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When Eight Bells Toll (1971)
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When Eight Bells Toll (1971)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In a vein similar to Bond movies, a British agent Philip Calvert is on a mission to determine the whereabouts of a ship that disappeared near the coast of Scotland.
Style: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, black comedy, dark comedy, eurospy
Plot: spy, secret agent, serial killer, 007, explosions, pirate, ship, betrayal, undercover, espionage, ocean, heroes, battles, master criminal, adventurer, chases and races, escapades, rivalry, danger, race against time, basic training, dishonesty, obsessive quest, heroic mission, sea ...
Time: year 1971, 70s
Place: london, britain, scottish highlands, scotland
Keyword: ocean or sea

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, exciting and serious films with plots about pistol, danger, violence, chase, shootout, shot to death and murder mostly in Action, Thriller and Adventure genres. Some movies like When Eight Bells Toll: The November Man (2014), Puppet on a Chain (1970), The Gunman (2015), Ffolkes (1980), Quantum of Solace (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The November Man (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
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: suspenseful, exciting, tense, suspense, action thriller ...
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Puppet on a Chain (1970)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Netherlands
Duration: 98 min.
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The Gunman (2015)
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 ...
Style: intense, suspense, exciting, rough, fast paced ...
Audience: boys' night
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Place: south africa, europe, barcelona, london, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Ffolkes (1980)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A terrorist (Anthony Perkins) holds an offshore drilling rig and production platform for ransom in the North Sea. Ffolkes (Roger Moore) a wealthy eccentric, volunteers to send his crack team of soldiers in to stop the terrorists. With few other ...
Style: political thriller, fast, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, spy, 007, boat, sea, north sea, oil rig, hostage, mercenary, mission, british, oil ...
Time: year 1980, 20th century, 70s, 80s
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Quantum of Solace (2008)
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Duration: 106 min.
Story: Quantum of Solace continues the adventures of James Bond after Casino Royale. Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M interrogate ...
Style: exciting, suspense, sexy, entertaining, saga ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, chick flick
Plot: james bond, 007, chase, secret service, spy, espionage, secret agent, revenge, car chase, cia, female spy, agent ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: italy, britain, chile, austria, south america ...
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Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
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Duration: 119 min.
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Fear Is the Key (1972)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: After his family are killed in a plane crash, a man plots an elaborate revenge scheme on those responsible. He sets himself up as a criminal in order to get close to a tycoon who has been approached by the culprits to help them retrieve the cargo of ...
Style: neo noir, independent film, exciting, tense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, vengeance, chase, mafia, animal, creature, revenge, gangster, investigation, rescue, danger, murder ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
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The Outsider (2014)
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Revolves around a British military contractor Lex Walker who is told his daughter has died. When he arrives in Los Angeles and discovers the body is not hers, he begins an investigation.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, rough, tense, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
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Target (1985)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Duration: 117 min.
Story: A Texan with a secret past (Gene Hackman) searches Europe with his son (Matt Dillon) after the KGB kidnaps his wife (Gayle Hunnicutt).
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Audience: boys' night
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Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)
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Style: exciting, tense, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
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89%
Caravan to Vaccares (1974)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: American Neil Bowman is traveling through France when he meets British photographer Lila. They are hired by French land owner Duc de Croyter to escort a Hungarian scientist to New York. But they soon realize that the job is not a cushy number, and ...
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The Saint (2017)
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Style: realistic, suspenseful, exciting, mind blowing, retro ...
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Dr. No (1962)
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Style: action packed, stylized, entertaining, saga, exciting ...
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Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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Death Warrant (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The Canadian policeman Louis Burke is assigned in a jail to investigate in some murders of prisoners and jailors. When in jail, Lois, using his outstandings martial arts is able to save his life and make himself respected in that violent world. At ...
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84%
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
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Style: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, serious, captivating ...
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Time: 70s, year 1979
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
xXx: State of the Union (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
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Style: intense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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Mortdecai (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Art dealer, Charles Mortdecai, searches for a stolen painting rumored to contain a secret code that gains access to hidden Nazi gold.
Style: humorous, funny, exciting, melancholic, entertaining ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot: art dealer, spy, art theft, treasure hunt, art, chase, escapades, stolen painting, eccentricity, cons and scams, british, justice ...
Time: year 2015, year 1945, year 1943
Place: england, london, los angeles, paris france, big ben london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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The Stranger (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Pro wrestling legend Steve Austin stars as a man with no name, no memory and absolutely nothing left to lose. But when he finds himself hunted by both the FBI and the Russian mob, this amnesiac decides to fight back. Pursuit cannot stop him. Torture ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, rough
Audience: adult
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Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Hidden Agenda (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
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Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 21st century
Place: pittsburgh, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
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