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Kandahar (2023)
46K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Saudi Arabia
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
After his mission is exposed, an undercover CIA operative stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign spies tasked with hunting them down.
Style:
exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, independent film, f word
Plot:
cia agent, taliban, covert operation, mission, stranded, undercover agent, behind enemy lines, reconnaissance, cia, undercover, translator, agent, mercenary, secret mission, dangerous mission, special agent, spy, world war three, 007, jihad, survival, airplane, combat, prospector, violence ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
afghanistan, middle east, dubai, iran, pakistan, langley virginia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, surprise ending, f word and exciting films with plots about violence, gunfight, murder, death, chase, shootout and pistol mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Kandahar: The Covenant (2023), Plane (2023), 3 Days to Kill (2014), Extraction (2020), Land of Bad (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
205K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
During the war in Afghanistan, a local interpreter risks his own life to carry an injured sergeant across miles of grueling terrain.
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, suspenseful, powerful ...
Plot:
war in afghanistan, ambush, american soldier, shooter, military, soldier, translator, sniper, brotherhood, friendship, chase, taliban ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s
Place:
afghanistan, los angeles
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89%
103K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Puerto Rico
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
After a heroic job of successfully landing his storm-damaged aircraft in a war zone, a fearless pilot finds himself between the agendas of multiple militias planning to take the plane and its passengers hostage.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, tense, action thriller, intense ...
Plot:
airplane, hostage, crash landing, plane crash, hostage situation, ex special forces, shootout, ak 47, terrorist, storm, mercenary, flight attendant ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
the philippines, new york, hawaii, singapore
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A dangerous international spy is determined to give up his high stakes life to finally build a closer relationship with his estranged wife and daughter. But first, he must complete one last mission - even if it means juggling the two toughest ...
Style:
suspenseful, intense, exciting, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, teens
Plot:
hitman, cia, secret service, danger, parents and children, special agent, assassin, undercover, family reunited, terminal illness, one last job, illness ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe, langley virginia, belgrade serbia
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
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100%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
When a Delta Force special ops mission goes terribly wrong, Air Force drone pilot Reaper has 48 hours to remedy what has devolved into a wild rescue operation. With no weapons and no communication other than the drone above, the ground mission ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
special ops, supermarket, battles, air force, behind enemy lines, rescue attempt, rescue mission, rescue, mission, pilot, salvation, trap ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
las vegas, the philippines
Similarity:
100%
249K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – ...
Style:
political thriller, political, tense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
terrorism, spy, cia, espionage, cia agent, intelligence agency, terrorist, undercover, secret service, government agency, roman empire, politics ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
middle east, jordan, iraq, syria, washington d.c. ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A former CIA operative is kidnapped by a group of terrorists. When his son learns there is no plan for his father to be saved, he launches his own rescue operation.
Style:
exciting, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
terrorist, death of wife, female warrior, escape from reality, computer cracker, rescue, machismo, murder, deception, brutality, father son relationship, violence ...
Time:
year 2016, 2000s, 2010s, year 2005, year 2004 ...
Place:
langley virginia, central europe, czech republic, prague, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A deep cover operative awakens to find himself imprisoned on a submarine. With the help of a fellow prisoner and an amateur agent, he must race against the clock to escape the vessel and expose who set him up.
Style:
suspense, exciting, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
martial arts, submarine, female warrior, murder, violence, martial artist, danger, betrayal, brutality, blood, dishonesty, espionage ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
pentagon, canada
Similarity:
100%
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100K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A team of CIA agents and special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in an attempt to dismantle the Taliban.
Style:
touching, anamorphic, historical drama, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
soldier, taliban, war on terror, behind enemy lines, heroism, military, cia, us military, war in afghanistan, special forces, machismo, commando mission ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
During a handover to the head of counter-terrorism of MI5, Harry Pearce, a terrorist escapes custody. When Harry disappears soon after, his protégé is tasked with finding out what happened as an impending attack on London looms, and eventually ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, undercover, female agent, british intelligence, escape, one man army, corruption, disobeying orders, police, secret agent, uncover truth ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, britain, united kingdom, berlin germany ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
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:
suspense, political, exciting, suspenseful, political thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, conspiracy, cia, mercenary, politics, assassination, espionage, sniper, covert operation, ambush, violence, drug cartel ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
colombia, washington d.c., langley virginia, usa, iraq ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia, UK
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, serious, intense, suspenseful, action thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
cia, espionage, terrorism, conspiracy, undercover agent, terrorist, race against time, undercover, government agency, murder, secret agent, corruption ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, year 2013, september 11 2001, year 2001 ...
Place:
russia, new york, afghanistan, moscow russia, london ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.
Style:
captivating, suspense, suspenseful, tense, enigmatic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, police brutality, violence, tough guy, strip club, bank vault, shootout, armored truck, police, criminal, ex marine ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
los angeles, california, london, usa
Similarity:
100%
210K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Italy, Hungary
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
After faking his death, a tech billionaire recruits a team of international operatives for a bold and bloody mission to take down a brutal dictator.
Style:
action thriller, suspense, entertaining, action adventure, exciting ...
Plot:
mission, chase, female warrior, anti heroine, female spy, teamwork, fight, good versus evil, deception, brutality, justice, machismo ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2019, year 2017, 2020s ...
