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Ashanti (1979)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Dr. Anansa Linderby is kidnapped in a medical mission in Africa by a slave trader. From this moment, her husband will do anything to recover her and to punish the bad guys, but that will be not an easy task.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, exciting, suspense, cult classic, vintage, cult film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
desert, missing person, village life, danger, hostage, terrorism, rescue, intrigue, rivalry, race against time, mercenary, muslim, camel, jungle adventure, slave, slavery, child rape, skinny dipping, death, murder, cold war, slave trade, colonialism, interracial, human exploitation ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
Place:
africa
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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, chases and races, rivalry, heroes, confined, escapades and terrorism mostly in Action, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Ashanti: The Island (1980), Sahara (1983), Greetings to the Devil (2011), Crash Point Zero (2000), Rosebud (1975). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
David Warner leads a band of modern day pirates who raid yachts and sail boats of people on vacation out in the Caribbean. Michael Caine is a reporter who goes out there with his son to investigate the mystery of the disappearing boats. He runs ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, rough, cult classic ...
Plot:
island, kidnapping, pirate, rescue, ship, violence, insanity, father son relationship, brainwashing, captive, boy, escape ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s
Place:
caribbean, miami, new york
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After her father dies, young Dale takes his place in a trans-African auto race, but ends up being abducted by a desert sheik.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
desert, sheik, woman dressed as man, treasure hunt, auto racing, cannon, valet, cross dressing, age difference, crossdresser, treasure hunter, racing ...
Time:
year 1983, 1920s
Place:
ottoman empire, north africa, detroit, africa, morocco ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
34%
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:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In a bold coup a Palestinian terrorist group captures the yacht Rosebud and kidnaps the millionaires five daughters on it. At first they demand film clips to be shown on major European TV stations. Undercover agent Martin is hired to hunt the ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hostage, secret agent, yacht, female nudity, cave, teenage girl, millionaire, die hard, spy, open ending, boat ...
Time:
year 1975, 20th century, 70s
Place:
corsica, israel, middle east, paris france, hamburg germany ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Alice hires a professional negotiator to obtain the release of her engineer husband, who has been kidnapped by anti-government guerrillas in South America.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, intense, romantic ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
kidnapping, terrorism, hostage, mercenary, terrorist, ransom, rescue, survival, prisoner, runaway, insurance, unrequited love ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s
Place:
south america, latin america, colombia, chechnya, england ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When the President learns that domestic terrorists have skyjacked the passenger jet her brother is flying, she must choose between family and the safety of the people in the cities below
Style:
serious, captivating, suspense, tense, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hijacking, terrorist, disaster, terrorism, moral dilemma, danger, save the day, head of state, rivalry, undercover, aviation, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
29%
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 ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Having spent 10 years in prison for nationalist activities, Shack Twala is finally ordered released by the South African Supreme Court but he finds himself almost immediately on the run after a run-in with the police. Assisted by his lawyer Rina Van ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
on the run, racism, chase, injustice, betrayal, state affairs, danger, against the rules, politics, secret agent, false accusation, political corruption ...
Time:
70s, year 1975
Place:
africa, south africa, johannesburg south africa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A luxury cruise liner is requisitioned by the Greek government in an attempt to give safe passage to national treasures worth millions of pounds. The liner is attacked by an art collector who finds out about the plan. During the hijack the liner ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rescue, confined, heroes, obsessive quest, rivalry, treasure hunt, danger, race against time, escapades, one man army, chases and races, heroic mission ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Mr. Ozaki, a Japanese conglomerate businessman living in Los Angeles, hires a beautiful young double (Maria) to protect his real daughter (Lisa) from harm. When Maria is kidnapped by a professional crime organization for a $2 million ransom, her ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, exciting, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, police investigation, hidden identity, woman in danger, rescue, bodyguard, race against time, criminal's revenge, rivalry, one man army, missing person, crime gone awry ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, Romania, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A rescue goes terribly wrong for a sheriff when trying to save four dirt bikers when they are trapped by growing forest fires. Desperate, they seek shelter in an abandoned mine, never realizing they are headed straight for evil from the ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, suspense, fast ...
