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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
41K
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, tense, neo noir, intense, grim, exciting, suspense, detective, grindhouse, hood ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
train, hostage, subway, heist, runaway train, murder, gangster, terrorism, railway, cop, hostage situation, perfect crime, mayor, ransom, criminal, claustrophobia, police procedural, undercover cop, visceral, killer, ghetto, police officer, gang, twins, politics ...
Time:
70s, year 1974, 20th century
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa
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Most similar movies to The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and suspense films with plots about police, chase, gun, murder, pistol, violence and police officer mostly in Thriller, Action and Crime genres. Some movies like The Taking of Pelham One Two Three: Nighthawks (1981), Unstoppable (2010), The French Connection (1971), The Gauntlet (1977), Bullitt (1968). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An international terrorist has New York in a grip of panic and it's up to Det. Sgt. Deke DaSilva to take him down.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, suspense, harsh, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, undercover, hostage, chase, tough law enforcer, stewardess, terrorist, master criminal, danger, fighting crime, working undercover, violence ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, north america, manhattan new york city ...
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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:
tense, exciting, breathtaking, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
train, runaway train, disaster, save the day, train crash, chase, train engineer, race against time, determination, freight train, courage, danger ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, pittsburgh, north america, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.
Style:
atmospheric, tense, neo noir, breathtaking, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, heroin, drug smuggling, chase, car chase, violence, gangster, drug dealer, smuggling, drug lord, organized crime, police detective ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, washington d.c., manhattan new york city, new jersey ...
Similarity:
100%
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, save the day, danger, race against time, ransom, tunnel, confined, mind game, law enforcement, subway, extortion ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Phoenix cop Ben Shockley is well on his way to becoming a derelict when he is assigned to transport a witness named Gus Mally from Vegas. Mally turns out to be a belligerent prostitute with mob ties and incriminating information regarding a ...
Style:
exciting, road movie, suspense, entertaining, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, hitman, tough cop, motorcycle, biker, police officer, police corruption, organized crime, on the road, attempted rape, ambush, corrupt official ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
las vegas, phoenix arizona, arizona, usa, san francisco ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny, who is in protective custody in San Francisco under the watch of police lieutenant Frank Bullitt. When a ...
Style:
suspenseful, detective, suspense, intense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
car chase, police, ford mustang, organized crime, murder, chase, police detective, hitman, police procedural, street racing, tough cop, hospital ...
Time:
year 1968, 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place:
san francisco, bay area, usa, chicago, illinois ...
Similarity:
100%
420K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Los Angeles SWAT cop Jack Traven is up against bomb expert Howard Payne, who's after major ransom money. First it's a rigged elevator in a very tall building. Then it's a rigged bus--if it slows, it will blow, bad enough any day, but ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, fast, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
hostage, bomb, twists and turns, danger, bus, terrorist, terrorism, police officer, trapped, unlikely partners, save the day, bomb squad ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994, 80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, stylized, intense, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
train, hostage, caper, heist, outsmarting, hijacking, terrorist, terrorism, passenger, chase, police investigation, fbi ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
56%
110K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A young man receives an emergency phone call on his cell phone from an older woman. She claims to have been kidnapped – and the kidnappers have targeted her husband and child next.
Style:
suspenseful, sexy, clever, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
kidnapping, hostage, cell phone, lone hero, violence, race against time, home invasion, kidnapped, telephone call, family in danger, psychopath, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An ex-convict (Tyrese) gets tangled up with a gang after his car is hijacked with his son inside.
Style:
hood, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, kidnapping, hip hop, gangster, chase, african american gangster, urban, revenge, african american, car chase, ghetto, black ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Dirty Harry Callahan returns again, this time saddled with a rookie female partner. Together, they must stop a terrorist group consisting of angry Vietnam veterans.
Style:
perverse, sexy, neo noir, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
dirty harry, terrorist, tough girl, female nudity, police, murder, buddy cop, violence, alcatraz, cop, gangster, serial killer ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
san francisco, usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
143K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.
Style:
suspense, tense, intense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, girls' night
Plot:
hostage, child in peril, kidnapping, ransom, reward, police corruption, millionaire, child abduction, rescue, kidnapped, danger, forced into action ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city, new york, harlem
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two lovers, Mary and Larry, in their Dodge Charger are chased by the police after robbing a grocery store.
Style:
road movie, grindhouse, exciting, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, chase, robbery, mechanic, carsploitation, on the run, car, reckless driving, manhunt, blonde, mind game, tragedy ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
california, southern california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An infamous terrorist has evaded capture for a long time by being extremely clever and ruthless. Things get interesting when he hijacks a plane carrying famous security expert John Cutter, who isn't about to stand this sort of thing.
