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Security (2017)
24K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An ex-special services veteran, down on his luck and desperate for work, takes a job as a security guard at a run-down mall in a rough area of town. On his first night on the job, he opens the door to a distraught and desperate young girl who has fled the hijacking of a Police motorcade that was transporting her to testify as a witness in a trial. Hot on her heels is the psychopathic hijacker and his team of henchmen, who will stop at nothing to extract and eliminate the witness.
Style:
exciting, tense, serious, suspense, realistic, rough, suspenseful, perverse, surprise ending, neo noir ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
security guard, tough guy, shopping mall, gunfight, brutality, tough law enforcer, female warrior, ex soldier, warrior, hand to hand combat, danger, escape attempt, machismo, unlikely partners, survival, job seeking, witness, fistfight, attempted murder, murder, deception, showdown, criminal, conspiracy, organized crime ...
Time:
2010s
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Most similar movies to Security
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, f word, surprise ending and suspenseful films with plots about gunfight, fight, violence, shootout, blood, shot in the head and murder mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Security: Safe (2012), Bullet to the Head (2012), Braven (2018), Extraction (2020), Extraction 2 (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
124K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After a former elite agent rescues a 12-year-old Chinese girl who's been abducted, they find themselves in the middle of a standoff between Triads, the Russian Mafia and high-level corrupt New York City politicians and police.
Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, action packed, fast paced ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
chase, gunfight, protector, lone hero, on the run, triad, child in peril, martial arts, bodyguard, tough heroes, outsmarting, ex military ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, iran, new york, brooklyn new york city, north america ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After watching their respective partners die, a cop and a hitman form an alliance in order to bring down their common enemy.
Style:
action thriller, exciting, intense, brutal, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, revenge, vengeance, assassin, professional killer, contract killer, corruption, brutality, mercenary, violent, organized crime, betrayal ...
Time:
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Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa
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44K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A logger defends his family from a group of dangerous drug runners.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, scenic, independent film ...
Audience:
family friendly, manly
Plot:
plot twist, daughter, child in peril, father son relationship, wilderness, tough guy, cocaine, archery, mountain cabin, home invasion, mercilessness, murder ...
Time:
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Similarity:
100%
287K
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:
2020s, future, 21st century
Place:
india, bangladesh, australia, mumbai india
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Austria, Australia, USA, Spain, Germany, Canada, UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Tasked with extracting a family who is at the mercy of a Georgian gangster, Tyler Rake infiltrates one of the world's deadliest prisons in order to save them. But when the extraction gets hot, and the gangster dies in the heat of battle, his ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
mercenary, ex special forces, revenge, assassin, heroes, exploration, violent, female warrior, abusive husband, security, supernatural, rescue mission ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
georgia, austria, vienna, armenia
Similarity:
100%
386K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Hutch Mansell, a suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing neighbor — a "nobody." When two thieves break into his home one night, Hutch's unknown long-simmering rage is ignited and propels him on a brutal path that will uncover dark ...
Style:
brutal, suspense, entertaining, funny, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
one man army, tough guy, secret identity, retribution, revenge, martial arts, one against many, home invasion, twists and turns, vigilante, chase, vengeance ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
america, usa, pentagon
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
U.S. Marshal Mason Pollard specializes in “erasing” people – faking the deaths of high-risk witnesses. With the technological advances of the last 25 years, the game has upgraded, and it’s just another day at the office when he’s assigned ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, surprise ending, f word
Plot:
tough guy, witness protection, martial arts, attempted murder, abusive husband, u.s. marshal, fbi, shootout, woman in jeopardy, rescue, hand to hand combat, ship ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
south africa, cape town south africa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, Australia, UK, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A retired assassins past catches up with him and his brutality surfaces as he goes on a final killing spree to make things right.
Style:
suspense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot:
retired, brutality, killing spree, haunted by the past, gunfight, danger, rescue, tough guy, murderer, investigation, chase, surveillance ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
indonesia
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
461K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspense, brutal, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, corruption, hitman, assassin, one man army, gunfight, justice, lone hero, violence, loner, revenge ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, moscow russia, massachusetts, usa, russia
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
While working as an EMT back stateside Jake Carter after responding to a distress call, finds himself caught up protecting a person of interest from a biker gang ruthlessly hunting them down.
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, chase, murder, brutality, violence, betrayal, gunfight, fight, deception, death, martial arts, marine ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
british columbia
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.
Style:
suspense, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
siege, police station, police corruption, shootout, unlikely partners, criminal's revenge, survival, sniper, attempted murder, danger, machine gun, swat team ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
detroit, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
This intense action-thriller unfolds in real time as two embattled souls fight for their lives. Gary Oldman stars as a vicious crime boss out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him. He hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier ...
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, tense, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
female warrior, delivery man, ex special forces, one against many, black ops, dark heroine, crime boss, femme fatale, revenge, one woman army, badass female lead, mystery woman ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
washington d.c., new york, london, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
32%
888
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A corrupt right-wing militia group chooses a California teacher as the ideal specimen to clone for its army.
Style:
independent film, fast, serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Style:
thrilling, captivating, tense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
2020s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, serious, captivating, exciting, freeze frame ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
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Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
vancouver, seattle
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Hiding out with his son Taylor on the Mexican coast, Nero hopes to put his violent Special Forces career behind him. But after Nero’s home is attacked and Taylor is abducted, the mysterious Mzamo orders Nero to slaughter the members of three rival ...
