Movies like Helios

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Helios (2015)
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Helios (2015)
Original name: 赤道
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Wanted criminal "Helios" and his assistant stole a quantity of uranium and plan to produce weapons of mass destruction. They are planning to trade with a terrorist organization in Hong Kong. Chief Inspector Lee Yinming and Inspector Fan Kaming lead the Counter Terrorism Response Unit of the Hong Kong Police Force. Along with a Chinese senior official, a physics professor, and two South Korean weapon experts, they hope to defuse a crisis sufficient to destroy the world.
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: nuclear, weapon of mass destruction, terrorist, police, arms dealer, counter terrorism, mission, fighting crime, nuclear threat, criminal, terrorism, weapons, arms dealing, teamwork, nuclear bomb, nuclear missile, war on terror, terrorist attack, threat, secret mission, disaster, terrorist plot, police officer, physicist, diplomacy ...
Place: korea, china, macau
Keyword: chinese

Most similar movies to Helios

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, tense, suspense and disturbing films with plots about police, terrorist, terrorism, police officer, fighting crime, terrorist attack and counter terrorism mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Helios: Tik Tok (2016), Cold War II (2016), The Informant (2008), Gaganam (2011), Detective Knight: Independence (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Tik Tok (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 103 min.
Story: When a bombing occurs during a soccer match between China and South Korea, the two countries are embroiled in a fierce cat-and-mouse chase.
Style: tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating
Plot: counter terrorism, terrorism, race against time, criminal, terrorist plot, twin brother, evil twin, terrorist, war on terror, terrorist attack, soccer, conspiracy ...
Place: south korea, china
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Cold War II (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Picking up some time after the events in the first movie, Sean Lau is now the Commissioner of Police after the successful rescue operation. However, things turn bad when his wife and daughter are kidnapped. Sean has to seek help from former rival ...
Style: political thriller, captivating, tense
Audience: teens
Plot: police corruption, police officer, crime investigation, cold case, abduction, police investigation, criminal, investigation, kidnapped woman, asian, die hard, explosives expert ...
Place: china, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Informant (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 84 min.
Story: McInnes plays a suburban dad who works as a police informant for a federal investigative agency. The character’s background is shrouded in mystery, with intelligence officers seeking to uncover the truth about his past by working with him.
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing
Plot: fighting crime, police detective, teamwork, police officer, police investigation, criminal, organized crime, reconnaissance, police, forensics
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
 7.2
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Gaganam (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Flight No. SK 957, Star Jet bound for Delhi is set to take off from Chennai on a Monday morning. Terrorists in a team of five, disguised as passengers take over the Star jet flight, supposedly to effect the release of their leader, Yusuf Khan. The ...
Style: disturbing, tense, suspense, captivating
Plot: airplane hijack, terrorist plot, hostage, terrorism, hostage situation, terrorist group, counter terrorism, passenger, terrorist attack, fighting crime, airplane trip, rescue mission ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Detective Knight: Independence (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Detective James Knight 's last-minute assignment to the Independence Day shift turns into a race to stop an unbalanced ambulance EMT from imperiling the city's festivities. The misguided vigilante, playing cop with a stolen gun and ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, tense
Plot: terror, terrorism, state terrorism, domestic terrorism, independence day, counter terrorism, war on terror, terrorist attack, terrorist group, race against time, terrorist plot, terrorist ...
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Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China, Myanmar
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A car crash sparks a war between local police and an international terrorist organization.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense
Plot: police, corruption, police corruption, corrupt cop, police officer, terrorist plot, police investigation, war on terror, police station, investigation, counter terrorism
Place: hong kong, china
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48%
The Policeman's Lineage (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A by-the-book police officer is assigned to secretly investigate a team leader who believes that the rules shouldn't stop an investigation. As the officer investigates further, his own attitudes begin to mirror the team leader's.
Style: captivating, suspense, tense, disturbing, crime drama
Plot: corrupt cop, undercover cop, investigation, crime investigation, moral dilemma, police corruption, fighting crime, mission, unconventional method, police investigation, police, teamwork ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Sooryavanshi (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story: A fearless, faithful albeit slightly forgetful Mumbai cop, Veer Sooryavanshi, the chief of the Anti-Terrorism Squad in India pulls out all the stops and stunts to thwart a major conspiracy to attack his city.
