Daring rescue movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant daring rescue movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, serious, exciting, realistic, suspense and rough films and TV shows about / with daring rescue, danger, rescue, heroes, escapades, explosion, death, race against time, murder and tough guy plots mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as daring rescue: 9-1-1 (2018), Juggernaut (1974), Tears of the Sun (2003), Bermuda Tentacles (2014), 10,000 BC (2008), Stormforce (2006), San Andreas (2015), The Guardian (2006), Ice Quake (2010), Poseidon (2006).

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 7.9
 44K
9-1-1 (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Explore the high-pressure experiences of police officers, paramedics and firefighters who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations. These emergency responders must try to balance saving those who are at their most ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, tense, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot: medicine, firefighter, emergency, 911, misadventure, saving a life, medical, life risking, daring rescue, search and rescue, fire brigade, ambulance ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, california, los angeles
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 6.6
 6K
Juggernaut (1974)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A bomber has planted 7 bombs on a transatlantic cruise ship. While a crack bomb squad team try to defuse the bombs the police attempt to track down the mad bomber.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, realistic, rough, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, ship, shipwreck, disaster, cruise, ransom, cruise ship, sea, bomb, ocean, espionage, brutality ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: england, atlantic ocean, scotland yard, london
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Tears of the Sun (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring the conflict that surrounds them, or finding the courage to follow their ...
Style: touching, serious, suspense, factual, compassionate ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: military, war, jungle, soldier, civil war, navy seal, commando, genocide, rescue mission, gunfight, violence, brutality ...
Time: year 2003, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: africa, nigeria, iraq, iran
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Bermuda Tentacles (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: After Air Force One goes down during a storm over the Bermuda Triangle, the United States Navy is dispatched to find the escape pod holding the President. A giant monster beneath the ocean awakens and attacks the fleet.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, mockbuster
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alien, sea monster, military, bermuda triangle, killer animal, daring rescue, battles, escapades, deadly creature, rescue mission, animal attack, alien attack ...
Time: future, 21st century
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 5.1
 135K
10,000 BC (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter's journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe.
Style: epic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, action adventure ...
Audience: teens
Plot: survival, daring rescue, caveman, animal attack, cave, giant bird, mammoth, dinosaur, danger, monster, natural disaster, mythology ...
Time: stone age, prehistory, prehistoric times, year 2008
Place: north africa
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 5.9
 880
Stormforce (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Na een ‘incidentje’ tijdens een receptie voor de hoogste legertop wordt duiker Rick Symons naar het 40ste Search and Rescue smaldeel in Koksijde gestuurd. Rick wordt er opgenomen in een even competente als aparte Sea King crew. Zijn grootste ...
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, psychological, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: navy, daring rescue, danger, mission gone awry, partner, lone wolves, escapades, demotion, rescue mission, terrorism, rivalry, unsupportive coworkers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
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 6.1
 255K
San Andreas (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 114 min.
Story: In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, suspense, intense, serious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, catastrophe, survival, forces of nature, end of the world, danger, tsunami, earthquake, father daughter relationship, happy ending, daughter ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015, 21st century
Place: california, san francisco, los angeles, peru, usa ...
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 6.9
 98K
The Guardian (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: A high school swim champion with a troubled past enrolls in the U.S. Coast Guard's 'A' School, where legendary rescue swimmer, Ben Randall teaches him some hard lessons about loss, love, and self-sacrifice.
Style: inspirational, emotional, tear jerker, sentimental, exciting ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: ocean, coast guard, lifeguard, rescue, military, survival, training, friendship, daring rescue, aviation, swimming, military training ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: alaska, astoria oregon
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 4.1
 2K
Ice Quake (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: As the permafrost melts in Alaska, underground rivers of volatile liquid methane form which sets off a series of devastating earthquakes. Forced apart by this violent occurrence, one family must find each other during the holidays and work to stop ...
Style: serious, captivating, tense, apocalyptic, christmas horror ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: disaster, earthquake, avalanche, forces of nature, save the world, winter, survival, daring rescue, danger, family in danger, natural disaster, heroes ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: alaska, usa
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 5.7
 110K
Poseidon (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A packed cruise ship traveling the Atlantic is hit and overturned by a massive wave, compelling the passengers to begin a dramatic fight for their lives.
