Missile movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant missile movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, suspenseful, serious, psychotronic, exciting and tense films and TV shows about / with missile, danger, military, explosion, violence, survival, race against time, catastrophe, helicopter and gun plots mostly in Action, Thriller and Sci-Fi genres shot in USA, Japan, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as missile: Monsters: Dark Continent (2014), Eye in the Sky (2015), Thirteen Days (2000), Virus (1999), Starship Troopers (1997), Behind Enemy Lines (2001), Memories of Underdevelopment (1968), Spies Like Us (1985), Godzilla (1998), The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979).

List of missile movies

Monsters: Dark Continent (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Jordan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Seven years on from the events of Monsters, and the ‘Infected Zones’ have spread worldwide. Humans have been knocked off the top of the food chain, with disparate communities struggling for survival. American soldiers are being sent abroad to ...
Style: suspense, serious, stylized, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: creature, post apocalypse, alien invasion, alien, alien contact, military, giant monster, giant creature, evil alien, fictional war, missile, dystopian future ...
Time: future, 2010s
Place: usa, detroit
Is relevant?
 7.3
 96K
Eye in the Sky (2015)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Canada, USA, South Africa
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A military officer in command of a drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya sees her mission escalate from “capture” to “kill” just as a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone.
Style: suspense, political, suspenseful, intense, tense ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: terrorism, drone, spy, surveillance, military, terrorist, islamic terrorism, survival, terrorist plot, moral dilemma, espionage, child in peril ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: africa, kenya, england, london, las vegas ...
Is relevant?
 7.3
 66K
Thirteen Days (2000)
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 ...
Is relevant?
 5.1
 32K
Virus (1999)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When the crew of an American tugboat boards an abandoned Russian research vessel, the alien life form aboard regards them as a virus which must be destroyed.
Style: suspenseful, scary, bleak, rough, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: alien, virus, robot, ship, ghost ship, cyborgs, ocean, deadly creature, rescue, alien invasion, survival, violence ...
Time: 90s
Place: pacific ocean
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Starship Troopers (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an ...
Style: futuristic, stylized, sexy, exciting, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: alien invasion, military, space travel, monster, space and aliens, creature, soldier, space wars, alien, satire, fictional war, space battle ...
Time: future, 23rd century, year 1997, 90s, jurassic ...
Place: buenos aires argentina, space western, argentina
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Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets shot down behind enemy lines, where he must outrun an army led by a ruthless Serbian general. With ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, intense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot: sniper, military, behind enemy lines, survival, courage, fighter pilot, combat, u.s. navy, reconnaissance, war crime, fighter plane, rescue ...
Time: year 2001, 20th century, year 1995, 21st century
Place: bosnia, balkan, serbia, former yugoslavia, europe ...
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Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)
Genre: Drama
Country: Cuba
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs incident, Sergio chooses to stay behind in Cuba while his wife and family escape to neighboring Miami. Alone in a brave new world, Sergio observes the constant threat of foreign invasion while chasing young women ...
Style: political, thought provoking, social, art house, inspirational ...
Plot: revolution, politics, missile, cuban missile crisis, fidel castro, bare chested male, latinos, society, international relations, existentialism, loneliness, dictator ...
Time: year 1968, 60s
Place: cuba, havana cuba, latin america
Is relevant?
 6.4
 56K
Spies Like Us (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for Nuclear War.
Style: parody, humorous, spoof, funny, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, kids
Plot: cold war, espionage, kgb, spy, secret agent, cia agent, chase, farce, race against time, mistaken identity, buddy, satire ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: afghanistan, asia, soviet union, middle east, pakistan ...
Is relevant?
 5.5
 212K
Godzilla (1998)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 139 min.
Story: When a freighter is viciously attacked in the Pacific Ocean, a team of experts -- including biologist Niko Tatopoulos and scientists Elsie Chapman and Mendel Craven -- concludes that an oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, serious, action packed, breathtaking ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night
Plot: dinosaur, monster, godzilla, giant monster, creature, experiment gone awry, giant, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, lost world, military, disaster, human versus monster ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, jurassic, year 1998, future
Place: new york, tahiti, manhattan new york city, new jersey, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
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The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: The last of the 'Airport' series again stars George Kennedy as aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni, this time having to contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat of the plane splitting in two over the Alps!
