Terrorist movies and TV shows – page 2

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 8.3
 47K
24: The Movie (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: Jack Bauer comes out of hiding in London to head off a massive terrorist attack while being hunted down by American forces dispatched by President James Heller.
Style: serious, suspenseful, exciting, rough, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hacker, terrorism, terrorist, cia, president, treason, shooting, international relations, save the day, life risking, on the run, killings ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, london
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15 Minutes of War (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story: February 1976. Somalian rebels hijack a school bus carrying 21 French children and their teacher in Djibouti City. When the terrorists drive it to a no-man’s-land on the border between Somalia and French territory, the French Government sends out ...
Style: serious, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: terrorism, child hostage, sniper, hostage, terrorist, french foreign legion, bus, border, terrorist attack, kids in trouble, danger, saving a life ...
Time: year 1976, 70s
Place: somalia, africa
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 7.3
 79K
Blindspot (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: A vast international plot explodes when a beautiful Jane Doe is discovered naked in Times Square, completely covered in mysterious, intricate tattoos with no memory of who she is or how she got there. But there's one tattoo that is impossible ...
Style: tense, realistic, suspense, detective, deep ...
Audience: teens
Plot: puzzle, investigation, fbi, memory loss, twists and turns, strong female character, terrorist, killings, tattoo, amnesia, secret organization, martial arts ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, chicago
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 6.2
 21K
Cleanskin (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: While working undercover as a bodyguard to arms dealer Harry, former-soldier-turned-secret-service-agent Ewan survives a bloody shootout with a member of an Islamic terrorist cell who steals Harry's briefcase full of Semtex explosives and ...
Style: tense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, terrorist, manhunt, spy, undercover, fighting crime, conspiracy, danger, rivalry, society, secret service agent, undercover agent ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe, britain, london, united kingdom
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 7.3
 7K
Lemon Tree (2008)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Salma Zidane, a widow, lives simply from her grove of lemon trees in the West Bank's occupied territory. The Israeli defense minister and his wife move next door; the Secret Service orders the trees removed for security. The stoic Salma seeks ...
Style: sincere, uplifting, touching, sentimental, contemplative ...
Plot: israeli palestinian conflict, human spirit, loneliness, injustice, neighbor, widow, occupation, fighting the system, rules and policies, reconciliation, love and romance, legal ...
Time: 2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Place: palestine, middle east, israel, jerusalem, persia ...
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 5.6
 36K
Survivor (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A Foreign Service Officer in London tries to prevent a terrorist attack set to hit New York, but is forced to go on the run when she is framed for crimes she did not commit.
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, action thriller, inspirational ...
Plot: terrorism, secret service, terrorist, embassy, spy, conspiracy, betrayal, hostage, laboratory, revenge, 007, runaway ...
Place: london, afghanistan, scotland yard, big ben london, new york
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 7.1
 35K
In the Fade (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Katja's life collapses after a senseless act impacts her life. After a time of mourning and injustice, she seeks revenge.
Style: suspense, tense, art house, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: terrorist, lawyer, revenge, racism, conspiracy, terrorist attack, trial, courtroom, bomb, murder, pursuit, drug use ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, year 2013, year 2016, 21st century
Place: germany, greece, hamburg germany, turkey
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The 15:17 to Paris (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In August 2015, an ISIS terrorist boarded train #9364 from Brussels to Paris. Armed with an AK-47 and enough ammo to kill more than 500 people, the terrorist might have succeeded except for three American friends who refused to give in to fear. One ...
Style: psychological, tense, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: terrorism, train, terrorist, friendship, terrorist group, faith, military, war on terror, danger, brutality, islamic terrorism, 9/11 ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, year 2015, year 2005, 21st century
Place: paris france, france, portugal, san antonio texas, sacramento california ...
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Spooks: The Greater Good (2015)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
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, spy, corruption, disobeying orders, undercover, police, secret agent, uncover truth, danger, british intelligence, missing person ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, london, britain, united kingdom, berlin germany ...
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 3.1
 986
Serbian Scars (2009)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The dramatic action film follows a soldier who ventures to America in search of his long lost brother, unaware that his brother may hold the key to a devastating weapon their father developed years ago and that a terrorist now wants to possess.