Style: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, rough, apocalyptic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: disaster, survival, natural disaster, ship, catastrophe, ocean, shipwreck, cruise ship, ocean liner, father daughter relationship, drowning, trapped ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: atlantic ocean
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S.W.A.T.: Firefight (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Los Angeles S.W.A.T. officer, Lt. Paul Cutler, is sent to train the Detroit S.W.A.T. team on new anti-terrorism and homeland security techniques. Cutler has a hard time settling into his assignment as he locks horns with his new captain and ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, action thriller ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: hitman, swat team, swat, fighting crime, law enforcement, daring rescue, rivalry, basic training, ambush, gunfight, criminal's revenge, heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, detroit
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The Finest Hours (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, scenic, breathtaking ...
Audience: family friendly, boys' night
Plot: survival, natural disaster, ocean, disaster, shipwreck, forces of nature, storm at sea, coast guard, courage, daring rescue, sinking ship, fisherman ...
Time: 1950s, year 2016, 20th century, year 1952, year 1951 ...
Place: new england, boston, massachusetts, usa
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Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
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, political thriller, serious, suspense ...
Audience: chick flick, manly, teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot: terrorism, secret service, president, hostage, white house, terrorist attack, one man army, daring rescue, u.s. president, politics, secret agent, danger ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa, north korea, north america, pentagon
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The Next Three Days (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 133 min.
Story: A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of a murder. Lara Brennan is arrested for murdering her boss with whom she had an argument. It seems she was seen leaving the scene of the crime and her fingerprints were on ...
Style: suspense, clever, suspenseful, romantic, serious ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, date night
Plot: prison escape, life turned upside down, innocent, false accusation, injustice, husband wife relationship, danger, love, lawyer, couples, family relations, investigation ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: pennsylvania, venezuela, usa, haiti, canada ...
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The Mask of Zorro (1998)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, Mexico, Germany
Duration: 136 min.
Story: It has been twenty years since Don Diego de la Vega fought Spanish oppression in Alta California as the legendary romantic hero, Zorro. Having escaped from prison he transforms troubled bandit Alejandro into his successor, in order to foil the plans ...
Style: romantic, period piece, entertaining, exciting, breathtaking ...
Audience: teens, family outing, adult
Plot: zorro, superhero, swashbuckler, sword fight, lone hero, love and romance, heroic mission, good versus evil, daring rescue, revenge, secret identity, vigilante ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, middle ages, 90s, 1800s ...
Place: california, mexico, los angeles, usa
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Captain Phillips (2013)
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
Style: realistic, suspense, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: hostage, ship, kidnapping, terrorism, survival, rescue, ocean, pirate, u.s. navy, ship captain, piracy, ransom ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 2000s, year 2009, 21st century
Place: somalia, africa, america, middle east, usa ...
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 6.4
 3K
Lo (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Love presents many challenges to couples...but none so daunting as the one Justin faces with his girlfriend April...
Style: tense, surreal, talky, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot: demon, hell, black magic, love, daring rescue, save the lady, dark humor, curses spells and rituals, kidnapping, woman in danger, satanism, devil ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 4.3
 609
Counterstrike (2002)
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: suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: daring rescue, terrorism, hostage, rescue, special agent, save the day, confined, escapades, danger, race against time, undercover, rivalry ...
Place: asia, china
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 6.0
 1K
The Rescue (2020)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 139 min.
Story: A rescue unit within the Chinese Coast Guard are forced to overcome their personal differences to resolve a crisis.
Style: disturbing, suspense, exciting, tense
Plot: fire brigade, daring rescue, emergency, disaster, teamwork, danger, workplace situations, rescue, survival, friendship, environmental health, society ...
Place: china
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 7.7
 387K
Man on Fire (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, UK, USA, Mexico
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save ...
Style: suspense, tense, brutal, exciting, emotional ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot: revenge, kidnapping, vengeance, vigilante, cia, vigilantism, friendship, mercenary, lone hero, redemption, justice, child in peril ...
Time: year 2004, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: mexico, mexico city, latin america
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 7.7
 631K
Taken (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: While vacationing with a friend in Paris, an American girl is kidnapped by a gang of human traffickers intent on selling her into forced prostitution. Working against the clock, her ex-spy father must pull out all the stops to save her. But with his ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, entertaining, suspense, intense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, chick flick, teens, date night ...
