Movies like Midnight Man 1997
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Midnight Man (1997)
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
British soldiers force a recently captured IRA terrorist to cooperate with them and then assign him to go undercover with a gang of terrorists and prevent them from killing the U.S. President. But the spy isn't in long before he realizes that the first plot is but a ruse for a more sinister scheme that could result in trouble between China and Great Britain.
- Written by Ørnås
Style:
independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
soldier, undercover, spy, covert operation, anglo irish relations, terrorism, ira, assassination attempt, british monarchy, heroes, hitman, militant, kgb, espionage, royal family, chases and races, rivalry, political intrigue, danger, working undercover, political conspiracy, sexual content, law enforcement, assassination, government agency ...
Time:
90s, 1990s
Place:
ireland, england
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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, deadly, state affairs, rivalry and dishonesty mostly in Thriller, Action and Drama genres. Some movies like Midnight Man: On Dangerous Ground (1996), Hennessy (1975), The Suspect (2013), Double Agent (2003), Target of Opportunity (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, Luxembourg
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left as a young boy (he was organizing against apartheid, and left in fear of his life) to bury his father. He meets up with his brother Ernest, who tells him their other brother Stephen ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
covert operation, spy, world war two, terrorism, violent content, secret agent, special agent, conspiracy, working undercover, government agency, danger, political intrigue ...
Time:
90s
Place:
china, hong kong, england
Similarity:
95%
958
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Set in the Seventies, Hennessy is a Irishman who believes in peace, but who has had connections to the IRA. Hennessy's family is killed, and he plots revenge, setting out to assassinate Queen Elizabeth of England.
Style:
political, grindhouse, offbeat, independent film, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ira, anglo irish relations, explosions, revenge, manhunt, terrorism, violent content, repression, royal family, political corruption, political intrigue, political unrest ...
Time:
year 1975, 20th century, 70s
Place:
ireland, london, england, europe, belfast
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Dong-chul was the best special field agent in North Korea, but he’s abandoned by his government during a mission. While on the run, he looks for his wife and child, who were sold as slaves to China, only to discover their corpses. He soon finds ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, hitman, intrigue, inter-korean relations, political conspiracy, false accusation, frame up, danger, law enforcement, betrayal, assassination ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north korea, korea
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A North Korean diplomat defects to the South during the Cold War, but the South Koreans have their suspicions as to whether he is an actual defector or a double agent.
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
spy, politics, journalism, political conspiracy, save the day, soldier, terrorism, state affairs, investigation, undercover, danger, government agency ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, north korea, korea, europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Jim Jacobs and Nick Carlton, childhood friends, are CIA operatives on a sting operation in Chechnya. The raid of a rebel militia group goes bad and the entire teams gets wiped out except for Jim and Nick, who manages to save them both. Five years ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, serious, rough, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, friendship, rescue, dishonesty, escapades, danger, political intrigue, cia, spy, covert operation, conflict, special agent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bulgaria, europe, chechnya
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Paramilitary operative David Wolfe stumbles upon an international conspiracy connecting presidential cabinet members to a Middle Eastern terrorist plot. Wanting to expose the truth, Wolfe defies orders and returns to the US as an army of one ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge plot, state affairs, danger, assassination, terrorism, political conspiracy, political corruption, military, government agency, dishonesty, race against time, political intrigue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, cuba, washington d.c., middle east
Similarity:
59%
259
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, covert operation, spy, hostage, conspiracy, secret agent, special agent, chases and races, good versus evil, rivalry, save the day, danger ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Bobby Bishop (Sheen) is a special assistant to the President of the United States. Accidentally, he meets his friend professor Pochenko on the street. Pochenko has time to tell Bishop about some conspiracy in the White House but then immediately ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, political thriller, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
political conspiracy, conspiracy, on the run, betrayal, assassination, corruption, assassination plot, politics, lone hero, political corruption, assassination attempt, intrigue ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Critical Assembly is based on two college students (Katherine Heigl and Kerr Smith) who build a nuclear device, which is stolen by a fellow student. When it ends up in the hands of a terrorist, they work with an FBI agent (Beach) in a race against ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, race against time, law enforcement, danger, chases and races, state affairs, heroes, undercover, campus, terrorist group, hitman, betrayal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Waxman is a former Special Forces soldier who is now working as a heavily armed assassin for a top secret government agency. When a covert mission goes terribly wrong, Waxman and fellow assassin Clegg become that agency's prime targets.
Style:
suspense, bloody, fast, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, professional killer, killer, assassin, professional, soldier, terrorism, showdown, violence, kickboxing, firing squad, karate ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Swedish intelligence officer Carl Hamilton's 7-year-old goddaughter Nathalie is kidnapped. When the kidnapping's underlying motive becomes known, the Swedish authorities assume a passive role, forcing Hamilton to action. With the help of ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
terrorism, kidnapping, rescue, danger, spy, assassination attempt, heroes, law enforcement, special agent, rivalry, agent, nordic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Some time after their botched operation to capture a known Palestinian terrorist, a team of Israeli agents starts to get killed off one by one. Their leader must get to the bottom of things before the killer(s) plan is complete.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mossad, terrorism, bodyguard, espionage, undercover, female assassin, murder of a nude woman, female warrior, secret agent, assassination, assassination attempt, vengeance ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
new york, jerusalem, austria, zurich switzerland, tel aviv israel ...
Similarity:
58%
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:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
daring rescue, undercover, terrorism, hostage, rescue, one man army, escapades, save the day, rivalry, confined, danger, race against time ...
