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American Ultra (2015)
100K
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
American Ultra is a fast-paced action comedy about Mike, a seemingly hapless and unmotivated stoner whose small-town life with his live-in girlfriend, Phoebe, is suddenly turned upside down. Unbeknownst to him, Mike is actually a highly trained, lethal sleeper agent. In the blink of an eye, as his secret past comes back to haunt him, Mike is thrust into the middle of a deadly government operation and is forced to summon his inner action-hero in order to survive.
Style:
black comedy, feel good, entertaining, stylized, scenic, independent film, action comedy, spy comedy, light, visually appealing ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
small town, dark humor, conspiracy, hitman, memory loss, stoner, cia agent, brainwashing, satire, cia, slacker, amnesia, secret service, psychopath, top secret, love story, female agent, assassin, manhunt, marriage proposal, spy, death, on the run, weed, espionage ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
west virginia, langley virginia, manila philippines
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out surprise ending, exciting, humorous and entertaining films with plots about held at gunpoint, pistol, knife, violence, murder, fight and gunfight mostly in Action, Comedy and Thriller genres. Some movies like American Ultra: RED (2010), Mr. Right (2015), Knight and Day (2010), RED 2 (2013), Ghosted (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
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, action comedy, entertaining, action thriller, satanic ...
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boys' night, chick flick, manly
Plot:
assassin, cia, spy, hitman, secret service, chase, female spy, on the run, ex cia agent, mercenary, mission, gunfight ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new orleans, kansas, langley virginia, new york ...
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65K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A girl falls for the "perfect" guy, who happens to have a very fatal flaw: he's a hitman on the run from the crime cartels who employ him.
Style:
feel good, romantic, witty, bloody, light ...
Audience:
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Plot:
hitman, dark humor, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, violence, assassin, fight scenes, relationships, love, chase, happy ending, love story, gangster ...
Time:
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Place:
louisiana, vietnam, new jersey, new orleans
Similarity:
92%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Spain, Austria
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A fugitive couple goes on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one – even themselves – are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with their survival ultimately ...
Style:
romantic, exciting, action comedy, entertaining, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, boys' night, date night ...
Plot:
spy, secret agent, cia, espionage, chase, couples, on the run, fbi, chases and races, assassin, undercover, gunfight ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
boston, austria, spain, kansas, europe ...
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%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Salt-of-the-earth Cole falls head over heels for enigmatic Sadie — but then makes the shocking discovery that she’s a secret agent. Before they can decide on a second date, Cole and Sadie are swept away on an international adventure to save the ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, entertaining, satirical, action adventure ...
Plot:
spy mission, female agent, mission, secret mission, secret, love interest, love and romance, agent, special agent, adventure hero, couple relations, love affair ...
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Place:
washington d.c., langley virginia, tower bridge london, pakistan, london
Similarity:
100%
54K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The adventures of two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers as they make their rounds on the freeways of Los Angeles.
Style:
buddy comedy, entertaining, humorous, intense, funny ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
police, buddy cop, motorcycle, heist, partner, investigation, chase, corruption, motorcycle cop, swimming pool, female nudity, car chase ...
Time:
future, year 2017, 2010s
Place:
los angeles, california, florida, miami
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524K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Unlucky assassin Ladybug is determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug's latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the ...
Style:
funny, suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
train, assassin, hitman, mission, tough guy, runaway train, luck, revenge, husband and wife, crew, assignment, killer ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
japan, bolivia, tokyo, asia, mexico ...
Similarity:
100%
219K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Sweden, Hungary
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.
Style:
sexy, surprise ending, exciting, suspense, harsh ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
spy, cold war, female spy, assassin, female killer, lgbt, female assassin, female agent, female warrior, rogue agent, lesbian, secret agent ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, year 1989, 80s, 20th century ...
Place:
berlin germany, east berlin, germany, eastern europe, german democratic republic ...
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
99K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When an elite assassin marries a beautiful computer whiz after a whirlwind romance, he gives up the gun and settles down with his new bride. That is, until he learns that someone from his past has put a contract out on his life.
Style:
romantic, humorous, light, entertaining, parody ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, family outing, teens, date night ...
Plot:
life & death, hitman, love and romance, killer, woman with a gun, couples, danger, contract killer, secret service, agent as target, marriage, happy ending ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, nice france, france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.
Style:
humorous, laugh out loud, cult classic, funny, action comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
stoner, marijuana, friendship, stupidity, weed, drug, buddies, cannabis, escape, stoned, buddy, immature ...
Time:
year 2008, year 1937, 2000s, 1930s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, China, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Reboot of the 1970s TV series / early 2000s film franchise.
Style:
funny, exciting, rom com, humorous, action adventure ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
female protagonist, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, female agent, working undercover, fighting crime, female secret agent, female assassin, female spy, betrayal, tough girl, agent, chase ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
usa, hamburg germany, paris france, europe, turkey ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.
Style:
sexy, exciting, action comedy, clever, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night ...
