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Aegis (2005)
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Original name: 亡国のイージス
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 who kill the ship's captain, send the rest of the crew overboard and take control of the vessel. The ship is carrying a secret biological weapon which the terrorists are now threatening to use to level Tokyo! Only a stowaway NCO, Sengoko (played by Sanada Hiroyuki from Ring and Twilight Samurai) is in a position to stop them - but does he really have what it takes to save the day? Playing like a cross between a sea-faring version of Top Gun and Die Hard, director Sakamoto Junji shows that it's not just Hollywood that can produce thrill-a-minute action spectaculars.
Style:
exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ship, military, terrorism, heroes, danger, save the day, hijacking, soldier, chases and races, confined, navy, national security, hostage, race against time, renegade, weapon system, violent content, battleship, agent, politics, warrior, bureaucracy, missile, japanese navy, graphic violence ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
asia, japan, tokyo, north korea, korea
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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 heroes, danger, chases and races, terrorism, deadly, rivalry and confined mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Aegis: Ultimate Force (2002), Counterstrike (2002), Submarines (2003), Counter Measures (1998), Serbian Scars (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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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:
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Time:
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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:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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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:
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Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
29%
425
Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
bosnia herzegovina, eastern europe, chechnya
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, tense, suspense, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
27%
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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:
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Time:
september 11 2001, 90s
Place:
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Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, USA, West Germany, UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
26%
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:
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Time:
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Similarity:
26%
676
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
rough, realistic, serious
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles, turkey
Similarity:
26%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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259
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Similarity:
24%
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
spy, politics, journalism, political conspiracy, save the day, soldier, terrorism, state affairs, investigation, undercover, danger, government agency ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, north korea, korea, europe
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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903
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
23%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, bleak, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Plot:
submarine, confined, hostage, save the world, nuclear threat, danger, good versus evil, terrorism, save the day, state affairs, blackmail, extortion ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
23%
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:
23%
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:
23%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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