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Final Approach (2007)
744
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
FBI hostage rescue team leader Jack Bender has been sacked for not being a team player, and months later he finds himself in the ultimate hostage nightmare: stuck aboard a plane that's been taken over by a group of well-armed terrorists who threaten to detonate a nuclear weapon unless they receive a billion dollars
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, disaster movie
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, terrorism, rescue, daring rescue, heroes, master criminal, danger, one man army, save the day, tough heroes, air disaster, aviation, fbi, hijacking, swat team, airplane accident, aircraft, die hard, airplane, kidnapping, disaster, chases and races, leadership, escapades, rivalry ...
Time:
2000s, contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and exciting films with plots about danger, heroes, confined, chases and races, save the day, terrorism and rivalry mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Final Approach: Greenmail (2002), Christmas Rush (2002), Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying (1999), Detonator (2003), Strategic Command (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
381
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After huge explosions rip through a chemical processing plant, Alexander Scott, the leader of the radical extremists, is apprehended by a beautiful but tough ATF agent. While in jail, a series of bombings take place, killing innocent people. Scott ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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100%
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
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100%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In the season of giving, the department took his badge. Criminals took his wife. Now, one cop is taking matters into his own hands
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
christmas, one man army, law enforcement, save the day, partner, disorder, master criminal, crime gone awry, rivalry, danger, die hard, shopping mall ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A passenger of a hijacked airliner who happens to be an airplane engineer works to deactivate a chemical weapons bomb after the hijackers kill the pilot and threaten to kill all the passengers on the plane.
Style:
serious, suspense, independent film, fast, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, rescue, tough heroes, aviation, disaster, one man army, daring rescue, heroes, danger, save the day, forces of nature, airport ...
Time:
90s
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100%
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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:
100%
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:
100%
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:
100%
1K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Burnt-out transit cop Jay forms an unlikely alliance with pickpocket Kay to stop a terrorist hijacker from blowing up a subway car during rush hour.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, stylized, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rescue, terrorism, swat team, terrorist, disaster, hostage, save the day, danger, tough heroes, law enforcement, runaway train, train ...
Place:
korea, hong kong, south korea
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A special agent's plans to reconcile with his ex-fiancé are ruined when she boards a private jet that is targeted by hijackers working for the same crime lord that he is chasing.
Style:
sexy, exciting, suspenseful, erotic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, terrorism, save the day, danger, secret agent, hijacking, confined, rivalry, air disaster, murder, police officer, businessman ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a plane carrying a legendary and recently found death ray machine from Siberia to Canada is hijacked and crashes in the remote mountains of Alaska, only a fearless government agent (Treat Williams) will risk his life to save the world. A modern ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, terrorism, tough heroes, save the day, survival, confined, danger, undercover, heroes, daring rescue, race against time, one man army ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, alaska
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Music, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Rock superstar Slade Craven has decided to hang up his rock & roll shoes and has planned something very special for his final show -- instead of a typical concert in some sports arena, he'll play a set aboard a 747 jumbo jet, flying from ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film, fast
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, terrorism, terrorist, aviation, one man army, rescue, danger, daring rescue, escapades, law enforcement, heroic mission, concert ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
colorado, kansas, usa, canada, los angeles
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A commercial jet plane has been hijacked by a group of terrorists who don't realize that a U.S. Air Marshal, Brett Prescott (Dean Cochran), is among the passengers. The fate of dozens of people lies in the hands of Prescott, who must forge a ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hijacking, airplane, strong violent content, terrorism, terrorist, one man army, danger, heroes, aviation, muslim, hijacker, flight attendant ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
41%
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:
40%
903
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Navy SEALs launch a rescue mission after terrorists plunge a jet carrying a missile-launching computer into the sea.
Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, terrorism, heroic mission, gang, heroes, rivalry, race against time, daring rescue, escapades, save the day, danger, confined ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A fully automated commercial jetliner is prepared to make its maiden voyage. Without an on-flight pilot, the craft relies on satellite linking for its course. But when the plane suddenly deviates from its determined route and establishes a circular ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, terrorism, co pilot, hijacking, one man army, save the day, escapades, race against time, rescue, danger, satellite, aviation ...
Place:
usa, seattle
Similarity:
39%
779
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When a Marine Colonel orders his men to massacre a village they were sent to rescue some hostages but when they found them dead they decide to get some payback. Upon returning to the States the Colonel would be court-martialed and made a plea ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, action packed, fast ...
Plot:
terrorism, airplane, one man army, tough heroes, daring rescue, save the day, danger, rivalry, government agency, hostage, air disaster, hijacking ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
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488
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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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:
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Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A former firefighter and Special Forces officer takes on a team of murderous terrorists when the oceanliner he's working on is hijacked shortly after leaving port. Hired to evaluate security on a luxury cruise ship, blaze battler and former ...
Style:
exciting, tense, suspense, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
terrorism, hostage, escapades, hijacking, rescue, chase, rivalry, save the day, race against time, ship, danger, die hard ...
Time:
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Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands, South Africa
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A team of military experts and scientists go after a terrorist group that has seized a deadly virus and is threatening to release it.
Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, rough, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist group, rescue, chaos, daring rescue, heroic mission, battles, tough heroes, one man army, danger, undercover, race against time ...
Time:
90s
Place:
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Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
This sci-fi thriller finds the world in imminent danger when a collision in outer space sends huge pieces of interstellar debris on a path headed straight for Earth. A scientist has designed a system that would stop the largest meteor fragments from ...
Style:
apocalyptic, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, surprise ending
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
disaster, terrorism, asteroids and comets, asteroid, outer space, dystopia, die hard, post apocalypse, hostage, kidnapping, chases and races, race against time ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, south central los angeles
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36%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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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:
35%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
While being escorted to prison from Phoenix to New York, crazed killer Peter Cronin (Anthony Michael Hall) hijacks a commercial jet in flight with the help of accomplices. Holding the 200 passengers and the crew members hostage, Cronin forces the ...
Style:
realistic, serious
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
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Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
John, is sent in to recover a stolen Stealth Bomber. His trusty sidekick Rojar and John's ever faithful Jessica, fight the rebel forces of Banansistan, led by the vivacious Ellianna.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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676
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
U.S. Army sniper Charlie Snow finds himself at the other end of the crosshairs when the brother of an Eastern European arms dealer whom he killed decides to take vengeance on Charlie and his family in L.A.
Style:
rough, realistic, serious
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, california, los angeles, turkey
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
34%
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:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When a new airplane that's equipped with a new computer that can fly the plane on its own, is about to have its first flight. But the son of the owner decides to upload more software, he doesn't bother to check if there are any viruses ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
airplane accident, airplane, boeing 747, computer virus, save the day, danger, chaos, escapades, rivalry, race against time, space travel, aviation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, los angeles
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Having taken the blame for an accident beyond his control, pilot Mike Hogan has been on administrative leave indefinitely; however when the airline is desperately short of staff, he is offered to be first officer and accepts, without enthusiasm, ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, independent film ...
Plot:
disaster, flight attendant, heroes, heroic mission, confined, danger, pilot, die hard, airplane, space, aviation, airport ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
london
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Ray Nettles, a detective of San Francisco, and his partner Fuzzy must take up to one of the most dangerous terrorist gangs of the city. When one of the terrorists, the beautiful scientist Claire Manning is arrested, Swan, the leader of the ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, reluctant partners, terrorist, chase, hostage, daring rescue, save the day, police investigation, master criminal, unlikely partners, tough law enforcer, danger ...
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
33%
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