Plot: kidnapping, one man army, revenge, vigilantism, human trafficking, secret service, chase, vengeance, cia, father daughter relationship, violence, dark hero ...
Time: year 2008, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe, north america
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The Man from Nowhere (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story: His only friend called him 'the man from nowhere'... Taesik, a former special agent becomes a loner after losing his wife in a miserable accident and lives a bitter life running a pawnshop. He only has a few customers and a friend named ...
Style: serious, tense, brutal, exciting, touching ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: revenge, one man army, martial arts, kidnapping, lone hero, assassin, master warrior, organized crime, drug lord, fight scenes, gang, fight ...
Time: year 2010, y2k, 21st century
Place: korea, south korea, east asia, asia, seoul
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The 5th Execution (2011)
Genre: Action
Country: Russia, USA, Netherlands
Duration: 110 min.
Story: On a remote island in Southeast Asia, a team of scientists, studying the regenerative properties of the salamander, discovers what their Bangkok headquarters refer to as "The Priceless Gift": an elixir of life. News of the discovery ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, bleak, suspense, serious ...
Plot: danger, plague, soldier, daring rescue, island, battles, speculation, chases and races, race against time, heroes, rivalry, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
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Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012)
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A distant Federation outpost Fort Casey comes under attack by bugs. The team on the fast attack ship Alesia is assigned to help the Starship John A. Warden stationed in Fort Casey evacuate along with the survivors and bring military intelligence ...
Style: anime, computer animated, adult animation, sexy, futuristic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: creature, military, alien, space wars, alien invasion, insect, heroes, danger, friendship, infantry, distant planet, space opera ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 2012, 23rd century
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 5.8
 3K
Man on Fire (1987)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story: An ex-CIA agent is hired to protect the daughter of a rich American family.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, rough, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, bodyguard, haunted by the past, daring rescue, rescue, vengeance, danger, confined, lone wolves, heroes, missing child, revenge ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: italy, europe, milan italy
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The Three Musketeers (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The hot-headed young D'Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down on their luck Musketeers must unite and defeat a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war.
Style: exciting, period piece, entertaining, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: musketeer, heroic mission, political intrigue, swashbuckler, duel, queen, daring rescue, buddies, soldier, uninhibited rivalry, escapades, love and romance ...
Time: 17th century, middle ages, year 2011, ancient times, 2010s ...
Place: france, madagascar, europe, england, paris france ...
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 4.8
 8K
7 Seconds (2005)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When an experienced thief accidentally makes off with a Van Gogh, his partner is kidnapped by gangsters in pursuit of the painting, forcing the criminal to hatch a rescue plan.
Style: suspenseful, stylized, realistic, serious, surprise ending ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, disorder, hostage, dishonesty, rivalry, daring rescue, gangster, chases and races, female warrior, death, murder, fight ...
Place: bucharest, romania
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 8.1
 33K
Strike Back (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The series follows John Porter, a former British Special Forces soldier, who is drafted back into service by Section 20, a fictional branch of the Secret Intelligence Service.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, terrorist, mission, soldier, top secret, swat team, heroes, one man army, cia agent, daring rescue, heroic mission, terrorism ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: pakistan, afghanistan, iraq, middle east, sudan ...
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Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story: As a wild stallion travels across the frontiers of the Old West, he befriends a young human and finds true love with a mare.
Style: inspirational, feel good, touching, sentimental, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: horse, native american, friendship, freedom, wild horse, animal, chase, animal life, getting home, beautiful scenery, danger, rescue ...
Time: 19th century, year 2002, 1850s, 1800s
Place: usa
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 5.1
 2K
Silver Hawk (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Michelle Yeoh plays Lulu Wong, a much-idolised rock star and philanthropist by day, and a super heroine, Silver Hawk, who fights injustice in skin-tight black leather outfit as her alter-ego. Richie Ren plays police detective Richman, who has an ...
Style: exciting, stylized, suspenseful, futuristic, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, fighting crime, daring rescue, good versus evil, rivalry, danger, escapades, female martial artist, female warrior, imaginary, women, disguise ...
Time: future, 2000s
Place: asia, hong kong
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