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Admiral McKee (Tom Skerritt) is retired, when following the events of 9/11 he receives a call from the White House informing him that his commander in chief requires him to serve his country once again. Shortly after this he is sworn into office as ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, law enforcement, head of state, danger, save the day, government agency, heroes, state affairs, race against time, political intrigue, heroic mission ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 90s
Place:
afghanistan
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Former CIA Operative, James Dial is coaxed back into action to kill a terrorist in London, but it all goes wrong and he is forced into hiding, where he meets and befriends a 12 year old girl.
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
frame up, manhunt, hitman, assassination, betrayal, heroes, murder, friendship, danger, on the run, law enforcer killer, spy ...
Place:
england, london, iraq, europe, usa ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Israel
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Mike Anderson, a tough American reporter on a dangerous foreign assignment, finds his own life in jeopardy when he uncovers a deadly labyrinth of political intrigue that threatens the lives of thousands. Dispatched to investigate a mysterious and ...
Style:
suspense, independent film, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, spy, terrorist plot, ambassador, reporter, conspiracy, covert operation, meme, buddy, secret agent, heroes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
israel, middle east, los angeles, tel aviv israel
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In 1994 South Korea, a female North Korean spy integrates herself as a housekeeper for U.S. military officer to steal classified documents, but soon worries about her cover when she falls for the teenage son of the officer.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, independent film
Plot:
spy, covert operation, woman with a gun, espionage, nudity, agent, technology, intelligence, mission, disability, government agency, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
north korea, korea, asia, south korea
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Colonel Casey discovers what appears to be plans by General Lloyd to use fake military excercises to assist Jack Giddings in his plans to remove President Foster from office. Colonel Casey, and President Foster must find evidence that there is a ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, political thriller
Plot:
coup d'etat, conspiracy, terrorism, political corruption, state affairs, betrayal, government agency, undercover, manhunt, special agent, revolution, danger ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A corporate assassination forces opportunistic double agents from three nations to fight to retrieve a high-tech computer disk containing schematics for a deadly weapon.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, hitman, working undercover, danger, rivalry, dishonesty, undercover, vengeance, spy, woman with a gun, covert operation, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A British intelligence agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.
Style:
talky, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
cold war, espionage, assassination, revenge, flashback, cold war era, covert operation, assassin, rivalry, state affairs, dishonesty, heroes ...
Time:
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Place:
england, greece
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Queen's Messenger is called to convey vital dispatches to a highly secretive conference called to combat the activities of modern poachers who threaten the economies of many African states.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
secret agent, murder, one man army, hotshot hero, daring rescue, heroic mission, undercover, government agency, dishonesty, danger, political conspiracy, assassination attempt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A web of intrigue and conspiracy lies beneath the euphoria as the U.S. is about to put a man on the moon for the first time in over thirty years
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
political conspiracy, military, manhunt, fighting the system, life turned upside down, special agent, tough heroes, assassination, dishonesty, rebellion, danger, law enforcement ...
Place:
washington d.c.
Similarity:
56%
763
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
New York publisher Dex Dellum sends his fiancée and star photographer Katy Mazur to Swaziland to shoot the taita falcon. There she meets 'highman' (altitude stuntman) Grant Orion, who practices skydiving. After an initial clash, they ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
stalking, wilderness, outdoor sex, infidelity, martial arts, undercover, espionage, government agency, danger, rivalry, fighting crime, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Carlos Quintas, the democratically-elected president of an unnamed South American country, has been deposed by a military coup. He is in London, the head of a government in exile, rallying international support. He is also a poet of talent and ...
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
covert operation, spy, violent content, nudity, state affairs, terrorism, heroes, rebellion, danger, assassination attempt, dishonesty, head of state ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Somewhere near the Texas-Louisiana border, the CIA maintains a force of domestic assassins. So secret is their work that their retirement program is a bullet in the head. Up-and-coming hitwoman, Diana, gets the order to dispatch Mars, a legendary ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female assassin, hitman, woman with a gun, spy, covert operation, assassin, soldier, special agent, parents and children, chases and races, assassination attempt, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Master Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Beckett is the U.S. Marine Corps' most decorated sniper. His has taken out warlords, drug lords, assassins, and bitter foes. This time, he's going after a friend.
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, action packed, political thriller
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
sniper, one man army, terrorist, special agent, tough heroes, assassin, betrayal, hitman, terrorism, childhood friend, secret agent, heroes ...
Place:
cambodia, washington d.c., thailand
Similarity:
55%
443
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:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, terrorism, one man army, save the day, special agent, law enforcement, danger, vengeance, race against time, master criminal, rivalry, chases and races ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, France
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
Chronicles a Mossad team hand picked to hunt down the terrorists involved in the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre of Israeli athletes.
Style:
action thriller, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mossad, terrorist, terrorism, conflict, olympics, revenge, israeli palestinian conflict, arab israeli conflict, murder, workplace situations, chases and races, contests and competitions ...
Time:
80s
Place:
israel, middle east, palestine, munich germany
Similarity:
55%
488
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:
terrorism, hijacking, chases and races, confined, save the day, danger, race against time, heroes, law enforcement, die hard, terrorist plot, terrorist group ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An assassin working for the CIA decides to take one final job before quitting only to find out that he is the target of his CIA boss.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, exciting, cliffhanger ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
secret agent, betrayal, conspiracy, on the run, danger, save the day, special agent, manhunt, race against time, law enforcement, undercover, rivalry ...
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