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The Mother (2023)
52K
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:
tense, bleak, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, independent film, interesting
Plot:
assassin, conspiracy, mother and daughter, fight, danger, daughter, female protagonist, killer, murderer, hitman, female killer, ex special forces, dog, survival, sniper, martial arts, airplane, combat, wolf, revenge, children, forest, wedding, escape, violence ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
alaska, havana cuba, illinois, cincinnati ohio
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Most similar movies to The Mother
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out surprise ending, suspense, f word and neo noir films with plots about violence, shot in the head, held at gunpoint, murder, brawl, fight and death mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like The Mother: Hard Target 2 (2016), A Working Man (2025), G20 (2025), Heart of Stone (2023), Anna (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Forced into a deadly cat-and-mouse game, a disgraced mixed martial arts fighter is hunted through the jungles of Southeast Asia.
Style:
perverse, tense, captivating, disturbing, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
violence, martial arts, jungle warfare, martial artist, brutality, paranoia, female warrior, manhunt, muscleman, jungle, kickboxer, survival ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
thailand, bangkok thailand, burma, las vegas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Levon Cade left behind a decorated military career in the black ops to live a simple life working construction. But when his boss's daughter, who is like family to him, is taken by human traffickers, his search to bring her home uncovers a ...
Style:
neo noir, surprise ending, absurd, f word
Plot:
kidnapping, kidnapped daughter, human trafficking, villainess, russian mafia, construction worker, missing person, vigilante, black ops, criminal conspiracy, one against many, hunted ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
chicago
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After the G20 Summit is overtaken by terrorists, President Danielle Sutton must bring all her statecraft and military experience to defend her family and her fellow leaders.
Style:
intense, inspirational, suspenseful, powerful, political thriller ...
Plot:
usa president, terrorist attack, terrorist, bomb, mercilessness, 17 year old, female warrior, one against many, revenge, reporter, elevator, secretary ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
south africa, cape town south africa, budapest, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Rachel Stone is an intelligence operative, the only woman who stands between her powerful, global, peacekeeping organization and the loss of its most valuable — and dangerous — asset.
Style:
spy action, tense, exciting, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, spy, ex cia agent, agent, espionage, target, chase, fight, explosions, high speed chase, woman with a gun, woman fights a man ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
london, italy, senegal, alps, iceland ...
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107K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, USA, Canada, Russia, Serbia, Guadeloupe
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.
Style:
suspense, action thriller, satanic, period piece, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female spy, female assassin, spy, female protagonist, female agent, cia agent, one woman army, murder, double agent, russian spy, assassin, female killer ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019, 90s, 80s, year 1985 ...
Place:
paris france, moscow russia, russia, bahamas, milan italy ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An ex-Navy SEAL, Michael Adams, (Matthew Reese) was captured during a raid to free Japanese prisoners from a North Korean prison camp. He endures the North Koreans torture for three years -- seen only as flashbacks -- then released back into ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, disturbing, tense, thought provoking ...
Plot:
female agent, vendetta, violence, chase, husband wife relationship, tragic hero, political prisoner, conspiracy, female assassin, tragic past, dark hero, danger ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
korea, north korea
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After being involuntarily discharged from the U.S. Special Forces, James Harper decides to support his family by joining a private contracting organization alongside his best friend and under the command of a fellow veteran. Overseas on a covert ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, thrilling ...
Plot:
mission, military, ex military, veteran, betrayal, fight, soldier, murder, wound, hunted, flashback, reconnaissance ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
berlin germany, germany, atlanta georgia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Italy, Malta
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Following the murder of his fiancée, Mitch Rapp trains under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair then is enlisted to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets.
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, exciting, action adventure, tense ...
Plot:
revenge, terrorism, cia, counter terrorism, terrorist, training, kickboxing, government agent, spy, hand to hand combat, showdown, mentor ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
london, warsaw poland, romania, istanbul turkey, virginia ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
After his life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder takes matters into his own hands when his supervisors refuse to take action.
Style:
inspirational, suspenseful, spy action, neo noir, suspense ...
Plot:
cryptography, spy thriller, blackmail, terrorist, husband wife relationship, wife, code, fight, death of wife, revenge, escape, agent ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
langley virginia, romania, madrid, london, paris france ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young boy finds himself pursued by two assassins in the Montana wilderness with a survival expert determined to protecting him - and a forest fire threatening to consume them all. Download : ...
Style:
perverse, captivating, suspense, cult classic, cliffhanger ...
Plot:
female protagonist, strong female lead, murder witness, runaway, forest fire, female warrior, survival, home invasion, murder, wilderness, fire brigade, assassin ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
montana, florida
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The Expendables square up against an arms dealer who commands the might of a massive private army.
Style:
exciting, tense, suspenseful, captivating, action thriller ...
Plot:
sniper, terrorist, death of child, terrorism, commando mission, tough guy, warrior, mission, combat, mercenary, commando, commando unit ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new orleans, thailand, libya, syria, southeast asia
Similarity:
100%
287K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, India, Thailand, Australia, Canada, Bangladesh
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:
exciting, suspenseful, ambiguous ending, surprise ending, action thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, manly
Plot:
mercenary, rescue mission, one against many, kidnapping, ex special forces, one man army, machismo, child kidnapping, death threat, tough guy, jungle, child ...
Time:
2020s, future, 21st century
Place:
india, bangladesh, australia, mumbai india
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, Iceland, Canada, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Sergei Kravinoff is a big game hunter, who takes a magical serum giving him superhuman abilities and a longer life.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, tense, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
villain, heroes, bare chested male, wolf, hunting, spider man, russian immigrant, flashback, back from the dead, murder, prison, dog ...
Time:
2000s, 2020s
Place:
tower bridge london, united kingdom, tanzania, russia, siberia ...
