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Submarines (2003)
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Terrorists capture a Soviet missile submarine and they are intent on using it to unleash a barrage of missiles onto the US West Coast. American special services are called up to intercept and stop the terrorists before they can complete their mission. An unlikely American hero emerges to handle the task and save the day.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
submarine, underwater, terrorism, terrorist, military, save the day, army investigation, undercover, escapades, rivalry, ship, heroes, hijacking, destiny, chases and races, danger, military life, race against time, courtroom drama, underwater scene, deadly, track down, crimes
Time:
21st century, contemporary
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and exciting films with plots about danger, heroes, chases and races, rivalry, terrorism, deadly and race against time mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Submarines: Tides of War (2005), Depth Charge (2008), Dead Men Can't Dance (1997), Greenmail (2002), Counter Measures (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the cold, dark waters off North Korea a U.S. Navy fast attack submarine meets with a mysterious disaster - it's attacked and nearly sunk by an ominous stealth submarine resulting in the deaths of the Executive Officer and the Engineering ...
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exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, rescue, heroic mission, military life, danger, underwater, survival, rivalry, government agency, undercover, military, race against time ...
Place:
hawaii, asia, korea
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Jason Gedrick and Eric Roberts lead the cast of this thriller about a submarine captain who attempts to hold Washington, D.C. hostage for a billion dollars, and the heroic doctor who struggles to thwart the plan before the situation escalates.
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:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
To stamp out the threat of nuclear war, a special ops team must travel to North Korea to carry out a covert mission to destroy a nuclear power plant. Everything does not go as planned. Their communications are cut off and they must remember their ...
Style:
independent film, exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
female soldier, chases and races, heroes, danger, daring rescue, military, escapades, heroic mission, undercover, violent content, mission, sabotage ...
Time:
90s
Place:
asia, korea, north korea
Similarity:
100%
381
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After huge explosions rip through a chemical processing plant, Alexander Scott, the leader of the radical extremists, is apprehended by a beautiful but tough ATF agent. While in jail, a series of bombings take place, killing innocent people. Scott ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, save the day, police investigation, leadership, race against time, heroes, environmentalism, terrorism, law enforcement, tough law enforcer, danger, escapades ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Thriller, Drama
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:
terrorism, terrorist, submarine, die hard, sex scene, naval battle, boat, disaster, ambassador, u.s. navy, terrorist plot, profanity ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In the season of giving, the department took his badge. Criminals took his wife. Now, one cop is taking matters into his own hands
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
christmas, one man army, law enforcement, save the day, partner, disorder, master criminal, crime gone awry, rivalry, danger, die hard, shopping mall ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A web of intrigue and conspiracy lies beneath the euphoria as the U.S. is about to put a man on the moon for the first time in over thirty years
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
political conspiracy, military, manhunt, fighting the system, life turned upside down, special agent, tough heroes, assassination, dishonesty, rebellion, danger, law enforcement ...
Place:
washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A ship captained by the father (Dale Dye) of the leader (Michael McGrady) of Delta Force is taken hostage by terrorists. As might be expected the force is sent in to stop them.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, admiral, hostage, terrorism, boat, cavalry, die hard, cruise ship, submarine, tough heroes, law enforcement, undercover ...
Time:
90s
Place:
russia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, terrorism, rebelliousness, military life, race against time, danger, rivalry, military, undercover, nuclear holocaust, hijacking, world war three ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north korea, russia, korea
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The crew of the nuclear submarine USS Ulysses rescues supposed victims of a boat disaster, but the victims turn out to be terrorists intent on capturing nuclear weapons aboard the sub. Only a former SEAL, now a submarine consultant, can save the ...
Style:
independent film, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, boat, die hard, tough heroes, killed during sex, naval battle, water, disaster, hijacking, terrorism, heroic mission, military life ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
259
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Former Gulf War hero Rowdy Welles is framed for murder by unscrupulous CIA boss Dick Althorp. As his price of freedom, Welles is ordered to undertake a deadly mission to destroy a nuclear processing plant in a foreign nation, owned by dangerous ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, covert operation, spy, hostage, conspiracy, secret agent, special agent, chases and races, good versus evil, rivalry, save the day, danger ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Submarine crews wage a silent war beneath the waves in this undersea thriller.
Style:
independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorist, submarine, die hard, underwater, battles, danger, rivalry, military, terrorism, escapades, daring rescue, rescue ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
443
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A former FBI agent must stop a crazy man from blowing up bombs.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, terrorism, one man army, save the day, special agent, law enforcement, danger, vengeance, race against time, master criminal, rivalry, chases and races ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
hijacking, airplane, strong violent content, terrorism, terrorist, one man army, danger, heroes, aviation, muslim, hijacker, flight attendant ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a plane carrying a legendary and recently found death ray machine from Siberia to Canada is hijacked and crashes in the remote mountains of Alaska, only a fearless government agent (Treat Williams) will risk his life to save the world. A modern ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, terrorism, tough heroes, save the day, survival, confined, danger, undercover, heroes, daring rescue, race against time, one man army ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller, Action
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Terrorists seize a building with intent to blow it up. However, one of the men trapped in the building is an ex-treasury agent, who just happens to be there with his wife and children in a tour group. Having to fight the terrorists and fires that ...
