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The Final Option (1982)
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Original name: Who Dares Wins
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When SAS Captain Peter Skellen is thrown out of the service for gross misconduct due to unnecessary violence and bullying, he is soon recruited by The People's Lobby, a fanatical group aiming to hold several US dignitaries hostage. But Skellen's dismissal is a front to enable him to get close to the terrorist group. Can he get close enough to stop the Lobby from creating an international incident?
Style:
suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious, captivating, offbeat, political, cult classic, action thriller, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, military, undercover, hostage, isolation, state affairs, politics, anti war, nuclear holocaust, rivalry, danger, working undercover, special forces, police, war, distopia, mission, commando, american abroad, terrorist group, hostile takeover, hostage rescue, heroes, escapades, espionage ...
Time:
80s, year 1982
Place:
england, london, europe, big ben london
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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 terrorism, danger, gunfight, machine gun, shootout, terrorist and gun mostly in Thriller, Action and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Final Option: Ultimate Force (2002), Wild Geese II (1985), 6 Days (2017), Blast (2004), Detonator (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Ultimate Force is a British television drama series that was shown on ITV, which deals with the activities of the fictional Red Troop of the SAS. The programme started on 16 September 2002 and four series were produced.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, cerebral ...
Plot:
covert operation, military, mercenary, counter terrorism, danger, special forces, terrorism, survival, hostage, warning, mission, terrorist ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A group of mercenaries is hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison in Berlin.
Style:
cult classic, offbeat, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mercenary, world war two, rescue mission, commando, nazi, training, behind enemy lines, mission, tough guy, sex scene, irishman, embassy ...
Time:
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Place:
west berlin west germany, germany, east germany, europe, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: New Zealand, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In April 1980, armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy in Princes Gate, London and took all inside hostage. Over the next six days a tense standoff took place, all the while a group of highly trained soldiers from the SAS prepared for a raid the ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, factual, tension ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, military, politics, commando mission, rescue, danger, siege, violence, hostage, hostage situation, hostage rescue ...
Time:
80s, year 1980
Place:
england, iran, london
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany, South Africa, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A terrorist posing as environmentalist hijacks an oil rig off the coast of California with the intent of detonating an electromagnetic bomb over the US.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, daring rescue, one man army, hidden identity, isolation, rivalry, danger, escapades, save the day, law enforcement, undercover, disguise ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, san diego california
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Croatia, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When a renegade Russian general sends a nuclear bomb hurtling toward the Middle East aboard a hijacked train, special agents are dispatched to disarm the deadly device. Ten tons of steel and one ounce of hot plutonium are now riding roughshod ...
Style:
suspense, fast, serious, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
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Plot:
train, railway, hijacking, 007, fugitives, spy, subway, covert operation, gulf war, die hard, scientist, mercenary ...
Time:
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Place:
iraq, russia, europe, soviet union, iran ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Bulgaria
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Chris Kody, imprisoned member of the US military, is released from prison and reunited with his old team in order to pursue a renegade scientist. The catch, the scientist has developed mind control technology that can make even your friends into ...
Style:
stylized, serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, martial arts, antidote, poison, undercover, terrorist, rescue, espionage, heroes, soldier, daring rescue, good versus evil ...
Place:
uruguay
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Terrorists take over a plutonium bomb and threaten to detonate it in a Saudi Arabian oil field. A special anti-terrorist unit is sent in to stop them.
Style:
retro, cult classic, independent film, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, cia agent, mountain, commando mission, oil, espionage, exploitation, war on terror, cavalry, undercover, race against time ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
Place:
saudi arabia, east germany, germany, middle east, london ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Plan Aurora, led by Kim Philby is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, spy, politics, undercover, cold war, kgb, nuclear bomb, secret agent, conspiracy, closeted homosexual, chase, betrayal ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
russia, england, glasgow scotland, europe, london ...
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Navy SEALS mount an attack on Colombian special forces to clear their names and rescue a hostage.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, terrorism, heroes, battles, soldier, secret agent, hostage, heroic mission, military life, frame up, rescue, daring rescue ...
Place:
colombia, latin america
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
John, is sent in to recover a stolen Stealth Bomber. His trusty sidekick Rojar and John's ever faithful Jessica, fight the rebel forces of Banansistan, led by the vivacious Ellianna.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, martial arts, betrayal, terrorism, tough heroes, lesbianism, soldier, espionage, chases and races, secret agent, escapades, undercover ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Romania
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The global war on terror rages on. When a government official goes missing, Lance, a man with an impressive record of service to his country, finds himself protecting the man who embodies everything he has dedicated his life to fight against.
Style:
serious, rough, exciting, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, undercover, tough heroes, one man army, danger, state affairs, daring rescue, save the day, law enforcement, chases and races, conspiracy, undercover agent ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
romania, europe, new york, washington d.c.
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
On Christmas Eve a group of ruthless masked terrorists kidnap the Prime Ministers daughter, fortifying themselves in an underground car park rigged with explosives. Crack SAS operative Chris Lowe and his team are sent in and must take the building ...
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, military, soldier, danger, daring rescue, confined, law enforcement, escapades, chase, money, fear ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, scotland yard
Similarity:
27%
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, battles, tough heroes, one man army, danger, undercover, race against time ...
