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On Dangerous Ground (1996)
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On Dangerous Ground (1996)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, Luxembourg
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left as a young boy (he was organizing against apartheid, and left in fear of his life) to bury his father. He meets up with his brother Ernest, who tells him their other brother Stephen couldn't be contacted. Vusi goes to Johannesburg to find him, but at first can only find his neighbor/girlfriend, Karin, a stripper. Vusi proceeds to learn how conditions have changed since the end of apartheid, not always for the better for black men.
Style: exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, world war two, terrorism, heroes, gang, politics, soldier, undercover, conspiracy, ira, chases and races, rivalry, political intrigue, assassination attempt, danger, working undercover, political conspiracy, law enforcement, inventions and discoveries, race against time, government agency, dishonesty, state affairs, tough heroes, secret agent ...
Time: 90s
Place: england, china, hong kong

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Most similar movies to On Dangerous Ground

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about danger, chases and races, heroes, deadly, undercover, rivalry and state affairs mostly in Thriller, Action and Drama genres. Some movies like On Dangerous Ground: Target (2004), Midnight Man (1997), Double Agent (2003), The Way of War (2009), Armstrong (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Target (2004)
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: realistic, serious, rough
Plot: terrorism, sniper, rivalry, soldier, danger, state affairs, chases and races, law enforcement, hostage, kidnapping, save the day, undercover ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles, turkey
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100%
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Midnight Man (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: British soldiers force a recently captured IRA terrorist to cooperate with them and then assign him to go undercover with a gang of terrorists and prevent them from killing the U.S. President. But the spy isn't in long before he realizes that ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: soldier, undercover, spy, anglo irish relations, ira, terrorism, british monarchy, assassination attempt, violent content, hitman, militant, royal family ...
Time: 90s
Place: ireland, england
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73%
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Double Agent (2003)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A North Korean diplomat defects to the South during the Cold War, but the South Koreans have their suspicions as to whether he is an actual defector or a double agent.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot: spy, soldier, politics, save the day, state affairs, political conspiracy, undercover, terrorism, journalism, investigation, dishonesty, political intrigue ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: new york, north korea, korea, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Way of War (2009)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Paramilitary operative David Wolfe stumbles upon an international conspiracy connecting presidential cabinet members to a Middle Eastern terrorist plot. Wanting to expose the truth, Wolfe defies orders and returns to the US as an army of one ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: state affairs, danger, terrorism, assassination, political conspiracy, political corruption, dishonesty, government agency, military, race against time, political intrigue, conspiracy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, cuba, washington d.c., middle east
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32%
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Armstrong (1998)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The Cold War has just heated up! CIA Agent Bob Taylor (Charles Napier) arrives in Moscow with his new wife Susan (Kimberley Kates) with a highly secret video tape of Russian missiles leaving an unknown base near Moscow under the cover of darkness. ...
Style: independent film, fast, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, die hard, 007, world war, kidnapping, chase, shootout, cia agent, nuclear missile, nuclear, secret agent, gangster ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: moscow russia, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Diplomatic Siege (1999)
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, rescue, race against time, danger, save the day, politics, secret agent, special agent, government agency, law enforcement ...
Time: 90s
Place: romania, europe, bucharest, balkan
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter (2012)
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, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: terrorism, kidnapping, rescue, danger, spy, law enforcement, heroes, assassination attempt, special agent, rivalry, agent, nordic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Hangmen (1987)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Rob Greene has information about an undercover terror team inside the CIA led by Joe Connelly. To stay alive with the knowledge, he is advised to stay undercover by his supervisor Andrews. Connelly's men try to kill Greene, but he can escape ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, terrorism, tough heroes, psychopath, working undercover, undercover, rivalry, state affairs, one man army, tough law enforcer, espionage, assassination attempt ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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The Grid (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 266 min.
