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15 Minutes of War (2019)
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15 Minutes of War (2019)
Original name: L'Intervention
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story: February 1976. Somalian rebels hijack a school bus carrying 21 French children and their teacher in Djibouti City. When the terrorists drive it to a no-man’s-land on the border between Somalia and French territory, the French Government sends out a newly formed elite squad to rescue the hostages. Within a few hours, the highly trained team arrives to the crisis area, where the Somalian National Army has taken position behind the barbed wire on the border. The French unit is left with very few options to rescue the hostages. As the volatile situation unravels, the French men quickly come up with a daring plan: carry out a simultaneous 5 men sniper attack to get the children and the teacher out safely. A true story.
Style: serious, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, tense, bleak, touching
Plot: terrorism, child hostage, sniper, hostage, terrorist, french foreign legion, bus, border, danger, terrorist attack, kids in trouble, war on terror, saving a life, soldier, shooting, terror, french history, war, military, islam, genocide, rescue mission, marksman, terrorist group, insurgent ...
Time: year 1976, 70s
Place: somalia, africa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious and tense films with plots about military, danger, soldier, terrorism, war on terror, terrorist and war mostly in Drama, Action and War genres. Some movies like 15 Minutes of War: Hotel Mumbai (2018), United 93 (2006), 6 Days (2017), April 9th (2015), The Outpost (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Hotel Mumbai (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, UK, Singapore
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Based on the 2009 documentary Surviving Mumbai about the Mumbai attacks in 2008 at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in India.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, factual, sad ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: terrorism, terrorist attack, terrorist, jihad, hotel, religious fanatic, islamic terrorism, chaos, courage, hostage, survival, shooting ...
Time: year 2019, 2000s, year 2008
Place: india, mumbai india, australia, pakistan, bombay india ...
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United 93 (2006)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A real time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
Style: realistic, emotional, controversial, tense, political ...
Plot: terrorism, 9/11, airplane, hijacking, war on terror, terrorist, al qaeda, islamic terrorism, air disaster, aviation, survival, tragic event ...
Time: september 11 2001, year 2006, 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place: new york, middle east, virginia, cleveland ohio, manhattan new york city ...
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100%
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6 Days (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: New Zealand, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In April 1980, armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy in Princes Gate, London and took all inside hostage. Over the next six days a tense standoff took place, all the while a group of highly trained soldiers from the SAS prepared for a raid the ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, factual, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, military, politics, commando mission, rescue, hostage, danger, violence, siege, police, death, terrorist ...
Time: 80s, year 1980
Place: england, iran, london
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100%
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April 9th (2015)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In the early morning of April 9th 1940 the Danish army is alerted. The Germans have crossed the border; Denmark is at war against Europe's strongest army. In Southern Jutland Danish bicycle- and motorcycle companies are ordered out, to against ...
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Plot: world war two, nazi occupation, military, war, soldier, battles, danger, against the odds, wehrmacht, nazi, world war, friendship ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1940
Place: denmark, germany, europe
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The Outpost (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A small unit of U.S. soldiers, alone at the remote Combat Outpost Keating, located deep in the valley of three mountains in Afghanistan, battles to defend against an overwhelming force of Taliban fighters in a coordinated attack. The Battle of ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, brutal, perverse, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 2000s, year 2008, year 2009, year 2006, year 1984 ...
Place: afghanistan, middle east
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Fauda (2015)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
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: realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, intense ...
Plot: espionage, israeli palestinian conflict, terrorist, war on terror, terror, israeli, assassination, murder, danger, chase, mossad, spy ...
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Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Following the roguish terrorist attacks at Uri Army Base camp in Kashmir, India takes the fight to the enemy, in its most successful covert operation till date with one and only one objective of avenging their fallen heroes.
Style: patriotic, captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, adult
Plot: terrorist attack, soldier, terrorism, military, indian soldier, army, patriot, violence, friendship, danger, murder, terrorist ...
