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Operation E (2012)
649
Original name: Operación E
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A thriller centered on a family taken hostage by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, social, bleak
Plot:
jungle, captivity, rescue, rebellion, escapades, danger, confined, political unrest, race against time, baby, human spirit, teenager, conflict, colombian drug cartel, hostage, chases and races, babies and infants, godparent, child in peril, snitch, state affairs, violent content, prison, army, military ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
colombia, latin america
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Most similar movies to Operation E
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and tense films with plots about danger, confined, kidnapping, chases and races, hostage, race against time and escapades mostly in Thriller, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Operation E: Entrusted (2003), Dirty Hands (2014), The Silent Army (2008), Captive (2012), Infinite Justice (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
747
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Hoping to entrap Maria von Gall, who runs a courageous underground railroad for Jews in France, the Nazis kidnap her son Thomas, a brilliant 11-year-old chess master. An exchange arrangement goes awry and he sees her die in a hail of bullets; but he ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
world war two, survival, prodigy, boy genius, coming of age, young heroes, on the run, heroic mission, danger, against humanity, youth, rivalry ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
switzerland, europe, france, geneva switzerland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Colombia, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Towing a submerged torpedo in the wake of their battered fishing boat, a desperate fisherman and a naive kid embark on a journey trafficking millions of dollars worth of cocaine. Shot entirely on location along the Pacific coast of Colombia—in ...
Style:
suspense, serious, tense, suspenseful, social ...
Plot:
drug dealing, crime gone awry, family relations, disorder, chases and races, escapades, ocean, murder, drug, mafia, blaxploitation, conflict ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
colombia, africa
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Eduard Zuiderwijk (Marco Borsato) runs a restaurant in Africa. When his wife (Ricky Koole) suddenly dies, he is left to take care of his son Thomas (Siebe Schoneveld) on his own. When his son's best friend Abu (Andrew Kintu) is abducted by a ...
Style:
emotional, serious, rough, sincere, suspenseful ...
Plot:
kidnapping, military, heroes, rebellion, danger, political unrest, escapades, obsessive quest, interracial friendship, child soldier, children in wartime, dutch history ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
39%
880
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Philippines, Germany, UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A dozen foreigners are kidnapped by a terrorist group in the Philippines.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, serious
Plot:
terrorism, kidnapping, jungle, danger, captivity, rescue, muslim, religion, military, journalist, hostage, murder ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 21st century
Place:
the philippines, asia
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An American reporter is held hostage by Muslim fundamentalists in Karachi against the release of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, political thriller, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
captivity, terrorism, journalism, hostage, politics, confined, prison, kidnapping, war on terror, rebellion, danger, negotiation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pakistan, usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Colombia, Mexico, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A former guerrilla is reluctantly drawn into the vengeance scheme of one of his victims.
Style:
exciting, serious, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, danger, rivalry, forced into action, race against time, colombian drug cartel, murder, conflict, violent content, tough heroes, chases and races, kidnapping ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, colombia
Similarity:
32%
2K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A rich industrialist is brutally kidnapped. While he physically and mentally degenerates in imprisonment, the kidnappers, police and the board of the company of which he is director negotiate about the ransom of 50 million euro.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
kidnapping, hostage, life turned upside down, uncover truth, dishonesty, confined, danger, captivity, abduction, ransom, double life, liberation ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
belgium, europe, paris france
Similarity:
29%
723
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Still depressed over the suicide of his mother, Bill has no idea that he's in for a wild ride when he and his wife Jennifer board the yacht owned by her bigoted lawyer brother. Along for the trip: a rock musician and his wife, as well as the ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
rescue, hostage, survival, forces of nature, isolation, captivity, one man army, confined, danger, husband wife relationship, cruise, lgbtq ...
Time:
90s
Place:
bahamas
Similarity:
26%
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1K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Colombia, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Shot in real time, PVC-1 is based on the true story of a woman who is turned into a human time bomb in a bizarre act of terrorism.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, realistic, rough, tense ...
Plot:
profanity, against the odds, terrorism, rescue, race against time, danger, bomb, nihilism, found footage, underground, woman in danger, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
colombia
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Deals with 90 minutes in a kidnapped hostage's life, and the frustration his family, a special ops team, and a man in charge of delivering the ransom money all feel as they rush to save him.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, stylized, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, crime gone awry, missing person, terrorism, danger, race against time, rivalry, chase, destiny, car chase, missing child, father son relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
colombia, new york, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Every 24 hrs. after a child's been kidnapped by a stranger, chances of finding them alive diminishes to almost 100% ... The true and inspiring survival story of kidnapped teen, Anne Sluti, and how she manages to stay alive by manipulating her ...
Style:
realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
kidnapping, kidnapped, survival, rescue, missing person, danger, confined, kidnapper kidnapped relationship, hostage, rape, stockholm syndrome, showdown ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nebraska, montana, wyoming
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The management of a ski resort blatantly ignores a local expert's warning that a mass of snow has build up which is just waiting to come down the ski slopes in a terrible avalanche. Instead of clearing the endangered area, skiers are allowed to ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, bleak, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
resort, save the day, rescue, family in crisis, heroes, daring rescue, danger, family life, confined, family relations, escapades, hospital ...
Place:
beverly hills, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Four friends set out on a motorcycle adventure weekend, clocking up miles in an attempt to outrun their age and urban lifestyles. After bartering with a local land owner for a place to set up camp, they spend the night reminiscing over their wasted ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, survival, captivity, danger, confined, haunted by the past, woods, wilderness, buddies, escapades, friendship, abduction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
23%
344
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A fast-paced thriller about a vital and terrifying subject - the trafficking of children - with the heart-stopping vibrancy, compassion and energy that only the fate of children inspires. This is a story that touches all our lives. And it's ...
