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 6.7
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Play Dirty (1969)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The Dirty Dozen meet the Stiff Upper Lip. A British Petroleum executive (Michael Caine) is assigned to work with the British Army in North Africa handling port duties for incoming fuels.
Style: rough, realistic, serious, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, war, military, world war, desert, unhappy ending, machine gun, tank, mission, man on a mission, combat, nazi ...
Time: year 1969
Place: africa, germany, england, europe, egypt ...
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Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 192 min.
Story: Twelve years after exploring Pandora and joining the Na’vi, Jake Sully has since raised a family with Neytiri and established himself within the clans of the new world. Of course, peace can only last so long. Especially when the military ...
Style: futuristic, exciting, breathtaking, epic, colorful ...
Audience: family outing, teens, date night, adult
Plot: fantasy world, fight, underwater, good versus evil, planet, ocean, alien, mother son relationship, escapades, hopes, water, alien civilization ...
Time: future, 2020s, 20th century, distant future, 22nd century
Place: space western
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Ultimate Force (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 74 min.
TV show
Story: Ultimate Force is a British television drama series that was shown on ITV, which deals with the activities of the fictional Red Troop of the SAS. The programme started on 16 September 2002 and four series were produced.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: military, covert operation, counter terrorism, mercenary, danger, terrorism, special forces, survival, hostage, mission, spy, rescue ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, europe
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 8.4
 758K
Aliens (1986)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story, all contact is ...
Style: scary, futuristic, suspense, space horror, exciting ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: alien, space travel, strong female character, space, survival, female warrior, outer space, creature, space and aliens, human versus alien, monster, deadly creature ...
Time: future, 20th century, year 1986, 22nd century
Place: space western
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 3.2
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Dead Trigger (2017)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: 2021 - 5 years after the outbreak of a mysterious virus that turned humans into bloodthirsty, undead beasts much of the world’s population has been decimated. When governments were unable to keep the disease at bay, the Contagion Special Unit was ...
Style: psychotronic, intense, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: virus, zombie apocalypse, zombie, female warrior, rescue mission, military, game, top secret, tough guy, battles, danger, post apocalyptic ...
Time: near future, 2020s
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Alien Warfare (2019)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A team of Navy Seals investigates a mysterious science outpost only to have to combat a squad of powerful alien soldiers.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, captivating, tense, brutal ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: secret laboratory, soldier, survival, scientist, secret base, space marine, adaptation, catastrophe, monster, demon, danger, military ...
Time: 2010s
Place: los angeles, pentagon
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Rogue Warfare (2019)
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A group of military elite from the U.S., Russia, UK, China and France join forces to fight an elite underground terrorist network.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: pow, military, chase, brutality, swat, life is a bitch, lifestyle, heroic mission, friendship, adaptation, woman with a gun, computer cracker ...
Time: 2010s
Place: middle east
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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: independent film, surprise ending, exciting, realistic, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, fighter jet, submarine, die hard, military, aviation, boat, shootout, special forces, commando mission, showdown, rivalry ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place: latin america, usa, washington d.c.
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Born to Fight (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When a remote Thai village is overrun by terrorists armed with a nuclear missile, an elite undercover operative leads the most unique fighting force ever assembled in a heroic bid to save their nation.
Style: rough, suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, rescue, race against time, hostage, fight, tough law enforcer, danger, muay thai, tough heroes, save the day, confined, terrorism ...
Place: bangkok thailand, thailand
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 6.6
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Juggernaut (1974)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A bomber has planted 7 bombs on a transatlantic cruise ship. While a crack bomb squad team try to defuse the bombs the police attempt to track down the mad bomber.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, realistic, rough, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, ship, shipwreck, disaster, cruise, ransom, cruise ship, sea, bomb, ocean, espionage, brutality ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: england, atlantic ocean, scotland yard, london
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 5.3
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Infini (2015)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A search and rescue team are transported through deep space to a distant mining colony to save the sole survivor of a biological outbreak. During their mission, they find a lethal weapon which is set to arrive on Earth within the hour.
Style: suspense, intense, atmospheric, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot: space travel, space, alien, military, survival, virus, insanity, rescue, mind control, plague, rescue mission, mutation ...
Time: future, 2010s, 23rd century
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The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The Strike Force team is back in this action-packed sequel to "The Hunt For Eagle One"! Terrorists have stolen a Ground Control Encoder...
Style: realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: jungle warfare, terrorism, martial arts, lieutenant, rescue, terrorist attack, female fighter, behind enemy lines, heroes, race against time, hostage, kidnapping ...
Place: asia, melbourne, the philippines
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Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Topper Harley is found to be working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA want him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue team, who went in to rescue the last rescue team who... who went in to rescue hostages left behind ...
Style: parody, spoof, funny, humorous, slapstick ...
Audience: boys' night, kids
Plot: gulf war, rescue, hostage, military life, heroic mission, danger, daring rescue, secret agent, behind enemy lines, betrayal, master warrior, dishonesty ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: iraq, middle east, southeast asia, asia, tennessee ...
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 5.1
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Black Tigers (1978)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The former leader of a commando rescue attempt into Vietnam tries to discover why his squad members are being murdered, one-by-one, after the war is over.
