Movies like The Bourne Legacy
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The Bourne Legacy (2012)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, United Arab Emirates, Canada
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
New CIA operative, Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.
Style:
exciting, serious, entertaining, clever, breathtaking, scenic, talky, intense, visually appealing, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
espionage, spy, cia, secret service, chase, intelligence agency, cia agent, conspiracy, tough guy, intelligence, on the run, suspense, covert operation, undercover, assassin, manhunt, super soldier, agent as target, survival, fight, hitman, warrior, secret agents, twists and turns, revenge ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
the philippines, manila philippines, virginia, usa, new york, london, chicago illinois ...
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Most similar movies to The Bourne Legacy
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, suspenseful, realistic and entertaining films with plots about spy, chase, gun, murder, assassin, undercover and espionage mostly in Action, Thriller and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Bourne Legacy: Jason Bourne (2016), Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018), Safe House (2012), Who Am I? (1998), Skyfall (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him ...
Style:
intense, exciting, suspenseful, entertaining, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
spy, amnesia, secret agents, cia, on the run, tough heroes, escape, secret service, one against many, car chase, secret past, suspense ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, hamburg germany, greece, europe, langley virginia ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Spain, Japan, Germany
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, captivating, intense, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick
Plot:
spy, chase, assassin, espionage, rogue agent, black ops, cia, revenge, betrayal, assassination, cia agent, rescue ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, london, washington d.c., berlin germany, rome italy ...
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94%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, China, France, Norway, UK
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfil his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against ...
Style:
epic, bloody, slasher, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
spy, espionage, terrorist, violence, tough guy, female spy, mission, secret agents, plutonium, fistfight, deception, race against time ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
kashmir, ireland, norway, london, germany ...
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100%
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France, Spain
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne ...
Style:
exciting, intense, suspenseful, rough, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, cia, espionage, spy, corruption, secret service, escapades, secret agents, fighting the system, memory, tough guy, surveillance ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
langley virginia, new york, london, paris france, moscow russia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA, Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, intense, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
cia, espionage, secret service, gunfight, on the run, secret agents, cia agent, spy, corruption, conspiracy, mercenary, betrayal ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
cape town south africa, africa, south africa, langley virginia, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Russia, India
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, intellectual, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
spy, conspiracy, cia, espionage, amnesia, suspense, secret agents, on the run, revenge, twists and turns, tough heroes, dark past ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
russia, europe, berlin germany, napoli italy, manhattan new york city ...
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion ...
Style:
exciting, breathtaking, captivating, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, teens
Plot:
spy, mission, espionage, gunfight, secret agents, courage, frame up, cia, race against time, female spy, tough guy, save the day ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
washington state, hungary, russia, san francisco, budapest ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate - an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF.
Style:
breathtaking, exciting, suspenseful, entertaining, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
spy, conspiracy, espionage, mission, tough guy, cia agent, female agent, undercover, suspense, rogue agent, secret agents, cia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, austria, vienna, morocco, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Martial-arts megastar Jackie Chan wrote, directed and stars in this action-comedy. Secret agent Jackie (Chan) leads a commando group to Africa to kidnap scientists who are working to unleash a powerful -- and lethal -- new energy source. When Jackie ...
Style:
light, semi serious, suspenseful, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, chase, kung fu, fight, spy, secret agents, master warrior, on the run, fight scenes, undercover, kidnapping, car chase ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
hong kong, africa, south africa, asia, johannesburg south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Turkey
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong and agents around the world are exposed, MI6 is attacked forcing M to relocate the agency. These events cause her authority and position to be challenged by Gareth Mallory, the new Chairman of ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, captivating, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
james bond, espionage, secret agents, spy, 007, secret service, british intelligence, suspense, heroic mission, mission, undercover, assassin ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
china, scotland, london, turkey, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, China, Italy
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Retired from active duty to train new IMF agents, Ethan Hunt is called back into action to confront sadistic arms dealer, Owen Davian. Hunt must try to protect his girlfriend while working with his new team to complete the mission.
Style:
exciting, entertaining, tense, clever, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
spy, espionage, mission, secret agents, double agent, gunfight, cia, suspense, terrorism, disguise, undercover, heist ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
china, italy, shanghai, berlin germany, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera. This mission, ...
Style:
exciting, sexy, stylized, romantic, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
espionage, spy, showdown, gunfight, undercover, secret agents, mission, chase, twists and turns, agent, lone hero, secret service ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
spain, sydney australia, oceania, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Belgium, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A former agent of the CIA and his estranged daughter go on the run after his employers target them for assassination.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, sexy, bad ending ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
father daughter relationship, cia, spy, espionage, family relations, secret service, conspiracy, undercover, lone hero, family in danger, hitman, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, belgium, usa, brussels, antwerp
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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, surprise ending, serious, entertaining, visually appealing ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
espionage, cia, female protagonist, spy, strong female lead, secret service, double agent, chase, on the run, russian, agent as target, female spy ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, north korea, washington d.c., russia, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Canada, Russia
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, exciting, humorous, witty, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
spy, espionage, secret agents, cia agent, hitman, cia, secret service, superhero, mercenary, agent, car chase, betrayal ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
russia, england, paris france, usa, washington d.c. ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the No. 1 suspect. To clear his name, Hunt ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, entertaining, clever, tense ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
cia, mission, espionage, spy, secret agents, undercover, chase, secret service, twists and turns, murder, conspiracy, train ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
prague, virginia, paris france, united kingdom, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, 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 ...
