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Detective Knight: Independence (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Detective James Knight 's last-minute assignment to the Independence Day shift turns into a race to stop an unbalanced ambulance EMT from imperiling the city's festivities. The misguided vigilante, playing cop with a stolen gun and ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, tense
Plot: terror, terrorism, state terrorism, domestic terrorism, independence day, counter terrorism, war on terror, terrorist attack, terrorist group, race against time, terrorist plot, terrorist ...
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Victory at Entebbe (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: The film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Entebbe Airport (now Entebbe International Airport) in Uganda.
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, aviation, military, struggle, conflict, war on terror, hostage, airport, police officer, dictator, conservative, african ...
Place: uganda, africa, middle east
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 7.3
 279K
True Lies (1994)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story: Harry Tasker is a secret agent for the United States Government. For years, he has kept his job from his wife, but is forced to reveal his identity and try to stop nuclear terrorists when he and his wife are kidnapped by them.
Style: exciting, humorous, action packed, action comedy, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, adult
Plot: spy, secret service, espionage, secret agent, agent, surveillance, terrorism, tango, love and romance, terrorist plot, family problems, heroic mission ...
Time: 90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place: florida, maryland, rhode island, key west florida, usa ...
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The One That Got Away (1996)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The existence of the anti-Iraq coalition was threatened when Saddam targetted Israel. In order to keep Israel out of the war, and the coalition together the Scuds had to be stopped. SAS patrol Bravo Two Zero, under the command of Sgt. Andy McNab was ...
Style: suspense, serious, realistic, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gulf war, war, war on terror, iraq war, soldier, military, battles, desert, anti war, saddam hussein, heroes, confined ...
Time: 90s
Place: iraq, israel, middle east, saudi arabia, syria
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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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 6.0
 62K
The Peacemaker (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: When a train carrying atomic warheads mysteriously crashes in the former Soviet Union, a nuclear specialist discovers the accident is really part of a plot to cover up the theft of the weapons. Assigned to help her recover the missing bombs is a ...
Style: suspense, exciting, political thriller, visually stunning, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, military, secret service, train crash, terrorist, car chase, espionage, cold war, die hard, disaster, 007, nuclear ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, russia, bosnia, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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 7.2
 11K
Savior (1998)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A hardened mercenary in the Foreign Legion begins to find his own humanity when confronted with atrocities during the fighting in Bosnia
Style: bleak, disturbing, depressing, tense, rough ...
Plot: terrorism, atrocity, rape, redemption, genocide, breast feeding, war crime, ethnic cleansing, mercenary, soldier, hopes, pregnancy ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place: bosnia, former yugoslavia, europe, serbia, balkan ...
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Bravo Two Zero (1999)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: South Africa, UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story: When an elite eight-man British SAS team is dropped behind enemy lines, their mission is clear: take out Saddam Hussein's SCUD missile systems. But when communications are cut and the team finds themselves surrounded by Saddam's army, ...
Style: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gulf war, special forces, military, war, soldier, middle east conflict, war on terror, shootout, meaning of life, conflict, military operation, hostage rescue ...
Time: 90s, year 1991
Place: middle east, iraq, baghdad iraq
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 6.4
 78K
The Siege (1998)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York that lead to the declaration of martial law.
Style: suspense, political, intense, exciting, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: terrorism, cia, martial law, lone hero, siege, fbi, conspiracy theory, military, spy, espionage, civil rights, president ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
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 7.2
 92K
Arlington Road (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Threats from sinister foreign nationals aren't the only thing to fear. Bedraggled college professor Michael Faraday has been vexed (and increasingly paranoid) since his wife's accidental death in a botched FBI operation. But all that takes ...
Style: neo noir, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, surprise ending ...
Audience: date night
Plot: terrorism, conspiracy, twists and turns, murder, evil wins, professor, terrorist, paranoia, uncover truth, fbi, plot twist, danger ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: usa, washington d.c., virginia, kansas, west virginia ...
