Movies like Thunder Run

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Thunder Run (1985)
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Thunder Run (1985)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A vicious band of nuclear terrorists is threatening America's atomic weapons research. Truck jockey Charlie Morrison (Forrest Tucker) volunteers for a last-ditch, suicide scheme to lure them into a trap, baited with a vital shipment of bomb-grade plutonium. Soon, Charlie's high-balling it down a remote desert road with a small army of lethally equipped bandits zeroing in on him. Charlie's secret weapon? "Big Thunder", a 65-foot, 18-wheeled war wagon of merciless high-tech destruction!
Style: road movie, grindhouse, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film, black comedy, dark comedy, cult film
Plot: car, trucker, automobile, carsploitation, soldier, terrorism, truck driver, chase, veteran, machine gun, bar fight, drag racing, korean war veteran, cannon, trucking, truck, plutonium, dancing, revenge, fight, terrorist, money, psychopath, cia, military ...
Time: year 1986, 80s
Place: las vegas, arizona, nevada

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Most similar movies to Thunder Run

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out surprise ending, exciting, suspense and black comedy films with plots about deception, explosion, brawl, held at gunpoint, murder, death and shootout mostly in Action, Thriller and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Thunder Run: Chain of Command (1994), Criminal (2016), Fast & Furious 9 (2021), Infinite (2021), The Condemned 2 (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Chain of Command (1994)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When Merrill Ross (Michael Dudikoff) is thought to be a C.I.A. agent gone bad and teaming with some other alphabet named agency to take over the oil rich country of Qumir, he finds he's in the middle of a very explosive situation. Not knowing ...
Style: suspense, perverse, grindhouse, dark comedy, independent film ...
Plot: female warrior, cannon, mossad, computer cracker, woman kills a man, bare chested male, woman in jeopardy, fugitive, shootout, crooked businessman, gun fu, mystery woman ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 6.3
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Criminal (2016)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Bulgaria
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Bill Pope is a CIA agent on a mission in London tracking down a shadowy hacker nicknamed "The Dutchman." When he gets mysteriously ambushed and killed, an experimental procedure is used to transfer his memories into dangerous ex-convict ...
Style: suspense, exciting, intense, action adventure, disturbing ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: cia, spy, cia agent, terrorism, espionage, swat team, female agent, violence, brutality, prison, husband wife relationship, one against many ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: london, big ben london, west virginia, delaware
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
Fast & Furious 9 (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: The next installment in the franchise.
Style: suspense, ambiguous ending, saga, anamorphic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chases and races, car, woman kills a man, car chase, street racing, brother brother relationship, family relations, terrorist plot, cia agent, ak 47, chase, carsploitation ...
Time: 2020s, year 1989, 90s, 80s, 21st century
Place: georgia, las vegas, jamaica, tokyo, edinburgh scotland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
 5.5
 60K
Infinite (2021)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Evan McCauley has skills he never learned and memories of places he has never visited. Self-medicated and on the brink of a mental breakdown, a secret group that call themselves “Infinites” come to his rescue, revealing that his memories are ...
Style: suspense, spiritual, captivating, tense, philosophical ...
Plot: reincarnation, schizophrenia, struggle, final battle, destruction, russian roulette, secret, back from the dead, final showdown, anti heroine, dark hero, jet plane ...
Time: 2020s, year 1985, 80s
Place: north america, new york, scotland, himalaya, mexico city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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The Condemned 2 (2015)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A former bounty hunter who finds himself on the run as part of a revamped Condemned tournament, in which convicts are forced to fight each other to the death as part of a game that's broadcast to the public.
Style: cliffhanger, dark comedy, black comedy
Plot: revenge, frame up, betrayal, chase, tough guy, brutality, deception, gambling, psychopath, murder, money, bomb ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
 7.3
 584K
Tenet (2020)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Plot unknown. The project is described as an action epic revolving around international espionage.
Style: unusual plot structure, suspense, twist ending, mind blowing, mind bending ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, adult
Plot: time paradox, time travel, time, time loop, cia agent, alternate timeline, quantum physics, terrorism, save the world, espionage, propaganda, time traveler ...
Time: future, 2020s, 2010s
Place: mumbai india, los angeles, india, vietnam, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
The Fate of the Furious (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: China, Japan, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: When a mysterious woman seduces Dom into the world of crime and a betrayal of those closest to him, the crew face trials that will test them as never before.
