Movies like Year of the Gun
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Year of the Gun (1991)
3K
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In this thriller, American novelist David Raybourne (Andrew McCarthy) accidentally becomes entangled in the Red Brigade's terrorist plan to kidnap Italian Premier Aldo Moro during a research trip to Rome. As the terrorists attempt to kill David, he and his photojournalist friend (Sharon Stone) must struggle to stay alive.
Style:
suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir, political thriller, independent film, freeze frame, f word
Plot:
journalism, sexual content, terrorism, politics, mistaken identity, journalist, spy, terrorist, rough sex, novelist, writers, explosions, italian history, urban setting, news reporter, photojournalism, kidnapping, murder, danger, culture clash, assassination, photojournalist, chases and races, society, opposites attract ...
Time:
70s, year 1991, 20th century, year 1978
Place:
italy, europe, venice, rome italy
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Most similar movies to Year of the Gun
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, surprise ending, realistic and exciting films with plots about death, murder, danger, chase, pistol, gunfight and violence mostly in Thriller, Action and Romance genres. Some movies like Year of the Gun: Desert Saints (2002), The Specialist (1994), Fair Game (1995), Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992), Detonator II: Night Watch (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Kiefer Sutherland is a hard-edged hit man. Known as the world's best professional killer, Sutherland is living a life of detached solitude when he is given an assignment that pairs him up with a sultry hitchhiker (Melora Walters). Before long, ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, professional killer, desert, manhunt, undercover, contract killer, woman kills a man, assassin, investigation, fbi, betrayal, murder ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, latin america, south america, sonora, arizona ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Peru
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
May Munro is a woman obsessed with getting revenge on the people who murdered her parents when she was still a girl. She hires Ray Quick, a retired explosives expert to kill her parent's killers. When Ned Trent, embittered ex-partner of ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, suspenseful, sexy, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, sex scene, hitman, haunted by the past, bomb, vengeance, femme fatale, murder, redemption, assassination, anti hero, ex cia agent ...
Time:
year 1994, year 1984, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
miami, florida, usa
Similarity:
100%
15K
Genre: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Max Kirkpatrick is a cop who protects Kate McQuean, a civil law attorney, from a renegade KGB team out to terminate her
Style:
sexy, suspense, detective, erotic, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
police protection, hostage, conspiracy, female lawyer, chase, gunfight, sex scene, car chase, lawyer, female killer, female assassin, lust ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
florida, miami, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.
Style:
entertaining, suspenseful, humorous, anamorphic, suspense ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
invisibility, invisible man, chase, spy spoof, invisible, espionage, fugitives, loneliness, paranoia, murder, rogue agent, laboratory ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, 20th century, 80s
Place:
bay area, switzerland, san francisco, washington d.c., california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Croatia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
UN agents Mike Graham and Sabrina Carver are sent by their director Nick Caldwell to investigate the theft of Rembrandt's painting, "The Night Watch". The trail takes them from Amsterdam to Hong Kong and involves them in not only art ...
Style:
suspense, serious, captivating, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
art theft, espionage, partner, undercover, forgery, female warrior, investigation, famous painting, spy, danger, escapades, heist ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
amsterdam, europe, asia, new york, hong kong
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Some time after their botched operation to capture a known Palestinian terrorist, a team of Israeli agents starts to get killed off one by one. Their leader must get to the bottom of things before the killer(s) plan is complete.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mossad, terrorism, bodyguard, espionage, undercover, female assassin, murder of a nude woman, female warrior, secret agent, assassination, assassination attempt, vengeance ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
new york, jerusalem, austria, zurich switzerland, tel aviv israel ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
90s, 21st century
Place:
romania, europe, new york, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A chemical spill has caused the occupants of Beverly Hills to be forcibly evacuated. A retiring football player left behind, finds that the toxic gas emulating from the spill is a bogus front for a heist set up by fired police officers out to ...
