Heroic mission movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant heroic mission movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out exciting, serious, stylized, suspenseful, cult classic and entertaining films and TV shows about / with heroes, heroic mission, danger, monster, escapades, explosion, supernatural, fight, fistfight and battles plots mostly in Action, Adventure and Sci-Fi genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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heroic mission movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as heroic mission: Saving Private Ryan (1998), Legion (2010), Battle Los Angeles (2011), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Interstellar (2014), National Treasure (2004), Lockout (2012), John Carter (2012), Battleship (2012), The Lost Room (2006).

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Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story: As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Style: realistic, epic, breathtaking, captivating, tense ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, kids, date night, adult
Plot: war, world war two, military, courage, battles, self sacrifice, sniper, friendship, nazi, army, d day, rescue ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944, year 1998, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: normandy, poland, germany, france, europe ...
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 5.3
 111K
Legion (2010)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When God loses faith in humankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity's only hope for survival lies in a group of strangers trapped in an out-of-the-way, desert diner with the Archangel Michael.
Style: scary, suspenseful, demonic, absurd, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: angel, apocalypse, supernatural, religion, desert, demon, end of the world, good versus evil, prophecy, survival, save the world, extinction ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new mexico, usa, los angeles, north america
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ...
Style: exciting, tense, period piece, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ship, napoleonic wars, navy, battles, sea battle, sea, military, leadership, friendship, naval battle, heroic mission, expedition ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, 1800s, year 2003, ancient times ...
Place: britain, england, america, brazil, europe ...
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Battle Los Angeles (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The Earth is attacked by unknown forces. As people everywhere watch the world's great cities fall, Los Angeles becomes the last stand for mankind in a battle no one expected. It's up to a Marine staff sergeant and his new platoon to draw a ...
Style: serious, futuristic, intense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alien invasion, apocalypse, alien encounter, survival, evil alien, military, invasion, save the world, battlefield, heroic mission, extraterrestrial, ufo ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california, mojave desert, america ...
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The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When a magical artifact is lifted from his library, a meek librarian sets out to ensure its safe return.
Style: humorous, exciting, entertaining, light, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, boys' night, teens
Plot: treasure hunt, treasure hunter, archaeologist, treasure, archaeology, friendship, library, adventurer, librarian, heroic mission, obsessive quest, good versus evil ...
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Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same ...
Style: futuristic, mind bending, exciting, clever, captivating ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot: time loop, time travel, alien invasion, alien, invasion, battles, repeated event, military, danger, soldier, time paradox, space and aliens ...
Time: future, year 2014, near future, 2010s, 2020s ...
Place: france, paris france, united kingdom, europe, big ben london ...
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 8.7
 2.1M
Interstellar (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 169 min.
Story: Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
Style: futuristic, mind bending, cerebral, philosophical, thought provoking ...
Audience: teens, date night, kids, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot: space travel, time travel, outer space, father daughter relationship, nasa, astronaut, space, survival, end of the world, distopia, natural disaster, apocalypse ...
Time: future, year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, colorado
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National Treasure (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Modern treasure hunters, led by archaeologist Ben Gates, search for a chest of riches rumored to have been stashed away by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin during the Revolutionary War. The chest's whereabouts may lie ...
Style: entertaining, exciting, clever, suspense, scenic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night ...
Plot: treasure hunt, treasure, archaeology, archaeologist, treasure hunter, adventurer, secret place, riddles and clues, map, journey, ancient, artifact ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, year 1974, 18th century, 1830s ...
Place: usa, washington d.c., philadelphia, pennsylvania, new jersey ...
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 6.0
 101K
Lockout (2012)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Set in the near future, Lockout follows a falsely convicted ex-government agent , whose one chance at obtaining freedom lies in the dangerous mission of rescuing the President's daughter from rioting convicts at an outer space maximum security ...
Style: futuristic, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, space station, secret service, hotshot hero, outer space, rescue mission, hostage, lone hero, heroic mission, space, maximum security prison, prison fight ...
Time: future, year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa, new york
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 6.6
 285K
John Carter (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and ...
Style: epic, entertaining, exciting, futuristic, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, family outing, teens
Plot: mars, alien, monster, space travel, heroic mission, danger, space opera, mysterious planet, distant planet, imaginary kingdom, steampunk, battles ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, future, 19th century, 1870s ...
