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7 Days in Entebbe (2018)
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, France, Malta
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In 1976, four hijackers take over an Air France airplane with 248 passengers on board and force it to land in Entebbe, Uganda.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, rough, inspirational, social, action adventure, surprise ending, political thriller, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
rescue mission, terrorist, counter terrorism, politics, airplane hijack, terrorism, hijacking, dictator, hijacker, telephone call, airplane, hostage, israeli, death threat, violence, danger, culture clash, friendly fire, dialogue, handgun, kidnapping, hostage rescue, dancing, pilot, torture ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s
Place:
israel, uganda, jerusalem, athens greece, frankfurt germany
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, serious and realistic films with plots about terrorism, terrorist, murder, hostage, violence, danger and death mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like 7 Days in Entebbe: Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Eye in the Sky (2015), Hotel Mumbai (2018), Mosul (2019), Emergency Declaration (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, India, Jordan
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA, Germany, Canada, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 141 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 101 min.
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Israel
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Place:
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Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Place:
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Place:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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