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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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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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 7.7
 421K
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 144 min.
Story: When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
Style: realistic, epic, rough, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: war, combat, courage, battles, army, military, shooting, gunfight, chaos, sniper, survival, american soldier ...
Time: year 1993, year 2001, 90s, 20th century, year 2002 ...
Place: africa, somalia, america, south africa, middle east ...
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Live from Baghdad (2002)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A group of CNN reporters wrestle with journalistic ethics and the life-and-death perils of reporting during the Gulf War.A Directors Guild Award-winning movie for director Mick Jackson, starring Michael Keaton and Helena Bonham Carter. In 1990, CNN ...
Style: disturbing, serious, emotional, sincere, realistic ...
Plot: gulf war, journalism, war correspondent, media, military, politics, anti war, against the odds, escapades, battles, political unrest, soldier ...
Place: iraq, baghdad iraq, middle east
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 7.5
 237K
Munich (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 164 min.
Story: During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and ...
Style: political, intense, suspense, brutal, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, espionage, vengeance, assassination, mossad, judaism, politics, murder, spy, terrorist, islamic terrorism, cia ...
Time: 70s, year 2005, 20th century, 2000s, year 1972
Place: middle east, israel, palestine, germany, europe ...
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The War Within (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A Pakistani involved in a planned attack in New York City experiences a crisis of conscience.
Style: disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, tense, poignant ...
Plot: terrorism, injustice, introspection, danger, society, couple relations, rivalry, life is a bitch, vengeance, false accusation, politics, terrorist plot ...
Time: year 2005
Place: new york, paris france, usa, europe, france ...
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 7.8
 5K
Over There (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Gritty, intense, evocative and emotional, "Over There" takes you to the front lines of battle and explores the effects of war on a U.S. Army unit sent to Iraq on their first tour of duty, as well as the equally powerful effects felt at ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, realistic, rough, intellectual ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: iraq war, military, soldier, combat, u.s. army, friendship, army life, violence, danger, hopes, self sacrifice, right and wrong ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iraq, middle east
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 6.1
 11K
Redacted (2007)
Genre: Crime, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Redacted is a film written and directed by Brian De Palma that is a fictional drama loosely based on the Mahmudiyah killings in Iraq.
Style: serious, disturbing, suspenseful, rough, bleak ...
Plot: iraq war, found footage, war, soldier, military, military life, terrorism, journalist, journalism, danger, media, society ...
Time: year 2006
Place: iraq, middle east
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Essential Killing (2010)
Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: Poland, Norway, Ireland, Hungary, UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A Taliban soldier struggles to survive after he escapes his captors and flees into the Polish countryside.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, serious, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot: manhunt, breast feeding, on the run, chase, danger, military, desert, fugitives, politics, wolf pack, state affairs, captivity ...
Time: year 2010, 2000s, 21st century
Place: afghanistan, middle east, poland, europe
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 6.4
 72K
Act of Valor (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When a covert mission to rescue a kidnapped CIA operative uncovers a chilling plot, an elite, highly trained U.S. SEAL team speeds to hotspots around the globe, racing against the clock to stop a deadly terrorist attack.
Style: realistic, talky, suspense, intense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, terrorism, rescue mission, terrorist plot, cia, navy seal, swat team, navy, army, soldier, torture, sniper ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: somalia, las vegas, san diego california, costa rica, ukraine ...
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 6.3
 19K
Special Forces (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Afghanistan. War correspondent Elsa Casanova is taken hostage by the Taliban. Faced with her imminent execution, a Special Forces unit is dispatched to free her. In some of the world’s most breathtaking yet hostile landscapes, a relentless pursuit ...
Style: exciting, tense, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: taliban, military, journalist, war, war zone, sniper, swat team, soldier, kidnapping, danger, daring rescue, chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: afghanistan, pakistan
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 5.4
 821
Afghan Luke (2011)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Disheartened when his story about Canadian snipers possibly mutilating corpses in Afghanistan is buried, Luke (Nick Stahl) quits his job but is even more determined to return to Afghanistan to get the real story. With his offbeat buddy, Tom (Nicolas ...