Style:
suspense, serious, exciting, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
terrorism, hostage, airplane, hijacking, airport, terrorist, escape, fbi, airplane hijack, aviation, courage, psychopath ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
louisiana, florida, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
48K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Master thief Will Montgomery is just released from the State penitentiary after serving a 10 year sentence, is contacted by Vincent, his ex comrade in crime, who is holding Will’s teenage daughter ransom in a hijacked taxi cab. Vincent will only ...
Style:
exciting, intense, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
kidnapping, chase, heist, father daughter relationship, robbery, fbi, hostage, violence, ex convict, car chase, taxi, rescue ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, usa, louisiana
Similarity:
100%
126K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a ...
Style:
detective, neo noir, hood, harsh, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, dirty cop, police, corruption, twists and turns, gunfight, violence, police investigation, ghetto, undercover cop, gangster, vigilantism ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, south america, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation; it turns into a hostage situation and a media circus.
Style:
cerebral, tense, dark comedy, suspenseful, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, hostage, bank, heist, lgbtq, hostage situation, bank robber, character study, heat wave, fbi agent, true crime, gay ...
Time:
20th century, year 1975, year 1972, 70s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, persia, usa, north america ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends. Instead of obtaining a small amount of money they discover they stole a very large amount of money belonging to the mob. Charley must now come up with a plan to not only evade the police ...
Style:
neo noir, cynical, clever, suspenseful, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bank robbery, heist, mafia, chase, small town, hitman, organized crime, caper, robbery, car chase, crime gone awry, desert ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
new mexico, usa, albuquerque new mexico
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Independent British thriller starring Dougray Scott and Kara Tointon. Lewis (Scott), an overworked doctor, is on his way home from London with his young son Max (Joshua Kaynama). Clearly exhausted from his work, Lewis decides to take a nap on the ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hijacking, train, danger, confined, vengeance, chases and races, family relations, race against time, negotiation, group of strangers, mind game, trapped ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, argentina
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A thief (Duke Anderson) just released from ten years in jail, takes up with his old girlfriend (Ingrid) in her posh apartment. He makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is recorded on audio and video ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
surveillance, caper, safe, voyeur, home invasion, robbery, surveillance camera, police, gang, heist, ex convict, wiretap ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s, 20th century, labor day
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
23%
23K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
Style:
grindhouse, tense, suspenseful, stylized, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
private detective, blaxploitation, gangster, lone hero, gang, mafia, brutality, organized crime, kidnapping, urban, hitman, gunfight ...
Time:
70s, year 1971, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, america, africa, harlem ...
Similarity:
21%
119K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' ...
Style:
cult classic, neo noir, retro, grindhouse, grim ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
survival, street gang, gang, gang war, gang member, subway, violence, warrior, gangster, chase, murder, graffiti ...
Time:
future, 70s, year 1979, near future, 80s
Place:
new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, bronx new york city, usa, north america ...
Similarity:
33%
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, one man army, tough heroes, save the day, on the run, hostage, undercover, danger, train, one against many, gunfight, die hard ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
20%
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488
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:
terrorism, hijacking, chases and races, confined, save the day, danger, race against time, heroes, law enforcement, die hard, terrorist plot, terrorist group ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A Los Angeles detective is sent to New York where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.
Style:
retro, hood, grindhouse, detective, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gangster, tough guy, church, drug addict, truck, police raid, teenage boy, police partner, police protagonist, photograph, mob boss ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, vietnam, asia, usa, los angeles ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The Driver specializes in driving getaway cars for robberies. His exceptional talent has prevented him from being caught yet. After another successful flight from the police a self-assured detective makes it his primary goal to catch the Driver. He ...
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, tense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
car chase, car, existentialism, carsploitation, police detective, driver, heist, gambling, witness, one last job, on the run, law enforcement ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
19%
180K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath. Harry eventually collars Scorpio in ...
Style:
serious, detective, bleak, controversial, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
serial killer, police, psychopath, gunfight, vigilante, police detective, violence, tough law enforcer, killer, urban, murder, zodiac killer ...
Time:
70s, year 1971, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, usa, north america ...
Similarity:
50%
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 ...
Style:
cult classic, sinister, intense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
american football, disaster, terrorism, serial killer, machine gun, threat, mysterious villain, violence, kickass, natural disaster, time, crash ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as are two policemen. Lt. Pope and Mattelli are two New York City cops trying to break the case. Three small-time criminals are on the run with the money. ...
Style:
neo noir, grindhouse, grim, cynical, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, urban, mobster, gangster, exploitation, black, cop, car chase, big city, nypd, tough guy, police officer ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, harlem, usa, north america, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The lone inhabitants of an abandoned police station are under attack by the overwhelming numbers of a seemingly unstoppable street gang.
Style:
cult classic, tense, grindhouse, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, gunfight, police station, street gang, claustrophobia, siege, violent, prison, female warrior, gang, convict, revenge ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, north america
Similarity:
18%
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