsel in distress, stripper, shootout, fistfight, tattoo, machine gun, plastic surgery, fbi ...
Time:
90s
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
34%
818K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
Style:
stylized, exciting, neo noir, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
hitman, vengeance, revenge, one man army, assassin, vigilante, shooting, gunfight, lone hero, tough guy, dog, killer ...
Time:
year 2014, 60s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, brooklyn new york city, north america
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A man who was a confidant of Adolf Hitler dies and leaves a fortune to make amends for his Nazi past--but his son has to search the world to find it
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
espionage, nazi, conspiracy, undercover, holocaust, violence, brutality, hitman, against the odds, haunted by the past, dishonesty, family relations ...
Time:
80s, 1940s, year 1985, year 1945, future
Place:
berlin germany, england, switzerland, west berlin west germany, tower bridge london ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When an experienced thief accidentally makes off with a Van Gogh, his partner is kidnapped by gangsters in pursuit of the painting, forcing the criminal to hatch a rescue plan.
Style:
realistic, serious, stylized, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, hostage, dishonesty, rivalry, disorder, daring rescue, female warrior, hired killer, gangster, chases and races, death, fight ...
Place:
bucharest, romania
Similarity:
34%
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