Movies like Wild Geese II
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Wild Geese II (1985)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A group of mercenaries is hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison in Berlin.
Style:
offbeat, cult classic, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, cult film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mercenary, world war two, rescue mission, nazi, commando, sex scene, tough guy, irishman, berlin wall, mission, embassy, training, behind enemy lines, prisoner, machine gun, world war, prison, heroes, kidnapping, battles, rescue, military, escape, terrorism, undercover ...
Time:
year 1985, 20th century, 80s
Place:
west berlin west germany, germany, east germany, europe, london, berlin germany
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and rough films with plots about gunfight, danger, shootout, gun, heroes, explosion and soldier mostly in Action, Thriller and Adventure genres. Some movies like Wild Geese II: The Inglorious Bastards (1978), Flight of Fury (2007), Assault on Death Mountain (1999), Expend4bles (2023), The Final Option (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader who is also critically ill and ...
Style:
exciting, tense, harsh, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, mercenary, politics, rescue, battles, heroes, dishonesty, danger, against the odds, political unrest, political corruption, behind enemy lines ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, 70s, 80s
Place:
africa, zimbabwe, south africa, london, england ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Set in Europe during WWII, a group of American soldiers on their way to military prison are beset upon by a German artillery attack, escaping with Switzerland in their sights. Before making it any farther, they volunteer to steal a V2 warhead for ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, year 1978, 1940s, 70s
Place:
germany, france, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
John, is sent in to recover a stolen Stealth Bomber. His trusty sidekick Rojar and John's ever faithful Jessica, fight the rebel forces of Banansistan, led by the vivacious Ellianna.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, martial arts, betrayal, terrorism, tough heroes, lesbianism, soldier, espionage, chases and races, secret agent, escapades, undercover ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The Shadow Warriors hire on to reclaim the daughter of a woman whose ex-husband kidnapped the child after a custody battle. At the same time, they uncover a terrorist plot to attack Seattle.
Style:
cliffhanger, independent film, fast, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
austria
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100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The Expendables square up against an arms dealer who commands the might of a massive private army.
Style:
exciting, tense, suspenseful, captivating, action thriller ...
Plot:
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Time:
2020s
Place:
new orleans, thailand, libya, syria, southeast asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When SAS Captain Peter Skellen is thrown out of the service for gross misconduct due to unnecessary violence and bullying, he is soon recruited by The People's Lobby, a fanatical group aiming to hold several US dignitaries hostage. But ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, realistic, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, military, undercover, hostage, state affairs, isolation, nuclear holocaust, danger, rivalry, politics, working undercover, anti war ...
Time:
80s, year 1982
Place:
england, london, europe, big ben london
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Terrorists take over a plutonium bomb and threaten to detonate it in a Saudi Arabian oil field. A special anti-terrorist unit is sent in to stop them.
Style:
retro, cult classic, independent film, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, cia agent, mountain, commando mission, oil, espionage, exploitation, war on terror, cavalry, undercover, race against time ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
Place:
saudi arabia, east germany, germany, middle east, london ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Bulgaria
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Chris Kody, imprisoned member of the US military, is released from prison and reunited with his old team in order to pursue a renegade scientist. The catch, the scientist has developed mind control technology that can make even your friends into ...
Style:
stylized, serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, martial arts, antidote, poison, undercover, terrorist, rescue, espionage, heroes, soldier, daring rescue, good versus evil ...
Place:
uruguay
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Chechen rebels take over a Russian nuclear plant and it's up to a mysterious agent(Snipes) to stop them.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, black american, military, soldier, heroes, rescue, sniper, frame up, heroic mission, daring rescue, political conspiracy, danger ...
Place:
russia
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A 707 aircraft jetliner on its way from Athens to Rome and then to New York City is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists. The terrorists demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite team of commandoes ...
Style:
grindhouse, exciting, suspenseful, cult classic, independent film ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
middle east, israel, beirut lebanon, athens greece, iran ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A British Special Boat Service commando tracks down an international terrorist cell.
Style:
suspense, tense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
terrorist, laboratory, terrorism, terrorist plot, military, investigation, rescue, evacuation, gunfight, deception, soldier, bomb ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
iran, big ben london, london, rome italy, ukraine
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
During a rescue mission, a team of Navy Seals discover that a terrorist group have access to deadly US built Stinger missiles, and must set out to locate and destroy them before they can be used.
Style:
exciting, intense, humorous, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, special forces, violence, commando, u.s. navy, soldier, military, car chase, terrorist, rescue, shootout, friendship between men ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
middle east, beirut lebanon, lebanon, north america, pentagon ...
Similarity:
42%
294
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Terrorists seize an American nuclear missile site and threaten to launch the missiles at Washington unless the President resigns immediately and $1 billion is placed in a Swiss account in 8 hours.
Style:
suspense, independent film, fast, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
haiti, idaho, pentagon, washington d.c., switzerland
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When one of Mike McBride's men goes rogue and takes a group of gymnasts hostage to Devil's Island in exchange for the return of drug lord Carlos Gallindo, the SEALS face their most perilous assignment yet.
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
big ben london, scotland, london, california
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Romania
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The global war on terror rages on. When a government official goes missing, Lance, a man with an impressive record of service to his country, finds himself protecting the man who embodies everything he has dedicated his life to fight against.
Style:
serious, rough, exciting, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, undercover, tough heroes, one man army, danger, state affairs, daring rescue, save the day, law enforcement, chases and races, conspiracy, undercover agent ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: West Germany, South Africa, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
south africa, russia
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, South Africa, Namibia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A Russian KGB agent is sent to Africa to kill an anti-Communist black revolutionary. However, he has a change of heart when he sees how the Russians and their Cuban allies are killing and repressing the locals, so he switches sides and helps the ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
80s
Place:
africa, russia
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1995
Place:
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Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Croatia, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When a renegade Russian general sends a nuclear bomb hurtling toward the Middle East aboard a hijacked train, special agents are dispatched to disarm the deadly device. Ten tons of steel and one ounce of hot plutonium are now riding roughshod ...
Style:
suspense, fast, serious, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Netherlands
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
action packed, harsh, intense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Philippines
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When an American soldier’s Black Ops Unit is ambushed during a raid to rescue a nano-nuclear device that has fallen into the wrong hands, he must run for his life to not only track down the missing device, but also clear his name when he is ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
vietnam, asia
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, military, military base, soldier, gang, rivalry, undercover, military life, secret agent, law enforcement, danger, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria, Spain, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Barney Ross leads a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, a martial arts expert, heavy weapons specialist, demolitionist, and a loose-cannon sniper. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church ...
Style:
exciting, bloody, suspenseful, action thriller, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
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Time:
2010s, year 2010, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
latin america, new orleans, somalia, fictional island
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When the crazed commander (Eli Danker) of a sadistic army in Moldavia kidnaps an American photojournalist (Daniella Deutscher) and holds her hostage, his misguided actions ignite a targeted response from Maj. Don Harding (Marshall R. Teague) and his ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
39%
149K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Combat has taken its toll on Rambo, but he's finally begun to find inner peace in a monastery. When Rambo's friend and mentor Col. Trautman asks for his help on a top secret mission to Afghanistan, Rambo declines but must reconsider when ...
Style:
intense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
family outing, boys' night, manly
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
39%
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