International crisis movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant international crisis movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, political thriller and serious films and TV shows about / with international crisis, terrorism, politics, espionage, political intrigue, international relations, conspiracy, survival, military and danger plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as international crisis: The Domino Effect (2012), The Coldest Game (2019), Sniper. The White Raven (2022), Margin Call (2011), Dear Eleanor (2016), War Book (2014), Operation Sunflower (2014), La unidad (2020), Adults in the Room (2019), A Suitable Boy (2020).
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Netherlands
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
If global economy came to a sudden stop what would be the effect on families worldwide? People in different countries or continents might not seem to be interrelated but there is more than meets the eye and we might be more connected than we ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, contemplative ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
politics, international crisis, society, materialism, state affairs, life is a bitch, family relations, adaptation, rivalry, globalization, financial crisis, unemployment ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: History, Sport, Thriller
Country: Poland, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
During 1962's Cuban missile crisis, a troubled math genius finds himself drafted to play in a U.S.-Soviet chess match -- and a deadly game of espionage.
Style:
political, suspense, clever, realistic, inspirational ...
Plot:
cold war, chess, contests and competitions, competition, espionage, international crisis, crisis, rivalry, fear, state affairs, politics, mission ...
Time:
20th century, year 1962, 60s
Place:
warsaw poland, usa, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Mykola is an eccentric pacifist who wants to be useful to humanity. When the war begins at Donbass, Mykola’s naive world is collapsing as the militants kill his pregnant wife and burn his home to the ground. Recovered, he makes a cardinal decision ...
Style:
tense, thought provoking, psychological, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
war zone, international crisis, military, husband wife relationship, loss of wife, crisis, power struggle, woman killed, soldier, battles, vengeance, fight ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
eastern europe, europe, ukraine, russia
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A thriller that revolves around the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis.
Style:
clever, realistic, captivating, serious, political ...
Plot:
stock market, financial crisis, wall street, businessman, finance, greed, stock market crash, corporation, corporate america, investments, bankruptcy, marketing ...
Time:
year 2011, 2000s, year 2008, 2010s, 70s ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, usa, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, History
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Two teenage girls travel across the U.S. in 1962, during the chaos of the Cuban missile crisis, in search of Eleanor Roosevelt.
Style:
serious, realistic, political, captivating, road movie ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
first lady, democrat, youth, cross country, obsessive quest, friends, teenage life, international crisis, best friend, kennedy family, road trip, cuban missile crisis ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1962
Place:
colorado, america, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In a contemporary Commons briefing room, a government minister and several aids enact the ‘war book’ exercise: a protocol written in the 1950s which is periodically played out to test post-nuclear scenarios. Low-budget but high-concept, War Book ...
Style:
serious, thought provoking, tense, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
nuclear explosion, politics, nuclear war, danger, chaos, international crisis, state affairs, international relations, terrorism, government official, terrorist attack, world politics ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, england, london, mumbai india, pakistan
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Israel, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Through the eyes of the scientist in charge of the operation, we see the events leading to Israel developing her nuclear option in the 1960's.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, serious, realistic, tense
Plot:
politics, undercover, political intrigue, danger, state affairs, government agency, government facility, international crisis, mossad, nuclear, terrorism, spy ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
israel, middle east, lebanon, jerusalem, france ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
TV show
Story:
A secret unit of cops is assembled to stop a terrorist band from attacking Spain after their leader is arrested there.
Style:
political, exciting, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
terrorist, police, terrorism, police operation, international crisis, danger, revenge, team, murder, government, investigation, retribution ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
madrid
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Greece
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A universal theme: a story of people trapped in an inhuman network of power. The brutal circle of the Eurogroup meetings, who impose on Greece the dictatorship of austerity, where humanity and compassion are utterly disregarded. A claustrophobic ...
Style:
political, tense, thought provoking, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
biopic, financial crisis, politics, politician, debt, political unrest, economic crisis, bankruptcy, money problems, political conspiracy, financial problem, international crisis ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s
Place:
greece, london, paris france, frankfurt germany, europe
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, History, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
The Pictorians have arrived from deep in space. They also have dangly glow-balls on their heads, which is kinda cool, but still. The freaky aliens are using use their crazy rainbow-beam-thingy to paint everything on Earth the same color: white! See, ...
