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Red Dawn (2012)
83K
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A city in Washington state awakens to the surreal sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky - shockingly, the U.S. has been invaded and their hometown is the initial target. Quickly and without warning, the citizens find themselves prisoners and their town under enemy occupation. Determined to fight back, a group of young patriots seek refuge in the surrounding woods, training and reorganizing themselves into a guerrilla group of fighters. Taking inspiration from their high school mascot, they call themselves the Wolverines, banding together to protect one another, liberate their town from its captors, and take back their freedom.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, teen, intense, action packed, apocalyptic, serious, epic, futuristic, sad ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
invasion, war, survival, battles, heroic mission, save the day, heroes, friends, escapades, against the odds, super weapon, young heroes, weapon system, graphic violence, rivalry, violent content, guerilla warfare, military, u.s. president, friendly fire, dystopia, youth, twists and turns, patriotism, resistance ...
Time:
year 2012, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, north korea, washington d.c., detroit, china, russia, latin america ...
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Most similar movies to Red Dawn
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, suspenseful, serious and realistic films with plots about danger, heroes, soldier, military, battles, escapades and explosion mostly in Action, War and Thriller genres. Some movies like Red Dawn: Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010), Black Hawk Down (2001), Kill Zone (1993), Divergent (2014), Marines (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Ellie Linton, a teen from an Australian coastal town, leads her friends on an excursion to a camp deep in the woods, dubbed "Hell." Upon their return, the youths find that their town has been overrun by an enemy army, and their friends and ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
invasion, wartime life, military, life is a bitch, young heroes, danger, youth, resistance, hopes, survival, teenager, brutality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, new zealand, new jersey
Similarity:
94%
68K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town, and their country, from invading Soviet forces.
Style:
intense, serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
survival, propaganda, cold war, dystopia, politics, anti communist, invasion, betrayal, high school, small town, fictional war, winter ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century, future, near future
Place:
colorado, soviet union, ussr, china, new mexico ...
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
Style:
realistic, rough, epic, disturbing, intense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
war, combat, courage, gunfight, military, battles, chaos, sniper, american soldier, shooting, survival, army ...
Time:
year 2001, 20th century, 90s, year 1993, year 2002 ...
Place:
somalia, africa, south africa, america, middle east ...
Similarity:
100%
237
Genre: Action, War
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
An American colonel will pay any price to defeat the Viet Cong. When his unauthorized fighting force in Cambodia is discovered, he becomes a one man army, fighting a war of his own for a cause he knows is just.
Style:
independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
vietnam war, martial arts, exploitation, violent content, disability, battles, tough heroes, escapades, military, rivalry, heroes, one man army ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
vietnam, cambodia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, teen, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
distopia, heroine, rebellion, survival, fighting the system, danger, chosen one, post apocalypse, choice, dystopian future, dystopia, society ...
Time:
future, year 2014, near future, 2010s
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
100%
425
Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The cold war is over. East and West are fighting together against illegal secretly heavily armed terrorists, criminals and resistance fighters. During one of these missions, four soldiers are kidnapped and seems like a great international crisis to ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
marine, terrorism, military life, rivalry, danger, military, terrorist, conflict, soldier, violent content, battles, heroic mission ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, eastern europe, chechnya
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A teenage fugitive with an incredible secret races to stay one step ahead of the mysterious forces seeking destroy him in this sci-fi action thriller. With three dead and one on the run, the race to find the elusive Number Four begins. Outwardly ...
Style:
exciting, teen, suspenseful, touching, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
superpower, supernatural, alien, youth, supernatural romance, supernatural ability, good versus evil, young heroes, friendship, teenage love, high school, teenage life ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
ohio, pittsburgh, usa, florida, africa
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A one-man army comes to the rescue of the United States when a spy attempts an invasion.
Style:
independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
violence, vigilante, martial arts, vigilantism, machismo, gun fu, one man army, cold war, spy, gunfight, shootout, revenge ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
miami, florida, usa, everglades, atlanta georgia
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
761K
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds ...
Style:
period piece, visually stunning, tense, entertaining, sad ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, date night, adult
Plot:
world war one, trench warfare, race against time, soldier, british soldier, british army, death, battlefield, military, british military, dangerous mission, german soldier ...
Time:
year 1917, 1910s, 20th century, year 2019, 2010s
Place:
persia, los angeles, britain, europe, france
Similarity:
100%
126K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, apocalyptic, teen, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
apocalypse, alien invasion, end of the world, alien, invasion, post apocalypse, danger, survival, virus, obsessive quest, escapades, humanity in peril ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2016
Place:
ohio, usa, bangkok thailand, london, tower bridge london ...
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
American soldiers lost behind enemy lines during the WWII make a horrific discovery: Hitler has a super bomb in development. Against all odds, they set out to find the scientist in charge of the program who is looking to defect.
Style:
captivating, serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, military, wartime life, save the day, danger, obsessive quest, against the odds, race against time, escapades, soldier, super weapon, heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In February 1942 Us forces engaged an unidentified flying object above Los Angeles. Now almost 70 years later, the alien invaders have returned.
Style:
mockbuster, tense, intellectual, fast, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
soldier, chaos, alien, heroic mission, military, heroes, alien invasion, combat, fictional war, danger, save the world, alien encounter ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Action - When an elite band of private mercenaries known as Black Knight gets caught behind enemy lines in a Middle East combat zone, their only hope for survival lies with the team leader, who has escaped but vows to return. - Salman Bokhari, ...