Style:
action thriller, cult classic, fast, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
reluctant partners, die hard, caught having sex, evacuation, master criminal, one man army, danger, chase, on the run, race against time, heist, car chase ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 20th century
Place:
beverly hills, california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A CIA operative kills a terrorist during a prison break. When a group of terrorists attempts to recover a microchip implanted in the man's body, one of them is captured and convinced by the CIA to work for them as an informer.
Style:
independent film, fast, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kickboxer, female assassin, female warrior, terrorism, terrorist, spy, female fighter, cia, woman fights a man, female agent, chase, one woman army ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
1.0M
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
NYPD cop, John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking ...
Style:
intense, christmas special, clever, action packed, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, date night, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
hostage, one man army, gunfight, heist, tough guy, christmas, police, terrorism, terrorist, skyscraper, robbery, police officer ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 2016, year 1988
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Hungary
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Iconoclastic, take-no-prisoners cop John McClane, finds himself for the first time on foreign soil after traveling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack - unaware that Jack is really a highly-trained CIA operative out to stop a nuclear weapons ...
Style:
tense, melancholic, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
father son relationship, violence, cia agent, tough cop, car chase, terrorist, terrorism, 007, american abroad, car accident, traffic jam, uranium ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
russia, seattle, new york, langley virginia, moscow russia ...
Similarity:
100%
23K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Michael ‘Jay’ Cochran has just left the Navy after 12 years and he's not quite sure what he's going to do, except that he knows he wants a holiday. He decides to visit Tiburon Mendez, a powerful but shady Mexican businessman who he ...
Style:
sexy, serious, suspenseful, erotic, sad ...
Plot:
betrayal, revenge, dangerous attraction, love triangle, vengeance, couple relations, adultery, unfaithful wife, passion, love, desert, contract killer ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
mexico, latin america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A cop on vacation at a mountain resort comes to the rescue when the resort is taken over by violent criminals.
Style:
cliffhanger, political thriller, independent film, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
female assassin, voyeur, female mercenary, female killer, stasi, mountain, skinny dipping, seduction, love, sex, voyeurism, sex scene ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago, east germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Bobby Bishop (Sheen) is a special assistant to the President of the United States. Accidentally, he meets his friend professor Pochenko on the street. Pochenko has time to tell Bishop about some conspiracy in the White House but then immediately ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, political thriller, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
political conspiracy, conspiracy, on the run, betrayal, assassination, corruption, assassination plot, politics, lone hero, political corruption, assassination attempt, intrigue ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day she gets a strange message from an unknown source. The message is coded. After decoding the message, Terry becomes embroiled in an espionage ring. ...
Style:
dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, surprise ending, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, computer, undercover, disappearance, conspiracy, computer cracker, race against time, on the run, deception, assassin ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
405K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
John McClane is an off-duty cop gripped with a feeling of déjà vu when on a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation's capital, terrorists seize a major international airport, holding thousands of holiday travelers hostage. Renegade military ...
Style:
exciting, clever, suspense, tense, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, manly
Plot:
gunfight, airplane, christmas, fight scenes, airport, police, hostage, one man army, airplane accident, chase, lone hero, terrorism ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1990, 80s
Place:
washington d.c., virginia, washington state, usa, los angeles ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An ex-British spy (Michael Caine) helps a U.S. diplomat's wife (Sean Young) and blows the lid off a deadly government cover-up.
Style:
neo noir, political thriller, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, spy, love, arms dealer, femme fatale, assassin, former spy, shootout, covert operation, 007, murder, cover-up ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
tower bridge london, london, big ben london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When a small Irish town is terrorized by a corrupt business syndicate, a lone hero (Brosnan) wages an all out war.
Style:
cult classic, political, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens
Plot:
small town, debt collector, gangster, blood, betrayal, violent, violence, brutality, greed, chase, environmental, death ...