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, christian film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, tough heroes, hidden identity, family relations, danger, terrorism, race against time, chases and races, heroes, estrangement, dishonesty, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: kosovo, chicago, serbia, belgrade, belgrade serbia ...
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 7.6
 24K
Neerja (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Neerja is a portrayal on the life of the courageous Neerja Bhanot, who sacrificed her life while protecting the lives of 359 passengers on the Pan Am flight 73 in 1986. The flight was hijacked by a terrorist organization.
Style: patriotic, psychological, captivating, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: terrorism, flight attendant, airplane hijack, stewardess, terrorist, airplane, terrorist attack, tragic event, heroine, mother daughter relationship, aviation, biopic ...
Time: year 1986, future, 80s, 20th century
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The Sum of All Fears (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story: When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, exciting, political, tense ...
Audience: kids
Plot: spy, cia, cold war, terrorism, espionage, nuclear war, secret agent, terrorist, nuclear bomb, nuclear explosion, nuclear threat, covert operation ...
Time: year 2002, 90s, year 1973, 2000s, 20th century ...
Place: maryland, israel, russia, washington d.c., chechnya ...
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 7.4
 303K
Predestination (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Predestination chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to prevent future killers from committing their crimes. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must stop the one criminal that has ...
Style: surprise ending, clever, confusing, philosophical, mind bending ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, family friendly, adult
Plot: time travel, time loop, plot twist, time machine, twists and turns, time paradox, parallel universe, changing the past or future, existentialism, transgender, intersex, mission ...
Time: year 1975, future, 2010s, 1940s, year 2014 ...
Place: usa, new york, peru, cleveland ohio
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Collateral Damage (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Firefighter Gordon Brewer is plunged into the complex and dangerous world of international terrorism after he loses his wife and child in a bombing credited to Claudio 'The Wolf' Perrini.
Style: exciting, intense, action packed, rough, action thriller ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: terrorism, revenge, firefighter, terrorist, one man army, vengeance, heroes, vigilantism, vigilante, terrorist plot, american abroad, grief ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: colombia, washington d.c., south america, los angeles, latin america
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 6.8
 58K
Rendition (2007)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside ...
Style: serious, rough, tense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: terrorism, politics, conspiracy, terrorist, war on terror, kidnapping, cia, islamic terrorism, espionage, torture, islam, spy ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: middle east, iraq, washington d.c., illinois, chicago ...
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 7.0
 239K
Body of Lies (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
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: clever, political, exciting, tense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: terrorism, spy, cia, espionage, cia agent, terrorist, intelligence agency, secret service, government agency, conspiracy, danger, politics ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: middle east, iraq, jordan, syria, virginia ...
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 6.5
 209K
Air Force One (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Russian terrorists conspire to hijack the aircraft with the president and his family on board. The commander in chief finds himself facing an impossible predicament: give in to the terrorists and sacrifice his family, or risk everything to uphold ...
Style: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, tension, entertaining ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: hostage, airplane, secret service, president, terrorism, white house, terrorist, hijacking, conspiracy, head of state, u.s. president, heroism ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: russia, afghanistan, iraq, washington d.c., moscow russia ...
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 4.8
 6K
Stratton (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 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, rescue, investigation, military, chase, danger, murder, deception, evacuation ...
Time: 2010s
Place: big ben london, iran, rome italy, london, ukraine
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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia
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, suspenseful, intense, suspense ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: cia, espionage, terrorism, undercover agent, conspiracy, terrorist, race against time, murder, government agency, undercover, corruption, assassin ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, year 2013, 2000s, year 2001 ...
Place: russia, new york, afghanistan, london, big ben london ...
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The Enemy Within (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Erica Shepherd is a brilliant former CIA operative, now known as the most notorious traitor in American history serving life in a Supermax prison. Against every fiber of his being but with nowhere else to turn, FBI Agent Will Keaton enlists Shepherd ...
Style: tense, exciting, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: spy, cia, fbi, cia agent, female agent, terrorist, fighting crime, partner, die hard, secret mission, partners against crime, unlikely hero ...