Place:
italy, savannah georgia, afghanistan, middle east, new york ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Belgium, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When the moral values of a longtime wetwork black ops agent is tested during his last operation, he receives an unfavorable psych evaluation. Now he is given a break and a seemingly uncomplicated assignment of simply protecting the security of a ...
Style:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, new jersey, nevada, usa
Similarity:
100%
41K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Switzerland, UK, France, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After failing to apprehend the terrorist behind a Paris attack that claimed dozens of lives, CIA agent Alice Racine is forced to live in London as a caseworker. Her mentor unexpectedly calls her back into action when the CIA discovers that another ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, rough, cult classic ...
Plot:
terrorism, spy, biohazard, female warrior, rogue agent, cia agent, virus, female protagonist, female spy, cia, biological warfare, terrorist ...
Time:
future, year 2017, 2010s, year 2012
Place:
london, paris france, moscow russia, big ben london, tower bridge london ...
Similarity:
100%
34K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Belgium, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A former agent of the CIA and his estranged daughter go on the run after his employers target them for assassination.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, suspense, rough, political thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
espionage, cia, father daughter relationship, spy, secret agent, undercover, hitman, secret service, conspiracy, on the run, lone hero, brutality ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
belgium, usa, antwerp, new jersey, brussels ...
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:
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Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Bulgaria, India
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, saga, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, manly, chick flick
Plot:
terrorism, secret service, hostage, terrorist, president, conspiracy, one man army, terrorist attack, save the day, danger, u.s. president, propaganda ...
Time:
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Place:
england, london, europe, tokyo, united kingdom ...
Similarity:
50%
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:
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Place:
south america, colombia, usa, peru, andes mountains ...
Similarity:
100%
45K
Genre: Action, Thriller
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:
perverse, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
assassin, gunfight, crooked cop, hitman, police, desert, police station, small town, rookie, prison, murderer, killer ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
nevada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: UK, Croatia, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Top level CIA agent Avery Graves is blackmailed by terrorists into betraying her own country to save her kidnapped husband. Cut off from her team, she turns to her underworld contacts to survive and help locate the coveted intelligence that the ...
Style:
suspense, surprise ending, neo noir, f word
Plot:
female assassin, kidnapping, spy thriller, cia agent, terrorist, terrorism, female protagonist, blackmail, airplane, spy, abduction, gas mask ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new york, tokyo, singapore
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
An elite Navy SEAL uncovers an international conspiracy while seeking justice for the murder of his pregnant wife.
Style:
perverse, suspense, exciting, contemplative, captivating ...
Plot:
cia, one man army, special forces, terrorism, murder, diver, police, navy, warrior, prison, navy seal, rescue mission ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, China, Indonesia, Turkey
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Five Eyes, the international intelligence agency, recruits MI6 agent Orson Fortune to prevent the sale of a deadly new weapons technology that threatens to disrupt the world order.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, captivating, action comedy, humorous ...
Plot:
teamwork, cia, agent, cia agent, undercover, satire, secret mission, secret agent, fight, special agent, fighting crime, spy ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
johannesburg south africa, morocco, los angeles, london, madrid ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A British Special Boat Service commando tracks down an international terrorist cell.
Style:
suspense, tense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
terrorist, laboratory, terrorism, terrorist plot, military, investigation, rescue, evacuation, gunfight, deception, soldier, bomb ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
iran, big ben london, london, rome italy, ukraine
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When the top secret prototype of the Nova Stealth fighter has been stolen, the Pentagon launches big alarm; the plane shouldn't come into hostile hands...
Style:
exciting, rough, serious, suspense, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female warrior, military, airplane, save the day, danger, rivalry, escapades, secret mission, invisibility, pilot, terrorist, forced sex ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
libya
Similarity:
27%
10K
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Secret-service agent Vic Davis is on his way to pick up his estranged son, Sean, from his college campus when he finds himself in the middle of a high-stakes terrorist operation. His son's friend Erin Walton, the daughter of Supreme Court ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
computer cracker, cia agent, secret service agent, danger, secret agent, cia, political conspiracy, kidnapping, murder, chase, rescue, fight ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
FBI agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the U.S. border.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, perverse, bleak, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cartel, terrorist, drug cartel, black ops, cia agent, cia, organized crime, u.s. mexico border, warrior, deception, top secret, agent ...
Time:
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Place:
somalia, south america, kansas city, sonora, mexico ...
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93K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Colombia, Indonesia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A CIA field officer and an Indonesian police officer are forced to work together in confronting political corruption. An informant must be moved twenty-two miles to safety.
Style:
perverse, exciting, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
black ops, terrorist, top secret, rogue agent, spy, secret service, surveillance, political corruption, woman with a gun, cia, espionage, computer cracker ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016
Place:
southeast asia, indonesia, asia
Similarity:
26%
43K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A group of top female agents from American, British, Chinese, Columbian and German government agencies are drawn together to try and stop an organization from acquiring a deadly weapon to send the world into chaos.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, action thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female agent, female protagonist, female spy, woman with a gun, female assassin, kick-butt women, female bonding, female warrior, mission, fight, spy, undercover ...
Time:
2020s, future
Place:
montmartre paris, berlin germany, shanghai, langley virginia, paris france ...
Similarity:
26%
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