Movies like Paper Tiger
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Paper Tiger (1975)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A somewhat prim and proper Englishman is hired as the tutor to the son of the Japanese ambassador. His life changes when he and the boy are kidnapped by terrorists for political purposes.
Plot:
tutor, terrorist, kidnapping, english teacher, englishman abroad
Place:
malaysia
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Most similar movies to Paper Tiger
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, suspenseful, serious and realistic films with plots about terrorist, terrorism, kidnapping, danger, heroes, murder and gunfight mostly in Action, Thriller and Adventure genres. Some movies like Paper Tiger: Ffolkes (1980), Airboss (1997), The Living Daylights (1987), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Dr. No (1962). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A terrorist (Anthony Perkins) holds an offshore drilling rig and production platform for ransom in the North Sea. Ffolkes (Roger Moore) a wealthy eccentric, volunteers to send his crack team of soldiers in to stop the terrorists. With few other ...
Style:
sexy, humorous, buddy movie, clever, light ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
spy, boat, sea, terrorism, gang, espionage, hostage, mission, mercenary, bomb, british, chase ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s, 18th century
Place:
london, california, norway, big ben london, scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
173
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
cult film
Plot:
terrorist, cold war, fbi, soldier, russian, terrorism, kidnapping, government, navy seal, weapons, hiding place, fbi agent ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
James Bond helps a Russian General escape into the west. He soon finds out that the KGB wants to kill him for helping the General. A little while later the General is kidnapped from the Secret Service leading 007 to be suspicious.
Style:
exciting, sexy, humorous, slasher, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, espionage, cold war, betrayal, 007, car chase, deception, british secret service, assassination attempt, villain, secret service, secret agents ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
czechoslovakia, london, vienna, england, morocco ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as James Bond tries to solve the riddle of the disappearing ships. But the KGB also has an agent on the ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, witty, sexy, visually appealing ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
james bond, spy, espionage, cold war, 007, car chase, chase, secret agents, villain, secret service agent, sea, secret service ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
egypt, england, cairo egypt, sardinia, ussr ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In the film that launched the James Bond saga, Agent 007 battles mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go to Jamaica, where he encounters beautiful Honey ...
Style:
entertaining, stylized, sexy, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
james bond, spy, 007, british secret service, secret agents, spy hero, terrorist plot, terrorism, undercover, espionage, mad scientist, person on fire ...
Time:
future, 60s, 20th century
Place:
jamaica, west indies, caribbean, england, bahamas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
James Bond tracks archnemesis Ernst Blofeld to a mountaintop retreat where he's training an army of beautiful but lethal women. Along the way, Bond falls for Italian contessa Tracy Draco -- and marries her in order to get closer to Blofeld. ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, sexy, harsh, controversial ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
james bond, espionage, spy, 007, car chase, secret agents, bond girl, transformation, beautiful scenery, cold war, villain, secret service ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
switzerland, alps, england, portugal, swiss alps ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
447K
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 ⇓
43%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
After a heroic job of successfully landing his storm-damaged aircraft in a war zone, a fearless pilot finds himself between the agendas of multiple militias planning to take the plane and its passengers hostage.
Plot:
disaster, ak 47, plane crash, pilot, hostage, airplane, final showdown, abandoned building, lightning strike, final battle, ransom, flight attendant ...
Place:
the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: Canada
Story:
The Shadow Warriors hire on to reclaim the daughter of a woman whose ex-husband kidnapped the child after a custody battle. At the same time, they uncover a terrorist plot to attack Seattle.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bounty hunter, antidote, deadly virus, escapades, buddies, terrorism, rivalry, daring rescue, race against time, partners, heroes, soldier ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
austria
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Robert Culp plays Bracken, whose life seems perfect until his wife Ellen and their children are kidnapped by terrorists one day. After failed attempts to capture them back by the police, Ellen's ex husband enters the fray and plans his own ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
monastery, kidnapping, terrorism, hang glider, hostage, castle, aviation, airplane, hang gliding, terrorist, missing person, politics ...
Time:
70s
Place:
greece, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A British Special Boat Service commando tracks down an international terrorist cell.
Style:
tense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, surprise ending
Plot:
terrorist, spy, laboratory, terrorist plot, military, investigation, suspense, rescue, murder, race against time, chase, deception ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
london, rome italy, ukraine, big ben london, iran
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
James Bond is retired and living a peaceful life, but after a visit from Felix Leiter, Bond must follow the trail of a dangerous new villain with never before seen technology.
Style:
exciting, epic, thrilling, anamorphic, sad ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
james bond, spy, espionage, cia agent, cia, secret service, british intelligence, secret agents, infection, agent, british secret service, 007 ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
jamaica, havana cuba, london, italy, norway ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find the device that holds British launching instructions before the enemy Soviets get to it first.
Style:
exciting, sexy, tense, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
james bond, cold war, 007, espionage, spy, car chase, secret service, twists and turns, british secret service, vengeance, undercover, plot twist ...