Time: 21st century
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Special Ops: Lioness (2023)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Cruz Manuelos, a rough-around-the-edges but passionate young Marine, is recruited to join the CIA’s Lioness Engagement Team to help bring down a terrorist organization from within. Joe, the station chief of the Lioness program, is tasked with ...
Style: thrilling, serious, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: terrorist, espionage, female protagonist, mission, spy, female nudity, undercover agent, cia, corruption, handgun, friend, entity ...
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Carlos the Jackal (2010)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 334 min.
TV show
Story: The story of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the OPEC headquarters in 1975 before being caught by the French police.
Style: suspenseful, political, atmospheric, captivating, epic ...
Plot: terrorism, revolutionary, murderer, terrorist, gunfight, biopic, politics, revolution, mossad, character study, danger, mission ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 2010, 2010s, 90s ...
Place: south america, lebanon, palestine, israel, berlin germany ...
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Team America: World Police (2004)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Team America World Police follows an international police force dedicated to maintaining global stability. Learning that dictator Kim Jong il is out to destroy the world, the team recruits Broadway star Gary Johnston to go undercover. With the help ...
Style: parody, funny, humorous, black comedy, political ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: puppet, puppetry, terrorism, terrorist, actor, stoner, satire, prejudice, stupidity, heroic mission, adventurer, save the world ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: cairo egypt, washington d.c., north korea, south dakota, paris france ...
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The Fourth Angel (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Workaholic reporter, Jack Elgin takes his family on a working trip to India, but their aircraft is hijacked in Cyprus by a previously-unknown terrorist movement, and his wife and daughter are among the slaughtered. With western governments ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, vigilantism, fbi, vigilante, race against time, danger, survival, save the day, rivalry, terrorist, revenge, investigative reporter ...
Time: 2000s
Place: england, london, asia, europe, britain ...
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 5.8
 9K
Incendiary (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An adulterous woman's life is torn apart when her husband and infant son are killed in a suicide bombing at a soccer match.
Style: psychological, serious, emotional, suspenseful, erotic ...
Plot: adultery, love triangle, grief, guilt, betrayal, starting over, sex scene, dangerous attraction, terrorist, haunted by the past, love affair, infidelity ...
Time: 1940s
Place: london, europe, england
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The Army of Shadows (1969)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier (Lino Ventura) finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant, he must ...
Style: noir, visually appealing, art house, captivating, stylized ...
Plot: french resistance, world war two, espionage, terrorist, nazi, resistance, spy, wartime, world war, betrayal, nazism, secret agent ...
Time: 1940s, year 1969, 20th century, year 1943, year 1942
Place: paris france, vichy, marseille, lyon, europe ...
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Assault on VA-33 (2021)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Decorated army veteran Jason Hill is on a routine visit to the local VA hospital when organized terrorists infiltrate the building and take hostages, including a decorated general, and Hill’s wife. The highly trained veteran is outnumbered and the ...
Style: suspense, tense, captivating
Plot: terrorist, counter terrorism, hostage, hospital, army, hostage situation, rescue mission, showdown, terrorist attack, fighting crime, saving a life, husband wife relationship ...
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World Trade Center (2006)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: On September, 11th 2001, after the terrorist attack to the World Trade Center, the building collapses over the rescue team from the Port Authority Police Department. Will Jimeno and his sergeant John McLoughlin are found alive trapped under the ...
Style: realistic, factual, touching, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: terrorism, disaster, firefighter, 9/11, twin towers, survival, terrorist, war on terror, natural disaster, heroes, courage, al qaeda ...
Time: september 11 2001, year 2006, year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, middle east, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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 7.3
 389K
Speed (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Los Angeles SWAT cop Jack Traven is up against bomb expert Howard Payne, who's after major ransom money. First it's a rigged elevator in a very tall building. Then it's a rigged bus--if it slows, it will blow, bad enough any day, but ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, tense, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: hostage, bomb, danger, terrorism, trapped, bus, terrorist, save the day, unlikely partners, chase, rescue, on the road ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1994
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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Executive Decision (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell) suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is ...
Style: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, airplane, hostage, rescue, hijacking, terrorist, hand to hand combat, bomb, surveillance, military, special forces, senator ...
Time: 20th century, year 1995, 90s
Place: washington d.c., athens greece, london, los angeles, pentagon
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