Style:
fast, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, disaster, natural disaster, die hard, fire, tower, secret agent, heist, hijacking, good versus evil, undercover, chases and races ...
Time:
90s
Place:
seattle, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The Delta Force team are brought in once again to deal with an evil villain in foreign lands.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
delta force, cavalry, terrorism, soldier, undercover, rescue, military, heroes, chases and races, danger, confined, escapades ...
Time:
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Place:
kenya
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Colonel Casey discovers what appears to be plans by General Lloyd to use fake military excercises to assist Jack Giddings in his plans to remove President Foster from office. Colonel Casey, and President Foster must find evidence that there is a ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, political thriller
Plot:
coup d'etat, conspiracy, terrorism, political corruption, state affairs, betrayal, government agency, undercover, manhunt, special agent, revolution, danger ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Danny O'Neill is a bomb disposal expert assigned to a case where terrorists have developed an "invisible" liquid explosive which is activated within the human body.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, reluctant partners, assassination, senator, bomb squad, investigation, danger, undercover, police detective, government agency, politics, special agent ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A luxury cruise liner is requisitioned by the Greek government in an attempt to give safe passage to national treasures worth millions of pounds. The liner is attacked by an art collector who finds out about the plan. During the hijack the liner ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rescue, confined, heroes, obsessive quest, rivalry, treasure hunt, danger, race against time, escapades, one man army, chases and races, heroic mission ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Captain Rick Jeffries is the head of a group of elite soldiers who swim into action, doing the dirty jobs no else can or wants to do. They are in pursuit of a world traveling terrorist known only as Casper, and have the difficult job of bringing him ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, rivalry, undercover, heroic mission, chases and races, escapades, confined, danger, heroes, hijacking, bomb, underwater fight ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A military career man, distraught over the murder of his daughter and the subsequent release of her killer who is protected by 'diplomatic immunity,' resigns from the service to pursue the psychopath. No one will help him - and no one can ...
Style:
independent film, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female nudity, cia, rape, dominatrix, underwater, murder, rivalry, psychopath, jungle, law enforcement, heroes, vengeance ...
Time:
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Place:
paraguay, latin america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A Secret Service agent and his brother, a reckless ATF agent, try to stop a group of extreme right-wing U.S. military mercenaries, led by a fanatic Taiwanese vixen, who hijack the Queen Mary 2 ocean liner with the U.S. and Chinese presidents on ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
daring rescue, undercover, terrorism, hostage, rescue, one man army, escapades, save the day, rivalry, confined, danger, race against time ...
Place:
china, asia
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a WWII-era battleship, reactivated and deployed in the Persian Gulf for black-op interrogations, falls radio silent, an elite Marine task force, along with an NCIS investigator and two scientists, are sent to investigate. When the Marines ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot:
military, danger, survival, undercover, ship, world war two, ghost, escapades, battles, battleship, rescue, eye ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Rick Harding is a former Marines officer, now working in the FBI as a chemical weapons designer. While packing up for the night, a group of armed soldiers led by wanted criminal Carlos Gruber, break into the FBI research lab. They steal large ...
Style:
mockbuster, independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Terrorists steal the only cure to a deadly virus that has been unleashed in Africa.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, tense, tech noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, race against time, danger, chases and races, jungle, evil man, virus, die hard, boat, martial arts, heroes, kidnapping ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A former firefighter and Special Forces officer takes on a team of murderous terrorists when the oceanliner he's working on is hijacked shortly after leaving port. Hired to evaluate security on a luxury cruise ship, blaze battler and former ...
Style:
exciting, tense, suspense, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
terrorism, hostage, escapades, hijacking, rescue, chase, rivalry, save the day, race against time, ship, danger, die hard ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
903
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Navy SEALs launch a rescue mission after terrorists plunge a jet carrying a missile-launching computer into the sea.
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, terrorism, heroic mission, gang, heroes, rivalry, race against time, daring rescue, escapades, save the day, danger, confined ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The film is about a group of Las Vegas sexy showgirls who are undercover agents working with a former C.I.A. agent (Robertson) to stop a terrorist attack.
Style:
sexy, exciting, captivating, spy comedy, suspense ...
Plot:
terrorism, vengeance, danger, rivalry, save the day, escapades, hunt down, bomb, murder, terrorist, frat party, showgirl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, las vegas, nevada
Similarity:
22%
312
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 ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ship, terrorism, military, danger, save the day, heroes, soldier, hijacking, confined, chases and races, national security, navy ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
asia, japan, tokyo, korea, north korea
Similarity:
22%
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