Movies like Escape Under Pressure
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Escape Under Pressure (2000)
658
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A luxury cruise liner is requisitioned by the Greek government in an attempt to give safe passage to national treasures worth millions of pounds. The liner is attacked by an art collector who finds out about the plan. During the hijack the liner sinks to the sea floor and so begins a fight for survival as the remaining air begins to run out.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
treasure hunt, heroes, rescue, chases and races, escapades, rivalry, danger, confined, one man army, race against time, obsessive quest, heroic mission, ship, terrorism, legends and myths, art collector, disaster, die hard, boat, submarine, ocean, college, hijacking, isolation, inventions and discoveries ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Keyword:
ocean or sea
Most similar movies to Escape Under Pressure
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and exciting films with plots about danger, heroes, chases and races, race against time, rivalry, terrorism and die hard mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Escape Under Pressure: Submerged (2000), Global Effect (2002), Strategic Command (1997), Crash Dive (1996), Counterstrike (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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834
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Navy SEALs launch a rescue mission after terrorists plunge a jet carrying a missile-launching computer into the sea.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, terrorism, heroic mission, race against time, daring rescue, heroes, rivalry, gang, confined, save the day, escapades, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Terrorists steal the only cure to a deadly virus that has been unleashed in Africa.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, tense, tech noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, danger, race against time, chases and races, jungle, evil man, virus, die hard, boat, martial arts, kidnapping, rivalry ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Rick Harding is a former Marines officer, now working in the FBI as a chemical weapons designer. While packing up for the night, a group of armed soldiers led by wanted criminal Carlos Gruber, break into the FBI research lab. They steal large ...
Style:
mockbuster, independent film, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
die hard, aviation, disaster, aeroplane, hijacking, biological warfare, hostage, tough heroes, airplane, heroes, chases and races, rivalry ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The crew of the nuclear submarine USS Ulysses rescues supposed victims of a boat disaster, but the victims turn out to be terrorists intent on capturing nuclear weapons aboard the sub. Only a former SEAL, now a submarine consultant, can save the ...
Style:
independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, boat, die hard, tough heroes, water, disaster, hijacking, terrorism, military life, heroic mission, heroes, save the day ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A Secret Service agent and his brother, a reckless ATF agent, try to stop a group of extreme right-wing U.S. military mercenaries, led by a fanatic Taiwanese vixen, who hijack the Queen Mary 2 ocean liner with the U.S. and Chinese presidents on ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
daring rescue, terrorism, hostage, rescue, special agent, save the day, confined, escapades, danger, race against time, undercover, rivalry ...
Place:
asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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Movies similar to Hijacked
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Captain Rick Jeffries is the head of a group of elite soldiers who swim into action, doing the dirty jobs no else can or wants to do. They are in pursuit of a world traveling terrorist known only as Casper, and have the difficult job of bringing him ...
Style:
serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, rivalry, terrorism, heroic mission, confined, chases and races, escapades, heroes, danger, hijacking, bomb, boat ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a plane carrying a legendary and recently found death ray machine from Siberia to Canada is hijacked and crashes in the remote mountains of Alaska, only a fearless government agent (Treat Williams) will risk his life to save the world. A modern ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, terrorism, tough heroes, save the day, confined, danger, survival, undercover, daring rescue, heroes, race against time, aviation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, alaska
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the cold, dark waters off North Korea a U.S. Navy fast attack submarine meets with a mysterious disaster - it's attacked and nearly sunk by an ominous stealth submarine resulting in the deaths of the Executive Officer and the Engineering ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, rescue, heroic mission, military life, danger, underwater, survival, rivalry, government agency, military, undercover, leadership ...
Place:
hawaii, korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A ship captained by the father (Dale Dye) of the leader (Michael McGrady) of Delta Force is taken hostage by terrorists. As might be expected the force is sent in to stop them.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, hostage, admiral, terrorism, submarine, boat, cavalry, die hard, cruise ship, captain, tough heroes, leadership ...
Time:
90s
Place:
russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Genre: Action, Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
US Navy medical officer Jake Fuller is assigned to a goodwill visit aboard a Russian submarine. But he and his companion, Lt. Swain, end up alone among terrorists, who have taken over the submarine and threaten to fire its nuclear weapons.
Style:
suspense, independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, terrorism, die hard, disaster, boat, ambassador, u.s. navy, sex scene, terrorist, terrorist plot, violent content, profanity ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Movies like Airport '77
220
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Former Gulf War hero Rowdy Welles is framed for murder by unscrupulous CIA boss Dick Althorp. As his price of freedom, Welles is ordered to undertake a deadly mission to destroy a nuclear processing plant in a foreign nation, owned by dangerous ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, spy, special agent, secret agent, hostage, conspiracy, law enforcement, good versus evil, rivalry, race against time, chases and races, confined ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands, South Africa
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A team of military experts and scientists go after a terrorist group that has seized a deadly virus and is threatening to release it.
Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, rough, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist group, rescue, chaos, daring rescue, heroic mission, tough heroes, battles, race against time, undercover, danger, hijacking ...
Time:
90s
Place:
pentagon, johannesburg south africa, africa, south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A fully automated commercial jetliner is prepared to make its maiden voyage. Without an on-flight pilot, the craft relies on satellite linking for its course. But when the plane suddenly deviates from its determined route and establishes a circular ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, terrorism, co pilot, hijacking, save the day, escapades, race against time, danger, rescue, satellite, aviation, die hard ...