Plot:
disaster, heroes, rivalry, danger, wilderness, rescue, escapades, confined, forces of nature, woods, chases and races, natural disaster ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
26%
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:
26%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A man in Central America finds his brother's murdered body. It turns out that his brother has been murdered because he knows the whereabouts of a lost city in the jungle. The man teams up with a search expedition and goes off to hunt for these ...
Style:
cliffhanger, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, lost city, expedition, treasure, lost treasure, treasure hunter, murder, violent content, escapades, adventurer, dishonesty, chase ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A promising journalist Vikas Sagar (Zayed Khan) is offered a position to head a controversial news station in Istanbul by its owner Owais Husain (Sunil Shetty). With this offer comes the promise of money and many other perks that make this offer ...
Style:
tense, captivating, exciting, suspense, psychological
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, news reporter, chase, conspiracy, frame up, murder, investigation, danger, rivalry, escapades, bare chested male ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
istanbul turkey, india
Similarity:
25%
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:
25%
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:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A Texan with a secret past (Gene Hackman) searches Europe with his son (Matt Dillon) after the KGB kidnaps his wife (Gayle Hunnicutt).
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, espionage, father son relationship, missing person, rescue, spy, daring rescue, parents and children, secret agent, dishonesty, danger, heroes ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Place:
hamburg germany, paris france, france, usa, texas ...
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The film is about a group of Las Vegas sexy showgirls who are undercover agents working with a former C.I.A. agent (Robertson) to stop a terrorist attack.
Style:
sexy, exciting, captivating, spy comedy, suspense ...
Plot:
terrorism, vengeance, danger, rivalry, save the day, escapades, hunt down, bomb, murder, terrorist, frat party, showgirl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, las vegas, nevada
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Deals with 90 minutes in a kidnapped hostage's life, and the frustration his family, a special ops team, and a man in charge of delivering the ransom money all feel as they rush to save him.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, stylized, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kidnapping, crime gone awry, missing person, terrorism, danger, race against time, rivalry, chase, destiny, car chase, missing child, father son relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
colombia, new york, usa
Similarity:
22%
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:
22%
763
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
New York publisher Dex Dellum sends his fiancée and star photographer Katy Mazur to Swaziland to shoot the taita falcon. There she meets 'highman' (altitude stuntman) Grant Orion, who practices skydiving. After an initial clash, they ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
stalking, wilderness, outdoor sex, infidelity, martial arts, undercover, espionage, government agency, danger, rivalry, fighting crime, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A woman's ex-husband, who is the son of an Arab chieftain, kidnaps their teenage son and brings him back to Morocco, where the boy is to be made the leader of the tribe. The child's mother hires a mercenary to get her son and bring him ...
Style:
suspense, action thriller, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
fortress, tough guy, terrorist, collision, rescue, heroes, desert, kidnapping, danger, dishonesty, intrigue, confined ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
morocco
Similarity:
22%
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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:
22%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A British colonial policeman in Africa, circa 1900, pursues a band of escaped killers across territory so wild, it lies just "one step to hell."
Style:
independent film, serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
jungle adventure, escaped killer, wasteland, wilderness, manhunt, gang, chase, escape, hostage, captivity, chases and races, prison ...
Time:
60s, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Former LAPD cop, Dakota Varley, enters a power boat race seeking the prize of $250,000, but immediately discovers, first hand, that this race's risk matches the prize: one racer is killed, 3 others seriously injured in multiple action-packed ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, rough, suspense, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
manhunt, martial arts, survival, one man army, heroes, one against many, chase, island, rivalry, danger, contests and competitions, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Australia, New Zealand, USA, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In a lake high in the mountains of New Zealand hunter Gibbie Gibson discovers a plane wreck from WW2. When he tells it around, a gang of crooks follows and threatens him and his daughter, because they know there are 50 million dollars in the wreck. ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
treasure hunt, chase, escapades, obsessive quest, airplane, adventurer, one man army, survival, danger, aviation, wilderness, treasure hunter ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
new zealand
Similarity:
21%
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:
21%
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:
21%
259
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, covert operation, spy, hostage, conspiracy, secret agent, special agent, chases and races, good versus evil, rivalry, save the day, danger ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
21%
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