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Skyscraper (2018)
144K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Framed and on the run, a former FBI agent must save his family from a blazing fire in the world's tallest building.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychotronic, suspenseful, anamorphic, fairy tale, cult classic, action thriller, action packed, detective ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, chick flick, kids
Plot:
skyscraper, heroism, penthouse, terrorism, protective parent, disaster, ex soldier, fire, courage, panic, terrorist, survival, hostage, lone hero, family in danger, one man army, kidnapping, female assassin, profanity, evil man, interracial family, chinaman, amputee, evacuation, father ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia, minnesota, american
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, surprise ending, suspense and suspenseful films with plots about rescue, race against time, explosion, chase, danger, gun and pistol mostly in Action, Thriller and Adventure genres. Some movies like Skyscraper: 6 Underground (2019), San Andreas (2015), Olympus Has Fallen (2013), White House Down (2013), Die Hard (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Italy, Hungary
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
future, 2010s, year 2019, year 2017, 2020s ...
Place:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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intense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
california, san francisco, los angeles, peru, usa ...
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91%
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Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national ...
Style:
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Audience:
chick flick, manly, girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A spinoff of The Fate of the Furious, focusing on Johnson's US Diplomatic Security Agent Luke Hobbs forming an unlikely alliance with Statham's Deckard Shaw.
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
tough guy, car, terrorism, chase, car chase, speed, secret organization, pursuit, assassination attempt, martial arts, fight, brother and sister ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, moscow russia, london, los angeles, ukraine ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
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Style:
action thriller, breathtaking, action packed, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
secret service, terrorism, president, white house, save the day, treason, hostage, conspiracy, nuclear threat, head of state, child in peril, siege ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., paris france, pentagon, north america ...
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100%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
NYPD cop, John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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82%
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Country: USA, UK, Bulgaria, India
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, intense, serious, saga, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, manly, chick flick
Plot:
terrorism, secret service, hostage, terrorist, president, conspiracy, one man army, terrorist attack, save the day, danger, u.s. president, propaganda ...
Time:
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Place:
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100%
351K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
An Interpol-issued Red Notice is a global alert to hunt and capture the world's most wanted. But when a daring heist brings together the FBI's top profiler and two rival criminals, there's no telling what will happen.
Style:
funny, exciting, tense, anamorphic, action comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
2020s, future, 21st century
Place:
valencia spain, paris france, spain, argentina, england ...
Similarity:
70%
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, psychotronic, disturbing, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
usa, alabama
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Los Angeles SWAT cop Jack Traven is up against bomb expert Howard Payne, who's after major ransom money. First it's a rigged elevator in a very tall building. Then it's a rigged bus--if it slows, it will blow, bad enough any day, but ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, fast, tense ...
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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Country: USA, China, France, Norway
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, India, Thailand, Australia, Canada, Bangladesh
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Tyler Rake, a fearless mercenary who offers his services on the black market, embarks on a dangerous mission when he is hired to rescue the kidnapped son of a Mumbai crime lord…
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, ambiguous ending, surprise ending, action thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, manly
Plot:
mercenary, rescue mission, one against many, kidnapping, ex special forces, one man army, machismo, child kidnapping, death threat, tough guy, jungle, child ...
Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Story:
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Style:
exciting, tense, suspenseful, captivating, action thriller ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: UK, Switzerland, Netherlands, Hungary
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
perverse, suspense, tense, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA, China
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, manly
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA, China, Japan, Spain, UK, Iceland
Duration: 141 min.
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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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A group of armed robbers fleeing the police head for the New Jersey Tunnel and run right into trucks transporting toxic waste. The spectacular explosion that follows results in both ends of the tunnel collapsing and the handful of people who ...
Style:
suspense, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new jersey, new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
After a remote diamond mine collapses in far northern Canada, an ice road driver must lead an impossible rescue mission over a frozen ocean to save the trapped miners.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, serious, dramatic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
canada, north dakota
Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A group of contest winners arrive at an island hotel to live out their dreams, only to find themselves trapped in nightmare scenarios.
Style:
suspense, surprise ending, psychological, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
2020s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA, China
Duration: 107 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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Similarity:
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Country: USA, China, UK, Austria, Morocco, Hong Kong
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, exciting, disturbing, tense, thought provoking ...
Plot:
female agent, vendetta, violence, chase, husband wife relationship, tragic hero, political prisoner, conspiracy, female assassin, tragic past, dark hero, danger ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
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Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria, Spain, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Barney Ross leads a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, a martial arts expert, heavy weapons specialist, demolitionist, and a loose-cannon sniper. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church ...
Style:
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Audience:
manly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
28%
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