Movies like Ring of Fire 1961

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Ring of Fire (1961)
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Ring of Fire (1961)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Frank Gorshin and his girlfriend, Joyce Taylor, are on the run from the law when apprehended and arrested by the Sherriff..
Style: action thriller, crime thriller
Audience: teen drama
Plot: juvenile delinquent, escape, kidnapping, forest fire, manhunt, hostage situation, teenager, natural disaster, train, forest, police, hostage, fire, sheriff, disaster, train crash, master, train wreck, adolescence, diner, ambush, small town, deputy sheriff, search party, female sexual predator ...
Time: year 1961
Place: oregon

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Most similar movies to Ring of Fire

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, independent film and suspenseful films with plots about police, escape, hostage, kidnapping, held at gunpoint, violence and death mostly in Drama, Crime and Adventure genres. Some movies like Ring of Fire: The Fugitive (1963), Running Hot (1984), St. Helens (1981), Fire! (1977), One Away (1976). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Fugitive (1963)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min.
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Story: The Fugitive is an American drama series created by Roy Huggins and produced by QM Productions and United Artists Television that aired on ABC from 1963 to 1967. David Janssen stars as Richard Kimble, a doctor who is falsely convicted of his ...
Style: captivating, psychological, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: manhunt, false accusation, on the run, chase, escape, murder, uncover truth, dishonesty, fugitives, injustice, twists and turns, death sentence ...
Time: 20th century, future, 60s
Place: tucson arizona, indiana, chicago, arizona, phoenix arizona ...
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95%
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Running Hot (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A teen convicted of murdering his father escapes from authorities and heads for Arizona with a prostitute.
Style: neo noir, independent film, hot
Plot: lust, escape, police, prostitute, death, killer, manhunt, blonde, sleazy, masturbation, teenager, love ...
Place: arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
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St. Helens (1981)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The movie begins with the volcano's awakening on March 20 and ends with its eruption on May 18, 1980
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, volcano, volcanic eruption, survival, climate, darkness, evacuation, escapades, society, journalism, danger ...
Time: year 1981, 80s, 20th century, year 1980
Place: oregon, washington state
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: True story of a young woman's abduction by a deranged loner that led to the largest manhunt in the history of Pennsylvania.
Plot: stockholm syndrome, kidnapping, abduction, nature, child abuse, missing child, manhunt, ex convict, murder, missing daughter, mountain man, kidnapped child ...
Time: 60s
Place: pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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Fire! (1977)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The sheer terror and unearthly beauty of a raging forest fire is breathlessly captured in this compelling Irwin Allen production boasting a big-name cast and enough blazing special effects to turn night into day. Involved are a lumber mill owner ...
Style: psychotronic
Plot: forest fire, natural disaster, firefight, emergency, firefighter, disaster, fireman, school trip, husband wife relationship, fire, prisoner, escape ...
Place: oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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One Away (1976)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Two brothers plot to get their third brother out of jail.
Style: independent film
Plot: wilderness, prison, on the run, manhunt, forest, convict, gypsy, police, escape
Place: south africa
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78%
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Meteorites! (1998)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A meteor shower threatens a small American town.
Style: psychotronic
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, meteorite, apocalypse, carnival, cave, sheriff, small town, electrocution, mayor, native american, husband wife relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Born Bad (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A group of teenagers rob a bank, causing a deadly standoff.
Style: surprise ending
Plot: woman with a gun, caucasian, money, teenager, father son relationship, murder, police, hostage, violence, blood, robbery, sheriff ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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The Sugarland Express (1974)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition to taking ...
Style: road movie, black comedy, cult classic, suspenseful, sexy ...
Plot: car chase, on the run, chase, lovers on the run, small town, kidnapping, on the road, pursuit, prison, texas ranger, police captain, hostage ...