Place: virginia, arizona, new york, space western
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 5.8
 256K
Battleship (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 131 min.
Story: When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Hawaii. Lieutenant Alex Hopper is a weapons officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones, part of ...
Style: exciting, serious, entertaining, futuristic, action packed ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: alien invasion, alien, military, u.s. navy, ufo, battleship, navy, ship, evil alien, invasion, sea battle, battles ...
Time: year 2012, future, 2010s, year 2006, year 2005 ...
Place: hawaii, london, pacific ocean, tokyo, new york ...
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 8.1
 33K
The Lost Room (2006)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 270 min.
TV show
Story: A detective investigates a mysterious motel room, which acts as a portal to an alternate universe.
Style: stylized, serious, atmospheric, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: time travel, supernatural, alternate dimension, escapades, peril, riddles and clues, heroic mission, obsessive quest, investigator, mistrust, characters in danger, imaginary ...
Time: future, 21st century
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 4.3
 84K
Ultraviolet (2006)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In the late 21st century, a subculture of humans have emerged who have been modified genetically by a vampire-like disease, giving them enhanced speed, incredible stamina and acute intelligence. As they are set apart from "normal" and ...
Style: futuristic, stylized, sexy, action packed, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vampire, one woman army, female protagonist, heroic mission, rescue, heroine, cyberpunk, tough heroes, dystopia, chases and races, disease, superhero ...
Time: future, near future, year 2006
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 7.2
 266K
Sunshine (2007)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last ...
Style: futuristic, suspense, philosophical, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot: space travel, outer space, end of the world, sun, earth, self sacrifice, spaceship, expedition, astronaut, heroic mission, space, danger ...
Time: future, year 2007, distant future, 2000s, 21st century
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 5.1
 130K
Eragon (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Hungary
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg -- a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realized he's the one person who can defend his home against an evil king.
Style: fairy tale, exciting, mythical, serious, epic ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: dragon, chosen one, imaginary kingdom, heroic mission, supernatural ability, imaginary, good versus evil, young heroes, fantasy world, legends and myths, danger, sword and sorcery ...
Time: year 2006, 20th century
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 7.2
 292K
The Patriot (2000)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 165 min.
Story: After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, ...
Style: period piece, dramatic, rough, uplifting, factual ...
Audience: manly, family friendly, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot: american revolution, war, freedom, revolution, military, battles, vengeance, rebellion, human spirit, heroic mission, wartime, combat ...
Time: 18th century, year 2000, georgian era, y2k, 1780s ...
Place: south carolina, america, southern usa, virginia, britain ...
Is relevant ?
 5.7
 203K
Dark Phoenix (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Gathered together by Professor Charles Xavier to protect a world that fears and hates them, the X-Men had fought many battles, been on adventures that spanned galaxies, grappled enemies of limitless might, but none of this could prepare them for the ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, action adventure, suspense, saga ...
Audience: adult
Plot: superhero, telekinesis, supernatural ability, mutant, heroic mission, near death experience, good versus evil, superhero team, supernatural power, school, teleportation, mind control ...
Time: 90s, year 2019, year 1975, 70s, year 1992
Place: paris france, new york
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Japan, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: English aristocrat Lara Croft is skilled in hand-to-hand combat and in the middle of a battle with a secret society. The shapely archaeologist moonlights as a tomb raider to recover lost antiquities and meets her match in the evil Powell, who's ...
Style: exciting, action packed, stylized, action adventure, saga ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, kids, boys' night, teens
Plot: treasure hunt, female protagonist, treasure, archaeology, strong female lead, tomb, archaeologist, solar eclipse, artifact, kick-butt women, woman with a gun, good versus evil ...
Time: 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place: cambodia, iceland, italy, venice, siberia
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Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Two years have passed since the final battle with Sephiroth. Though Midgar, city of mako, city of prosperity, has been reduced to ruins, its people slowly but steadily walk the road to reconstruction. However, a mysterious illness called Geostigma ...
Style: computer animated, anime, visually appealing, exciting, stylized ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: heroic mission, danger, motorcycle chase, video game, rescue, fantasy world, creature, androids and robots, fight, enemy, heroes, dystopian future ...
Time: 2000s, year 2005, future
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Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once ...