Time:
80s, future, 20th century
Place:
greece, albania, england, europe, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A Cameroonese police officer (Alphonse Beni) and a CIA agent (Richard Harrison) try to prevent the Pope from being assassinated by Italian terrorists during his African tour.
Plot:
spy, terrorism, cia agent, martial artist, hospital, terrorist plot, terrorist, cia, kidnapping, murder, police, garbage ...
Place:
africa, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A non-stop, race against time action packed thriller that follows an elite SWAT Team as they try to stop a domestic terrorist from killing innocent hostages and destroying the city of Los Angeles. With 24 hours left on the clock, the team must rely ...
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
swat team, armed forces, rescue mission, rescue, mission, heroic mission, dangerous mission, survival, hostage, kidnapping, hostage situation, fight ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. The secret service sends James Bond to the Bahamas to once again save the world.
Style:
exciting, sexy, slasher, saga, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
james bond, spy, secret agents, scuba diving, cold war, terrorism, secret service, espionage, diving, sea, boat, airplane ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
bahamas, paris france, florida, big ben london, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A newly developed microchip designed by Zorin Industries for the British Government that can survive the electromagnetic radiation caused by a nuclear explosion has landed in the hands of the KGB. James Bond must find out how and why. His suspicions ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
james bond, espionage, spy, 007, secret agents, chase, villain, race against time, british secret service, heroic mission, cold war, terrorist ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, paris france, france, california, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A mysterious space craft kidnaps a Russian and American space capsule and brings the world on the verge of another World War. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and meets with his archenemy Blofeld. The fifth film from the legendary James ...
Style:
exciting, witty, sexy, humorous, slasher ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
james bond, faked death, spy, secret organization, espionage, secret headquarters, interracial romance, ninja, space, slut, sluttiness, white man asian woman relationship ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
japan, russia, tokyo, hong kong, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
108K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
James Bond is sent to investigate after a fellow “00” agent is found dead with a priceless Fabergé egg. James Bond follows the mystery and uncovers a smuggling scandal and a Russian General who wants to provoke a new World War.
Style:
exciting, tense, suspenseful, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
james bond, cold war, espionage, circus, terrorism, race against time, spy, secret agents, agent, british secret service, kgb, train ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
india, east germany, east berlin, russia, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A team of skydiving crooks led by DEA-agent-turned-bad Ty Moncrief (Busey) specialize in landing on police roofs and breaking in so their evil computer nerd can steal undercover agents' files and sell them to drug lords. Federal Marshal Pete ...
Style:
exciting, intense, serious, sexy, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, terrorism, parachuting, hijacking, terrorist, suspense, chase, airplane hijack, heroes, race against time, track down, skydiving ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A group of mercenaries is hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison in Berlin.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mercenary, world war two, rescue mission, nazi, prisoner, battles, prison, heroes, rescue, training, behind enemy lines, tough guy ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
west berlin west germany, germany, east germany, europe, berlin germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When retired hitman’s wife goes on vacation with her friend, she asks him to look after the friend's teenage daughter. Things go awry when he is forced to use a little violence to protect the girl from juvenile delinquents, but then they are ...
Plot:
kidnapping, one man army
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A woman hires a contract-killer when her ex-husband kidnaps her son.
Plot:
terrorist, kidnapping, obstacle, father, son, assassin
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A methamphetamine cook hunts down the former police chief of a small town in order to silence him before he can deliver eyewitness testimony against his family, but ultimately finds himself up against more than he had bargained for.
Plot:
kidnapping, testimony, lgbtq
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
James Bond returns as the secret agent 007 one more time to battle the evil organization SPECTRE. Bond must defeat Largo, who has stolen two atomic warheads for nuclear blackmail. But Bond has an ally in Largo's girlfriend, the willowy Domino, ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, sexy, humorous, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
james bond, spy, espionage, car chase, terrorism, island, video game, dancing, 007, tango, snake, betrayal ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
bahamas, french riviera, france, england, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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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 ⇓
31%
933
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In a bold coup a Palestinian terrorist group captures the yacht Rosebud and kidnaps the millionaires five daughters on it. At first they demand film clips to be shown on major European TV stations. Undercover agent Martin is hired to hunt the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, yacht, hostage, terrorist, spy, boat, intrigue, open ending, secret agents, kidnapping, cave, female nudity ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
middle east, israel, french riviera, jerusalem, hamburg germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Plot:
kidnapping, camping, creature feature, home invasion, mountain man, backwoods, helicopter, female nudity, murder, nudity (topless - notable)
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Adventure, Action
Country: Russia, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Steve Nichols part à Moscou pour un voyage d'affaires de routine. Il doit remettre au point le transport par bateau de médicaments aux Etats-Unis et il va rencontrer ses associés russes. Le train-train... jusqu'au moment où il devient ...
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Place:
moscow russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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