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Story: A team of American and British counter-terrorists are tasked with stopping a terrorist cell who's operating on a global level.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, detective
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, fbi, murder, save the day, investigation, rivalry, rebellion, danger, undercover, race against time, political conspiracy, political unrest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe, london, chicago, syria ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Homeland Security (2004)
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: terrorism, terrorist, danger, save the day, head of state, law enforcement, heroes, government agency, race against time, state affairs, political intrigue, heroic mission ...
Time: september 11 2001, 90s
Place: afghanistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
American Roulette (1988)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Carlos Quintas, the democratically-elected president of an unnamed South American country, has been deposed by a military coup. He is in London, the head of a government in exile, rallying international support. He is also a poet of talent and ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: spy, violent content, nudity, on the run, politics, assassination attempt, danger, heroes, dishonesty, rebellion, espionage, head of state ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Witness to a Kill (2001)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The Queen's Messenger is called to convey vital dispatches to a highly secretive conference called to combat the activities of modern poachers who threaten the economies of many African states.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: secret agent, murder, daring rescue, hotshot hero, heroic mission, dishonesty, government agency, danger, undercover, political conspiracy, betrayal, assassination attempt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Bullet to Beijing (1995)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK, USA, Russia
Duration: 101 min.
Story: When long-time British agent Harry Palmer loses his job because the Cold War is over, he's promptly approached by a Russian bossman, Alex. In St. Petersburg Alex tells Harry of his plan for Russia's future, which is threatened because a ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, political thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: biological warfare, spy, conspiracy, intrigue, state affairs, danger, political conspiracy, secret agent, dishonesty, save the day, betrayal, rivalry ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: russia, beijing china, asia, europe, korea ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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The Zone (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Former Gulf War hero Rowdy Welles is framed for murder by unscrupulous CIA boss Dick Althorp. As his price of freedom, Welles is ordered to undertake a deadly mission to destroy a nuclear processing plant in a foreign nation, owned by dangerous ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, spy, special agent, secret agent, hostage, conspiracy, law enforcement, good versus evil, rivalry, race against time, chases and races, confined ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Detonator (2006)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Sonni Griffith, a top US Secret Agent must protect a witness as he crosses Europe.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: law enforcement, terrorism, undercover, on the run, woman in danger, save the day, survival, espionage, race against time, witnessing a crime, rivalry, escapades ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Sharpshooter (2007)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: An assassin working for the CIA decides to take one final job before quitting only to find out that he is the target of his CIA boss.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, exciting, cliffhanger ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: secret agent, betrayal, sniper, conspiracy, on the run, danger, save the day, special agent, race against time, manhunt, rivalry, undercover ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Art of War II: Betrayal (2008)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Agent Neil Shaw is called out of retirement and finds himself in the midst of a plot to assassinate several leading Senators with himself set-up to take the rap for a recent killing
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, fast
Audience: boys' night
Plot: betrayal, martial arts, assassination, heroes, on the run, murder, conspiracy, politics, manhunt, protagonist as suspect, rivalry, undercover ...
Place: british columbia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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The Inside Man (1984)
Genre: Mystery, Action, Thriller
Country: Sweden, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In 1981, after the successful test of a submarine tracker device developed by the Swedish scientist Paul Mandell and sponsored by the US government through his representative Miller, his industry is totally burned and the laser device is stolen. ...
Style: political thriller, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: submarine, law enforcement, spy, secret agent, espionage, working undercover, heist, political conspiracy, missing person, rivalry, criminal heroes, state affairs ...
Time: 80s
Place: eastern europe, stockholm sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Counterstrike (2002)
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: suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: daring rescue, terrorism, hostage, rescue, special agent, save the day, confined, escapades, danger, race against time, undercover, rivalry ...
Place: asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Thunder Point (1998)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Former IRA agent Sean Dillon comes to the rescue when a woman discovers a briefcase containing plans that could destroy all of Europe. Dillon's assignment is to protect her until the plans can be properly destroyed.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Plot: ira, espionage, spy, unlikely partners, criminal heroes, undercover, save the day, state affairs, dishonesty, world war two, female nudity, bathtub
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Time Lapse (2001)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Clayton Pierce is an agent working under deep cover. Although he is a top agent, he is questioning his loyalty after twenty years of service. His devotion has already cost him his wife, family and personal life. During a de-briefing from his last ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: working undercover, save the day, undercover, memory loss, dishonesty, government agency, terrorism, political corruption, danger, rivalry, political conspiracy, antidote ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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 10K
D-Day (2013)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 153 min.
