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Alarm in the Delta (1976)
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Alarm in the Delta (1976)
Original name: Alarmă în deltă
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Romania
Duration: 74 min.
Story: During the 1970s a foreign smuggler is taking hostages and threatening to sabotage a river pumping station if he is not aided in his attempt to smuggle ancient artifacts out of Romania.Two young local boys foil his plans.
Plot: heist, heroes, police, hostage, boy, smuggler, artifact, boat, bravery, ruse, sabotage, police dog, young, swimming underwater
Time: 70s
Place: romania, black sea
Keyword: romanian

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and exciting films with plots about police, heist, hostage, murder, heroes, chases and races and chase mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Alarm in the Delta: Babusca's Adventures (1973), Birds of Prey (1973), The Invincible Six (1970), The Brink (2017), The Hurricane Heist (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Babusca's Adventures (1973)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Romania
Duration: 76 min.
Story: In 1975 two Romanian kids go about their daily routine in their native fishing village on the Danube Delta when a mysterious stranger asks them for a ride in their fishing boat to an island located deep inside the river delta.
Plot: boat, yacht, teenager, drug, helicopter, murder, river, swamp, fishing boat, gang, police, boy ...
Time: 70s
Place: romania
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Birds of Prey (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Harry Walker, a former military pilot, works as a helicopter pilot and traffic reporter for a Salt Lake City radio station. One day while working he observes a bank robbery in progress and the kidnapping of a young woman who worked at the bank. ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough
Plot: bank robbery, chase, hostage, kidnapping, armored car, heist, missing person, danger, buddies, heroes, chases and races, race against time ...
Time: 70s
Place: utah, usa
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The Invincible Six (1970)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: Iran, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Based on the story "The Heroes of Yucca," The Invincible Six features a ragtag group of jewel thieves who become the unofficial guardians of a small Iranian village. When bandits attack the village, looking for the body of their former ...
Style: independent film
Plot: museum, heist, bandit, motorcycle, village, foreigner, treasure, belly dancing, burglar, machine gun, police, caper ...
Time: 70s
Place: iran, tehran iran
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Brigade Miscellaneous in the Mountains and at the Sea (1971)
Genre: Comedy, Action, Crime
Country: Romania
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Misc. Brigade must solve a drug traffic case, in their own way
Style: iconic
Plot: airplane, farce, prison, robbery, car chase, scoundrel, nun, sea, art theft, monastery, punishment, immorality ...
Time: 70s
Place: romania, black sea
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
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, neo noir, grim, tense, intense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: heist, subway, train, murder, runaway train, hostage, gangster, terrorism, railway, cop, mayor, criminal ...
Time: 70s, year 1974, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, bronx new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Hurricane Heist (2018)
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.
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Audience: adult
Plot: natural disaster, hurricane, disaster, tornado, robbery, heist, evacuation, betrayal, conspiracy, destruction, criminal, danger ...
Time: year 1992, 2010s, year 2015, 90s, 21st century
Place: usa, alabama
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The Human Hyena (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 82 min.
Story: The dead body of a young man who was kidnapped is found, the police looks for the kidnappers as a web of corruption its uncovered in the police department.
Plot: police, murder, corruption, kidnapping, corrupt, narcotics, young
Place: mexico
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Into the Blue (2005)
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Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When they take some friends on an extreme sport adventure, the last thing Jared and Sam expect to see below the shark-infested waters is a legendary pirate ship rumored to contain millions of dollars in gold. But their good fortune is short-lived, ...
Style: exciting, sexy, suspense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: diving, treasure hunt, shark, underwater, ocean, shipwreck, island, expedition, cocaine, sunken treasure, scuba diving, danger ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: bahamas
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25%
The Law Enforcer (1986)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A police officer is suspended for assaulting gang members who threatened a young woman and her boyfriend. Meanwhile, his fellow officers need help in catching a group of murderous thugs about to make a big time bust.
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: shootout, group, handgun, partner, hostage, criminal, police, violence, young, shot in the head
Time: year 1986
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24%
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Countdown (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Terror from within by Yury Felshtinsky and Alexander Litvinenko, representing them as parts of the plan masterminded and sponsored by exiled tycoon Pokrovsky (obvious hint at Boris Berezovsky in real life) and aimed to discredit Russian security ...
Style: serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: terrorism, hostage, undercover, heroic mission, rivalry, danger, murder, conflict, circus, confined, heroes, chases and races ...
Time: 21st century
Place: russia, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Sharks' Treasure (1975)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Eccentric charter skipper Jim Carnahan and his team of hard-luck dreamers battle sharks, bandits and their own greed to recover sunken treasure
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough
Plot: shark, bare chested male, ocean, killer shark, animal attack, kaiju, sunken treasure, shark attack, machismo, violent content, danger, heroes ...