Time: year 1969, 60s, 20th century
Place: texas, midwest, austin texas, usa, mexico
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68%
The Elizabeth Smart Story (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Based on the true story of the kidnapping of teenager Elizabeth Smart,in June 2002, by two people, in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Style: suspense, thought provoking, psychological, rough, suspenseful
Plot: kidnapping, child abuse, true crime, missing child, child rape, religious cult, kidnapped, hostage, false identity, teenage girl, survival, escape ...
Place: utah, nova scotia, salt lake city utah
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66%
Over the Edge (1979)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The music of Cheap Trick, The Cars, and The Ramones highlights this realistic tale of alienated suburban youth on the rampage. Dillon makes his screen debut in this updated, well-done "Rebel Without a Cause." Shelved for several years, the ...
Style: grindhouse, offbeat, cult classic, hood, realistic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, teen angst, marijuana, teenage gang, teenager, street gang, lsd, youth, gang, punk rock, teensploitation, drug ...
Time: 70s, year 1979, 20th century
Place: colorado, usa, denver colorado
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66%
Mayday at 40,000 Feet! (1976)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The co-pilot and engineer of a passenger jet struggle to keep the plane airborne until it can reach an open airfield after a killer aboard the plane fires a gun at an engine and pilot of the plane.
Plot: air disaster, disaster, aviation, aeroplane, hotel room, press conference, hospital, woman, flying, weapons, death, bad weather ...
Time: 20th century
Place: chicago, salt lake city utah
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64%
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Morgan's Ferry (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Three escaped convicts hide out in the home a reclusive woman as they wait to catch a ferry.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, independent film
Plot: dangerous attraction, on the run, fall in love, criminal heroes, confined, couples, isolation, woman in danger, danger, manhunt, escaped prisoner, farmhouse ...
Time: 21st century
Place: southern usa
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60%
The Defiant Ones (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Monroe and 'Joker' Johnson are two prisoners who despise each other. But after their prison transport crashes, they manage to escapechained to each other.
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, singing, escape, on the run, racism, prison, prison escape, dungeon, interracial relations, racial prejudice, fugitive, prison warden ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa
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58%
The Border of Tong (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A Chinese immigrant becomes a fugitive from both the law and the mob after a robbery goes wrong.
Style: independent film
Plot: chinese mafia, car chase, kidnapping, hotel, money, police, brothel, notebook, forest, grasshopper, mass murder, hitman ...
Place: seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Short Walk to Daylight (1972)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: Eight people have to find their way out of a New York subway after being trapped following an earthquake.
Style: psychotronic, corny
Plot: disaster, subway, natural disaster, train, escape, racial tension, trapped, earthquake, flood, drug addict, railway, gas leak
Place: new york
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56%
The True Adventures of Wolfboy (2019)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Follows a young boy who runs away from home in the search of his estranged mother.
Style: road movie, captivating, psychological, unusual plot structure, contemplative ...
Plot: transgender, teenage protagonist, mother and son, father son relationship, teenager, teen angst, troubled youth, estranged mother, social outcast, family relations, search for mother, terminal illness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, pennsylvania, new york
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55%
The Sunchaser (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: A young half-Navajo convict (Jon Seda) dying of cancer forces a yuppie (Woody Harrelson) doctor to drive him to a magic healing lake.
Style: road movie, melancholic, touching, emotional, realistic ...
Plot: terminal illness, friendship, native american, healing power, road trip, justice, hostage, on the road, juvenile delinquent, doctors and patients, self discovery, desert ...
Time: 90s, year 1996
Place: arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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The Snowman (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: West Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A crime comdey directed by Peter F. Bringmann.
Plot: manhunt, hitman, kidnapping, train, mafia, escape, business, drug
Place: germany
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54%
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Shoot to Kill (1988)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When a cunning murderer vanishes into the rugged mountains of the Pacific Northwest, pursuing FBI agent Warren Stantin must exchange familiar city streets for unknown wilderness trails. Completely out of his element, Stantin is forced to enlist the ...
Style: exciting, intense, serious, realistic, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, investigation, wilderness, mountain, chase, fbi, manhunt, on the run, horse, survival, kidnapping ...