Style: psychological, cult classic, fast, serious, bleak ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: disaster, aviation, airport, airplane, natural disaster, air disaster, arms dealer, survival, terrorism, murder, airplane accident, missile ...
Time: 70s, year 1979, 80s
Place: europe, france, alps, washington d.c., paris france ...
Is relevant?
 7.3
 1K
Vikram (1986)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Vikram (Tamil: விக்ரம்) is a 1986 Tamil-language Indian feature film directed by Rajasekhar, starring Kamal Hassan, Ambika, Dimple Kapadia, Lizy, Sathyaraj, Charuhasan, Janagaraj and Amjad Khan. Vikram is the first Tamil film which ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, intense, heroic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: police, missile, weapons, investigation, urban, grief, loss of spouse, rescue mission, police procedural, hand to hand combat, chase, female scientist ...
Time: 80s
Is relevant?
 8.6
 714
20 Minutes (2023)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An incoming ballistic missile to Hawaii changes twelve people's lives when they discover they have 20 minutes to live.
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological, apocalyptic, suspense
Plot: missile, countdown, nuclear missile, threat, death threat, race against time, nuclear threat, rocket launching, rocket, anxiety, panic, island ...
Place: hawaii
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 1.7
 5K
Atlantic Rim (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When monsters suddenly appear from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, a special team pilots giant robots to combat the new threat.
Style: tense, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: sea monster, giant robot, kaiju, military, soldier, aircraft carrier, missile, death, destruction, navy, giant monster, killer animal ...
Place: manhattan new york city, new orleans, new york, atlantic ocean
Is relevant?
 6.9
 45K
Shin Godzilla (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: From the mind behind Evangelion comes a hit larger than life. When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red ...
Style: suspense, tense, serious, natural horror, dark ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: godzilla, giant monster, kaiju, giant, creature feature, creature, danger, radioactivity, scientist, evolution, military, missile ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
Is relevant?
 3.5
 683
Sub Zero (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A device that controls a powerful Russian-made satellite weapon is stolen by Russian terrorists, who try to escape by flying out but are shot down. The device is now on top of K2. The device is still active and where it will strike is ...
Style: serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, fast
Audience: boys' night
Plot: undercover, disaster, terrorism, race against time, survival, daring rescue, government agency, intrigue, danger, forces of nature, apocalypse, missile ...
Time: 21st century
Place: himalaya, pentagon, washington d.c.
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Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012)
Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy, 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: sexy, adult animation, anime, computer animated, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: creature, military, infantry, insect, danger, heroes, space wars, alien invasion, soldier, death, daring rescue, space travel ...
Time: future, year 2012, 2010s, 23rd century
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The Fifth Missile (1986)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: The crew of a Polaris submarine, on a training mission simulating an attack on Russia, is stricken by toxic poisoning. One of the poison's effects is to make its victims hallucinate, and the sub's captain imagines that he has been given an ...
Style: suspense, psychological, tense, political thriller
Audience: adult
Plot: nuclear, missile, cold war, military, hallucination, moral dilemma, crisis, navy, submarine, paranoia, power, isolation ...
Time: 80s
Is relevant?
 7.1
 7K
Steel Rain (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 139 min.
Story: A former agent from the North Korean intelligence and a senior member of the South Korean security services conduct a secret mission to prevent the breakout of a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula.
Style: suspense, political thriller, political, captivating, tense ...
Plot: spy, politics, coup d'etat, inter-korean relations, geopolitics, society, sting operation, danger, rivalry, kickass, covert operation, espionage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: north korea, south korea, east asia, korea, seoul
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The Missiles of October (1974)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Based in part on Robert F. Kennedy's book, "Thirteen Days," this film profiles the Kennedy Administration's actions during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Style: political, captivating, tense, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot: cold war, cuban missile crisis, president, cold war era, u.s. president, diplomacy, nuclear threat, politics, spy, missile, diplomat, armed forces ...
Time: year 1962, 60s
Place: cuba, washington d.c., latin america, usa
Is relevant?
 3.1
 2K
Octopus (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 100 min.
Story: During the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, a Russian submarine strays into American waters. On board is a nuclear cargo destined for Castro. The Americans attack and destroy the sub. 38 years later US submarine Roosevelt is in the same waters. An ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, scary, rough, natural horror ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: sea monster, giant octopus, octopus, creature feature, giant squid, submarine, save the day, deadly creature, danger, monster, animal attack, killer animal ...