Style:
captivating, tense, serious, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot:
human trafficking, uncover truth, society, confined, police detective, law enforcement, danger, investigation, child in peril, captivity, rescue, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When the dam in the town of Rutland starts to show signs of wear. David Powell, the architect who originally worked on the dam but was removed and who left town after he was black balled by Walker, the man who only cares about making a profit; ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dam, disaster, danger, daring rescue, save the day, race against time, rescue, survival, escapades, mentally unstable, forces of nature, natural disaster ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
In Berlin in 1961, an American soldier and a German engineer join forces to build a tunnel under the Berlin Wall in order to smuggle out refugees, including the soldier's East German girlfriend.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, tense, rough ...
Plot:
iron curtain, cold war era, berlin wall, escape, cold war, communism, stasi, tunnel, new love, love letter, political unrest, against the odds ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1961
Place:
germany, east germany, berlin germany, europe, east berlin
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Terrorists steal the only cure to a deadly virus that has been unleashed in Africa.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, tense, tech noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, race against time, danger, chases and races, jungle, evil man, virus, die hard, boat, martial arts, heroes, kidnapping ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Business mogul David Hawkner and his wife are enjoying a quiet vacation by themselves at their isolated retreat. The serenity is broken when they become the targets of a handsome, crazed killer.
Style:
independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
psycho, snow, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, confined, chases and races, rescue, danger, psychopath, woman in danger, kidnapping, captivity ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
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686
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
‘GHOSTED’ tells a story of survival inside a British Prison. Jack a model prisoner, has kept his head down and done his time. After his wife confirms that she is leaving him, on the anniversary of their son’s death, the only thing that keeps ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
prison, survival, haunted by the past, danger, confined, criminal heroes, twists and turns, prison life, prison fight, prison rape, supernatural, strong violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
22%
379
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Manhattan fireman Mark Decker visits, for the first time, his Steven in his ex Emma's new apartment in one of her dad Donald Richardson's development estates, at the foot of Diamand-back Mountain. But Don's ambitious executive Stewart ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, danger, father son relationship, rescue, disaster, save the day, escapades, race against time, pregnancy, chases and races, natural disaster, landslide ...
Place:
manhattan new york city
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The story centers on paroled white supremacist who has just killed a cop, and takes a black family hostage. Within hours of being released from 14 years of solitary confinement in maximum-security Pelican Bay State Prison, Garrett Tully is on the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
hostage, family in danger, danger, murder, family relations, confined, kidnapped, home invasion, husband wife relationship, african american, hostage situation, blaxploitation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A Secret Service agent and his brother, a reckless ATF agent, try to stop a group of extreme right-wing U.S. military mercenaries, led by a fanatic Taiwanese vixen, who hijack the Queen Mary 2 ocean liner with the U.S. and Chinese presidents on ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
daring rescue, undercover, terrorism, hostage, rescue, one man army, escapades, save the day, rivalry, confined, danger, race against time ...
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Michelle a single mother is kidnapped by three masked men and held hostage until she is forced to rob a bank which is the only option she has to saving her only child's life while they are both wired to explode.
Style:
psychological, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
confined, heist, woman in danger, single parent, danger, unlikely criminals, isolation, crime gone awry, parents and children, bank, kidnapping, child in peril ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Kenya, Somalia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In Somalia, principled, young husband and father Abdi turns to piracy to support his family. While his wife and child wait for him in Yemen, an outdated and fragile satellite phone is his only connection to all he truly values. Abdi and his fellow ...
Style:
tense, captivating, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
pirate, piracy, moral dilemma, hijacking, surrender, confined, danger, rivalry, international relations, violent content, hostage, realism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, somalia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Cassie works as a teller at the bank where her mother is the branch manager. When the bank is robbed, Cassie is taken hostage. She soon finds out that the bank robbers are teenage girls, one of whom is her best friend, Abbie. In this propulsive real ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
heist, investigation, danger, confined, race against time, on the run, parents and children, friendship, abduction, woman with a gun, wrestling, teen social issues ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
843
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A young college is responsible for the care of an innocent little girl, but soon all he knows give a twist that will endanger his own life. All begin when crossing under the floor of the third floor to the left, a road without knowing directly the ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
psychopath, survival, isolation, danger, puzzle, doll, puppet, toys, babysitting, violent content, chases and races, mentally challenged ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals details of a secret meeting held just after the start of the Vietnam ...
Style:
political thriller, political, neo noir, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nuclear threat, vietnam war, cold war, president, u.s. president, danger, terrorism, conspiracy, nuclear missile, military, u.s. military, u.s. air force ...
Place:
montana, usa, vietnam, asia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
Major Ranvir Kaul (Amitabh Bachchan) is a POW who was captured along with over 50 soldiers by Pakistani soldiers in 1971 during the war between India and Pakistan. 33 years later Ranvir's son Gaurav (Akshaye Khanna) decides to go on a rescue ...
Style:
patriotic, serious, exciting, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
prison escape, patriot, escape attempt, prison, parents and children, confined, rescue, prison life, hopes, getting home, danger, military ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pakistan, india
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Entebbe Airport (now Entebbe International Airport) in Uganda.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, bleak, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, aviation, military, conflict, war on terror, struggle, hostage, airport, dictatorship, revolutionary, revolution, conservative ...
Place:
uganda, middle east, africa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Tensions are high after a Danish freighter is captured and held for ransom by Somali pirates, leading to weeks of high-stakes negotiations – and an escalating potential for explosive violence.
Style:
psychological, bleak, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
negotiation, pirate, hostage, terrorism, hijacking, sailor, manipulation, ransom, character study, moral dilemma, captivity, workplace ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
somalia, denmark, scandinavia
Similarity:
20%
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