Time: 80s
Place: canada, vancouver, seattle, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
They've Taken Our Children: The Chowchilla Kidnapping (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Three young men decide to make easy money by mass kidnapping. After careful preparations, they hijack the school bus and take 26 children and the driver as hostages. However, the bravery and the wit of the old driver could spoil their plan for the ...
Style: realistic, serious
Plot: kidnapping, daring rescue, bus, school, child kidnapping, rivalry, crime gone awry, rescue, escapades, danger, heroes, confined ...
Time: 90s, year 1976
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53%
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Disaster (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When the girlfriend of a cult leader tries to leave the flock, she finds escape to be more difficult than she imagined.
Plot: fight, boat, die hard, disaster, bomb, car chase, religious fanatic, casino, cult leader, nightclub singer, police, escape ...
Place: las vegas
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52%
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Thelma & Louise (1991)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Whilst on a short weekend getaway, Louise shoots a man who had tried to rape Thelma. Due to the incriminating circumstances, they make a run for it and thus a cross country chase ensues for the two fugitives. Along the way, both women rediscover the ...
Style: road movie, sexy, touching, captivating, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: road trip, friendship, feminism, female friendship, on the road, fugitives, rape, female bonding, gender, escapades, lovers on the run, attempted rape ...
Time: 20th century, year 1991, 90s
Place: arizona, southern usa, oklahoma, bolivia, usa ...
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52%
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Left Behind: Vanished - Next Generation (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When millions of people begin to disappear, Gabby, his sister, and their other companies will have to stick together for survival and to figure out what happened behind of an indescribable occurrence.
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense, christian film ...
Plot: christian, christianity, survival, life is a bitch, grownups, adolescence vs adulthood, private investigation, teenager, teenage life, investigation, mysterious disappearance, bible story ...
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51%
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Black Sunday (1977)
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, american football, politics, disaster, revenge, cheerleader, spy, chase, terrorist, violence, airplane, espionage ...
Time: 70s, year 1977, 20th century
Place: florida, miami, usa, mojave desert, miami beach ...
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50%
King of the Roaring 20's: The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Gambler Arnold Rothstein (David Janssen) marries an actress (Dianne Foster), avenges his buddy (Mickey Rooney) and meets an underworld fate.
Style: slang, independent film
Plot: machine gun, drug, biopic, death of protagonist, ambush, deception, violence, bartender, gambling, vice squad, chorus girl, gambler ...
Time: year 1961
Place: israel, madison square garden manhattan new york city, new york
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49%
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Extortion (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A doctor desperately tries to save his wife and their 5 year old son after their vacation in the Bahamas takes an unexpected turn.
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, colorful, feel good
Plot: extortion, kidnapping, kidnapped, hostage, ransom, danger, evil man, nothing goes right, captivity, police, ship, island ...
Place: caribbean, bahamas
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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The Outsiders (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When two poor greasers, Johnny, and Ponyboy are assaulted by a vicious gang, the socs, and Johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to mount between the two rival gangs, setting off a turbulent chain of events.
Style: teen, cult classic, melancholic, intense, hood ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, teenager, gang, teen angst, street gang, book, friendship, small town, dysfunctional family, brat pack, juvenile delinquent, brother brother relationship ...
Time: 60s, future, 1900s, 1950s, 50s ...
Place: oklahoma, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Operation Cobra (1978)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: Norway
Story: The three 13 year old friends lives close to the airport, and discovers that something fishy is going on around the time the American foreign minister is about to land.
Plot: friend, assassination attempt, aviation, children, siege, house, terrorism, forest, rocket, hostage, family relations
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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 20K
River's Edge (1986)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A group of high school friends discover that they are in the presence of a killer. One of them, Samson, has murdered his girlfriend Jamie. He brags to his friends about killing her, and when they discover he is telling the truth, their reactions ...
Style: disturbing, independent film, cult classic, grim, creepy ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: teenager, high school, coming of age, murder, serial killer, small town, drug abuse, violence, death, drug, strangulation, juvenile delinquency ...
Time: 80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place: oregon, california, usa, portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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