Movies like Hennessy
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Hennessy (1975)
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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:
offbeat, political, grindhouse, independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ira, revenge, explosions, anglo irish relations, terrorism, manhunt, heroes, politics, soldier, conspiracy, repression, fugitives, royal family, rebellion, journalism, chases and races, vengeance, rivalry, political intrigue, assassination attempt, danger, law enforcement, confined, hidden identity, rebelliousness ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, london, england, europe, belfast
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
ireland, england
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Country: UK, Canada, Luxembourg
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Duration: 90 min.
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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 ...
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, bleak
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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57%
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Country: Canada, USA, France
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
54%
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Place:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The World Of Mass Communication Is About To Become Unplugged.
Style:
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Story:
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Story:
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