Movies like Disaster on the Coastliner

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Disaster on the Coastliner (1979)
 5.8
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Disaster on the Coastliner (1979)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Seeking revenge, a railroad employee puts two passenger trains on a collision course in this made-for-TV disaster movie.
Style: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, disaster movie
Plot: runaway train, train, railway, train crash, police, subway, vigilante, vigilante justice, stranger on a train, die hard, collision, race against time, terrorism, sabotage, airplane, time travel, programmer, heroes, chases and races, escapades, vengeance, rivalry, danger, changing the past or future, imaginary ...
Time: 70s

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Most similar movies to Disaster on the Coastliner

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and exciting films with plots about danger, chases and races, heroes, race against time, save the day, disaster and rivalry mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Disaster on the Coastliner: Unstoppable (2010), Inferno (2002), Counterstrike (2002), Tidal Wave: No Escape (1997), Final Run (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Unstoppable (2010)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A runaway train, transporting deadly, toxic chemicals, is barreling down on Stanton, Pennsylvania, and only two men can stop it: a veteran engineer and a young conductor. Thousands of lives hang in the balance as these ordinary heroes attempt to ...
Style: breathtaking, serious, exciting, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: train, runaway train, disaster, train crash, chase, save the day, train engineer, train wreck, race against time, determination, survival, courage ...
Time: year 2010, 20th century, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, pennsylvania, pittsburgh, north america
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100%
 3.5
 305
Inferno (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A fire chief (Gunn) is investigating the cause of a string of blazes that threaten to destroy her small town, while at the same time dealing with her teen daughter's rebelliousness.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, touching, exciting ...
Plot: rescue, police investigation, save the day, heroes, rebelliousness, danger, escapades, law enforcement, family relations, parents and children, woods, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.3
 609
Counterstrike (2002)
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 ⇓
39%
Tidal Wave: No Escape (1997)
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 ⇓
38%
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 4.0
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Final Run (1999)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The Grand Royale is a new high-tech passenger train with a computerized engine. On its maiden voyage, it suffers a severe technical failure, killing the controller and gradually increasing its already high speed, at the rate of 2 more miles per ...
Style: action thriller, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: train, runaway train, railway, disaster, forces of nature, hijacking, technology gone awry, one man army, rescue, escapades, save the day, chases and races ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Bullet Train (1975)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 152 min.
Story: One of the Japanese Shinkansen “Bullet Trains” is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 km/h, unless a ransom is paid. Police race to find the bombers and to learn how to defuse the bomb.
Style: action thriller, fast, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: train, terrorism, railway, runaway train, disaster, subway, stranger on a train, die hard, speed, race against time, law enforcement, chases and races ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: tokyo, japan, hokkaido
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 4.1
 428
Detonator (2003)
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 ⇓
35%
Crash Point Zero (2001)
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 ⇓
34%
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 3.6
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Global Effect (2002)
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 ⇓
34%
 3.7
 888
Air Panic (2002)
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 ⇓
33%
Strategic Command (1997)
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 ⇓
33%
 4.9
 445
Tornado (2006)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 180 min.
Story: The hottest summer in years: Meteorologist Jan returns from Oklahoma, where he has studied twisters up close, after faring a traumatic catastrophe during his dangerous research. Back in Berlin, he comes to face with his past and his ex-girlfriend ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, bleak ...
Plot: tornado, disaster, forces of nature, save the day, obsessive quest, danger, heroes, escapades, chases and races, fear, natural disaster, apocalypse ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, oklahoma, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 3.2
 402
Death Train (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A man is supposed to guard a shipment of diamonds being sent by rail. But a man robs the train and kills the men guarding the diamonds. The robbers derail the train and hope to get away with their crime. The robbers get caught in Mexico and are sent ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, exciting, suspense, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, train, on the run, save the day, hostage, danger, undercover, gunfight, die hard, hijacking, railway, subway ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 4.1
 437
Hijack (1998)
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 ⇓
30%
Counter Measures (1998)
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 ⇓
29%
 4.7
 2K
Atomic Train (1999)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 122 min.
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Story: A train headed for Denver carrying nuclear waste and toxic materials is en route for disaster when it becomes a runaway. Renegade investigator and train enthusiast John Seger jumps on board in a bid to save thousand of innocent lives...
Style: fast, serious, bleak, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: train, disaster, runaway train, train crash, natural disaster, railway, race against time, nuclear bomb, die hard, terrorism, subway, pandemic ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Escape Under Pressure (2000)
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 ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, tense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: confined, treasure hunt, rescue, chases and races, race against time, rivalry, heroes, one man army, escapades, obsessive quest, danger, heroic mission ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 2.9
 570
Air Marshal (2003)
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 ⇓
26%
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Turbulent Skies (2010)
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 ⇓
26%
Nature Unleashed: Earthquake (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, Lithuania, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: An earthquake destroys a Russian Nuclear Power plant.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot: disaster, earthquake, natural disaster, save the day, daring rescue, danger, race against time, forces of nature, violent content, escapades, heroes, chases and races ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 3.7
 2K
Avalanche (1978)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The vacationers at a winter wonderland struggle to survive after an avalanche of snow crashes into their ski resort. Their holiday then turns into a game of survival.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, bleak, psychotronic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: disaster, avalanche, snow, rescue, natural disaster, ski, survival, catastrophe, ski resort, winter, danger, skating ...
Time: 70s, year 1978
Place: antarctic
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 3.3
 655
Hour of Valor (2000)
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 ⇓
25%
 3.3
 834
Submerged (2000)
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 ⇓
25%
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American Meltdown (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The telefilm centers on a present-day nuclear plant disaster and its aftermath.
Style: serious, exciting, tense, suspense, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: nuclear reactor, nuclear threat, terrorism, conspiracy, save the day, race against time, danger, betrayal, scientist, found footage, special agent, catastrophe ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
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25%
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
Style: tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hijacking, hostage, train, save the day, race against time, danger, ransom, tunnel, confined, mind game, law enforcement, subway ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Fourth Angel (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Workaholic reporter, Jack Elgin takes his family on a working trip to India, but their aircraft is hijacked in Cyprus by a previously-unknown terrorist movement, and his wife and daughter are among the slaughtered. With western governments ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, vigilantism, fbi, vigilante, race against time, danger, survival, save the day, rivalry, terrorist, revenge, investigative reporter ...
Time: 2000s
Place: england, london, asia, europe, britain ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 3.4
 732
Ablaze (2001)
Genre: Drama, Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Hoping to make a killing on the insurance money, oil refinery owner Wendell Mays decides to burn the place to the ground. His greed endangers the lives of the entire town as the fireball creates a spreading inferno threatens to engulf the entire ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: firefighter, firefighting, hospital, fire, law enforcement, police investigation, danger, chaos, evacuation, disaster, firefight, pandemic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Critical Assembly (2002)
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, chases and races, danger, state affairs, heroes, undercover, hitman, terrorist group, media coverage, betrayal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Diplomatic Siege (1999)
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 ⇓
24%
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Cabin Pressure (2002)
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 ⇓
24%
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