Movies like Momentum
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Momentum (2015)
16K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When Alex, an infiltration expert with a secret past, accidentally reveals her identity during what should have been a routine heist, she quickly finds herself mixed up in a government conspiracy and entangled in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with a master assassin and his team of killers. Armed with her own set of lethal skills, Alex looks to exact revenge for her murdered friends while uncovering the truth.
Style:
tense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, perverse, surprise ending
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female assassin, female protagonist, tough girl, female warrior, one woman army, heist, conspiracy, suspense, woman with a gun, violence, hitman, deception, fear, regret, survival, gunfight, on the run, diamond theft, martial arts, jewel robbery, spy, revenge, robbery, escape, rescue ...
Place:
washington d.c., cape town south africa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out surprise ending, exciting, neo noir and tense films with plots about gun, held at gunpoint, violence, deception, shot in the head, chase and escape mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Momentum: Anna (2019), The Courier (2019), In the Blood (2014), Atomic Blonde (2017), Sleepless (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, USA, Canada, Russia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
spy, female assassin, female protagonist, female spy, female agent, one woman army, cia agent, murder, double agent, russian spy, model, female killer ...
Time:
90s, 80s, year 1985, year 1987, year 1990
Place:
paris france, moscow russia, milan italy, bahamas, russia ...
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
This intense action-thriller unfolds in real time as two embattled souls fight for their lives. Gary Oldman stars as a vicious crime boss out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him. He hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, exciting, psychotronic, surprise ending ...
Plot:
one woman army, suspense, survival, messenger, crime boss, gunfight, bomb, chase, police, gangsters, trap, deserter ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
london, empire state building manhattan new york city, tower bridge london, washington d.c., manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Puerto Rico, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
Style:
realistic, exciting, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, one woman army, female martial artist, tough girl, missing person, spouse in danger, kidnapping, strong female lead, husband wife relationship, conspiracy, female killer, vigilantism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
puerto rico, caribbean, dominican republic
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
John Wick is on the run for two reasons… he’s being hunted for a global $14 million dollar open contract on his life, and for breaking a central rule: taking a life on Continental Hotel grounds. The victim was a member of the High Table who ...
Style:
brutal, exciting, tense, harsh, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
one man army, vengeance, gunfight, criminal's revenge, tough guy, murder, revenge, martial arts, rescue, hitman, brutality, dark hero ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
sahara, new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, usa, north africa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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198K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Sweden, Hungary
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.
Style:
surprise ending, exciting, sexy, harsh, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
spy, cold war, lgbt, female assassin, female killer, woman fights a man, lesbian, female spy, female agent, rogue agent, femme fatale, female warrior ...
Time:
year 1987, 20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place:
berlin germany, east berlin, germany, eastern europe, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Olympus Has Fallen similar movies
33K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Undercover Las Vegas police officer Vincent Downs is caught in a high stakes web of corrupt cops and the mob-controlled casino underground. When a heist goes wrong, a crew of homicidal gangsters kidnaps Downs’ teenage son. In one sleepless night ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, exciting, tense, neo noir ...
Plot:
organized crime, undercover cop, suspense, kidnapping, police corruption, rescue, police detective, father son relationship, brutality, race against time, car chase, mercilessness ...
Place:
las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Mary is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad.
Style:
tense, captivating, exciting, surprise ending, neo noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gangsters, female assassin, suspense, revenge, female killer, murder, female protagonist, death, female warrior, one woman army, strong female lead, violence ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
massachusetts, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
218K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared.
Style:
exciting, surprise ending, captivating, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
female protagonist, strong female character, rescue, treasure hunt, jungle, peril, tough girl, chase, female fighter, father daughter relationship, legend, heroine ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s
Place:
hong kong, britain, asia, england, united kingdom ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, fight, competition, forest, murder, kidnapping, gangsters, master warrior, heroes, chase, hitman, kung fu ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
33K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Lindy is an acid-tongued woman with rage issues who controls her temper by shocking herself with an electrode vest. One day she makes a connection with Justin, who gives her a glimmer of hope for a shock-free future, but when he’s murdered she ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, feminist film, anamorphic ...
Plot:
female vigilante, female assassin, murder, female protagonist, cia, strong female lead, revenge, murder mystery, chase, anger management, anger, fight ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies similar to The Gray Man
17K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, China, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An American backpacker gets involved with a ring of drug smugglers as their driver, and winds up on the run from his employers across Munich's autobahns.
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
on the run, chase, drug dealing, informant, corrupt businessman, car chase, redemption, crime boss, fear, organized crime, gunfight, gangsters ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Thieves attempt a massive heist against the U.S. Treasury as a Category 5 hurricane approaches one of its Mint facilities.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, exciting, apocalyptic, surprise ending ...
Plot:
natural disaster, hurricane, disaster, tornado, tsunami, heist, robbery, suspense, evacuation, betrayal, conspiracy, criminal ...
Time:
2010s, year 1992, 90s, year 2015, 21st century
Place:
usa, alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
This intense action-thriller unfolds in real time as two embattled souls fight for their lives. Gary Oldman stars as a vicious crime boss out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him. He hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier ...
Style:
psychotronic, captivating, tense, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
female warrior, one woman army, femme fatale, revenge, chase, sniper, attempted murder, fbi agent, criminal, woman in danger, mercenary, swashbuckler ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
empire state building manhattan new york city, new york, london, washington d.c., tower bridge london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In her turbulent life as a professional assassin, Sam has no choice but to go rogue to save the life of an innocent 8-year-old girl in the middle of the gang war she has unleashed.
Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, feminist film, perverse ...
