Movies like Day of Disaster

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Day of Disaster (2007)
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Day of Disaster (2007)
Original name: Tarragona - Ein Paradies in Flammen
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 181 min.
Story: The "Los Alfaques" campground is a much-loved, much-visited holiday destination. Reveling holidaymakers, families, groups, couples and singles. Lots of skin, fun and frolicking on the beach. The blazing sun, the rush of the waves, the carefree racket kicked up by the children are what make "Los Alfaques" a seaside paradise. Nothing seems able to destroy this idyllic scene. People on holiday: relaxation, fun and harmony. But holidays bring to light problems which are normally put up with or suppressed in the day-to-day routine. On holiday, feelings, anxieties, hopes and wishes are, so to speak, lived and experienced under intensified conditions. When, in situations like these, life itself is thrown into deadly danger, every decision must be made directly in the face of eternity. Everything unspoken and unfinished threatens to become a lifelong curse. In extreme situations, human beings turn to what is really important to them. The otherwise-so-obvious option of making good for ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot: catastrophe, fire, summer, tourism, corpse, forest fire, car accident, burned alive, burn victim, vacation, family problems, family vacation, tragic event, trapped, female nudity, beach, family relations, holiday, heat wave, camping, car, skinny dipping, explosion, trailer, tanker ...

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, disturbing, tense and captivating films with plots about family relations, family problems, trap, fire, trapped, husband wife relationship and disaster mostly in Thriller, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Day of Disaster: Trapped (2001), The Tunnel (2019), The Burning Sea (2021), Escape from Mogadishu (2021), Some Beasts (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Trapped (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Hotel guests become trapped by a raging fire.
Style: captivating, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, suspense
Plot: fire, arson, hotel, trapped, deathtrap, luxury hotel, struggle for survival, trap, death threat, house fire, bare chested male, fictional reality show ...
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95%
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The Tunnel (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When a truck crashes inside a tunnel, people on their way home for Christmas are brutally trapped in a deadly fire. With a blizzard raging outside, and the first responders struggling to get to the accident, it's every man for himself.
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: tunnel, survival, danger, disaster, firefighter, rescue, life & death, catastrophe, youth, confined, car accident, hopes ...
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89%
The Burning Sea (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An oil platform dramatically goes down on the Norwegian coast, and researchers try to find out what happened when they realize this is just the start of something even more serious.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense
Plot: disaster, oil rig, catastrophe, north sea, submarine, ocean, oil industry, sea, natural disaster, rescue mission, trapped, trap ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Escape from Mogadishu (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Diplomats from the North and South Korean embassies in Somalia attempt a daring joint escape from Mogadishu when the outbreak of civil war leaves them stranded.
Style: captivating, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: wartime, soldier, survival, life is a bitch, wartime life, runaway, escape attempt, society, civil disobedience, inter-korean relations, military, dictatorship ...
Time: 90s, year 1991
Place: somalia, south korea, africa
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59%
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Some Beasts (2019)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Chile
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A family travels to a remote island in southern Chile. During the trip they try to convince the grandparents to support them financially to build a hotel in the place. Nicolás, the man who crossed them disappears, leaving the family trapped on the ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological
Plot: family relations, family problems, vacation, relationships, family vacation, self discovery, trap, dysfunctional family, relationship problems, husband wife relationship, sexual abuse, discussion ...
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59%
 6.5
 7K
The Tower (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story: On Christmas Eve at Tower Sky, an ultra-luxurious building complex, a White Christmas party is held to dazzle its equally high-end tenants and VIP guests. Dae-ho, the manager of the building and single father, is forced to cancel plans with his ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, serious, suspense, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: disaster, skyscraper, firefighter, catastrophe, fire, survival, tower, rescue, trapped, christmas, danger, save the day ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seoul, south korea, asia, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story: At the opening party of a colossal - but poorly constructed - office building, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it.
Style: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: disaster, catastrophe, skyscraper, firefighter, rescue, survival, natural disaster, race against time, trapped, fire, trapped in a building, architect ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Night of the Wolf (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 90 min.
Story: During a live broadcast of a talk show on a TV channel, a group of armed Chechens terrorists take several hostages. The terrorists demand the hostage drama is transmitted live worldwide. Meanwhile, behind the scene, the police negotiator and a ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: police, television studio, terrorism, hostage situation, hostage, criminal, terror, conflict, shooting, night
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Inferno: Skyscraper Escape (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Disaster hits when two teenagers are caught in a fire on the 20th floor of a skyscraper. Their parents are on the 60th. Will they survive the flames?
