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Emancipation (2022)
 6.2
 27K
Emancipation (2022)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Inspired by the gripping true story of a man who would do anything for his family—and for freedom. When Peter, an enslaved man, risks his life to escape and return to his family, he embarks on a perilous journey of love and endurance.
Style: psychological, captivating, suspenseful, psychological thriller, interesting
Plot: slavery, survival, slave, runaway, problem, african american, lovers, american south, guard dog, black slave, love, dog, horse, combat, food, violence, american civil war, murder, photographer, battles, racism, alligator, fire, boy, american soldier ...
Time: 2020s
Place: louisiana, usa, united states

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, tense and independent film films with plots about murder, violence, blood, shootout, pistol, danger and death mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Emancipation: Southern Comfort (1981), Enemy of the State (1998), Braven (2018), Deadly Prey (1987), S.W.A.T.: Under Siege (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Southern Comfort (1981)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. Without live ammunition and in a strange country, their experience begins to mirror ...
Style: atmospheric, southern gothic, psychological, grindhouse, cult classic ...
Plot: survival, wilderness, backwoods, swamp, violence, murder, manhunt, poacher, on the run, dog attack, ambush, vietnam war ...
Time: year 1981, year 1973, 70s
Place: louisiana, usa, southern usa
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Enemy of the State (1998)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Hotshot Washington lawyer, Robert Dean becomes a victim of high-tech identity theft when a hacker slips an incriminating video into his pocket. Soon, a rogue National Security agent sets out to recover the tape – and destroy Dean.
Style: clever, tense, suspense, political thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, date night, kids
Plot: conspiracy, surveillance, espionage, cia, political conspiracy, uncover truth, on the run, investigation, politics, twists and turns, manhunt, intelligence ...
Time: year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place: baltimore, washington d.c., maryland, afghanistan, iraq ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Braven (2018)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A logger defends his family from a group of dangerous drug runners.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, serious, scenic, psychological ...
Audience: family friendly, manly
Plot: father son relationship, cocaine, wilderness, daughter, home invasion, mountain cabin, archery, mercilessness, fight, drug, murder, fight to the death ...
Time: future, 2010s
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Deadly Prey (1987)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A group of sadistic mercenaries led by Col. John Hogan kidnap Michael Danton from his home, and set him loose on the grounds of their secret camp to be used as training for new recruits. Danton has been called the "most perfect killer ...
Style: action adventure, psychotronic, retro, perverse, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 80s, year 2016, 20th century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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S.W.A.T.: Under Siege (2017)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When a D.E.A. and S.W.A.T. cartel takedown ends in a shootout, S.W.A.T. Agent Travis Hall seizes a mysterious prisoner taking him into custody. Before long, the S.W.A.T. compound is under siege by wave-after-wave of assault teams attempting to ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, saga ...
Plot: corrupt cop, police, survival, death of friend, female warrior, chase, murder, brutality, spy, police chase, husband wife relationship, self mutilation ...
Time: 2010s
Place: seattle, washington d.c., washington state
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 5.6
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The Mother (2023)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A deadly female assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men.
Style: bleak, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Plot: assassin, conspiracy, mother and daughter, daughter, fight, danger, female protagonist, killer, hitman, murderer, female killer, ex special forces ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Triple Frontier (2019)
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Duration: 125 min.
Story: Struggling to make ends meet, former special ops soldiers reunite for a high-stakes heist: stealing $75 million from a South American drug lord.
Style: exciting, suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug cartel, greed, ex special forces, drug lord, friendship, violence, ex soldier, murder, escapades, robbery, survival, jungle ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019
Place: south america, usa, peru, colombia, andes mountains ...
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 5.1
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Everly (2014)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After she betrays a powerful mob boss, a woman matches wits and weaponry with a legion of killers who are out to collect the bounty on the heads of her and her family.
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Hangfire (1991)
Genre: Action, Thriller
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Duration: 91 min.
Story: When a large group of escaped convicts take Ike Slayton, a Vietnam veteran's wife hostage, Slayton enlists the help of his old army friend in a furious search to find her, while a hard-nosed National Guardsman leads a platoon of solders ...
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Country: Germany, Spain, USA
Duration: 91 min.