Time:
80s
Place:
ireland, europe, california, san francisco
Similarity:
24%
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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:
22%
37K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A woman moves into an apartment in Manhattan and learns that the previous tenant's life ended mysteriously after they fell from the balcony.
Style:
erotic, sexy, suspenseful, psychological, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
obsession, serial killer, voyeurism, murder, hidden camera, video surveillance, surveillance, sex, dangerous attraction, sex scene, apartment building, secret ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
128K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.
Style:
exciting, suspense, political, political thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
terrorism, revenge, cia, espionage, spy, terrorist, assassination, cia agent, politics, ira, hitman, traitor ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., ireland, north africa, scotland yard, usa ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Scott James, a veteran martial arts expert, is recruited as the protector of the wealthy and beautiful Justine after she becomes the target of a ninja clan. When Scott finds out that his ruthless arch-nemesis, McCarn , is involved with the stealthy ...
Style:
suspense, stylized, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, teens
Plot:
ninja, martial arts, terrorism, sex, master warrior, undercover, good versus evil, one man army, revenge, assassin, betrayal, terrorist ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1980
Place:
los angeles, south america, paris france, mexico
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Exposure follows a rookie Detroit African-American female cop who stumbles upon corrupt officers who are murdering a drug dealer, an incident captured by her body cam. They pursue her through the night in an attempt to destroy the footage, but to ...
Style:
suspense, tense, hood, bleak, slang ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ghetto, corrupt cop, drug lord, african american, police corruption, rookie, chase, racial discrimination, organized crime, criminal gang, danger, black ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, detroit, usa
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a D.E.A. and S.W.A.T. cartel takedown ends in a shootout, S.W.A.T. Agent Travis Hall seizes a mysterious prisoner taking him into custody. Before long, the S.W.A.T. compound is under siege by wave-after-wave of assault teams attempting to ...
Style:
saga, suspense, suspenseful, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
police, survival, spy, death of friend, female warrior, corrupt cop, computer cracker, chase, police chase, brutality, husband wife relationship, tough guy ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
seattle, washington d.c., washington state
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A man is out for justice after a group of corrupt police officers are unable to catch his wife's killer.
Style:
tense, suspense, exciting, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot:
revenge, murder, police corruption, vengeance, danger, violence, brutality, dark hero, paranoia, sociopath, gangster, vigilantism ...
Place:
columbus ohio, ohio
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Trapped in a high-security safe house after a terrorist attack in downtown Los Angeles, six government agents realize they must survive not just the enemy outside, but the potential traitor among them.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, twist ending, political thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
government agent, suspicion, paranoia, betrayal, claustrophobia, survival, mistrust, interrogation, false accusation, conspiracy, moral ambiguity, domestic terrorism ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Vengence drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's systematically eliminating his competition.
Style:
black comedy, neo noir, psychotronic, action comedy, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, businessman, murder of a nude woman, violence, nudity, black, chase, frame up, police investigation, police, death, brutality ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An ex-CIA agent is hired to protect the daughter of a rich American family.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, bodyguard, haunted by the past, daring rescue, vengeance, rescue, danger, confined, lone wolves, heroes, missing child, revenge ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
italy, europe, milan italy
Similarity:
18%
626
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An heiress is kidnapped during the chaos of a riot.
Style:
independent film, fast, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ira, martial arts, mansion, die hard, anglo irish relations, one man army, terrorism, hostage, kidnapping, special agent, secret agent, gangster ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, los angeles
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Portugal, Canada, Bulgaria
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Secret Service Agent Mike Banning is framed for the attempted assassination of the President and must evade his own agency and the FBI as he tries to uncover the real threat.
Style:
tense, exciting, suspense, captivating, intense ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
secret service, agent, terrorist, secret service agent, president, fbi, spy, lone hero, gunfight, white house, justice, state affairs ...
Time:
2010s, future, year 2019, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., west virginia, usa, north carolina, virginia ...
Similarity:
18%
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