Style: psychotronic, suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot: disaster, fire, firefighter, murder, trapped in an elevator, heroes, grief, chaos, family relations, tragic event, escapades, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
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48%
 5.8
 4K
Sivakasi (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 175 min.
Story: Muthappa is forced to leave his house at a young age for a crime that his older brother, Udayappa, committed. When he returns home, he learns about his brother's antics and decides to punish him.
Style: tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating
Plot: family problems, dysfunctional family, getting home, vengeance, brother sister relationship, family relations, love interest, brother brother relationship, revenge, love affair, brother, guilty pleasure
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 6.3
 2K
Clean Hands (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Sylvia has turned a blind eye for too long to husband Eddie's flourishing drug business. When his dealing takes a (deadly) turn for the worse, however, her need to protect the lives and futures of her young children compel her to flee. But ...
Style: disturbing, tense, suspense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: police, runaway, marital discord, crime boss, drug dealing, murderer, family relations, drug dealer, husband wife relationship, marriage crisis, marital problem, family in crisis ...
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42%
 5.3
 2K
Nitro (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Max leads a good life with Alice and their son Théo; that is until Alice is threatened with death while waiting for a heart transplant. Max promises Théo that he will save Alice, but to keep his word he must find a heart, and fast. Since time is ...
Style: suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating ...
Plot: street racing, auto racing, terminal illness, heart transplant, race car, money problems, speed, gang, criminal, woman in danger, needing money, money ...
Time: 21st century
Place: quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
A Day and a Half (2023)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In a desperate bid to reunite with his daughter, an armed man bursts into the medical center where his estranged wife works and kidnaps her.
Style: suspense thriller, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: road trip, hostage, daughter, kidnapping, relationship problems, female hostage, male female relationship, abduction, kidnapped girl, child kidnapping, child abduction, husband wife relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
High-Rise Rescue (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: An emotionally gripping family action drama about a mother who will do whatever it takes to save her family.
Style: psychological, thrilling, captivating, tense, suspenseful
Plot: disaster, rescue, firefighter, trapped, mother, fire, trap, problem, life is a bitch, family in danger, marriage crisis, relationship vs career ...
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40%
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The Wrong Son (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Thirteen years after disappearing and presumed drowned, Matt returns home to his mother Sarah. Suspicions grow when her older son Ian is injured in a car accident similar to the one that recently killed his father.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: family problems, family relations, getting home, accident, secret, hidden identity, mother son relationship, car accident, mysterious disappearance, child, psychopath, car ...
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39%
 4.5
 1K
Miami Heat (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Yuri, a retired special forces agent, is reluctantly forced into utilizing his old skills when his daughter, Julia, gets kidnapped by a human trafficking conglomerate just days before Christmas in Miami.
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: agent, father, abduction, fight, father and daughter, kidnapping, father daughter relationship, fighting crime, kidnapped child, kidnapped girl, saving a life, child abduction ...
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The Point Men (2023)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A story about a diplomat and a national intelligence service agent who struggle and risk their lives on foreign soil to save Korean hostages that have been abducted in the Middle East.
Style: dramatic, disturbing, captivating, tense, serious ...
Plot: diplomat, hostage negotiator, kidnapping, taliban, survival, agent, hostage, murder, hostage situation, special agent, negotiation, group ...
Time: 2000s
Place: afghanistan
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38%
The Stand at Paxton County (2020)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A military veteran comes home to find her father harassed by a sheriff intent on confiscating the livestock on their ranch under shady pretenses.
Style: tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating
Plot: military, rancher, ranch, father daughter relationship, farm, corrupt official, problem, family relations, corruption, capture, horse, corrupt sheriff
Place: north dakota
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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7500 (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Austria, USA, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When terrorists try to seize control of a Berlin-Paris flight, a soft-spoken young American co-pilot struggles to save the lives of the passengers and crew while forging a surprising connection with one of the hijackers.
Style: suspense, disturbing, tension, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, flying, pilot, violence, empathy, murder, airplane trip, save the day, air disaster, heroes, capture, terrorist group ...