Style:
perverse, tense, controversial, disturbing, brutal ...
Plot:
drug cartel, father son relationship, hostage, blackmail, criminal gang, gunfight, buddy, weapons, tough guy, kidnapping, mission, son ...
Place:
pacific ocean, mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
On Christmas Eve a group of ruthless masked terrorists kidnap the Prime Ministers daughter, fortifying themselves in an underground car park rigged with explosives. Crack SAS operative Chris Lowe and his team are sent in and must take the building ...
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, military, soldier, danger, daring rescue, confined, law enforcement, escapades, chase, money, fear ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, scotland yard
Similarity:
31%
Movie in collections
36K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Undercover Las Vegas police officer Vincent Downs is caught in a high stakes web of corrupt cops and the mob-controlled casino underground. When a heist goes wrong, a crew of homicidal gangsters kidnaps Downs’ teenage son. In one sleepless night ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting ...
Plot:
organized crime, undercover cop, police detective, black cop, female warrior, kidnapping, police corruption, rescue, death, brutality, race against time, father son relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When former black ops operative Tom Steele and his partner Manning are assigned to decommission an old prison, they must oversee the arrival of two mysterious female prisoners. Before long, an elite force of mercenaries assault the prison in search ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, martial arts, partner, chase, rescue, confined, tough heroes, master warrior, on the run, danger, jail, die hard ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
texas, oregon, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Convicted corporate criminal Howard engineers a prison break as he and a number of fellow inmates are being transferred to a new facility. The escapees storm a shopping mall and take a group of shoppers hostage (after killing many more of them) ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, brother brother relationship, rescue, danger, one man army, race against time, criminal heroes, tough law enforcer, confined, daring rescue, fugitives, siege ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Monaco
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An elite team of DEA agents are assigned to protect a dangerous drug lord and take refuge in a luxury hotel while they await extraction. They soon find themselves at the center of an ambush as the drug lord's former associates launch an ...
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, exciting, surprise ending ...
Plot:
female warrior, drug lord, battles, organized crime, violence, betrayal, witness protection, deception, chase, mob boss, crime boss, murder ...
Place:
ukraine, romania, eastern europe
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After security expert Ray Breslin is hired to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a Hong Kong tech mogul from a formidable Latvian prison, Breslin's girlfriend is also captured. Now he and his team must pull off a deadly rescue mission to confront ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, captivating, tense, saga ...
Plot:
death, businessman, escape, mental health, prison escape, computer cracker, teamwork, murder, liberation, gunfight, vengeance, group of criminals ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
eastern europe, latvia, hong kong, los angeles
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In St. Jude, drug dealers and corrupt cops have destroyed an urban neighborhood. But newcomer, Hong, has the fighting skills and moral vision to save this town from itself.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, rough, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
fight, martial arts, rivalry, vigilantism, one man army, police corruption, small town, gang, master warrior, righting the wronged, tough heroes, good versus evil ...
Time:
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Place:
new orleans, usa, louisiana
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Colonel Robert Sikes is on a mission to rid his city of crime. As a stealthy, one-man assault team, he will take on street gangs, mobsters, and politicians with extreme prejudice until his mission is complete. His former protégé, William Porter, ...
Style:
tense, suspense, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
bare breasts, stripper, vigilante, danger, brutality, murder, anti hero, sociopath, gangster, tough guy, fbi agent, chase ...
Similarity:
30%
18K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When Alex, an infiltration expert with a secret past, accidentally reveals her identity during what should have been a routine heist, she quickly finds herself mixed up in a government conspiracy and entangled in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with ...
Style:
tense, suspense, perverse, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female warrior, violence, female assassin, female protagonist, conspiracy, tough girl, woman with a gun, female killer, hand to hand combat, one woman army, robbery, bank ...
Place:
cape town south africa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
30%
15K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A steely special ops agent finds his morality put to the test when he infiltrates a crime syndicate and unexpectedly bonds with the boss' young son.
Style:
captivating, tense, serious, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
agent, undercover agent, one against many, investigation, special agent, criminal, fight, mob boss, fighting crime, criminal gang, criminal underworld, political conspiracy ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
france, libya, tunisia
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
This intense action-thriller unfolds in real time as two embattled souls fight for their lives. Gary Oldman stars as a vicious crime boss out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him. He hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier ...
Style:
suspense, entertaining, captivating, exciting, black comedy ...
Plot:
one woman army, female warrior, police, danger, survival, gunfight, crime boss, chase, bomb, messenger, trap, chases and races ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
london, empire state building manhattan new york city, tower bridge london, washington d.c., manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Seagal plays a man with a dark and violent past, who seeks revenge for the murder of his son.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, martial arts, gang, chase, investigation, murder, gangster, danger, law enforcement, dishonesty, death in the family, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a D.E.A. and S.W.A.T. cartel takedown ends in a shootout, S.W.A.T. Agent Travis Hall seizes a mysterious prisoner taking him into custody. Before long, the S.W.A.T. compound is under siege by wave-after-wave of assault teams attempting to ...
Style:
saga, suspense, suspenseful, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
police, survival, spy, death of friend, female warrior, corrupt cop, computer cracker, chase, police chase, brutality, husband wife relationship, tough guy ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
seattle, washington d.c., washington state
Similarity:
29%
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