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Plot: assassin, escape, escape attempt, survival, female assassin, planned murder, chase, teenager, orphan, rescue, innocent person killed, one man army ...
Time: 2010s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
 6.5
 171K
The Mechanic (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code and unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. It's a job that requires professional perfection and total detachment, and Bishop is the best in the business. But ...
Style: clever, stylized, brutal, tense, suspense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: hitman, assassin, chase, mentor, lone hero, loner, martial arts, tough guy, vengeance, revenge, deception, arms dealer ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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 5.7
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Gemini Man (2019)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: China, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Henry Brogen, an aging assassin tries to get out of the business but finds himself in the ultimate battle: fighting his own clone who is 25 years younger than him and at the peak of his abilities.
Style: action adventure, exciting, captivating, intense, tense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: hitman, cloning, clone, black ops, gunfight, assassin, female warrior, villain, parkour, danger, secret agent, black ...
Time: 2010s, future, year 2019, near future, 21st century
Place: colombia, georgia, hungary, europe, belgium ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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 6.8
 260K
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Genre: Action, Thriller
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Duration: 116 min.
Story: Tyler Rake, a fearless mercenary who offers his services on the black market, embarks on a dangerous mission when he is hired to rescue the kidnapped son of a Mumbai crime lord…
Style: suspenseful, exciting, tense, action thriller, ambiguous ending ...
Audience: manly, chick flick
Plot: mercenary, rescue mission, one against many, kidnapping, one man army, ex special forces, machismo, tough guy, death threat, swat team, jungle, child ...
Time: 2020s, future, 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Assassin Club (2023)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In this world of contract killers, Morgan Gaines is the best of the best. When Morgan is hired to kill six people around the world, he soon discovers all the targets are also assassins unknowingly hired to kill each other.
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81%
Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
Genre: Action, Thriller
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Duration: 119 min.
Story: When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national ...
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Audience: chick flick, manly, teens, girls' night, boys' night
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Duration: 117 min.
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Style: light, tense, suspense, mystic, captivating ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Angel Has Fallen (2019)
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Duration: 121 min.
Story: Secret Service Agent Mike Banning is framed for the attempted assassination of the President and must evade his own agency and the FBI as he tries to uncover the real threat.
Style: exciting, tense, suspense, intense, humorous ...
Audience: manly, adult
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Time: 2010s, year 2019, future, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., west virginia, virginia, north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Die Hard 2 (1990)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: John McClane is an off-duty cop gripped with a feeling of déjà vu when on a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation's capital, terrorists seize a major international airport, holding thousands of holiday travelers hostage. Renegade military ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, action packed, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, manly
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Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1990, 80s
Place: washington d.c., washington state, virginia, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Patriot Games (1992)
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Duration: 117 min.
Story: When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.
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Audience: boys' night, adult
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Country: USA
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Story: Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival skills so he can design escape-proof prisons, his skills are put to the test. He's ...
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Audience: boys' night, chick flick, manly
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80%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 3.0
 460
Special Ops (2010)
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Country: USA
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⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 6.2
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Copshop (2021)
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Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: On the run from a lethal assassin, a wily con artist devises a scheme to hide out inside a small-town police station. However, when the hit man turns up at the precinct, an unsuspecting rookie cop finds herself caught in the crosshairs.
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 5.7
 43K
The Marksman (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Jim Hanson’s quiet life is suddenly disturbed by two people crossing the US/Mexico border – a woman and her young son – desperate to flee a Mexican cartel. After a shootout leaves the mother dead, Jim becomes the boy’s reluctant defender. He ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 6.6
 12K
Kill Boksoon (2023)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 137 min.
Story: At work, she's a renowned assassin. At home, she's a single mom to a teenage daughter. Killing? That's easy. It's parenting that's the hard part.
Style: psychological thriller, captivating, psychological, suspenseful
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⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Figures in a Landscape (1970)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Two escaped convicts (Robert Shaw and Malcolm McDowell) are on the run in an unnamed Latin American country. But everywhere they go, they are followed and hounded by a menacing black helicopter.
Style: independent film, weird
Plot: survival, unhappy ending, escaped prisoner, chase, on the run, convict, animal cruelty, killing an animal, rain, shepherd, wilderness, symbolism ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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