Style:
anime, witty, humorous, clever, feel good ...
Plot:
alien, international relations, culture clash, allies, state affairs, save the world, male protagonist, politics, political satire, spacecraft, brother brother relationship, alien encounter ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, India
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set during the 1950s, the six-part series tells the story of a young woman’s search for love and identity in a newly independent, post-Partition India defining its own future.
Plot:
economic crisis, married woman, traditional versus modern, research, destiny, character study, hindu, family relations, tradition, family tradition, tradition versus modernity, indigenous people ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
india
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
1934. Private detective Miranda Green investigates a murder perpetrated in the British Embassy in Cairo, where a top secret document was stolen, risking to jeopardize both Buckingham Palace and the peace of the world. All those present in this ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense thriller, atmospheric
Plot:
political intrigue, espionage, conspiracy, murder investigation, national security, international crisis, claustrophobia, paranoid, british empire, u.s. embassy, murder mystery, whodunit ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
egypt, cairo egypt
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
TV show
Story:
When a fearsome and ancient species emerges from the ocean, dramatically revealing themselves to humanity, an international crisis is triggered. With the entire population at risk, UNIT step into action as the land and sea wage war.
Style:
tension, suspenseful, intense, apocalyptic, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
monster, kaiju, spectacle, international crisis, military, sea battle, disaster, survival, evacuation, first contact, fictional war, doctor who ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story:
When executives from an important Texas Corporation are taken hostage during the Iranian Revolution, magnate Ross Perot launches a special unit for their rescue.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, tension, action thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hostage rescue, rescue mission, kidnapping, international crisis, military operation, danger, special forces, terrorism, prisoner, leadership, adaptation, negotiation ...
Time:
70s
Place:
tehran, texas, middle east, iran
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Genre: Action
Country: Serbia
TV show
Story:
After the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, the Yugoslav army pulls out of Kosovo region, leaving Serbian people at the mercy of the Albanian UCK terrorists. A small band of soldiers must take over the Slatina airport, and hold it until the ...
Style:
tension, tense, intense, political thriller, dramatic ...
Plot:
military, soldier, combat, danger, geopolitics, international crisis, ethnic conflict, terrorism, siege, special forces, violence, survival ...
Time:
90s
Place:
former yugoslavia, balkan, kosovo
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, War
Country: Sweden
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
In the middle of the Cold War, a Soviet submarine runs aground outside Karlskrona and suddenly Sweden finds itself at the center of events. Prime Minister Thorbjörn Fälldin tries to resolve the conflict and avoid a world war between two nuclear ...
Style:
suspenseful, historical drama, satirical, political drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
submarine, cold war, satire, prime minister, diplomacy, international crisis, showdown, moral dilemma, based on real people, international law, espionage, biopic ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, 20th century
Place:
soviet union, eastern europe
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
The story takes place over a 24 hour period. In the southernmost part of Japan, 20 fishing boats of an unknown nationality suddenly fire upon and occupy parts of the Hateruma archipelago. Members of the Japan Coast Guard are detained. Under the ...
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, intense, serious ...
Plot:
aircraft carrier, navy, invasion, sea battle, soldier, sailor, japanese military, japanese navy, military, national security, hostage situation, problem ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
The President of South Korea races against time to prove the seal on documents from long dead King Gojong is fake by charging outspoken historian Choi Min-jae, and a descendant of the royal bloodline Kim Yu-shik, to find the long lost seal in order ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, political thriller, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
inter-korean relations, secret, political intrigue, conspiracy, intrigue, politics, political conspiracy, political unrest, government conspiracy, war, espionage, international crisis ...
Place:
korea, seoul
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The agents of the Federal Security Service of Russia and the US Secret Service are forced to work together to prevent a full-scale international crisis.
Style:
political thriller, action packed, suspenseful, suspense, dutch angle
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cia, terrorism, assassination, national security, smuggling, abduction, money, secret, grandfather granddaughter relationship, surveillance, secretary of state, espionage ...
Place:
moscow russia, russia, usa, washington d.c.
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Genre: Action
Country: Canada, Czech Republic
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Jack Gracy, a former security guard at the American Embassy in Russia, has shown up uninvited to a party at the embassy in the former Soviet Republic of Bazrhikistan, where his estranged girlfriend is working. As the two are talking upstairs, a ...