Style: exciting, stylized, entertaining, action adventure, saga ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: car, racing, car race, chase, female villain, fast car, kidnapping, spy, car chase, fight, street racing, redemption ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, havana cuba, berlin germany, russia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
 6.1
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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 ⇓
67%
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Fast X (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan
Duration: 141 min.
Story: Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they've ever faced: A terrifying threat emerging from the ...
Style: tense, captivating, exciting, entertaining, suspenseful ...
Plot: car, revenge, carsploitation, elevator, fast car, car chase, fight, driving lesson, good versus evil, punched in the face, home invasion, shootout ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s
Place: rome italy, naples italy, rio de janeiro, brazil, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
 6.1
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6 Underground (2019)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: After faking his death, a tech billionaire recruits a team of international operatives for a bold and bloody mission to take down a brutal dictator.
Style: suspense, entertaining, action adventure, action thriller, exciting ...
Plot: chase, mission, female spy, anti heroine, female warrior, teamwork, fight, brutality, courage, deception, vigilante, machismo ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 2019, year 2017
Place: italy, las vegas, florence, paris france, afghanistan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 5.8
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Kin (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A young boy finds a powerful otherworldly weapon, which he uses to save his older adoptive brother from a crew of thugs. Before long, the two of them are also pursued by federal agents and mysterious mercenaries aiming to reclaim their asset.
Style: suspense, serious, social, ambiguous ending, brutal ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage boy, brother brother relationship, abusive parent, murder, brother, motel, teenager, coming of age, shooting, father son relationship, adopted son, released from prison ...
Time: 2010s
Place: nevada, las vegas, detroit, iowa, nebraska
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 5.6
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Black Cat Run (1998)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A girl is in love with a gas station attendant and sees him against her father's wishes. The father is the sheriff and shortly after a confrontation with the boy friend, he is killed by escaped convicts and the daughter is kidnapped. Everyone, ...
Style: perverse, fast, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hostage, gas station, car, false accusation, desert, murder, kidnapping, rescue, race against time, chase, danger, bare chested male ...
Time: 90s
Place: new mexico, oklahoma, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 6.4
 218K
Death Race (2008)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the US penal system has reached a breaking point. Prisons have been turned over to a monolithic Weyland Corporation, which sees jails full of thugs as an opportunity for televised sport. Adrenalized ...
Style: exciting, serious, futuristic, action packed, visually appealing ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: prison, car chase, racing, car race, tough heroes, tough guy, revenge, prison life, survival, contests and competitions, explosions, race ...
Time: year 2008, future, 2010s, year 2012, 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Vanishing Point (1971)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Kowalski works for a car delivery service. He takes delivery of a 1970 Dodge Challenger to take from Colorado to San Francisco, California. Shortly after pickup, he takes a bet to get the car there in less than 15 hours.
Style: road movie, grindhouse, independent film, cult classic, exciting ...
Audience: manly
Plot: car chase, car, on the road, hitchhiker, hippie, driver, desert, road trip, chase, radio station, on the run, truck ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place: san francisco, utah, california, colorado, nevada ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
The Marine 3: Homefront (2013)
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 ⇓
56%
24 Hours to Live (2017)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa, China, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An assassin seeks redemption after being given a second chance at life.
Style: suspense, disturbing, exciting, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Plot: redemption, gunfight, reincarnation, female warrior, spy, revenge, haunted by the past, rescue, conspiracy, near death experience, mercilessness, murder ...
Time: 2010s
Place: south africa, cape town south africa, africa, hong kong, florida ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 4.3
 2K
Operator (2015)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When the daughter of veteran 911 call center operator Pamela, and her estranged husband Jeremy, a Senior Police Officer, is kidnapped and held hostage, they are left desperate, with no choice but to follow the kidnapper's rules: send messages ...
Style: surprise ending, suspense, captivating, psychological, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, police, police officer, hostage, chaos, haunted by the past, criminal, manipulation, danger, redemption, betrayal, husband wife relationship ...
Place: atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 6.7
 101K
Hardcore Henry (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia, USA, China
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Henry, a newly resurrected cyborg who must save his wife/creator from the clutches of a psychotic tyrant with telekinetic powers, AKAN, and his army of mercenaries. Fighting alongside Henry is Jimmy, who is Henry's only hope to make it through ...
Style: exciting, stylized, intense, grindhouse, action packed ...
Plot: cyborgs, one man army, murder, violent, good versus evil, violence, point of view, gunfight, terrorist, psychopath, memory loss, car chase ...
Time: near future, year 2015, year 2016, 2010s
Place: moscow russia, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Extraction (2015)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A former CIA operative is kidnapped by a group of terrorists. When his son learns there is no plan for his father to be saved, he launches his own rescue operation.
