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A Common Man (2013)
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sri Lanka, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A terrorist plants several bombs throughout the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka and threatens to detonate them unless prisoners are released.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, rough, serious, realistic, contemplative
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, danger, law enforcement, threat, terrorist plot, chase, chases and races, race against time, die hard, graphic violence, tourism, twists and turns, urban, violent content, city, subway, deadly, crimes, track down
Time:
year 2012, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
asia, sri lanka
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Most similar movies to A Common Man
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and rough films with plots about danger, terrorism, race against time, chases and races, deadly, heroes and terrorist mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like A Common Man: Fauda (2015), Counter Measures (1998), Global Effect (2002), Hijack (1998), Strategic Command (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Israel
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
A top Israeli agent comes out of retirement to hunt for a Palestinian militant he thought he'd killed, setting a chaotic chain of events into motion.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, intense, suspense, political thriller ...
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, espionage, war on terror, terrorist, mossad, covert operation, israeli, assassination, terror, murder, danger, government agency ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
israel, palestine, middle east, belgium
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
US Navy medical officer Jake Fuller is assigned to a goodwill visit aboard a Russian submarine. But he and his companion, Lt. Swain, end up alone among terrorists, who have taken over the submarine and threaten to fire its nuclear weapons.
Style:
suspense, independent film, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, submarine, die hard, sex scene, naval battle, boat, disaster, ambassador, u.s. navy, terrorist plot, profanity ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
43%
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 ...
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488
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A prestigious senator and the passengers on board a train are kidnapped by a militia group.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hijacking, chases and races, confined, save the day, danger, race against time, heroes, law enforcement, die hard, terrorist plot, terrorist group ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Rick Harding is a former Marines officer, now working in the FBI as a chemical weapons designer. While packing up for the night, a group of armed soldiers led by wanted criminal Carlos Gruber, break into the FBI research lab. They steal large ...
Style:
mockbuster, independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, die hard, biological warfare, disaster, aviation, aeroplane, hijacking, hostage, airplane, tough heroes, rivalry, one man army ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The dramatic action film follows a soldier who ventures to America in search of his long lost brother, unaware that his brother may hold the key to a devastating weapon their father developed years ago and that a terrorist now wants to possess.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, christian film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, martial arts, tough heroes, hidden identity, family relations, heroes, race against time, terrorism, chases and races, danger, estrangement, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kosovo, chicago, serbia, belgrade serbia, belgrade ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Admiral McKee (Tom Skerritt) is retired, when following the events of 9/11 he receives a call from the White House informing him that his commander in chief requires him to serve his country once again. Shortly after this he is sworn into office as ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, law enforcement, head of state, danger, save the day, government agency, heroes, state affairs, race against time, political intrigue, heroic mission ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 90s
Place:
afghanistan
Similarity:
33%
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:
31%
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443
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A former FBI agent must stop a crazy man from blowing up bombs.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, terrorism, one man army, save the day, special agent, law enforcement, danger, vengeance, race against time, master criminal, rivalry, chases and races ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
31%
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:
30%
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After a violent car wreck nearly takes his life, Detective Jack Barnes begins having inexplicable and terrifying premonitions of horrible disasters. At first his warning calls go unheeded, but as the premonitions begin to come true Jack is shocked ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, serious, captivating, slasher
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
supernatural, police detective, heroes, supernatural ability, on the run, law enforcement, danger, save the day, die hard, escapades, monster, time travel ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
29%
686
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A Presidential candidate running against the Vice-President plans a trip to the Balkans to negotiate the release of American servicemen being held hostage. Before he leaves, he receives a disk documenting evidence that the Vice-President has been ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hijacking, one man army, political conspiracy, state affairs, secret agent, undercover, law enforcement, confined, race against time, danger, save the day ...
Place:
washington d.c., france
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A group of terrorists, led by a Brit and a psycho (in a great performance by "Rowdy" Roddy Piper) take control of the Hoover Dam and demand $25 million or they will kill civilians and dam workers they have taken hostage. But the terrorists ...
