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Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
 6.5
 291K
Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
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 security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning's inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster.
Style: exciting, rough, political thriller, serious, suspense, intense, realistic, clever, brutal, action adventure ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, manly, boys' night
Plot: terrorism, secret service, president, hostage, white house, terrorist attack, one man army, daring rescue, u.s. president, politics, secret agent, danger, kidnapping, commando mission, propaganda, conspiracy, save the day, secrets, violent, spy, die hard, escapades, state affairs, heroic mission, revenge ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: washington d.c., usa, north korea, north america, pentagon, united states of america
Keyword: propaganda film, reboot, superior, take over, north korean, challenge, buddy movie, eye candy

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, suspenseful, suspense and realistic films with plots about pistol, explosion, danger, violence, shootout, terrorism and murder mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Olympus Has Fallen: White House Down (2013), Die Hard (1988), Air Force One (1997), Die Hard 2 (1990), Mile 22 (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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London Has Fallen (2016)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Bulgaria
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, psychotronic, action adventure ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: terrorism, secret service, terrorist, hostage, president, terrorist attack, conspiracy, survival, danger, save the day, assassination, head of state ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, london, buckingham palace, tokyo, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
Angel Has Fallen (2019)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
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: exciting, tense, suspense, intense, humorous ...
Audience: manly, adult
Plot: secret service, agent, terrorist, fbi, secret service agent, president, lone hero, justice, white house, gunfight, false accusation, chase ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019, future, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., west virginia, virginia, north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
White House Down (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is ...
Style: exciting, suspense, action packed, action thriller, intense ...
Audience: chick flick, manly, girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot: secret service, terrorism, president, white house, save the day, conspiracy, treason, hostage, rescue, nuclear threat, head of state, siege ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c., north america, pentagon, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
 8.2
 940K
Die Hard (1988)
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, exciting, suspense, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, date night, chick flick, teens ...
Plot: hostage, gunfight, one man army, heist, tough guy, christmas, terrorist, terrorism, police, shootout, robbery, skyscraper ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1988, year 2016
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 6.5
 209K
Air Force One (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Russian terrorists conspire to hijack the aircraft with the president and his family on board. The commander in chief finds himself facing an impossible predicament: give in to the terrorists and sacrifice his family, or risk everything to uphold ...
Style: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, tension, entertaining ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: hostage, airplane, secret service, president, terrorism, white house, terrorist, hijacking, conspiracy, head of state, u.s. president, heroism ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: russia, afghanistan, iraq, washington d.c., moscow russia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
 7.1
 382K
Die Hard 2 (1990)
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: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, action packed, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, manly
Plot: gunfight, christmas, airplane, fight scenes, airport, one man army, police, hostage, terrorism, lone hero, chase, commando ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1990, 80s
Place: washington d.c., washington state, virginia, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.1
 86K
Mile 22 (2018)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A CIA field officer and an Indonesian police officer are forced to work together in confronting political corruption. An informant must be moved twenty-two miles to safety.
Style: exciting, tense, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: terrorist, black ops, top secret, surveillance, cia, shootout, hand to hand combat, rogue agent, spy, computer cracker, machismo, political corruption ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: southeast asia, asia, indonesia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 73K
Hunter Killer (2018)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, China, France, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: An untested American submarine captain teams with U.S. Navy SEALs to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: submarine, u.s. navy, navy, military coup, warship, swat team, battleship, save the day, daring rescue, danger, chases and races, tough heroes ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place: pentagon, moscow russia, washington d.c., usa, scotland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
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SAS: Red Notice (2021)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Switzerland, Netherlands, Hungary
Duration: 124 min.
Story: An off-duty SAS soldier, Tom Buckingham, must thwart a terror attack on a train running through the Channel Tunnel. As the action escalates on the train, events transpire in the corridors of power that may make the difference as to whether ...
Style: suspense, captivating, exciting, tense, action thriller ...
Plot: swat team, terrorism, underground, female terrorist, hostile takeover, sniper, hostage situation, military, train, deception, terrorist, woman fights a man ...
Time: 2020s
Place: english channel, london, england, georgia, united kingdom ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Framed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is terminated by Presidential order. This forces the G.I. Joes into not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that ...
Style: exciting, tense, serious, stylized, predictable ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: good versus evil, president, martial arts, military, superhero, bodyguard, terrorism, gi joe, betrayal, revenge, comic book, conspiracy ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., seattle, north korea, germany, big ben london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 6.7
 92K
No Escape (2015)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In their new overseas home, an American family soon finds themselves caught in the middle of a coup, and they frantically look for a safe escape in an environment where foreigners are being immediately executed.
Style: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, tense, scary ...
Plot: survival, family in danger, coup d'etat, execution, riot, rebellion, violence, race against time, american abroad, revolution, danger, wrong place wrong time ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: asia, southeast asia, thailand, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)
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, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: father son relationship, tough cop, two man army, bomb, car chase, cia agent, 007, terrorism, spy, violence, agent, american abroad ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: russia, seattle, new york, langley virginia, moscow russia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 6.4
 329K
Salt (2010)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude ...
Style: exciting, suspense, surprise ending, serious, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, teen drama
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Time: year 2010, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place: new york, north korea, washington d.c., russia, soviet union ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 6.5
 95K
Under Siege (1992)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: This action-packed thriller takes place on the soon-to-be-decommissioned USS Missouri. Disgruntled ex-CIA operative Strannix, his assistant Krill and their group of terrorists seize the battleship with nuclear blackmail in mind. They've planned ...