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intense, exciting, rough, melancholic, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, gangsters, spy, chase, agent as target, gunfight, suspense, undercover, conspiracy, home invasion, mercenary, hitman ...
Time:
year 2014, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
london, europe, barcelona, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.
Style:
entertaining, exciting, sexy, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
james bond, spy, espionage, secret service, chase, british secret service, secret agents, kidnapping, one man army, terrorist, suspense, secret society ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
rome italy, london, italy, england, big ben london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A young man sets out to uncover the truth about his life after finding his baby photo on a missing persons website.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, romantic, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
teenager, chase, life turned upside down, on the run, young heroes, cia, uncover truth, heroes, kidnapping, missing person, law enforcement, assassin ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, pittsburgh, usa, new york, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Italy, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
American tourist Frank (Johnny Depp) meets mysterious British woman Elsie (Angelina Jolie) on the train to Venice. Romance seems to bud, but there's more to her than meets the eye. Remake of the 2005 French film "Anthony Zimmer", ...
Style:
exciting, twist ending, surprise ending, romantic, visually appealing ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
love story, twists and turns, outsmarting, mysterious character, master criminal, female spy, spy, espionage, undercover agent, female agent, suspense, femme fatale ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, venice, europe, paris france, latin america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Aruba, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The deranged military and former CIA agent Dean Cage is in a rehab program, trying to forget the traumatic loss of his best friend Scott in Bosnia. When he dates with his girl-friend and Scott's sister, Detective Amy Knight, in a dinning ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, unstoppable, antidote, on the run, investigation, law enforcement, working undercover, special agents, undercover, secret agents, dishonesty, race against time ...
Place:
europe, former yugoslavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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, serious, realistic, political ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
sniper, conspiracy, corruption, fbi, military, one man army, revenge, swat team, cover up, assassination, false accusation, on the run ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
virginia, iraq, philadelphia, boston, usa ...
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 185 min.
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Story:
An unconscious man is washed ashore on the beach of a small French village during a heavy storm. A retired doctor takes care of the unconscious stranger. When the mysterious man recovers, he can't remember a thing...he does not know his name, ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, sexy, cerebral, visually appealing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, amnesia, espionage, cia, memory loss, hitman, surveillance, conspiracy, assassin, identity, terrorism, heroes ...
Time:
80s
Place:
france, zurich switzerland, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Ivan Tretiak, Russian Mafia boss who wants to create an oil crisis in Moscow and seize power as a result sends Simon Templar, great international criminal, to England to get a secret formula for cold fusion from U.S. scientist Emma Russell. Templar ...
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romantic, exciting, sexy, ridiculous, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, espionage, master thief, gangsters, love, conspiracy, love story, winter, one last job, female protagonist, on the run, assassin ...
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Place:
russia, europe, berlin germany, england, london ...
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100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A dangerous international spy is determined to give up his high stakes life to finally build a closer relationship with his estranged wife and daughter. But first, he must complete one last mission - even if it means juggling the two toughest ...
Style:
suspenseful, intense, exciting, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, boys' night
Plot:
secret service, cia, special agents, hitman, family relations, parents and children, agent, family reunited, terminal illness, one last job, race against time, undercover ...
Time:
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Place:
paris france, france, europe, langley virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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:
ridiculous, exciting, entertaining, clever, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
spy, espionage, secret agents, secret service, secret organization, undercover, mentor, british, tough guy, chase, superhero, martial arts ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, year 1997, 21st century
Place:
england, london, united kingdom, britain, middle east ...
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44%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, Czech Republic, USA, Germany, Bahamas
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond – on his maiden ...
Style:
exciting, scenic, entertaining, suspenseful, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, chick flick, manly
Plot:
poker, spy, espionage, james bond, chase, casino, secret agents, 007, heroic mission, secret service, gambling, cia ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
montenegro, london, italy, europe, miami ...
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50%
Genre: Action, 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:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, sexy, visually appealing ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
spy, cia, secret service, espionage, secret agents, conspiracy, brutality, female agent, surveillance, chase, violence, undercover ...
Time:
year 2008, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
montenegro, russia, switzerland, usa, moscow russia ...
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29%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now 007 must take on this evil mastermind in an adrenaline-charged battle to end his reign of terror and prevent global pandemonium.
Style:
intense, serious, suspenseful, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
james bond, spy, espionage, chase, suspense, 007, world war three, gadget, terrorism, car chase, secret service, hot and sexy ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
hamburg germany, hong kong, china, vietnam, england ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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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, suspenseful, political, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
terrorism, spy, assassination, terrorist, cia, revenge, ira, suspense, violence, hitman, espionage, irish republican army ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, london, washington d.c., new england, scotland yard ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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