Plot:
secret agent, spy, espionage, secret service, secret organization, undercover, mentor, british, tough guy, chase, murder, undercover agent ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 90s, year 1997, 21st century
Place:
england, london, britain, kentucky, united kingdom ...
Similarity:
100%
41K
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A hardened CIA operative finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, having been sent undercover to surveil her family.
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, action comedy, buddy comedy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
berlin germany, paris france, chicago, washington d.c., langley virginia ...
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100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, tense, exciting, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
buddy comedy, exciting, captivating, rom com, funny ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
paris france, prague, austria, los angeles, europe ...
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118K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Having grown sick and tired of his centuries as Dracula's lackey, Renfield finds a new lease on life — and maybe even redemption — when he falls for feisty, perennially angry traffic cop Rebecca Quincy.
Style:
gothic, psychotronic, humorous, bleak, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
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Time:
2020s
Place:
new orleans
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An ordinary suburban couple finds it’s not easy keeping up with the Joneses – their impossibly gorgeous and ultra-sophisticated new neighbors – especially when they discover that Mr. and Mrs. “Jones” are covert operatives.
Style:
entertaining, parody, spoof, humorous, exciting ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, mission, neighbor, strong female character, tall woman, rescue, suspicion, jealousy, assassin, suburbs, secret agent ...
Time:
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Place:
london
Similarity:
100%
737K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
80%
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When a sexy, high-end escort holds the key evidence to a scandalous government cover-up, two bumbling young detectives become her unlikely protectors from a ruthless assassin hired to silence her.
Style:
sexy, exciting, semi serious, stylized, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night
Plot:
private detective, female killer, female spy, femme fatale, female assassin, assassination attempt, on the run, uncover truth, dishonesty, danger, woman in danger, sex ...
Time:
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Place:
montenegro, usa, lyon, spain, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A 16-year-old international assassin yearning for a "normal" adolescence fakes her own death and enrolls as a senior in a suburban high school. She quickly learns that being popular can be more painful than getting water-boarded.
Style:
teen, exciting, entertaining, ironic, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
teenager, youth, high school, female spy, teenage life, female agent, tough girl, danger, adolescence, undercover, school, assassin ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
berlin germany, moscow russia, usa, chechnya
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action
Country: UK, Switzerland, Netherlands, Hungary
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
perverse, suspense, tense, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
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Time:
2020s
Place:
english channel, georgia, london, united kingdom, spain ...
Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, exciting, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, China, Indonesia, Turkey
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Five Eyes, the international intelligence agency, recruits MI6 agent Orson Fortune to prevent the sale of a deadly new weapons technology that threatens to disrupt the world order.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, captivating, action comedy, humorous ...
Plot:
teamwork, cia, agent, cia agent, undercover, satire, secret mission, secret agent, fight, special agent, fighting crime, spy ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
johannesburg south africa, morocco, los angeles, london, madrid ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Italy, Malta
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Following the murder of his fiancée, Mitch Rapp trains under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair then is enlisted to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets.
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, exciting, action adventure, tense ...
Plot:
revenge, terrorism, cia, counter terrorism, terrorist, training, kickboxing, government agent, spy, hand to hand combat, showdown, mentor ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
london, warsaw poland, romania, istanbul turkey, virginia ...
Similarity:
100%
269K
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Czech Republic, UK, Canada, France, Denmark, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
When a shadowy CIA agent uncovers damning agency secrets, he's hunted across the globe by a sociopathic rogue operative who's put a bounty on his head.
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing, action thriller ...
Plot:
hitman, agent, cia, assassin, mission, gunfight, special agent, fight, female warrior, murder, killer, murderer ...
Time:
future, year 2003, 2020s, 2000s
Place:
prague, thailand, china, austria, berlin germany ...
Similarity:
100%
1.2M
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Deadpool tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new ...
Style:
exciting, stylized, entertaining, parody, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, manly ...
Plot:
superhero, revenge, fight scenes, comic book, superhuman powers, immortality, anti hero, invulnerability, dark hero, regeneration, sarcasm, mutant ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, 21st century
Place:
america, usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
256K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Spain, Japan, Iceland, Germany, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.
Style:
exciting, suspense, captivating, action thriller, intense ...
Audience:
chick flick, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
year 2016, 2000s, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, berlin germany, washington d.c., reykjavik iceland, greece ...
Similarity:
67%
273K
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster.
Style:
parody, funny, action comedy, humorous, black comedy ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
spy, female spy, undercover agent, espionage, assassin, female agent, female protagonist, female killer, cia, spy spoof, cia agent, disguise ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
rome italy, paris france, italy, budapest, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
25K
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When out-of-work accountant Brian joins stay-at-home dad Jeff for a playdate with their sons, he expects a laid-back afternoon. Instead, they're chased by mercenaries, and Brian—totally unprepared—must survive one absurd obstacle after ...
Style:
action comedy, buddy comedy, black comedy, fast paced, crime thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
father son relationship, on the run, fatherhood, conspiracy, protective parent, dark humor, fish out of water, male bonding, reluctant hero, parenting, parents, redemption ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
100%
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