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, fast, action packed
Plot: police, terrorism, race against time, heroism, organized crime, counter terrorism, fighting crime, criminal gang, teamwork, fight, terrorist group, criminal ...
Time: 2020s
Place: mumbai india, india
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Trigger Point (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: For London's bomb disposal experts, no day is ever the same as they risk their lives protecting the city from harm.
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: bomb squad, counter terrorism, war on terror, terrorist attack, terrorist, bomb, police, terrorism, women, race against time, life risking, female protagonist ...
Time: 2020s
Place: london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Police Evolution: Chapter Two (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Malaysia, Indonesia
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A group of terrorists have taken over a village and are holding the villagers hostage. Special Forces from Malaysia and Indonesia are tasked with handling the incident but their mission fails. Now it is up to Inspector Sani and Inspector Khai to ...
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, buddy comedy
Plot: fight, hostage situation, spy mission, teamwork, fighting crime, spy, war on terror, police officer, special agent, undercover agent, terrorist attack, counter terrorism ...
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The Leakers (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Malaysia
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The film centers around a Malaysian pharmaceutical company using a new virus to generate an epidemic. A secret organization, known as "The Leaker", discloses this information. After the suicide of the pharmaceutical company's son and ...
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: police, conspiracy, police officer, sleuth, criminal, investigation, fighting crime, evil plot, police investigation, epidemic, hacker, crime investigation ...
Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Boon (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Mercenary Nick Boon is trying to atone for his life as an enforcer for a ruthless syndicate. Running from his past, Boon moves to a remote area in the pacific northwest where he meets a struggling widow and her son. When he finds the pair living in ...
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: criminal, widow, organized crime, threat, bandit, gang, criminal gang, fight, gang member, battles, gangster
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The Brink (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Reckless police inspector Sai Gau (Zhang Jin) is on a mission to crack down on criminal Shing's (Shawn Yue) gold smuggling scheme, yet fails to arrest him. As Sai Gau continues his manhunt, he discovers Shing's involvement with triad boss ...
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: police officer, fighting crime, smuggling, crime boss, revenge, power struggle, fight, mafia, smuggler, japanese mafia, boat, die hard ...
Place: china
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S: The Last Policeman: Recovery of Our Future (2015)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Japan
Story: The NPS (National Police Safety Rescue), whose purpose is to catch extreme criminals alive, becomes the center of attention. A sit-in demonstration takes place. Members of the NPS, including Ichigo Kamikura (Osamu Mukai) go to the protest site. ...
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense
Plot: boxer, counter terrorism, teamwork, war on terror, fighting crime, special agent, police officer, terrorist group, agent, police, martial arts, fight ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Unnaipol Oruvan (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A common man tries to fight terrorism by making anonymous calls to cops. Will he succeed ?
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, psychological, surprise ending
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Place: india
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The Trough (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Yu Chau is a cop who has gone so deep undercover within the triad. He can no longer tell which side of the law he's on. When he accidentally kills one of his pals in an operation, he runs off into the boonies to lick his wounds. Upon his ...
Style: disturbing, tense, suspense, captivating
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The White Storm 2: Drug Lords (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Financial tycoon and former triad member Yu Shun-tin tries to eradicate the drug market while 'Jizo' aims to singlehandedly take over Hong Kong's drug exchange as the number one drug lord. Meanwhile, Lam Ching-fung, a cop from the ...
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A convert to Islam sends the U.S. government a tape showing him in three nondescript storage rooms, each of which may contain a nuclear bomb set to detonate in less than a week. Helen Brody, an FBI agent in L.A., is tasked with finding the bombs ...
Style: suspense, psychological, disturbing, psychological thriller, rough ...
Audience: adult
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37%
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A Common Man (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sri Lanka, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A terrorist plants several bombs throughout the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka and threatens to detonate them unless prisoners are released.
Style: suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorist, terrorism, danger, law enforcement, terrorist plot, threat, chases and races, race against time, chase, die hard, graphic violence, violent content ...
