Movies like Air Force One
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Air Force One (1997)
201K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Russian terrorists conspire to hijack the aircraft with the president and his family on board. The commander in chief finds himself facing an impossible predicament: give in to the terrorists and sacrifice his family, or risk everything to uphold his principles - and the integrity of the nation.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, entertaining, intense, serious, rough, realistic, political, tense, mind bending ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
airplane, hostage, secret service, terrorism, white house, hijacking, terrorist, conspiracy, head of state, president, usa president, suspense, aviation, political prisoner, violence, disaster, air disaster, rescue, prison, gunfight, espionage, corruption, fight scenes, tough guy, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
russia, washington d.c., afghanistan, moscow russia, germany, turkey, kazakhstan
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Most similar movies to Air Force One
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, serious, realistic and suspenseful films with plots about catastrophe, gun, chase, suspense, mentor, murder and danger mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Air Force One: Olympus Has Fallen (2013), London Has Fallen (2016), Executive Decision (1996), White House Down (2013), Speed (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
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 ...
Style:
exciting, rough, serious, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, manly, boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, secret service, white house, president, hostage, terrorist attack, one man army, daring rescue, politics, betrayal, bodyguard, u.s. president ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, north korea, pentagon, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Bulgaria
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.
Style:
exciting, intense, serious, psychotronic, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, secret service, president, conspiracy, terrorist attack, save the day, graphic violence, secret agents, assassination, head of state, world politics ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, egypt, scotland, tower bridge london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell) suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, terrorism, hostage, rescue, suspense, surveillance, hijacking, bomb, twists and turns, terrorist, ransom, pilot ...
Time:
20th century, year 1995, 90s
Place:
pentagon, washington d.c., athens greece, london, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is ...
Style:
exciting, intense, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, manly, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
secret service, terrorism, conspiracy, white house, president, save the day, treason, rescue, hostage, head of state, nuclear threat, ex military ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., middle east, paris france, north america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
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371K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Los Angeles SWAT cop Jack Traven is up against bomb expert Howard Payne, who's after major ransom money. First it's a rigged elevator in a very tall building. Then it's a rigged bus--if it slows, it will blow, bad enough any day, but ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, tense, clever, romantic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
hostage, suspense, bomb, bus, terrorism, unlikely partners, save the day, chase, rescue, terrorist, highway, police officer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies similar to Shooter
894K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
NYPD cop, John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking ...
Style:
intense, exciting, suspenseful, clever, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, teens, manly
Plot:
hostage, gunfight, heist, tough guy, terrorist, christmas, police officer, one man army, police, terrorism, robbery, villain ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, political, tense, intense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
secret service, suspense, obsession, election, gunfight, undercover, assassination of president, assassination attempt, conspiracy, terrorism, espionage, stalking ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., california, los angeles, usa, phoenix arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
This action-packed thriller takes place on the soon-to-be-decommissioned USS Missouri. Disgruntled ex-CIA operative Strannix, his assistant Krill and their group of terrorists seize the battleship with nuclear blackmail in mind. They've planned ...
Style:
intense, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
martial arts, u.s. navy, terrorism, terrorist plot, suspense, one man army, lone hero, violence, mercenary, one against many, terrorist, hostage ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1991, 80s
Place:
new jersey, san francisco, hawaii, pentagon, pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, political, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, conspiracy, cia, espionage, politics, sniper, president, suspense, drug cartel, assassination, violence, drugs ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
colombia, usa, washington d.c., langley virginia, panama ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
368K
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:
suspenseful, exciting, tense, clever, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
gunfight, airplane, christmas, fight scenes, chase, airport, police, terrorism, lone hero, fight, suspense, one man army ...
Time:
year 1990, 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
washington d.c., los angeles, california, virginia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Olympus Has Fallen related movies
268K
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Bill Marks is a burned-out veteran of the Air Marshals service. He views the assignment not as a life-saving duty, but as a desk job in the sky. However, today's flight will be no routine trip. Shortly into the transatlantic journey from New ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, clever, exciting, tricky ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, boys' night
Plot:
airplane, terrorism, air disaster, twists and turns, suspense, special agents, save the day, hostage, terrorist, investigation, hijacking, mind game ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, usa, new york, iceland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
344K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
FBI chemical warfare expert Stanley Goodspeed is sent on an urgent mission with a former British spy, John Patrick Mason, to stop Gen. Francis X. Hummel from launching chemical weapons on Alcatraz Island into San Francisco. Gen. Hummel demands $100 ...
Style:
tense, exciting, entertaining, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, girls' night
Plot:
terrorism, alcatraz, suspense, prison, twists and turns, military, gunfight, car chase, escape, hostage, swat team, disney ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
115K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, political, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
terrorism, spy, assassination, terrorist, cia, revenge, ira, suspense, violence, hitman, espionage, irish republican army ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, london, washington d.c., new england, scotland yard ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 in this disaster film filled with the usual early '70s stereotypes, and demands to be taken to Russia.
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, disaster, air disaster, aviation, terrorism, vietnam war, hijacking, catastrophe, survival, crash, space, abduction ...
Time:
70s
Place:
vietnam, russia, asia, ussr, moscow russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
"Something hit us...the crew is dead...help us, please, please help us!" With these terrifying words, 22 of Hollywood's greatest stars find themselves aboard a pilotless jumbo jet headed on a collision course with destruction in the ...