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, tense ...
Plot: terrorist, death of wife, female warrior, machismo, rescue, father son relationship, brutality, deception, murder, revenge, death, escape ...
Time: year 2016, 2000s, 2010s, year 2004, year 2005 ...
Place: langley virginia, eastern europe, central europe, prague, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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 ⇓
53%
 6.6
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Jason Bourne (2016)
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, suspense, captivating, intense, action adventure ...
Audience: chick flick, family outing
Plot: spy, cia, espionage, black ops, chase, hitman, rogue agent, assassin, betrayal, assassination, revenge, lone hero ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place: las vegas, reykjavik iceland, berlin germany, rome italy, washington d.c. ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, action adventure, action packed, predictable ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: ninja, good versus evil, danger, military, heroic mission, superhero, comic book, heroes, mad scientist, government, dystopian future, female assassin ...
Time: future, 2000s, year 2009, 17th century
Place: japan, washington d.c., egypt, east africa, tokyo ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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 ⇓
48%
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Cyborg Cop (1993)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Ex-DEA agent Jack receives an emergency message from his brother Phillip, whose team was ambushed on the Caribbean island of St. Keith. Jack goes to St. Keith to find his brother, who has been turned into a cyborg by the drug runner he was after.
Style: futuristic, psychotronic, semi serious, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cyborgs, androids and robots, androids, police shootout, killer robot, mad scientist, heroes, chaos, danger, journalism, manhunt, police ...
Time: 90s
Place: denver colorado, caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 5.0
 1K
NetForce (1999)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min.
Story: Set in the year 2005, a division of the FBI, called "NetForce" has been initiated to investigate Internet crime. A Bill Gates-type character finds a loophole in his new web browser which enables him to gain control of the Internet. ...
Style: tech noir, serious, realistic, bleak, futuristic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: computer, die hard, hacker, hacking, spy, evil computer, cyberpunk, heist, artificial intelligence, internet, police dog, computer cracker ...
Time: future, 2000s, near future, 21st century
Place: las vegas, los angeles, new york, baltimore, washington d.c. ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 5.3
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Geostorm (2017)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But now, something has gone wrong: ...
Style: apocalyptic, psychotronic, exciting, suspenseful, futuristic ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: disaster, end of the world, apocalypse, catastrophe, tsunami, humanity in peril, storm, climate change, hurricane, ecological disaster, malfunction, natural disaster ...
Time: future, year 2017, 2010s, near future, year 2019
Place: miami, shanghai, new york, rio de janeiro, hong kong ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 7.6
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Duel (1971)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Travelling businessman, David Mann, angers the driver of a rusty tanker whilst crossing the Californian desert. A simple trip turns deadly as Mann struggles to stay on the road while the tanker plays cat and mouse with his life.
Style: road movie, atmospheric, suspense, exciting, tension ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: desert, car chase, truck, chase, on the road, road rage, psychopath, truck driver, driving, car, stalking, mysterious villain ...
Time: 70s, year 1971, 20th century
Place: california, persia, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: China, Canada, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Extreme athlete turned government operative Xander Cage comes out of self-imposed exile, thought to be long dead, and is set on a collision course with deadly alpha warrior Xiang and his team in a race to recover a sinister and seemingly unstoppable ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, action packed, intense, suspense ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: weapons, tough guy, revenge, lone hero, spy hero, superhero, back from the dead, spy, martial artist, car chase, chase, secret service ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s
Place: dominican republic, london, new york, the philippines, brazil ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 5.7
 121K
Gemini Man (2019)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: China, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Henry Brogen, an aging assassin tries to get out of the business but finds himself in the ultimate battle: fighting his own clone who is 25 years younger than him and at the peak of his abilities.
Style: action adventure, exciting, captivating, intense, tense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: hitman, cloning, clone, black ops, gunfight, assassin, female warrior, villain, parkour, danger, secret agent, black ...
Time: 2010s, future, year 2019, near future, 21st century
Place: colombia, georgia, hungary, europe, belgium ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 4.1
 2K
Red Sky (2014)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Disgraced Top Gun fighter pilot Butch Masters leads a rogue squad in recovery of a WMD. Masters must navigate a fractured friendship, a love triangle, and must take to the skies to reclaim his military and personal honor.
Style: serious, exciting, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: betrayal, conspiracy, mission, soldier, save the day, love triangle, rivalry, danger, airplane, dishonesty, pilot, missile ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, iraq, las vegas, iran, st. petersburg russia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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