Time: jurassic, 90s
Place: cuba
Is relevant?
 6.2
 70K
TRON: Ares (2025)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, New Zealand
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A highly sophisticated Program called Ares is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind's first encounter with A.I. beings.
Style: stylized, action packed, futuristic, tense, existential ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, portal, virtual reality, combat, escape, urban, identity, hacker, dystopia, surveillance, laboratory ...
Time: near future, 2020s, future
Is relevant?
 6.7
 194K
The Creator (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, Cambodia
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Amid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who ...
Style: futuristic, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, epic ...
Plot: artificial intelligence, robot, technology, fictional war, ex special forces, space station, human versus robot, killer robot, secret laboratory, nuclear fallout, nuclear explosion, humanoid robot ...
Time: future, near future, distant future, 21st century
Place: asia, los angeles, tokyo
Is relevant?
 4.4
 1K
Cyclone (1987)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Rick has developed the ultimate motorcycle, the Cyclone. It is a $5 million bike equipped with rocket launchers and laser guns. Rick meets his fate and it is up to his girlfriend Teri to keep the Cyclone from falling into the wrong hands. Teri can ...
Style: independent film, natural horror, tense, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, tough girl, female protagonist, death of boyfriend, biker, espionage, motorcycle, undercover, female fighter, bike, traitor, torture ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
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 3.3
 603
Active Stealth (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Action, Crime, War
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After Captain Murphy lost some of his men on his last mission to Mexico to bring back a US Senator, he has been plagued with unhappiness and bad dreams. When Murphy is given orders to go back to Mexico to help Mexican people slaving for Salvatore, a ...
Style: independent film, fast, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: aircraft carrier, fighter plane, drug lord, revolutionary, missile, rescue, helicopter, alien, navy, pilot, revolution, hostage situation ...
Time: 90s
Place: central america
Is relevant?
 6.1
 200K
Rampage (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Primatologist Davis Okoye shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry mutates this gentle ape into a raging creature of ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, captivating, touching, action adventure ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: monster, gorilla, kaiju, giant monster, animal attack, creature, giant animal, animal human communication, rescue, giant lizard, rage, mutant animal ...
Time: 2010s, jurassic, 21st century
Place: everglades, los angeles, illinois, missouri, colorado ...
Is relevant?
 6.5
 102K
Under Siege (1992)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: This action-packed thriller takes place on the soon-to-be-decommissioned USS Missouri. Disgruntled ex-CIA operative Strannix, his assistant Krill and their group of terrorists seize the battleship with nuclear blackmail in mind. They've planned ...
Style: exciting, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, girls' night
Plot: martial arts, terrorism, u.s. navy, violence, terrorist, ship, terrorist plot, hostage, one man army, sociopath, mercenary, warship ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1991, 80s
Place: hawaii, pacific ocean, honolulu hawaii, pentagon, san francisco ...
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Stealth Fighter (1999)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A navy pilot fakes his own death and steals a stealth fighter plane from a U.S.A.F base. He then acts as a mercenary, targeting military installations around the world.
Style: surprise ending, independent film, exciting, realistic, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, fighter jet, die hard, military, aviation, shootout, special forces, arm wrestling, showdown, villain played by lead actor, rivalry, commando mission ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place: latin america, usa, washington d.c.
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The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When a bumbling pair of employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to re-animate as they go on a rampage seeking their favorite food: brains!
Style: black comedy, parody, independent film, dark comedy, spoof ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: zombie, cemetery, nudity, cannibalism, punk, monster, female nudity, crematorium, undead, living dead, zombie apocalypse, paramedic ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place: louisville kentucky, usa, san diego california, kentucky
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Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story: John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he's working for Homeland Security. He calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, action thriller, saga, realistic ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, boys' night, teens
Plot: hacking, computer hacker, hacker, terrorism, conspiracy, gunfight, one man army, tough cop, lone hero, fbi, chaos, surveillance ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., maryland, los angeles, new york, baltimore ...
Is relevant?
 3.8
 2K
The Demented (2013)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Six college friends unite for a weekend getaway where they find themselves fighting for their lives after a terrorist attack turns the local residents into rage infused zombies.
Style: suspenseful, scary, suspense, tense, psychological ...
Audience: teens
Plot: zombie, infection, bio weapon, survival, group of friends, isolation, friends, chaos, supernatural, deadly creature, danger, small town ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, louisiana
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