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
profanity, rescue, danger, rivalry, captivity, war, escapades, tough heroes, heroes, wartime, violent content, one man army ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
91K
Genre: Action, War
Country: France, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In the midst of World War II, the battle under the sea rages and the Nazis have the upper hand as the Allies are unable to crack their war codes. However, after a wrecked U-boat sends out an SOS signal, the Allies realise this is their chance to ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, factual ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, submarine, navy, naval battle, war, military, naval officer, nazism, sea battle, ship captain, boat, soldier ...
Time:
year 2000, 1940s, y2k, 20th century, year 1942 ...
Place:
germany, america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, War
Country: South Korea, Japan
Story:
In this sweeping swordplay saga from Korea, a dedicated band of warriors from the Baekje Dynasty travel to Japan in hopes of mending the broken Heaven's Sword and restoring Baekje to its former glory. 30 years later, the only surviving warrior ...
Style:
exciting, epic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
destiny, rivalry, heroes, heroic mission, samurai, fall in love, battles, curses spells and rituals, danger, martial arts, war, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, korea
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
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:
action thriller, breathtaking, action packed, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
secret service, terrorism, president, white house, save the day, treason, hostage, conspiracy, nuclear threat, head of state, child in peril, siege ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., paris france, pentagon, north america ...
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Direct to DVD movie: The German U-Boat, U-234, from the Port of Kiel is trading cargo with the Japanese. USS Seaviper must locate and stop this dangerous exchange. The Captain of USS Seaviper must go ashore to conduct reconnaissance on an island ...
Style:
exciting, tense, suspense, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, world war two, save the day, danger, isolation, military, war, rebelliousness, survival, island, soldier, rebellion ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Germany, May 1945, deep in the Harz Mountains a U.S. tank crew discovers a platoon of Germans preparing to ambush U.S. supply trucks.
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
world war two, tank, military, racism, soldier, danger, battles, military life, against the odds, save the day, hopes, heroic mission ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Major Reisman is "volunteered" to lead another mission using convicted army soldiers, sentenced to either death or long prison terms. This time their mission is to kill a Nazi general who plans to assassinate Hitler.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, soldier, military, assassination, convict, army, military life, heroic mission, confined, wartime life, escapades, danger ...
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA, Croatia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Learning of a Nazi plot to attack Washington, D.C. with a deadly nerve gas, Major Wright leads twelve convicts on a suicide mission deep into occupied France to destroy the secret factory where the poison is made.
Style:
exciting, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nazi occupation, soldier, military, danger, rescue, heroes, heroic mission, world war two, anti hero, world war, french resistance, abbey ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In March of 1945, as the War in Europe is coming to a close, fighting erupts between German and American troops at the last remaining bridgehead across the Rhine.
Style:
realistic, intense, harsh, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
world war two, war, battles, survival, soldier, nazi, world war, tank, escapades, anti war, wartime life, danger ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, year 1969, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe, italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After a disease kills 98% of America's children, the surviving 2% develop superpowers and are placed in internment camps. A 16-year-old girl escapes her camp and joins a group of other teens on the run from the government.
Style:
romantic, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, saga ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult
Plot:
telekinesis, post apocalypse, teenager, good versus evil, runaway teen, mind control, superhuman powers, danger, soldier, friendship, love and romance, escape ...
Time:
near future
Place:
virginia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Battle-scarred and disillusioned by the war, Corporal Chris Merrimette is put in charge of a unit whose next mission is to resupply a remote outpost on the edge of Taliban-controlled territory. While driving through the hostile Helmand province, a ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
navy seal, taliban, military, male nudity, battles, heroic mission, against the odds, wartime life, heroes, soldier, terrorism, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A group of military elite from the U.S., Russia, UK, China and France join forces to fight an elite underground terrorist network.
Style:
suspense, captivating, suspenseful, exciting, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
pow, military, brutality, chase, friendship, adaptation, life is a bitch, swat, heroic mission, lifestyle, terrorist, computer cracker ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
middle east
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:
grindhouse, talky, intense, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, nazi, military, gunfight, skinny dipping, escape, battles, fascism, partner, survival, heroic mission, military life ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, 1940s, 70s
Place:
germany, france, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Romania
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Armed insurgents attempt a coup d'etat in a troubled Eastern European country, and the president flees to the U.S. embassy for protection. When the U.S. ambassador is murdered by the ruthless and gun-happy rebels, it comes down to the ...
Style:
serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroes, martial arts, rescue, political unrest, politics, rebellion, danger, military, revolution, heroic mission, terrorist plot, battles ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Katniss Everdeen reluctantly becomes the symbol of a mass rebellion against the autocratic Capitol.
Style:
futuristic, teen, suspense, saga, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, girls' night
Plot:
distopia, female protagonist, survival, rebellion, strong female character, teenager, dystopia, society, youth, fighting the system, dystopian future, game ...
Time:
future, year 2014, near future, 2010s
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
Style:
exciting, serious, intense, suspenseful, action thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
cia, espionage, terrorism, conspiracy, undercover agent, terrorist, race against time, undercover, government agency, murder, secret agent, corruption ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, year 2013, september 11 2001, year 2001 ...
Place:
russia, new york, afghanistan, moscow russia, london ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, psychotronic, futuristic, intense ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
post apocalypse, ape, gorilla, talking animal, planet of the apes, future war, chimpanzee, revenge, near death experience, journey, animal, killer animal ...
Time:
2010s, near future, future, 2040s, year 2017
Place:
north america
Similarity:
71%
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 ...
Style:
rough, political thriller, serious, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
chick flick, manly, girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, secret service, president, hostage, white house, terrorist attack, one man army, politics, daring rescue, u.s. president, commando mission, propaganda ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., north korea, usa, north america, pentagon
Similarity:
60%
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