Time: year 1975, 70s
Place: latin america
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23%
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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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23%
At Point Blank (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A gang of highly efficient and cold hearted robbers strike against a number of banks in Stockholm. The investigation ends up with the criminal detective Klara and the SWAT commander Greger Krona, who together lead the hunt for the robbers. Their ...
Style: exciting, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic
Plot: bank robbery, investigation, mistaken identity, workplace situations, hostage, swat, crime gone awry, law enforcement, love triangle, couple relations, dishonesty, moral dilemma ...
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Duration: 96 min.
Story: In the sweltering heat of the deep south, Slim Manning, a topless club owner, wants a better life for his teenage daughter, Tracy. There's only one problem. She wants to follow in the footsteps of her mother, Audrey, a topless dancer at ...
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Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 129 min.
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Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Sandra Bullock and Jason Patric star as a young couple whose dream cruise turns to terror when a lunatic computer genius (Willem Dafoe) sets a new course for destruction.
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Story: It’s bad men versus worse men as thieves face off against dealers in this super slick French heist thriller from the director of Chrysalis and The Assault.
Style: suspense, psychological, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Plot: heist, bank robbery, brother brother relationship, bank robber, robbery, armed robbery, gang of thieves, violence, murder, death, criminal heroes, mafia ...
Time: year 2015, 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Big Bullet (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Hotheaded cop Bill Zhu (Lau Ching-wan) gets relegated to the Emergency Unit after a dustup with his inept boss. When the mob kills Zhu's pal and ex-colleague (Francis Ng) during a turf-war hit, he rounds up his motley department cohorts and ...
Style: heroic, crime drama, bloody, neo noir, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, swat team, heist, police, violent content, law enforcement, workplace, chases and races, danger, escapades, heroes ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Julayi (2012)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min.
Story: An intelligent young man and a timid cop team up to catch a criminal who wants revenge after a foiled bank robbery.
Style: exciting, humorous, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Newman's Law (1974)
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: LAPD Officer Newman has not gotten the reputation of a straight arrow by avoiding conflict when fighting for right. In this police drama, his honesty is put to the test when he and his partner discover a international drug ring involving some of the ...
Style: detective
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The Anderson Tapes (1971)
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, realistic, serious, suspense, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: surveillance, caper, robbery, home invasion, police, surveillance camera, heist, voyeur, safe, gang, wiretap, released from prison ...
Time: year 1971, 20th century, 70s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Madame Sin (1972)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story: A CIA agent is used as a pawn in an insane woman's plan to steal a Polaris submarine.
Style: fast, semi serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: submarine, spy, cold war, old woman, kidnapping, heroes, undercover, rivalry, chases and races, state affairs, terrorism, espionage ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Ffolkes (1980)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A terrorist (Anthony Perkins) holds an offshore drilling rig and production platform for ransom in the North Sea. Ffolkes (Roger Moore) a wealthy eccentric, volunteers to send his crack team of soldiers in to stop the terrorists. With few other ...
Style: political thriller, fast, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: year 1980, 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place: big ben london, scotland, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Brigade Miscellaneous on Alert (1971)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Romania
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The adventures of three Romanian inept petty criminals during the 1970s.
Plot: money, criminal, gang, thief, petty criminal, incompetence, painting, prison, prostitute, police, burglar, prisoner ...
Time: 70s
Place: bucharest, romania
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Cat (1988)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Two bank robbers hold the clerks hostage and demand 3 million German marks as ransom. What the police do not realize is that the true criminal mastermind watches them from outside the bank, anticipating every move.
Style: twisted, surprise ending
Plot: twists and turns, heist, plan, heist gone wrong, criminal gang, police, hotel, ransom, nervousness, hostage, gangster, bare breasts ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Commander Hamilton (1998)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Swedish agents Carl Hamilton and Åke Stålhandske are ordered to stop Russian smugglers.
Style: realistic, semi serious, exciting, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: espionage, secret agent, terrorism, nordic, special forces, james bond, spy, hostage, male bonding, police officer, execution, smuggler ...
Time: 90s
Place: washington d.c., usa, europe, africa, libya ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Stolen (2012)
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
Plot: kidnapping, heist, father daughter relationship, chase, hostage, fbi, car chase, violence, taxi, rescue, greed, ex convict ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: new orleans, usa, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Tiger Brigades (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 125 min.
Story: The film, set in 1912, is about the exploits of France's first motorized police brigade.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, rough
Plot: anarchist, heist, politics, gang, terrorism, international relations, police officer killed, robbery, police, world war one, immigrant, gangster ...
Time: 1910s, 70s
Place: france, paris france, russia, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Emergency Squad (1974)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A ruthless Interpol agent goes after the man who killed his wife in Stelvio Massi's crime thriller. A gutsy robber named Marseilles pulls off a tricky heist, but he's no match for agent Ravelli, a maverick who can't control his ...
Style: poliziottesco
Plot: police, violent, revenge, wife, death, car crash, helicopter, heist, grudge, police shootout, tragic event, mob violence ...
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
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