Style: suspense, exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: martial arts, terrorism, one man army, u.s. navy, ship, hostage, one against many, terrorist plot, violence, terrorist, sociopath, race against time ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1991
Place: hawaii, pacific ocean, honolulu hawaii, pentagon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
In the Line of Fire (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, suspense, political, tense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: secret service, obsession, election, assassin, assassination attempt, conspiracy, assassination of president, assassination plot, president, gunfight, hitman, terrorism ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 20th century, year 1992
Place: washington d.c., california, los angeles, usa, dallas texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story: John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he's working for Homeland Security. He calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, realistic, suspenseful, humorous ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, boys' night, teens
Plot: gunfight, hacking, one man army, terrorism, hacker, computer hacker, tough cop, conspiracy, car chase, fbi, lone hero, surveillance ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa, maryland, baltimore, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Elite (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 103 min.
Story: After the murder of their families by a terrorist bomb, five young adults are trained as a hi-tech, anti-terrorist team with a mission to search and destroy high-profile terrorist groups.
Style: serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: terrorism, undercover, secret agent, danger, chases and races, u.s. navy, female warrior, government agency, daring rescue, save the day, one man army, heroes ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 2000s
Place: europe, greece, athens greece, washington d.c., austria ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.1
 105K
Broken Arrow (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: When rogue stealth-fighter pilot Vic Deakins deliberately drops off the radar while on maneuvers, the Air Force ends up with two stolen nuclear warheads -- and Deakins's co-pilot, Riley Hale, is the military's only hope for getting them ...
Style: exciting, stylized, suspense, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, kids
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Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A Marine must do whatever it takes to save his kidnapped niece and stop a terrorist attack masterminded by a radical militia group.
Style: exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, romantic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, hostage, soldier, kidnapping, daring rescue, save the day, rivalry, danger, military, chase, wrestling, martial arts ...
Time: 21st century
Place: british columbia, usa, seattle, washington state
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When a terrorist group steals the US President's personal communications computer for launching the US arsenal in case of war, only a heroic Major has the key to prevent a Presidential assassination or a nuclear holocaust.
Style: suspense, serious, realistic, fast, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 90s
Place: usa, washington d.c., chicago, pentagon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.1
 195K
6 Underground (2019)
Genre: Action, Thriller
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Duration: 128 min.
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Style: suspense, entertaining, action adventure, action thriller, exciting ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
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Audience: manly, boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
 323K
RED (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 111 min.
Story: When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent, Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last ditch effort to survive and uncover his assailants.
Style: exciting, entertaining, action comedy, witty, intense ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, manly
Plot: spy, cia, hitman, secret service, chase, assassin, mission, gunfight, on the run, ex cia agent, female spy, kidnapping ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new orleans, iran, kansas city, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Tom Clancy's Without Remorse (2021)
Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story: An elite Navy SEAL uncovers an international conspiracy while seeking justice for the murder of his pregnant wife.
Style: suspense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot: cia, one man army, terrorism, murder, soldier, navy, diver, police, mission, revenge, prison, swat team ...
Time: 2020s, 70s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: syria, usa, pentagon, washington d.c., north carolina ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 6.4
 78K
The Siege (1998)
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, intense, exciting, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: terrorism, cia, martial law, lone hero, siege, fbi, conspiracy theory, military, spy, espionage, civil rights, president ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.8
 133K
Skyscraper (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Framed and on the run, a former FBI agent must save his family from a blazing fire in the world's tallest building.
Style: tense, suspense, psychotronic, anamorphic, suspenseful ...
Audience: chick flick, family outing, teens, kids
Plot: skyscraper, disaster, penthouse, heroism, terrorism, protective parent, fire, panic, courage, betrayal, hostage, lone hero ...
Time: 2010s
Place: hong kong, china, asia, minnesota
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story: When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, exciting, political, tense ...
Audience: kids
Plot: spy, cia, cold war, terrorism, espionage, nuclear war, secret agent, terrorist, nuclear bomb, nuclear explosion, nuclear threat, covert operation ...
Time: year 2002, 90s, year 1973, 2000s, 20th century ...
Place: maryland, israel, russia, washington d.c., chechnya ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 7.1
 353K
Shooter (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why.
Style: intense, exciting, suspense, action packed, political ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: sniper, conspiracy, fbi, one man army, on the run, corruption, assassination, revenge, cover up, manhunt, military, false accusation ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: montana, philadelphia, virginia, tennessee, langley virginia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 8.3
 47K
24: The Movie (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 46 min.
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Story: Jack Bauer comes out of hiding in London to head off a massive terrorist attack while being hunted down by American forces dispatched by President James Heller.
Style: serious, suspenseful, exciting, rough, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hacker, terrorism, terrorist, cia, president, treason, shooting, international relations, save the day, life risking, on the run, killings ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.8
 37K
Sudden Death (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: International action superstar Jean Claude Van Damme teams with Powers Boothe in a Tension-packed, suspense thriller, set against the back-drop of a Stanley Cup game.Van Damme portrays a father whose daughter is suddenly taken during a championship ...
Style: suspense, intense, exciting, cliffhanger, anamorphic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, hostage, hockey, martial arts, one man army, die hard, fight scenes, explosions, terrorist, ice hockey, kidnapping, assassination ...
Time: 90s
Place: pittsburgh, pennsylvania, chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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