Style: fairy tale, exciting, stylized, enigmatic, captivating ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: giant, magic, imaginary kingdom, heroic mission, princess, save the princess, youth, mythology, good versus evil, heroes, legends and myths, sword and sorcery ...
Time: year 2013, middle ages, 2010s
Place: seattle, tower bridge london, london, england
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 201 min.
Story: Aragorn is revealed as the heir to the ancient kings as he, Gandalf and the other members of the broken fellowship struggle to save Gondor from Sauron's forces. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam bring the ring closer to the heart of Mordor, the dark ...
Style: epic, atmospheric, breathtaking, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, manly ...
Plot: sword fight, wizard, magic, magical, battles, creature, courage, monster, friendship, sword and sorcery, good versus evil, medieval ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, prehistoric times, prehistory
Place: iran
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Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to ...
Style: futuristic, semi serious, exciting, action adventure, epic ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: space travel, outer space, star trek, spacecraft, space and aliens, space wars, self sacrifice, heroic mission, space opera, space, characters in danger, mission ...
Time: future, year 2013, 2010s, 23rd century
Place: san francisco, seattle, bay area, london, space western
Is relevant ?
 8.4
 92K
Star Trek (1966)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk with First Officer Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan. With a determined crew, the ...
Style: exciting, futuristic, intellectual, epic, retro ...
Audience: kids, boys' night
Plot: star trek, space travel, outer space, space and aliens, heroic mission, friendship, benign alien, spacecraft, alien species, alien planet, space exploration, space ...
Time: 23rd century, future, 20th century
Place: space western, arizona
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 7.5
 191K
The Abyss (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, psychological, suspense, tense ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: ufo, ocean, underwater, first contact, submarine, sea, disaster, alien, space and aliens, survival, alien encounter, heroic mission ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1989, future
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She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: In this reboot of the '80s series, a magic sword transforms an orphan girl into warrior She-Ra, who unites a rebellion to fight against evil.
Style: tense, exciting, captivating, anime, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, chick flick, teens, family friendly
Plot: heroic mission, betrayal, planet, danger, rebellion, good versus evil, female warrior, journey, princess, best friend, save the world, magic ...
Time: 2010s
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 7.9
 619K
Star Trek (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm ...
Style: futuristic, epic, stylized, exciting, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot: space travel, star trek, space opera, outer space, alien, spacecraft, time travel, heroic mission, teamwork, space and aliens, alternate universe, space wars ...
Time: future, year 2009, 24th century, 23rd century, 2000s
Place: san francisco, iowa, bay area, space western
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From Paris with Love (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: James Reese has a good job as an ambassador's aid in France, but his real passion is a side gig, working in a minor role in the CIA. He would love to be a full-fledged agent and can't believe his luck when he lands an assignment with ...
Style: entertaining, intense, semi serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot: cia, spy, terrorism, chase, heroic mission, embassy, danger, one man army, shootout, twists and turns, espionage, secret agent ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: paris france, france, europe, pakistan
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 8.6
 472K
Daredevil (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: Lawyer-by-day Matt Murdock uses his heightened senses from being blinded as a young boy to fight crime at night on the streets of Hell’s Kitchen as Daredevil.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, neo noir, spectacular, saga ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, family friendly, adult
Plot: superhero, heroes, secret identity, vigilante, heroic mission, one against many, lawyer, blind man, hand to hand combat, one man army, daredevil, ninja ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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 4.8
 208K
After Earth (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: One thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity's escape from Earth, Nova Prime has become mankind's new home. Legendary General Cypher Raige returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father ...
Style: futuristic, exciting, suspenseful, tense, apocalyptic ...
Audience: girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot: jungle, survival, heroic mission, post apocalypse, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, danger, space, real life father and son playing father and son, animal attack, end of the world, disaster ...
Time: future, year 2013, 2010s
Place: seattle, philadelphia
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 6.1
 283K
Van Helsing (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula. Anna Valerious reveals that Dracula has formed an unholy alliance with Dr. Frankenstein's monster ...
Style: gothic, dark fantasy, exciting, scary, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: vampire, werewolf, supernatural, dracula, steampunk, frankenstein, transformation, good versus evil, dark hero, monster, heroic mission, undead ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, year 2004, 15th century, 1880s ...
Place: transylvania, europe, budapest, rome italy, romania ...
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