Style:
cliffhanger, independent film, fast, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, disaster, wrestling, die hard, martial arts, terrorism, heroes, one man army, violent content, hijacking, haunted by the past, frame up ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Bahamas, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Evan Lake, a veteran CIA agent, has been ordered to retire. But when his protégé uncovers evidence that Lake's nemesis, the terrorist Banir, has resurfaced, Lake goes rogue, embarking on a perilous, intercontinental mission to eliminate his ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, secret agent, revenge, retirement, special agent, danger, undercover, espionage, religion, restaurant, torture, paranoia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, kenya, washington d.c., philadelphia, bucharest ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Steve Mitchell is clandestinely sent to the US embassy in Bucharest, Romania to disarm a nuclear bomb that has secretly remained in the building since the end of the Cold War, little does he know that other problems will soon erupt. He must ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hostage, heroic mission, save the day, politics, rescue, danger, race against time, government agency, state affairs, one man army, heroes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
romania, europe, bucharest, balkan
Similarity:
28%
949
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
FAA system analyzer named Neil McCabe is the only person who seems to have this different hunch towards a group of international terrorists after a horrific plane incident occured. He thinks that an evil genius computer hacker sets out and ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, rough, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
terrorism, airplane, disaster, danger, aviation, rivalry, chases and races, escapades, law enforcement, undercover, airport, insubordination ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
At the the Killington ski resort something has gone awry. Evil terrorists led by the sinister Greig have taken the resort hostage with a stolen nuclear device. It's up to Ski Patrol bum Matt Foster to save the day... and his fiancé.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, cliffhanger ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, hostage, confined, save the day, danger, escapades, isolation, nuclear threat, resort, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, on the run ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Critical Assembly is based on two college students (Katherine Heigl and Kerr Smith) who build a nuclear device, which is stolen by a fellow student. When it ends up in the hands of a terrorist, they work with an FBI agent (Beach) in a race against ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, race against time, law enforcement, danger, chases and races, state affairs, heroes, undercover, campus, terrorist group, hitman, betrayal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A counterterrorism specialist is assigned by the President to track down a terrorist who is suspected of planning to set off a nuclear device in the U.S.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, race against time, heroes, law enforcement, confined, undercover, good versus evil, one man army, secret agent, nuclear bomb, tough heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, texas, usa, chicago, illinois ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Danny O'Neill is a bomb disposal expert assigned to a case where terrorists have developed an "invisible" liquid explosive which is activated within the human body.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, reluctant partners, assassination, senator, bomb squad, investigation, danger, undercover, police detective, government agency, politics, special agent ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Terrorists capture a Soviet missile submarine and they are intent on using it to unleash a barrage of missiles onto the US West Coast. American special services are called up to intercept and stop the terrorists before they can complete their ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting
Plot:
submarine, underwater, terrorism, terrorist, military, save the day, army investigation, escapades, undercover, rivalry, danger, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
27%
312
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The Isokaze, an Aegis-class escort vessel, sets sail on a routine training exercise, playing host to a platoon from the Fleet Training Group. No sooner is the Isokaze on open water, however, then the FTG reveal themselves to be terrorist stowaways ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ship, terrorism, military, danger, save the day, heroes, soldier, hijacking, confined, chases and races, national security, navy ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
asia, japan, tokyo, korea, north korea
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Martijn, an idealistic Dutch pianist, travels to Morocco to help start a food program for malnourished children. Within moments of his arrival, however, Martijn is abducted by a group of terrorists, injected with a debilitating drug, and imprisoned. ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, serious, realistic, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, kidnapping, torture, chess, idealism, confined, rivalry, danger, missing person, presumed dead, threat ...
Place:
africa, morocco
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A ship captained by the father (Dale Dye) of the leader (Michael McGrady) of Delta Force is taken hostage by terrorists. As might be expected the force is sent in to stop them.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, admiral, hostage, terrorism, boat, cavalry, die hard, cruise ship, submarine, tough heroes, law enforcement, undercover ...
Time:
90s
Place:
russia
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Captain Rick Jeffries is the head of a group of elite soldiers who swim into action, doing the dirty jobs no else can or wants to do. They are in pursuit of a world traveling terrorist known only as Casper, and have the difficult job of bringing him ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, rivalry, undercover, heroic mission, chases and races, escapades, confined, danger, heroes, hijacking, bomb, underwater fight ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
26%
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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:
26%
362
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An ex-SAS agent and a thief battle for their lives as air runs out in a maze of abandoned mine tunnels while they're searching for $200 million in stolen diamonds.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bounty hunter, terrorism, hostage, train, save the day, one man army, crime gone awry, rivalry, criminal heroes, danger, escapades, gang ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Dutton Hatfield, played by Jeff Speakman, is working for the American embassy. He finds himself inside a biochemical weapon laboratory when terrorists headed by Colonel Baron (played by TimeCop villain Ron Silver) take over the place. Baron is ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
computer cracker, terrorist, virus, one man army, terrorism, heroes, tough heroes, law enforcement, rivalry, master criminal, danger, save the day ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
israel, pentagon, washington d.c.
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Swedish intelligence officer Carl Hamilton's 7-year-old goddaughter Nathalie is kidnapped. When the kidnapping's underlying motive becomes known, the Swedish authorities assume a passive role, forcing Hamilton to action. With the help of ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
terrorism, kidnapping, rescue, danger, spy, assassination attempt, heroes, law enforcement, special agent, rivalry, agent, nordic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A man is supposed to guard a shipment of diamonds being sent by rail. But a man robs the train and kills the men guarding the diamonds. The robbers derail the train and hope to get away with their crime. The robbers get caught in Mexico and are sent ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, exciting, suspense, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, one man army, tough heroes, save the day, on the run, hostage, undercover, danger, train, one against many, gunfight, die hard ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
25%
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