Time: year 2016, year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
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The Assault (2010)
Genre: Action, History, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Saturday 24th December 1994. Four GIA terrorists hijack an Air France A300 Airbus at the Algiers airport. The Airbus, bound for Paris, has 227 passengers on board. No one knows exactly what the terrorists’ intentions are, just that they are armed ...
Style: rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorist, military, islamic terrorism, confined, terrorism, danger, law enforcement, negotiation, hostage, special forces, murder, war on terror ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1994
Place: algeria, france, europe
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Rebellion (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Dissidents in a French colony attack a police station and take hostages.
Style: serious, tense, sincere, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot: military, hostage, politics, political unrest, culture clash, injustice, disorder, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, state affairs, confined, society ...
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The Ambush (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: United Arab Emirates, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: It is the winter of 2018, the men and women of the UAE military are deployed to provide aid. At the Mocha Base, spirits are high as three Emirati soldiers anticipate an imminent return home. While on their final routine patrol, the three soldiers, ...
Style: suspenseful, dramatic, disturbing, exciting, serious ...
Plot: desert, soldier, rescue mission, war, salvation, military, rescue attempt, rescue, militant, survival, ambush
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Raid on Entebbe (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Based on a true Military operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the PFLP. The plane has about 100 Jewish passengers. The plane is grounded in Uganda. Israelis would not negotiate. The movie then shows how less than 500 ...
Style: political, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, hijacking, military, war on terror, conflict, commando, threat, struggle, dictatorship, conservative, dictator, espionage ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place: uganda, africa, israel, palestine
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37%
Battle for Haditha (2007)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: An investigation of the massacre of 24 men, women and children in Haditha, Iraq allegedly shot by 4 U.S. Marines in retaliation for the death of a U.S. Marine killed by a roadside bomb. The movie follows the story of the Marines of Kilo Company, an ...
Style: tense, disturbing, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: military, iraq war, war, marine, soldier, circumcision, culture clash, military life, marines, desert, occupation, vengeance ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: iraq, middle east, united kingdom
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American Soldiers (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Iraq, 2004: during a routine sortie a US patrol is ambushed and the young soldiers are forced to put their training and skills into action fast. A determined foe with superior local knowledge, the Fedayeen insurgents soon draw them into close ...
Style: serious, realistic, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, terrorism, war, american soldier, battles, danger, soldier, state affairs, good versus evil, confined, escapades, heroes ...
Place: iraq, middle east
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36%
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Special Forces (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Afghanistan. War correspondent Elsa Casanova is taken hostage by the Taliban. Faced with her imminent execution, a Special Forces unit is dispatched to free her. In some of the world’s most breathtaking yet hostile landscapes, a relentless pursuit ...
Style: exciting, tense, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: taliban, military, journalist, war, war zone, sniper, swat team, soldier, kidnapping, danger, daring rescue, chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: afghanistan, pakistan
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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Malta, Morocco
Duration: 144 min.
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Style: intense, suspenseful, realistic, tense, factual ...
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Truth (2017)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A terrorist cell takes three Americans hostage and threatens to expose a secret that will shatter America's soul.
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Plot: terrorism, politics, hostage, captivity, uncover truth, life is a bitch, confined, ultimatum, coldhearted, abduction, torture, leadership ...
Time: 21st century
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7 Days in Entebbe (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, France, Malta
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In 1976, four hijackers take over an Air France airplane with 248 passengers on board and force it to land in Entebbe, Uganda.
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, rough, inspirational ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: rescue mission, terrorist, terrorism, counter terrorism, airplane hijack, politics, airplane, hijacking, hijacker, death threat, hostage, israeli ...
Time: year 1976, 70s
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Pathfinders: In the Company of Strangers (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Untold and lost history. A true story of the American Pathfinders, the volunteer paratroopers whose deadly mission was to land 30 minutes before the Normandy invasion, locate and mark strategic "drop zones" and set up the top-secret ...