Time: year 2019
Place: persia, berlin germany
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37%
Heart of the Storm (2004)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: On the eve of a hurricane threatening New Orleans a dangerous convict escapes from prison with two accomplices. When the high winds and flooding disrupt their escape plan they're forced to take shelter in the remote bayou home of Cassie and her ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating
Plot: tornado, escaped prisoner, storm, hostage, hurricane, survival, trapped, trap, mother daughter relationship, struggle for survival, family relations, kidnapping
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37%
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The Quake (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A geologist races against time to save his estranged wife and two children when a devastating earthquake strikes Oslo, Norway.
Style: suspense, breathtaking, disturbing, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: disaster, catastrophe, earthquake, geologist, natural disaster, destruction, demolished city, kids in trouble, saving a life, distopia, teenager, hotel ...
Time: 1900s
Place: oslo norway
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37%
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Death in Texas (2020)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Recently released from prison, Billy will do whatever it takes to save the only person who has stuck by him, his mother Grace who desperately needs a liver transplant and she is all out of legal options.
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense, neo western
Plot: family relations, organ donation, money problems, blood donor, mother son relationship, cartel, family problems, organ transplant, parents and children, transplant, life is a bitch, modern western ...
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36%
 6.8
 5K
Two Summers (2022)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 45 min.
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Story: A group of friends get together thirty years after one of the group members died in a tragic accident while they were on holiday. What was supposed to be a relaxing vacation changes rapidly into a nightmare, when some of the friends are blackmailed ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot: vacation, summer vacation, group of friends, blackmail, reunited friends, problem, friends, murder mystery, secret, trapped, trap, group ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Psycho Storm Chaser (2021)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When a massive hurricane threatens the Brody Peninsula, Abby Fields, a full-time nurse to a housebound coma patient, is forced to stay behind to care for her. This puts her directly in the hurricane's path, but even worse - it puts her directly ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: hurricane, storm, serial killer, death threat, tsunami, criminal, murderer, catastrophe, hidden truth, serial murder, caregiver, trap ...
Time: 90s
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34%
 5.2
 5K
The Beast (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story: To rescue his daughter, an unstable Special Forces veteran unleashes his inner beast as he pursues her kidnappers — and soon becomes a suspect himself.
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating, perverse
Plot: father daughter relationship, war veteran, child abduction, abduction, kidnapping, fighting crime, saving a life, criminal, kidnapped, father and daughter, post traumatic stress disorder, family problems ...
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34%
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The Red Dress (2015)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, Malta
Story: Rainer and Patricia move to Malta to reinvigorate their marriage after the loss of their child.
Style: tense, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: family relations, family problems, tragic past, family tragedy, marital problem, husband wife relationship, life is a bitch, troubled past, family life, new life, male female relationship, loss of child ...
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33%
Don't. Get. Out! (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Taking his kids to school with the car, Berlin real estate developer Karl gets a call from a blackmailer: If he doesn’t pay up, the car will blow up. A deadly race against time begins.
Style: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: car bomb, blackmailer, extortion, explosives expert, bomb threat, police, child in peril, husband wife conflict, family man, father son relationship, danger, strong female lead ...
Time: 21st century
Place: berlin germany
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33%
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Villain (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: After 10 years, Eddie Franks is out of prison and trying to stay on the straight and narrow, but his drug-mule brother, Sean has other ideas. Rival gangster brothers demand Sean repay his debt to them, causing Eddie to get tangled in the crossfire, ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: danger, rivalry, police, murder, debt, society, violence, escapades, family relations, gangster, ghetto, gang ...
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 4.9
 501
Nitro Rush (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In the follow up to the box-office hit Nitro (2007), we catch up with Max as he serves time for the role he played in the death of a police officer. When the film begins, Max learns that his 17-year-old son Theo has just been recruited by a criminal ...
Style: disturbing, tense, suspense, captivating
Plot: escaped prisoner, street racing, organized crime, criminal underworld, runaway, father son relationship, convict, partners in crime, family problems, money problems, family relations, father and son ...
Place: quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 3.3
 2K
The Commando (2022)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An elite DEA agent returns home after a failed mission when his family makes an unexpected discovery in their house – a stash of money worth $3 million. They soon face the danger and threat of a newly released criminal and his crew, who will do ...
Style: tense, suspense, emotional, suspenseful, harsh ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mission, family relations, criminal, fight, brutality, hostage, heist, victim, mafia, revenge, theft, fight scenes ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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