Story: 9 years ago Wali Khan (Irrfan Khan) was sent into Karachi, Pakistan by the Chief of RAW Ashwini Rao (Nasser) to report the activities of The Most Wanted Man in India. 9 days ago Rudra Pratap Singh (Arjun Rampal) Indian Armed Forces, MARCOS unit, ...
Style: serious, tense, realistic, exciting, captivating ...
Plot: spy, espionage, terrorism, danger, mission gone awry, working undercover, terrorist, rivalry, islam, revenge, agent, heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, pakistan, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Target of Opportunity (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Jim Jacobs and Nick Carlton, childhood friends, are CIA operatives on a sting operation in Chechnya. The raid of a rebel militia group goes bad and the entire teams gets wiped out except for Jim and Nick, who manages to save them both. Five years ...
Style: realistic, exciting, serious, rough, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cia, espionage, friendship, rescue, escapades, dishonesty, danger, political intrigue, spy, conflict, secret agent, special agent ...
Time: 21st century
Place: bulgaria, europe, chechnya
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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The Democratic Terrorist (1992)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Hamilton is assigned to infiltrate a terrorist group in West Germany, a part of the Red Army Faction (RAF), that supposedly are planning an operation in Sweden. Hamilton is chosen because of his background in the leftist movement. As a member of the ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: spy, raf, secret agent, terrorism, undercover, espionage, heroes, dishonesty, moral dilemma, rivalry, race against time, danger ...
Time: 20th century
Place: germany, syria, eastern europe, west germany, middle east ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.2
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Hennessy (1975)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Set in the Seventies, Hennessy is a Irishman who believes in peace, but who has had connections to the IRA. Hennessy's family is killed, and he plots revenge, setting out to assassinate Queen Elizabeth of England.
Style: grindhouse, political, offbeat, independent film, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ira, revenge, anglo irish relations, explosions, terrorism, manhunt, repression, royal family, political intrigue, political unrest, political corruption, assassination ...
Time: year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place: ireland, london, europe, england, belfast
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Flight of Fury (2007)
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: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, betrayal, terrorism, tough heroes, soldier, chases and races, espionage, secret agent, gays and lesbians, gang, government agency, undercover ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Mission to Tokyo (1966)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: US 24, an American Navy base in a small island in the Pacific, is annihilated. Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, a French aristocrat that is also a secret agent, OSS 117, is sent to Tokyo to investigate who did it. Soon, he finds out that a cypher girl ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: spy, secret agent, cold war, special agent, battles, estrangement, couple relations, danger, chases and races, terrorism, state affairs, gang ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 3.5
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Dead Drop (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: After surviving a fall from a plane 3000-feet over the ocean, a former CIA operative turned government contractor re-infiltrates a dangerous North Mexican drug trafficking ring to find his own killer. With his memory unraveling, he descends into a ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: undercover, betrayal, danger, tough heroes, dishonesty, chases and races, master criminal, working undercover, revenge, car chase, spy, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
The Lost Samaritan (2008)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After a long night at the office, an accountant stops to help an injured motorist and ends up becoming the target of two dangerous assassins.
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: law enforcement, police corruption, danger, special agent, frame up, on the run, dishonesty, chases and races, survival, murderous pair, violent content, night ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 6.8
 7K
The Suspect (2013)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 137 min.
Story: Dong-chul was the best special field agent in North Korea, but he’s abandoned by his government during a mission. While on the run, he looks for his wife and child, who were sold as slaves to China, only to discover their corpses. He soon finds ...
Style: suspense, exciting, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot: spy, espionage, hitman, intrigue, political conspiracy, false accusation, law enforcement, assassination, betrayal, danger, frame up, undercover ...
Time: 21st century
Place: north korea, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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