Movies like Two-Minute Warning
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Two-Minute Warning (1976)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A psychotic sniper plans a massive killing spree in a Los Angeles football stadium during a major championship game. The police, led by Captain Peter Holly (Charlton Heston) and SWAT commander Sergeant Button (John Cassavetes), learn of the plot and rush to the scene. Still, they may be too late, as an all-star cast finds itself lined up in the sights of a gun-toting madman.
Style:
cult classic, sinister, intense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, tension, dark comedy ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
american football, disaster, terrorism, serial killer, machine gun, violence, threat, mysterious villain, time, natural disaster, crash, usa president, paranoid, kickass, gambling, psychopath, hostage, murder, danger, race against time, swat, sniper, assassin, assassination, heist ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, united states of america
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Most similar movies to Two-Minute Warning
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and suspense films with plots about murder, chase, gun, pistol, death, held at gunpoint and violence mostly in Thriller, Action and Crime genres. Some movies like Two-Minute Warning: Earthquake (1974), The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979), Nick of Time (1995), Skyjacked (1972), Hero and the Terror (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Earthquake is a 1974 American disaster film that achieved huge box-office success, continuing the disaster film genre of the 1970s where recognizable all-star casts attempt to survive life or death situations. The plot concerns the struggle for ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, rough, bad ending ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, end of the world, earthquake, catastrophe, danger, chaos, national guard, love triangle, daring rescue, save the day, infidelity ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The last of the 'Airport' series again stars George Kennedy as aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni, this time having to contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat of the plane splitting in two over the Alps!
Style:
psychological, cult classic, fast, serious, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
disaster, aviation, airport, airplane, natural disaster, air disaster, arms dealer, survival, terrorism, murder, airplane accident, missile ...
Time:
70s, year 1979, 80s
Place:
europe, france, alps, washington d.c., paris france ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Gene Watson is a public accountant who arrives on a train at Union Station in Los Angeles, accompanied by his 6-year-old daughter Lynn. Because of his ordinary looks, he is approached by a pair of sinister people named Smith and Jones.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, clever, suspense ...
Plot:
assassination, conspiracy, conspiracy theory, accountant, twists and turns, politics, kidnapping, race against time, hostage, assassination plot, child in peril, murder ...
Time:
90s, year 1995
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 in this disaster film filled with the usual early '70s stereotypes, and demands to be taken to Russia.
Style:
suspense, psychological, fast, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, disaster, terrorist, air disaster, aviation, terrorism, vietnam war, hijacking, airplane accident, survival, sergeant, crash ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s
Place:
vietnam, asia, russia, moscow russia, soviet union ...
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Danny O'Brien is back in action fighting the notorious Simon Moon, also known as The Terror. Three years earlier O'Brien had single-handedly captured The Terror and was called Hero by the people of L.A. Now Simon has escaped and has ...
Style:
suspenseful, cult classic, slasher, suspense, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
martial arts, murder, cannon, police investigation, brutality, violence, death, hospital, investigation, chase, ship, psychopath ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, california, san francisco
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Seagal is Nico Toscani, an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist, and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice: expert and thorough bone-crushing.
Style:
suspense, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, conspiracy, aikido, undercover, heroic bloodshed, corruption, drug dealing, vengeance, drug lord, police, vietnam war, kung fu ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
chicago, vietnam, usa, illinois, las vegas ...
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32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two Texas border guards find a jeep buried for 20 years in the desert, with a skeleton, a scoped rifle, and a box with $800,000 in cash. They decide to keep the money, but quietly check up on the info they find. Soon the Feds are running all over ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kennedy assassination, police detective, border patrol, conspiracy, police investigation, danger, witnessing a crime, tough law enforcer, partners against crime, political conspiracy, assassination, state affairs ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 80s, year 1963
Place:
texas, usa, san antonio texas, austin texas
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
An Israeli anti-terrorist agent must stop a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a plot to commit a terrorist plot at the Super Bowl.
Style:
political thriller, suspense, political, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, politics, american football, cheerleader, terrorist attack, revenge, spy, betrayal, secret service, conspiracy, violence ...
Time:
70s, year 1977, 20th century
Place:
miami, florida, usa, los angeles, mojave desert ...
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Convicted corporate criminal Howard engineers a prison break as he and a number of fellow inmates are being transferred to a new facility. The escapees storm a shopping mall and take a group of shoppers hostage (after killing many more of them) ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, brother brother relationship, rescue, danger, one man army, race against time, criminal heroes, tough law enforcer, confined, daring rescue, fugitives, siege ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A tough police detective escapes from custody handcuffed to a foul-mouthed car thief after being framed for the murder of his ex-wife. He must now find the real killer and prove his innocence.
Style:
neo noir, tricky, suspenseful, detective, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, mafia, chase, police investigation, vengeance, frame up, stalking, vigilantism, juvenile delinquent, female serial killer, false accusation, femme fatale ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s, 1930s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, ...
Style:
suspenseful, entertaining, intense, exciting, political ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
secret service, assassination attempt, obsession, hitman, assassination of president, assassination plot, killer, election, conspiracy, assassin, gunfight, president ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
washington d.c., california, los angeles, usa, phoenix arizona ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, exciting, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
undercover, prison, murder, organized crime, revenge, investigation, redemption, vengeance, tough heroes, one last job, crime boss, ex convict ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, suspenseful, serious, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, police, corruption, conspiracy, police corruption, negotiation, twists and turns, false accusation, frame up, swat, rivalry, uncover truth ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A dabbler-in-crime and his assistant hire an ex-police reporter to recover some stolen papers.