Style: realistic, tense, thought provoking, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: war correspondent, journalism, military, anti war, danger, buddies, idealism, media, war on terror, war in afghanistan, journalist, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: afghanistan
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 6.1
 3K
Memorial Day (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Memorial Day, 1993. When 13-year-old Kyle Vogel discovers the World War II footlocker belonging to his grandfather, Bud, everyone tells Kyle to put it back. Luckily, he ignores them. Although Bud has never talked about the war, he finds himself ...
Style: exciting, serious, sincere, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: iraq war, soldier, military, family relations, war, military life, battles, world war, world war two, army, national guard, war on terror ...
Time: 1940s, 90s, 20th century, year 1945, year 1944 ...
Place: iraq, germany, usa, minnesota, europe
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 6.1
 4K
The Assault (2010)
Genre: Action, History, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Saturday 24th December 1994. Four GIA terrorists hijack an Air France A300 Airbus at the Algiers airport. The Airbus, bound for Paris, has 227 passengers on board. No one knows exactly what the terrorists’ intentions are, just that they are armed ...
Style: rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorist, military, islamic terrorism, confined, terrorism, danger, law enforcement, negotiation, hostage, special forces, murder, war on terror ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1994
Place: algeria, france, europe
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Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When the rumored whereabouts of Osama bin Laden are revealed, the CIA readies a team of seasoned U.S. Navy SEALs for the mission of a lifetime. Despite inconclusive evidence that bin Laden is inside the compound, and ignoring the possible ...
Style: tense, exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Plot: terrorism, military, navy seal, top secret, manhunt, mastermind, heroic mission, government agency, danger, wanted, once in a lifetime opportunity, chases and races ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: afghanistan, iraq, pakistan, middle east, usa
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 4.5
 838
Drones (2013)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Drones begins in the Nevada desert, where new girl Sue Lawson joins airman Jack in a hot, windowless bunker from which they manoeuvre unmanned drones across the plains of Afghanistan. Their first day at work is awkward but polite, with Jack all too ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: terrorism, moral dilemma, danger, desert, war on terror, u.s. military, us military, technology, drone, palestinian-israeli conflict, computer game, strong female presence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, iraq, nevada
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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Malta, Morocco
Duration: 144 min.
Story: An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.
Style: intense, suspenseful, realistic, tense, factual ...
Audience: manly
Plot: cia, war, terrorism, rescue mission, mercenary, swat team, military, navy seal, courage, gunfight, commando, combat ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, year 2016, year 2011, 21st century
Place: libya, middle east, africa, pentagon, langley virginia ...
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 6.4
 132
Shadow hunters (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Adventures of an anti-terrorism special forces team.
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot: counter terrorism, swat team, war on terror, terrorism, terror, agent, terrorist, terrorist group, coworker, terrorist attack, fighting crime, special agent ...
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Virtual Revolution (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Paris 2047. Most of the population spend all their time online, connected into virtual worlds, and don't care anymore about reality. A shadow agent, Nash, working for one of the multinational companies behind these virtual worlds, is tracking ...
Style: cyber, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: virtual world, cyberpunk, virtual reality, hitman, dystopian future, murder, killings, war on terror, forensics, murder investigation, counter terrorism, homicide detective ...
Time: future, near future
Place: paris france
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 7.7
 2K
Ailiseu (2009)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: IRIS revolves around two friends from the 707th Special Mission Battalion recruited into a secret South Korean black ops agency known as the National Security Service. Of the pair, recruit Kim Hyun-jun begins to uncover evidence that his foggy past ...
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, dorama
Plot: secret agent, government conspiracy, partners against crime, fighting crime, war on terror, investigation, national security, special agent, partner, secret service, crime investigation, terrorism ...
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