Style:
tense, suspense, action packed, fast paced, political thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
embassy, terrorism, die hard, hostage, nuclear threat, rescue, rescue mission, international crisis, military, espionage, redemption, unlikely hero ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action
Country: Italy
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
On their way to cover a sporting event in Argentina, reporter John Teller and photographer Bob Norton make a brief stop-off in a Latin America country and get entangled in a revolution.
Style:
political thriller, tense, suspenseful, action drama, independent film
Plot:
revolution, military coup, dictatorship, political intrigue, authoritarianism, survival, corruption, conspiracy, secret police, mutiny, journalism, international crisis ...
Time:
80s
Place:
latin america, argentina
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A troupe of former circus performers plot to steel a valuable artifact from an embassy in Washington, DC.
Style:
suspenseful, tension, tense, action adventure, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heist, embassy, hostage, criminal, international crisis, rescue mission, political intrigue, covert operation, plan gone wrong, con artists, government corruption, espionage ...
Place:
washington d.c.
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
On her first assignment aboard Air Force One, a rookie Secret Service agent faces the ultimate test when terrorists hijack the plane, intent on derailing a pivotal energy deal. With the President's life on the line and a global crisis at stake, ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, political thriller, intense, action packed ...
Plot:
terrorism, rookie, president, national security, secret service, counter terrorism, war on terror, terrorist, capture, save the world, airplane hijack, hijacking ...
Place:
washington d.c.
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Story:
A comet hits Ireland, and a bigger one is on its way towards the U.S. where 900 million people have to be evacuated.
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
comet, chaos, nasa, catastrophe, disaster, evacuation, astronomer, danger, forces of nature, escapades, save the day, natural disaster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, ireland, usa
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The Belgian PM is abducted and he finds his wife and children taken hostage. If he wants to see them again – alive – he has to kill the person he is meeting later that day. And that person is no less than... the president of the United States.
Style:
tense, political thriller, captivating, disturbing, intense ...
Plot:
assassination of president, prime minister, usa president, blackmail, conspiracy, murder, hostage, assassination, kidnapping, murderer, criminal, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
belgium, washington d.c.
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Dramatisation of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missle bases established on the Soviet allied island of Cuba. Shown from the perspective of the US President, John F Kennedy, ...
Style:
political, tense, suspenseful, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot:
cold war, politics, spy, president, diplomacy, political intrigue, un, race against time, nuclear, cold war era, conspiracy, cuban missile crisis ...
Time:
y2k, year 2000, 60s, 20th century, year 1962
Place:
cuba, ussr, north america, the philippines, usa ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Spain, Greece
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Autumn 2015. Profoundly affected by the picture of a little boy who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea, lifeguards Oscar and Gerard travel to Lesbos (Greece). Once there, the reality is horrific: thousands of people risk their lives every day, ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, suspense, disturbing, intense ...
Plot:
rescue mission, emigrant, life risking, daring rescue, rescue, risk, struggle for survival, saving a life, water, sea disaster, compassion, heroism ...
Place:
mediterranean sea, greece
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 5 min.
TV show
Story:
An anime in which personified countries show history in a humorous fashion.
Style:
anime, humorous, not serious, witty, feel good ...
Plot:
allies, state affairs, culture clash, society, international relations, political satire, friendship, chubby, women, sibling relationship, asexual, international crisis ...
Time:
20th century
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
As a repo chick, wealthy bad-girl Pixxi and her entourage get mixed up in a devious kidnapping plot that threatens to wipe out the city of Los Angeles. Sequel to Alex Cox's 1984 cult film 'Repo Man.'
Style:
stylized, humorous, suspense, captivating, clever ...
Plot:
fish out of water, unlikely criminals, lifestyle, society, teenage love, danger, youth, hostage, rich and poor, abduction, woman with a gun, terrorism ...
Place:
usa, california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey is a Danish police procedural television series produced by Danmarks Radio, created and written by Peter Thorsboe and Mai Brostrøm. The series debuted on 10 October 2004 in Denmark. It won an International Emmy Award from ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, forensics, law enforcement, fighting crime, haunted by the past, organized crime, police procedural, nordic, murder mystery, human trafficking, crime investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, europe
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