Time:
90s
Place:
pentagon, johannesburg south africa, africa, south africa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Philippines
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When an American soldier’s Black Ops Unit is ambushed during a raid to rescue a nano-nuclear device that has fallen into the wrong hands, he must run for his life to not only track down the missing device, but also clear his name when he is ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, captivating, tense, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
soldier, terrorism, betrayal, one man army, danger, heroic mission, daring rescue, rivalry, military, race against time, escapades, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.
Style:
exciting, suspense, political, political thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
terrorism, revenge, cia, espionage, spy, terrorist, assassination, cia agent, politics, ira, hitman, traitor ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., ireland, north africa, scotland yard, usa ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, martial arts, reluctant partners, tough heroes, terrorist, military, rescue, war on terror, terrorist plot, soldier, good versus evil, heroes ...
Time:
year 1995
Similarity:
26%
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, save the day, politics, rescue, danger, race against time, government agency, state affairs, one man army, heroes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
romania, europe, bucharest, balkan
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Matt Hendricks (Dolph Lundgren) is the US Navy's top Marine Special Operations Commander and is facing his toughest challenge yet - Escorting the deadliest viral weapon on the planet back to a safe Storage Faciliy.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, suspense, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, terrorism, working undercover, terrorist, female warrior, special agent, state affairs, save the day, danger, government agency, frame up, die hard ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, new york, russia, pentagon, washington d.c. ...
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Chechen rebels take over a Russian nuclear plant and it's up to a mysterious agent(Snipes) to stop them.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, black american, military, soldier, heroes, rescue, sniper, frame up, heroic mission, daring rescue, political conspiracy, danger ...
Place:
russia
Similarity:
24%
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:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, tense, realistic ...
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:
24%
294
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Terrorists seize an American nuclear missile site and threaten to launch the missiles at Washington unless the President resigns immediately and $1 billion is placed in a Swiss account in 8 hours.
Style:
suspense, independent film, fast, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, computer cracker, world war three, 007, world war, die hard, heroes, race against time, violent content, chaos, save the world ...
Time:
90s
Place:
haiti, idaho, pentagon, washington d.c., switzerland
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Navy SEALS, headed by Lt. Bobby James, are dispatched to North Korea on a covert mission, all in an effort to take out a missile site...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
military, soldier, heroes, battles, danger, military life, mission gone awry, daring rescue, cliche, tough heroes, nuclear threat, nuclear ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, asia, washington d.c., north korea
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A Marine must do whatever it takes to save his kidnapped niece and stop a terrorist attack masterminded by a radical militia group.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, soldier, hostage, kidnapping, tough heroes, daring rescue, save the day, rivalry, danger, military, chase, wrestling ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
british columbia, usa, seattle, washington state
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jonathan Cold returns, this time he goes Undercover to stop a group of Terrorists before they bomb Los Angeles.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, semi serious, spiritual, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, secret agent, undercover, martial arts, spy, nuclear bomb, hostage, rescue, espionage, danger, working undercover, heroic mission ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, amsterdam, utah
Similarity:
24%
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:
23%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Croatia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
UN agents Mike Graham and Sabrina Carver are sent by their director Nick Caldwell to investigate the theft of Rembrandt's painting, "The Night Watch". The trail takes them from Amsterdam to Hong Kong and involves them in not only art ...
Style:
suspense, serious, captivating, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
art theft, espionage, partner, undercover, forgery, female warrior, investigation, famous painting, spy, danger, escapades, heist ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
amsterdam, europe, asia, new york, hong kong
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Dozens of American cargos with high valuable goods have disappeared, probably attacked by modern pirates. The United States decide to mobilize a team of expert SWAT, with Mike Bradley as leader, sending them to destroy the pirates' base, namely ...
Style:
serious, exciting, bleak, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, undercover, military, pirate, battles, female spy, soldier, daring rescue, danger, military life, heroes, ocean ...
Time:
90s
Place:
europe, french riviera, san francisco, turkey, albania
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A terrorist (Anthony Perkins) holds an offshore drilling rig and production platform for ransom in the North Sea. Ffolkes (Roger Moore) a wealthy eccentric, volunteers to send his crack team of soldiers in to stop the terrorists. With few other ...
Style:
political thriller, fast, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
terrorism, closeted homosexual, spy, 007, boat, sea, oil rig, north sea, chase, eccentricity, oil, british ...
Time:
year 1980, 20th century, 70s, 80s, 18th century
Place:
big ben london, scotland, london, california
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A British Special Boat Service commando tracks down an international terrorist cell.
Style:
suspense, tense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
terrorist, laboratory, terrorism, terrorist plot, military, investigation, rescue, evacuation, gunfight, deception, soldier, bomb ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
iran, big ben london, london, rome italy, ukraine
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Bulgaria, India
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.
Style:
exciting, intense, serious, saga, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, manly, chick flick
Plot:
terrorism, secret service, hostage, terrorist, president, conspiracy, one man army, terrorist attack, save the day, danger, u.s. president, propaganda ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe, tokyo, united kingdom ...
Similarity:
23%
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