Similarity:
100%
2K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A former Special Forces soldier who has become solitary and paranoid since serving Afghanistan and recruited to provide the security for Amina and her daughter Nour.
Plot:
security guard, airplane, surveillance camera, nightclub, new job, telephone call, teenage girl, migrant, arab, torture, parachute, violence ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Portugal, Canada, Bulgaria
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:
tense, exciting, suspense, captivating, intense ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
secret service, agent, terrorist, secret service agent, president, fbi, spy, lone hero, gunfight, white house, justice, state affairs ...
Time:
2010s, future, year 2019, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., west virginia, usa, north carolina, virginia ...
Similarity:
100%
171K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Austria, Australia, USA, Spain, Germany, Canada, UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Tasked with extracting a family who is at the mercy of a Georgian gangster, Tyler Rake infiltrates one of the world's deadliest prisons in order to save them. But when the extraction gets hot, and the gangster dies in the heat of battle, his ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
mercenary, ex special forces, revenge, assassin, heroes, exploration, violent, female warrior, abusive husband, security, supernatural, rescue mission ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
georgia, austria, vienna, armenia
Similarity:
50%
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.
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot:
killer, hitman, murder, assassin, murderer, race against time, cat versus mouse, struggle for survival, serial killer, killing, problem, agent ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
paris france, barcelona, lisbon portugal, rome italy
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Hungary
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he thought he knew.
Style:
independent film, neo noir, suspense, surprise ending, f word
Plot:
cia agent, conspiracy, female spy, shootout, strangulation, money laundering, husband wife relationship, rogue agent, wife, hostage, interrogation, death ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
hungary, washington d.c., budapest, eastern europe
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A Texas Ranger is recruited by British Intelligence to track down a dangerous terrorist and stop him from attacking London.
Style:
serious, bleak, captivating, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
terrorist, police officer, texas ranger, police, terrorism, prospector, male protagonist, intelligence, ranger, profanity, pub, escape ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
mexico, texas, london, big ben london, tower bridge london
Similarity:
28%
15K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When an unknown military force invades Bushwick, a Brooklyn neighborhood, young student Lucy and war veteran Stupe must rely on each other to escape and survive.
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
invasion, mercenary, subway, running for your life, community, veteran, intruder, woman with a gun, student, grandmother, civil war, first aid ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, texas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Colombia
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, captivating, visually stunning, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug cartel, ex special forces, violence, drug lord, ex soldier, theft, escapades, survival, friendship, greed, murder, death ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s
Place:
south america, colombia, usa, peru, andes mountains ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Canada, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
An elite Asian assassin risks everything to protect a beautiful singer that he unintentionally blinded, but can only do so with the help of an LAPD detective who is trying to catch him.
Style:
neo noir, detective, psychotronic, suspense, f word
Plot:
assassin, gun fu, police, kidnapping, pigeon, sniper, singer, showdown, nightclub, betrayal, hotel, thief ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
27%
138K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Taking place during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, Eve Macarro begins her training in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma.
Style:
ambiguous ending, biting, surprise ending, neo noir, f word
Plot:
teacher student relationship, assassin, secret society, ballerina, tattoo, female protagonist, extreme violence, female assassin, vengeance, betrayal, target practice, mountain ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
germany, austria, prague, new york
Similarity:
27%
44K
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, independent film ...
Audience:
family friendly, manly
Plot:
plot twist, daughter, child in peril, father son relationship, wilderness, tough guy, cocaine, archery, mountain cabin, home invasion, mercilessness, murder ...
Time:
2010s, future
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In a war-torn Asian land, peace lies in the hands of the Bagwun, a revered religious leader. When he is wounded in an assassination attempt, his sworn protector, Deva, sets out on a dangerous journey to find the one man who can provide the rare ...
Style:
intense, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, disturbing ...
Plot:
mission, military, fictional war, village, torture, american abroad, interracial friendship, kung fu, female warrior, car chase, police, friendship ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A seasoned assassin plays both sides in a Russian gang war and becomes the target of an unknown enemy.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, rivalry, criminal heroes, danger, chases and races, violence spree, mob hit, mob boss, murder, corruption, gangster, one against many ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cuba, prague, europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Thailand, China, USA, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A crime syndicate places a hit on a billionaire's daughter, making her the target of an elite assassin squad. A small band of down-and-out mercenaries protects her, fighting tooth and nail to stop the assassins from reaching their target.
Style:
intense, suspense, brutal, bloody, action thriller ...
Plot:
martial arts, fight, organized crime, mole, police shootout, mercenary, police, danger, murder, chase, police station, fistfight ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
china
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When Merrill Ross (Michael Dudikoff) is thought to be a C.I.A. agent gone bad and teaming with some other alphabet named agency to take over the oil rich country of Qumir, he finds he's in the middle of a very explosive situation. Not knowing ...
Style:
suspense, perverse, grindhouse, dark comedy, independent film ...
Plot:
female warrior, cannon, mossad, woman kills a man, computer cracker, geopolitics, shootout, woman in jeopardy, fugitive, bare chested male, crooked businessman, special forces ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa, China, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An assassin seeks redemption after being given a second chance at life.
Style:
suspense, perverse, disturbing, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Plot:
redemption, gunfight, reincarnation, spy, rescue, haunted by the past, revenge, dark hero, tragic hero, one against many, conspiracy, near death experience ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south africa, cape town south africa, africa, hong kong, florida ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A man is out for justice after a group of corrupt police officers are unable to catch his wife's killer.
Style:
tense, suspense, exciting, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot:
revenge, murder, police corruption, vengeance, danger, violence, brutality, dark hero, paranoia, sociopath, gangster, vigilantism ...
Place:
columbus ohio, ohio
Similarity:
25%
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