Style:
cult classic, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gunfight, swimming pool, shootout, street punk, naked woman, chase, heroes, murder, machine gun, writers, rivalry, investigation ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s
Place:
beverly hills, los angeles
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Buster McHenry (Sutherland) is as an undercover agent for the police. His mission involves him in a robbery. Buster gets shot but Hank Storm (Phillips), an Indian, helps Buster. Since Hank wants a spear in the possession of the criminals that Buster ...
Style:
suspense, serious, retro, detective, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
gangster, buddy cop, revenge, car chase, police corruption, vengeance, reluctant partners, murder of an innocent person, telepathy, native american reservation, cold blooded murder, showdown ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
philadelphia, canada, san francisco
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A former government operative renowned for his stealth, Jack Cole is now a Los Angeles police detective. When a series of horrible murders occurs in the metro area, Cole is assigned to the case, along with tough-talking fellow cop Jim Campbell. ...
Style:
suspense, realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, reluctant partners, aikido, police investigation, murder, brutality, violence, hitman, buddy cop, justice, buddy, conspiracy ...
Time:
20th century, year 1996, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Paul Kersey returns to New York to visit his friend Charley, who lives in one of the worst parts of New York City. But when Paul arrives at Charley's apartment, he finds Charley dying after a vicious beating by a gang led by Manny Fraker, and ...
Style:
cult classic, perverse, neo noir, hood, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, violence, revenge, vigilantism, gang, gangster, sniper, gang rape, rape victim, sexual assault, woman in jeopardy, vigilante justice ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place:
new york, los angeles, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A fireman takes an unexpected course of action when a man whom he's been ordered to testify against – after being held up at a local convenience store – threatens him.
Style:
suspense, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
revenge, female warrior, firefighter, vigilante, brutality, murder, vigilantism, vengeance, law enforcement, police detective, secret service, gangster ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, california, los angeles, usa, phoenix arizona ...
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help Nick bust a ...
Style:
suspense, entertaining, intense, semi serious, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
chase, police investigation, pitbull, buddy cop, reluctant partners, buddy, car, car chase, buddies, partner, danger, hostage ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, san francisco, california
Similarity:
30%
134K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Coming together to solve a series of murders in New York City are a DEA agent whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy and an assassin out to avenge her sister's death. The duo will be hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless ...
Style:
stylized, neo noir, noir, bleak, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, tough law enforcer, dark hero, thigh high boots, gun fu, assassin, vigilante, tough heroes, gunfight, life is a bitch, murder, female assassin ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Steven Seagal stars in this gritty, no-holds barred action film as an elite ex-cop with a gambling problem and a mountain of debt. When a mysterious man offers to clear his debts in exchange for the assassination of the city's most notorious ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, aikido, gambling, murder, life is a bitch, danger, downfall, redemption, introspection, dishonesty, one man army, sniper ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, connecticut
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Chinese gangster in Los Angeles escapes on the eve of his deportation to Hong Kong. A martial-arts master detective and his ragtag team get caught up in the action as they track down this ruthless killer.
Style:
suspense, independent film, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, chinese mafia, triad, cop, gangster, gang, vengeance, tough heroes, heroes, rivalry, chases and races, missing person ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, hong kong, usa, asia
Similarity:
30%
81K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, stylized, intense ...
Plot:
heist, police corruption, betrayal, bank robbery, dirty cop, mafia, corruption, corrupt cop, masked man, police detective, strip club, violent ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
atlanta georgia, usa, tel aviv israel, boston, los angeles
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After Washington DC detective Alex Cross is told that a family member has been murdered, he vows to track down the killer. He soon discovers that she was not his first victim and that things are not what they seem.
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, suspense, entertaining, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
psychopath, twists and turns, revenge, murder, brutality, police investigation, serial killer, assassin, chase, danger, investigation, drug addict ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, michigan, indonesia, detroit ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Romania
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Brazil is a contract killer, willing to take any job if the price is right. Flint left the assassin game when a ruthless drug dealer’s brutal attack left his wife in a coma. When a contract is put out on the same coldblooded drug dealer, both ...
Style:
exciting, rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
vengeance, hitman, kickboxing, assassin, sniper, gang rape, fight, assassination, chases and races, tough heroes, martial arts, tough guy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bucharest, ukraine, eastern europe
Similarity:
30%
69K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In "Sabotage", Arnold Schwarzenegger leads an elite DEA task force that takes on the world's deadliest drug cartels. When the team successfully executes a high-stakes raid on a cartel safe house, they think their work is done - until, ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, stylized, intense, brutal ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, drug cartel, police investigation, violent, death of friend, characters murdered one by one, profanity, crime scene, revenge, dishonesty, tough law enforcer, danger ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
mexico, atlanta georgia, south america, georgia, usa ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Rookie cop, Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme – formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury – to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed 'The Bone Collector'. The ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, detective, suspenseful ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, investigation, police investigation, mind game, policewoman, police, murder investigation, death, twists and turns, murder mystery, race against time ...
Time:
year 1999, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, persia, grand central station manhattan new york city
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Dr. Johnny Wu becomes involved in a global Mafia arms cartel when they kidnap his son Bobby. The cartel, made-up of underworld leaders from around the world, become aware that he stumbled onto valuable information on a computer disk he possesses. ...
Style:
psychotronic, independent film, fast, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, female warrior, fight, kung fu, park ranger, kung fu classic, kickboxer, yakuza, woman fights a man, competition, woods, hitman ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
29%
30K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars.
Style:
exciting, suspense, intense, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
hostage, revenge, chase, violence, police officer, hostage negotiator, bank robber, negotiation, murder, sniper, swat team, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
tahiti, san francisco, usa, california
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 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:
suspenseful, neo noir, grim, tense, intense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
train, hostage, subway, heist, runaway train, murder, gangster, terrorism, railway, cop, hostage situation, mayor ...
Time:
70s, year 1974, 20th century
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa
Similarity:
29%
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