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Place: asia, sri lanka
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Blackmark (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: 1963 Military Industrialist Arthur Blackmark must race against the clock to stop an international incident which threatens to end the world.
Style: tense, captivating, suspense
Plot: political conspiracy, cold war, john f. kennedy, terrorist, conspiracy, save the world, nuclear missile, special agent, nuclear threat, race against time, political intrigue, terrorist attack ...
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Duration: 90 min.
Story: Decorated army veteran Jason Hill is on a routine visit to the local VA hospital when organized terrorists infiltrate the building and take hostages, including a decorated general, and Hill’s wife. The highly trained veteran is outnumbered and the ...
Style: suspense, tense, captivating
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Special Female Force (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, Malaysia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An elite team of six female rookie police recruits fails to graduate as they resist to retreat in the final test when the situation gets out of hand. But their eminence provides them with another opportunity – “The Rafflesia”, a special female ...
Style: semi serious, disturbing, exciting, captivating
Plot: female agent, terrorist, terrorism, female protagonist, revenge, special agent, fighting crime, terrorist attack, policewoman, war on terror, undercover agent, sole survivor ...
Place: hong kong
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D Company (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story: D Company is a 2013 Indian Malayalam action portmanteau film. It is an anthology of three independently shot action films directed by M. Padmakumar, Vinod Vijayan and Diphan. Its cast includes Jayasurya, Anoop Menon, Unni Mukundan, Fahad Fazil and ...
Style: anthology, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: police, gangster, multiple storylines, criminal, crime boss, tribe, showdown, social problems, underworld, murder, communism, gold ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Based on the true incident of the 2002 terrorist attack in Gujarat's Akshardham temple, the story revolves around the bravery of NSG commandos, who stood up for their country and their people in the worst of times.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, captivating, tense
Plot: terrorist, terrorism, counter terrorism, commando unit, terrorist attack, hostage situation, war on terror, terrorist group, rescue mission, mission, hindi, bollywood
Time: 2020s
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33%
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Cold War (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story: They say Hong Kong is the safest city in Asia. But tonight, a police van has been hijacked along with the arms, equipment and the five officers aboard, one of the hostages being the only son of police deputy commissioner M.B. Lee! With the chief ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, crime drama ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: police corruption, hostage, rescue, missing person, danger, hijacking, police chase, triad, police investigation, police detective, father and son, con trick ...
Time: 21st century
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Dhamaka (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 103 min.
Story: When a cynical ex-TV news anchor gets an alarming call on his radio show, he sees a chance for a career comeback — but it may cost his conscience.
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing
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Night of the Wolf (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 90 min.
Story: During a live broadcast of a talk show on a TV channel, a group of armed Chechens terrorists take several hostages. The terrorists demand the hostage drama is transmitted live worldwide. Meanwhile, behind the scene, the police negotiator and a ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: police, television studio, terrorism, hostage situation, hostage, criminal, terror, conflict, shooting, night
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Rampage: President Down (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Bill Williamson is back, alive and well and doing a recon mission around D.C. This time he wants to cause a major population disruption within the USA which result in devastating consequences reverberating throughout the world. His new mission this ...
Style: surprise ending, political thriller, tense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: reconnaissance, fbi, massacre, serial killer, assassination, fbi agent, police, special agent, gunfight, murderer, murder, organized crime ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Shadow hunters (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
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Story: Adventures of an anti-terrorism special forces team.
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot: counter terrorism, swat team, war on terror, terrorism, terror, agent, terrorist, terrorist group, coworker, terrorist attack, fighting crime, special agent ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 6.6
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Shock Wave 2 (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 120 min.
Story: When a bomb went off unexpectedly during a police operation to disarm it, bomb disposal officer Poon Shing-Fung got caught in the blast and lost one of his legs. Poon decided to leave the police service. Three years later, the police suspect Poon, ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, tense, suspense
Plot: bomb, amnesia, police officer killed, police shootout, false accusation, undercover cop, undercover, escapades, danger, memory loss, die hard, war ...
Place: china, hong kong, nepal
⇓ similarity ⇓
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