Place:
seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
At the height of Hitler's infamous U-boat war, the crew of the U.S.S. Swordfish were heading home after months at sea. They never made it. Now prisoners of war aboard U-boat 429, a small group of American survivors will find their loyalties put ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, underwater, world war two, ship, holocaust, military, mutiny, boat, survival, daring rescue, danger, rescue ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story:
FBI hostage rescue team leader Jack Bender has been sacked for not being a team player, and months later he finds himself in the ultimate hostage nightmare: stuck aboard a plane that's been taken over by a group of well-armed terrorists who ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, terrorism, rescue, daring rescue, master criminal, save the day, tough heroes, danger, heroes, one man army, aviation, air disaster ...
Time:
2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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TV shows similar to Atomic Train
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Steve Mitchell is clandestinely sent to the US embassy in Bucharest, Romania to disarm a nuclear bomb that has secretly remained in the building since the end of the Cold War, little does he know that other problems will soon erupt. He must ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hostage, heroic mission, rescue, race against time, danger, save the day, politics, secret agent, special agent, government agency, law enforcement ...
Time:
90s
Place:
romania, europe, bucharest, balkan
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When a hostage situation arises on-board a private plane with the daughter of a billionaire on-board. Major John Masters (Sabato Jr.) teams up with Captain Williams (Michael Paré) to stop the terrorist and land the plane.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hijacking, airplane, terrorist, martial arts, hijacker, disaster, confined, heroic mission, danger, save the day, violence spree ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Submarine crews wage a silent war beneath the waves in this undersea thriller.
Style:
independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, die hard, battles, underwater, confined, danger, daring rescue, military, rivalry, rescue, escapades, terrorism ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Jason Gedrick and Eric Roberts lead the cast of this thriller about a submarine captain who attempts to hold Washington, D.C. hostage for a billion dollars, and the heroic doctor who struggles to thwart the plan before the situation escalates.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
submarine, confined, hostage, save the world, danger, terrorism, good versus evil, state affairs, save the day, nuclear threat, blackmail, extortion ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
437
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A prestigious senator and the passengers on board a train are kidnapped by a militia group.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train, terrorism, hijacking, chases and races, danger, heroes, confined, law enforcement, race against time, save the day, die hard, terrorist plot ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Films like In Enemy Hands
428
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A former FBI agent must stop a crazy man from blowing up bombs.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, undercover, save the day, one man army, special agent, master criminal, danger, vengeance, race against time, rivalry, law enforcement, chases and races ...
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A group of terrorists, led by a Brit and a psycho (in a great performance by "Rowdy" Roddy Piper) take control of the Hoover Dam and demand $25 million or they will kill civilians and dam workers they have taken hostage. But the terrorists ...
Style:
cliffhanger, independent film, fast, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, wrestling, die hard, martial arts, one man army, heroes, terrorism, violent content, frame up, hijacking, haunted by the past, tough heroes ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A commercial jet plane has been hijacked by a group of terrorists who don't realize that a U.S. Air Marshal, Brett Prescott (Dean Cochran), is among the passengers. The fate of dozens of people lies in the hands of Prescott, who must forge a ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hijacking, airplane, terrorism, danger, heroes, strong violent content, aviation, hijacker, terrorist, muslim, die hard, pilot ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When a new airplane that's equipped with a new computer that can fly the plane on its own, is about to have its first flight. But the son of the owner decides to upload more software, he doesn't bother to check if there are any viruses ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
airplane, computer virus, save the day, danger, hijacking, chaos, rivalry, race against time, escapades, space travel, aviation, pilot ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In the season of giving, the department took his badge. Criminals took his wife. Now, one cop is taking matters into his own hands
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
christmas, law enforcement, save the day, partner, danger, master criminal, crime gone awry, rivalry, disorder, die hard, hijacking, chases and races ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a nuclear attack submarine crashes on the floor of the Artic ocean, it's up to a pair of research scientists to save the entire crew before time and oxygen run out.
Style:
independent film, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, disaster, die hard, boat, u.s. navy, ocean, underwater, save the day, chases and races, escapades, rescue, military ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, terrorism, rebelliousness, military life, rivalry, danger, military, race against time, undercover, nuclear holocaust, hijacking, boat ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north korea, korea, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A Presidential candidate running against the Vice-President plans a trip to the Balkans to negotiate the release of American servicemen being held hostage. Before he leaves, he receives a disk documenting evidence that the Vice-President has been ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hijacking, one man army, political conspiracy, state affairs, law enforcement, confined, undercover, race against time, save the day, danger, secret agent ...
Place:
washington d.c., france
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A retired and disgruntled scientist is brought out of retirement to explain why tidal waves are wiping out coastal communities. But is he part of the problem?
Style:
apocalyptic, exciting, rough, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, apocalypse, epidemic, distopia, forces of nature, mysterious character, save the day, chases and races, government agency, heroes, alien encounter ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
888
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
FAA system analyzer named Neil McCabe is the only person who seems to have this different hunch towards a group of international terrorists after a horrific plane incident occured. He thinks that an evil genius computer hacker sets out and ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, rough, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
terrorism, airplane, disaster, danger, aviation, rivalry, chases and races, escapades, law enforcement, undercover, insubordination, airport ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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