Style:
suspenseful, sexy, psychotronic, absurd, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
airplane, airport, disaster, aviation, catastrophe, survival, natural disaster, air disaster, helicopter, alcohol abuse, stewardess, airplane accident ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
los angeles, tokyo, washington d.c., usa, salt lake city utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Salt similar movies
339K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why.
Style:
intense, exciting, serious, realistic, political ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
sniper, conspiracy, corruption, fbi, military, one man army, revenge, swat team, cover up, assassination, false accusation, on the run ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
virginia, iraq, philadelphia, boston, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
21K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A team of skydiving crooks led by DEA-agent-turned-bad Ty Moncrief (Busey) specialize in landing on police roofs and breaking in so their evil computer nerd can steal undercover agents' files and sell them to drug lords. Federal Marshal Pete ...
Style:
exciting, intense, serious, sexy, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, terrorism, parachuting, hijacking, terrorist, suspense, chase, airplane hijack, heroes, race against time, track down, skydiving ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Martial arts star Steven Seagal stars in this action drama as Jack Taggart, an undercover agent working for the Environmental Protection Agency. When an EPA representative is murdered in a small Appalachian community, Taggart is sent in -- posing as ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, sexy, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, toxic, small town, environment, brutality, suspense, betrayal, investigation, environmentalism, good versus evil, snake, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
kentucky, usa, appalachia, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Gene Watson is a public accountant who arrives on a train at Union Station in Los Angeles, accompanied by his 6-year-old daughter Lynn. Because of his ordinary looks, he is approached by a pair of sinister people named Smith and Jones.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
assassination, conspiracy, race against time, twists and turns, kidnapping, conspiracy theory, accountant, hostage, murder, politics, terrorism, suspense ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
305K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When the government puts all its rotten criminal eggs in one airborne basket, it's asking for trouble. Before you can say, "Pass the barf bag," the crooks control the plane, led by creepy Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom. Watching ...
Style:
exciting, serious, intense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
airplane, prison, hijacking, master criminal, suspense, convict, aviation, prison escape, law enforcement, machismo, air disaster, confined ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, las vegas, nevada, north america, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Films like White House Down
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Frankie McGuire, one of the IRA's deadliest assassins, draws an American family into the crossfire of terrorism. But when he is sent to the U.S. to buy weapons, Frankie is housed with the family of Tom O'Meara, a New York cop who knows ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, rough, political ...
Plot:
terrorism, politics, police investigation, terrorist, murder, friendship, vengeance, spy, revenge, chase, violence, rebelliousness ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, northern ireland, ireland, usa, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A heroic high school teacher leads a band of students trapped in school by violent drug-runners.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, exciting, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, rescue, survival, corrupt cop, confined, dedicated educator, master warrior, youth, teachers and students, teacher, kidnapping, high school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bosnia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, political, tense, intense ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, cia, terrorism, nuclear bomb, nuclear war, terrorist, white house, nuclear explosion, covert operation, nuclear threat ...
Time:
90s, 70s, year 2002, 2000s, year 1973 ...
Place:
maryland, russia, israel, washington d.c., middle east ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him.
Style:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, military, spy, cold war, suspense, soldier, prisoner, sergeant, airport, politics, state affairs, government agency ...
Time:
80s
Place:
germany, chicago illinois, washington d.c., berlin germany, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, intense, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
cia, espionage, terrorism, conspiracy, secret agents, spy, terrorist, race against time, undercover agent, surveillance, murder, political conspiracy ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2001, year 2003, 2010s, 2000s ...
Place:
russia, london, new york, manhattan new york city, moscow russia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
When a train carrying atomic warheads mysteriously crashes in the former Soviet Union, a nuclear specialist discovers the accident is really part of a plot to cover up the theft of the weapons. Assigned to help her recover the missing bombs is a ...
Style:
exciting, sexy, humorous, psychological, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, military, spy, secret service, car chase, terrorist, swat team, suspense, espionage, disaster, nuclear, nuclear threat ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, russia, usa, former yugoslavia, vienna ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
127K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, exciting, tense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
terrorism, investigation, terrorist, military, islamic terrorism, fbi, special agents, al qaeda, gunfight, mission, bomb, deception ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, saudi arabia, iraq, washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A 707 aircraft jetliner on its way from Athens to Rome and then to New York City is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists. The terrorists demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite team of commandoes ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, buddy movie, unusual plot structure, melancholic ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, military, martial arts, hostage, fight, terrorist, violence, aviation, rescue mission, patriotism, spy, chase ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
middle east, israel, athens greece, beirut lebanon, lebanon
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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:
exciting, suspenseful, intense, tense, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, kidnapping, jungle, suspense, mercenary, hostage, group of criminals, rescue, survival, brutality, runaway, insurance ...
Time:
90s
Place:
latin america, africa, south america, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Jay Killon is the bodyguard of the recently elected US president, but he is assigned to the first lady (Lara Royce). Lara hates Killon so she does all she can to escape. The story complicates when someone tries to kill Lara.
Style:
campy, scenic, humorous, political, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
spy, hitman, conspiracy, chase, violence, secret service, assassin, ninja, brutality, multiple storylines, mentor, adaptation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
ireland, wyoming, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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