Plot:
female assassin, assassin, female protagonist, female killer, strong female lead, fight, murder, women, family in danger, mission, child in peril, revenge ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A female FBI agent is offered millions to help a thief escape from a hijacked airplane.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, tense, exciting, surprise ending
Plot:
suspense, airplane, terrorist, criminal, hostage, rescue, gang, hostage situation, passenger, pilot, race against time, diamonds ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ray (Fleming) is a young, beautiful and deadly assassin looking for answers about her past. Will (Willie Nelson) is her aging mentor who assigns her to a series of new jobs and may know more about her past than he is letting on. When an innocent ...
Plot:
female fighter, female fight, female assassin, sniper, martial arts, assassin, fight, female protagonist, gun, cowboy hat
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
International master thief, Simon Templar, also known as The Saint, is asked by a desperate rich man to find his kidnapped daughter. However, in addition to evading the authorities, Simon must face a dangerous adversary from his past.
Style:
tense, captivating, exciting, disturbing, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
safecracking, rescue, hostage, haunted by the past, robbery, thief, kidnapping, attempted murder, undercover, spy, father daughter relationship, car chase ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
moscow russia, bucharest, los angeles, london, washington d.c. ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
58K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.
Style:
tense, psychological, exciting, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
woman with a gun, female assassin, female agent, murder, female spy, woman fights a man, one woman army, assassin, intelligence agency, strong female character, hitman, contract killing ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
saudi arabia, paris france, boston, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, India, Hong Kong, China, Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, stylized, neo noir, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cyberpunk, female protagonist, distopia, cyborgs, artificial intelligence, robot, technology, tough girl, female martial artist, chase, terrorism, one woman army ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Cavalier contract killer Lee-Seng (Rob Young) flees his vengeful employer and a ruthless assassin (James Trevena-Brown) after failing to eliminate a team of vigilantes intent on ridding their city of drug dealers. Meanwhile, as the bullets start to ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, tense, realistic, surprise ending
Plot:
hitman, on the run, betrayal, rivalry, vengeance, law enforcement, murder, showdown, deception, survival, chase, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Africa, Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Based on the groundbreaking, cult classic anime, KITE tells the story of Sawa, a young woman living in a corrupt society where crime and gangs terrorize the streets. When Sawa's mother and policeman father are found victims of a grisly double ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
violence, vengeance, woman kills a man, vigilantism, young heroes, one woman army, female vigilante, martial arts, revenge, haunted by the past, organized crime, betrayal ...
Time:
near future, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Monaco, Romania
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An elite team of DEA agents are assigned to protect a dangerous drug lord and take refuge in a luxury hotel while they await extraction. They soon find themselves at the center of an ambush as the drug lord's former associates launch an ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, exciting, surprise ending, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
drug lord, battles, violence, betrayal, organized crime, gangsters, witness protection, murder, female killer, soldier, government agent, military ...
Place:
romania, ukraine, eastern europe
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30%
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, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, military, race against time, soldier, daring rescue, escapades, confined, law enforcement, chase, fear, money, psychopath ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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64K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After she's irreversibly poisoned, a ruthless criminal operative has less than 24 hours to exact revenge on her enemies and in the process forms an unexpected bond with the daughter of one of her past victims.
Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing, perverse, mind blowing ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
female assassin, revenge, murder, female protagonist, vengeance, suspense, fight, poison, woman, murderer, assassin, female serial killer ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
tokyo, japan, osaka japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Rescued as a child by the legendary assassin Moody and trained in the family business, Anna is the world’s most skilled contract killer. When Moody, the man who was like a father to her and taught her everything she needs to know about trust and ...
Style:
captivating, tense, realistic, perverse, neo noir ...
Plot:
female assassin, revenge, spy, assassin, murder, vengeance, female killer, drone, seduction, mercenary, female protagonist, suspense ...
Time:
future, year 1991
Place:
bucharest, vietnam, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
On the run from a lethal assassin, a wily con artist devises a scheme to hide out inside a small-town police station. However, when the hit man turns up at the precinct, an unsuspecting rookie cop finds herself caught in the crosshairs.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, perverse ...
Plot:
hitman, jail cell, police, gunfight, con artists, assassin, prison, rookie, murder, suspense, arrest, small town ...
Time:
future
Place:
nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Romania, USA, Ukraine
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When a contract killer (Steven Seagal) encounters a girl on the run from a dangerous mob boss (Vinnie Jones) with powerful political ties, running a human trafficking operation, he is torn between protecting the girl, and remaining loyal to the ...
Style:
tense, exciting, captivating, neo noir, surprise ending
Plot:
on the run, damsel in distress, chase, conspiracy, escape, organized crime, corruption, dark past, gangsters, spy, suspense, martial arts ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, ukraine, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When an experienced thief accidentally makes off with a Van Gogh, his partner is kidnapped by gangsters in pursuit of the painting, forcing the criminal to hatch a rescue plan.
Style:
suspenseful, stylized, realistic, serious, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, tough heroes, hostage, rivalry, dishonesty, disorder, daring rescue, gangsters, death, fight, murder, kidnapping ...
Place:
bucharest, romania
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
74K
Genre: Action, Crime, 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, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, intense ...
Plot:
heist, betrayal, corrupt cop, murder, bank robbery, police corruption, suspense, violence, gangsters, strip club, mafia, investigation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, los angeles, atlanta georgia, tel aviv israel, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
562
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After the murder of their families by a terrorist bomb, five young adults are trained as a hi-tech, anti-terrorist team with a mission to search and destroy high-profile terrorist groups.
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
terrorism, undercover, secret agents, race against time, u.s. navy, heroes, government agency, good versus evil, one man army, save the day, daring rescue, special agents ...
Time:
year 1987, 2000s, 80s
Place:
europe, greece, washington d.c., austria, athens greece ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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