Style: realistic, tense, suspenseful, captivating, epic ...
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Sniper: Reloaded (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: South Africa, USA, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
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Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
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Operation Thunderbolt (1977)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Israel
Duration: 124 min.
Story: In July 1976, an Air France flight from Tel-Aviv to Paris via Athens was hijacked and forced to land in Entebbe, Uganda. The Jewish passengers were separated and held hostage in demand to release many terrorists held in Israeli prisons. After much ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
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Jarhead 2: Field of Fire (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Battle-scarred and disillusioned by the war, Corporal Chris Merrimette is put in charge of a unit whose next mission is to resupply a remote outpost on the edge of Taliban-controlled territory. While driving through the hostile Helmand province, a ...
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Country: Russia
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A docudrama about the escape of Russian pilots after being taken hostage by the Taliban in 1996.
Style: harsh, psychological, tense, suspense
Plot: aviator, aviation, hostage, fight, friendship, danger, destiny, taliban, captivity, hostage situation, showdown, terrorism ...
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Sisters in Arms (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: France, Italy, Belgium, Morocco
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Kenza and Yaël are two young French women who go to Syria to fight alongside the Kurdish forces. There they meet Zara, a Yezidi survivor. Born in different cultures but deeply united, the women-fighters heal their past wounds and discover their ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 135 min.
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Style: exciting, disturbing, tense, suspense, captivating
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The Patrol (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, Morocco
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Afghanistan, 2006, Helmand Province becomes one of the most dangerous places on Earth as the British Army is deployed into the Taliban heartland. The Operation, Herrick, became synonymous with the struggle as British troops fought a losing battle ...
Style: tense, psychological, disturbing, realistic, captivating ...
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Field of Lost Shoes (2015)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valley.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense, touching
Plot: american civil war, military, civil war, battles, teenage life, danger, youth, friendship, battlefield, soldier, bare chested male, u.s. civil war ...
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Line of Control: Kargil (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: India
Duration: 255 min.
Story: This film dramatizes events that occurred as the hostility between India and Pakistan over Kashmir came to a head in 1999, when more than 1,000 men crossed the "Line of Control" that separates the two locations. Taliban and Pakistani ...
Style: patriotic, thought provoking, suspenseful, exciting, suspense ...
Plot: military, soldier, husband wife relationship, army life, military officer, death of friend, battlefield, lieutenant, patriot, bravery, war on terror, indian war ...
Time: 90s
Place: india, pakistan
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32%
Shake Hands with the Devil (2007)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Canadian Lt. General Romeo Dallaire was the military commander of the UN mission in Rwanda and this movie is personal and, all too true, story of his time there during the genocide of 1994. It is not quite as moving as the earlier Hotel Rwanda and ...
Style: disturbing, serious, bleak, rough, realistic ...
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Time: 90s
Place: africa, rwanda, ireland
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32%
The Hamburg Cell (2004)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Ziad Jarrah, a young Lebonese man from a good family goes to Germany to attend college and starts dating a Turkish girl named Aysel. Although not very religious and accustomed to Western ways, Ziad becomes "brothers" with some ...
Style: psychological, serious, bleak, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot: terrorism, hijacking, war on terror, muslim, obsession, political unrest, political conspiracy, politics, assassination, danger, against humanity, head of state ...
Time: september 11 2001, 90s, 2000s
Place: northern germany, new york, manhattan new york city, hamburg germany
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32%
Defenders of Riga (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: Latvia
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The film dramatizes November 11, 1919- a crucial date in the battle for Latvian independence. A year after the end of the official hostilities of WWI, a renegade German general and troops remain outside the Latvian capital. Latvian riflemen, most of ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: world war one, soldier, battles, against the odds, military, life is a bitch, ambition, great war, revolution, war, firearm
Time: 20th century, 1920s, 1910s, post world war one, year 1919
Place: latvia, europe
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32%
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