Movies like Sky Riders
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Sky Riders (1976)
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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 rescue attempt. James Coburn plays McCabe, Ellen's ex-husband who hires a crew of professional hang gliders to help him rescue her and the kids from the terrorist's mountain top lair.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
monastery, kidnapping, terrorism, hang glider, airplane, aviation, hostage, castle, hang gliding, terrorist, heroes, politics, missing person, escapades, confined, daring rescue, hostage rescue, explosion, machine gun, chases and races, danger, deadly, adventure, crimes
Time:
70s
Place:
greece, europe
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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 chases and races, danger, heroes, confined, terrorism, escapades and deadly mostly in Action, Adventure and Thriller genres. Some movies like Sky Riders: Air Rage (2001), Air Marshal (2003), Frogmen Operation Stormbringer (2002), Crash Point Zero (2001), Killing Streets (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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694
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When a Marine Colonel orders his men to massacre a village they were sent to rescue some hostages but when they found them dead they decide to get some payback. Upon returning to the States the Colonel would be court-martialed and made a plea ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, exciting, realistic
Plot:
terrorism, airplane, daring rescue, save the day, government agency, rivalry, hostage, air disaster, hijacking, airplane hijack, escape, graphic violence ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
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95%
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
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hijacking, airplane, terrorism, heroes, strong violent content, air disaster, hijacker, muslim, terrorist, aviation, pilot, rivalry ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rivalry, race against time, undercover, terrorism, heroic mission, heroes, confined, escapades, hijacking, bomb, boat, u.s. navy ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, terrorism, save the day, survival, confined, tough heroes, heroes, undercover, race against time, daring rescue, air disaster, aviation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, alaska
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A young Marine is kidnapped by terrorists in Lebanon. His twin brother, frustrated at his inability to get any kind of information from the government about his brother's plight, travels to Lebanon with a plan for his own rescue operation.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
twins, kidnapping, rescue, terrorism, lebanese, siblings relations, missing person, uncover truth, investigation, life is a bitch, confined, state affairs ...
Time:
90s
Place:
lebanon, middle east, beirut lebanon
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The Delta Force team are brought in once again to deal with an evil villain in foreign lands.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
terrorism, soldier, medical school, weapon system, battles, heroes, rivalry, confined, military, undercover, rescue, escapades ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
kenya
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Submarine crews wage a silent war beneath the waves in this undersea thriller.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, battles, military, confined, rescue, rivalry, terrorism, escapades, daring rescue, heroes, hostage, graphic violence ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
807
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, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, terrorism, heroic mission, gang, race against time, rivalry, heroes, daring rescue, escapades, save the day, confined, satellite ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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2K
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Terrorists attempt to disrupt the Atlanta Olympics by kidnapping the U.S. women's swim team. If their demands are not met, the team will be executed. Only janitor Jack Bryant, a former Olympic gymnast champion of Tae Kwon Do felled by injuries ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hostage, janitor, heroes, swimmer, psychopath, rivalry, confined, contests and competitions, law enforcement, alcohol abuse, handicapped ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A group of dangerous terrorists succeeds to get hold of a tank of the army and all its crew.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, exciting, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hijacking, kidnapping, heroes, daring rescue, one man army, terrorist, love interest, rescue, terrorist plot, buddy cop, monster ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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624
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Terror from within by Yury Felshtinsky and Alexander Litvinenko, representing them as parts of the plan masterminded and sponsored by exiled tycoon Pokrovsky (obvious hint at Boris Berezovsky in real life) and aimed to discredit Russian security ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot:
terrorism, hostage, undercover, heroic mission, rivalry, murder, circus, confined, heroes, videotaping, plutonium, reporter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
At a secret Russian nuclear missile base, an ex-U.S. SEAL member is planning to launch a missile strike on the United States, and the only way to stop him is with the best of the best. Because of a natural gas refinery leak, the newly formed team ...
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, soldier, military, heroic mission, martial arts, commando mission, master warrior, daring rescue, heroes, military base, betrayal, island ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A sultry assassin is the target of two separate operatives in this globe-trotting action flick shot on location in the Bahamas, Athens, Rome and Hong Kong.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, cult film ...
Plot:
female fighter, spy, assassin, female fight, woman with a gun, martial arts, journalism, secret agents, espionage, terrorism, escapades, undercover ...
Time:
90s
Place:
bahamas, hong kong, rome italy, europe, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A U.S. Air Force officer tries to stop a murderous group of terrorists whom are trying to steal two top secret F-117A Stealth Fighters from the cargo hold of a gigantic C-5 Galaxy Transport flying at 30,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, aviation, suspense, heroes, terrorism, graphic violence, injustice, officers and cadets, daring rescue, confined, rivalry, save the day ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When a solar storm wipes out the air traffic control system, Air Force One and a passenger jet liner are locked on a collision course in the skies above the midwest.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, survival, save the day, race against time, escapades, confined, disorder, air disaster, aviation, army, disaster, air traffic controller ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, cleveland ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Australia, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In a lake high in the mountains of New Zealand hunter Gibbie Gibson discovers a plane wreck from WW2. When he tells it around, a gang of crooks follows and threatens him and his daughter, because they know there are 50 million dollars in the wreck. ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
treasure hunt, race against time, escapades, obsessive quest, airplane, adventurer, chase, bounty hunter, survival, wilderness, aviation, woman with a gun ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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, race against time, daring rescue, rescue, tough heroes, heroes, master criminal, save the day, one man army, air disaster, fbi ...
Time:
2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
College students on a field trip encounter terrorists planning to poison the city's water supply.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, exciting, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
college, terrorism, poison, terrorist, monster, hostage, veteran, confined, athlete's life, rivalry, heroes, student ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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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 ⇓
38%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A British colonial policeman in Africa, circa 1900, pursues a band of escaped killers across territory so wild, it lies just "one step to hell."
Style:
serious, exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
wasteland, escaped killer, gang, wilderness, chase, manhunt, escape, hostage, captivity, heroes, prison, rescue ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
africa, south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A soldier-of-fortune steals some Russian nerve gas from Afghanistan, and brings it to the U.S. to be analyzed. A greedy millionaire rancher finds out about it and sets out to steal it.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroic mission, confined, terrorism, heroes, escapades, race against time, rivalry, chase, psychopath, disaster, catastrophe, hostage ...
Time:
80s
Place:
texas, usa, dallas texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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:
realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A family living in an isolated cabin in the woods are terrorized by a gang of escaped convicts. Their leader, a serial killer, is a disturbed Vietnam veteran. What the gang doesn't know is that the family's father is also a Vietnam ...
Style:
bleak, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When deadly anthrax missiles are stolen by a militia, ATF agent Ethan Carter (Dean Cain) must go undercover and join the group to save the country from disaster.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A bounty hunter is hired to abduct a reporter who has uncovered a U.N. conspiracy plot.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ranger, journalist, mercenary, sexploitation, heroes, on the run, kidnapping, media, missing person, confined, betrayal, criminal heroes ...
Time:
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Place:
africa, south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Adventure, Action, Crime, War
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After Captain Murphy lost some of his men on his last mission to Mexico to bring back a US Senator, he has been plagued with unhappiness and bad dreams. When Murphy is given orders to go back to Mexico to help Mexican people slaving for Salvatore, a ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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35%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
romania, europe, bucharest, balkan
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Russia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, captivating, futuristic, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, special agents, good versus evil, spy, escapades, rivalry, russian, heroine, female fighter, vengeance, couples, suspense ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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