Style: cult classic, independent film, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, vietnam war, revenge, kung fu, politics, rescue mission, military, rescue, machine gun, conspiracy, one against many, one man army ...
Time: 70s, year 1978
Place: vietnam, asia, los angeles, washington d.c., california ...
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 4.9
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Giants of Rome (1964)
Genre: Adventure, War
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An elite group of soldiers led by the courageous Claudius Marcellus are handpicked by Julius Caesar to embark on a desperate and dangerous suicide mission to destroy the Druids' secret weapon.
Style: fast paced
Plot: peplum, ancient rome, roman soldier, roman empire, warrior, ancient, ancient world, sword and sorcery, sorcery, soldier, bare chested male, buddy ...
Time: 1st century, 1st century b.c.
Place: rome italy, ancient greece
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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, action adventure, action packed, predictable ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: ninja, good versus evil, danger, military, heroic mission, superhero, comic book, heroes, mad scientist, government, dystopian future, female assassin ...
Time: future, 2000s, year 2009, 17th century
Place: japan, washington d.c., egypt, east africa, tokyo ...
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 3.7
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Freedom Strike (1998)
Genre: Drama, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When a peace treaty between America and Syria is thwarted, the renegade head of the Syrian army retaliates in a major way. He steals a nuclear weapon that only the Freedom Strike team can stop! Cue an action-packed race against time to save the ...
Style: independent film, fast, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, disaster, die hard, world war, race against time, military, computer cracker, u.s. navy, escapades, confined, danger, undercover ...
Time: 90s
Place: mediterranean sea, washington d.c.
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The Fourth Protocol (1987)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Plan Aurora, led by Kim Philby is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear ...
Style: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, intense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: espionage, cold war, politics, spy, conspiracy, kgb, chase, betrayal, nuclear bomb, race against time, secret agent, terrorism ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: russia, england, glasgow scotland, europe, london ...
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Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Mallory and Miller are back. The survivors of Navarone are sent on a mission along with a unit called Force 10, which is led by Colonel Barnsby. But Force 10 has a mission of their own which the boys know nothing about.
Style: exciting, suspense, intense, stylized, tense ...
Plot: world war two, war, military, survival, nazi, commando, wartime, battles, task force, double agent, spy, world war ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1978
Place: former yugoslavia, italy, england
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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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Extreme Prejudice (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A Texas Ranger and a ruthless narcotics kingpin - they were childhood friends, now they are adversaries.
Style: cult classic, neo noir, gothic, action adventure, hood ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, gunfight, shootout, texas ranger, vietnam war, gang, cop, gun fu, bank, machine gun, bank robbery, blood ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: texas, latin america, mexico, usa
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The Delta Force (1986)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A 707 aircraft jetliner on its way from Athens to Rome and then to New York City is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists. The terrorists demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite team of commandoes ...
Style: grindhouse, exciting, suspenseful, cult classic, funny ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: military, terrorism, martial arts, special forces, explosions, cannon, commando, violence, war on terror, hostage, aviation, patriotism ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: middle east, israel, athens greece, beirut lebanon, iran ...
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Detonator (1993)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Croatia, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When a renegade Russian general sends a nuclear bomb hurtling toward the Middle East aboard a hijacked train, special agents are dispatched to disarm the deadly device. Ten tons of steel and one ounce of hot plutonium are now riding roughshod ...
Style: suspense, fast, serious, suspenseful, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: train, railway, 007, hijacking, fugitives, spy, gulf war, die hard, subway, scientist, mercenary, hostage ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: iraq, europe, russia, soviet union, iran ...
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Deadly Prey (1987)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A group of sadistic mercenaries led by Col. John Hogan kidnap Michael Danton from his home, and set him loose on the grounds of their secret camp to be used as training for new recruits. Danton has been called the "most perfect killer ...
Style: action adventure, psychotronic, retro, perverse, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: manhunt, kidnapping, swamp, exploitation, buddies, serial killer, sex crime, badass, gunfight, fistfight, rapist, psychopath ...
Time: 80s, year 2016, 20th century
Place: usa, los angeles
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Dead Presidents (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Depicts a heist of old bills, retired from circulation and destined by the government to be "money to burn". However, more broadly, it addresses the issues of Black Americans' involvement in the Vietnam War and their subsequent ...
Style: realistic, suspense, disturbing, intense, neo noir ...
Audience: teens
Plot: vietnam war, heist, robbery, african american, violence, ghetto, redemption, gangster, caper, blaxploitation, black, brutality ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place: new york, bronx new york city, vietnam, usa, asia
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Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia (2009)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Navy SEALS mount an attack on Colombian special forces to clear their names and rescue a hostage.
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, terrorism, heroes, battles, soldier, secret agent, hostage, heroic mission, frame up, military life, daring rescue, manhunt ...
Place: colombia, latin america
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American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: On a remote Caribbean island, Army Ranger Joe Armstrong saves an old friend from the clutches of "The Lion", an evil super-criminal who has kidnapped a local scientist and mass-produced an army of mutant Ninja warriors.
Style: intense, serious, grindhouse, light hearted, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ninja, martial arts, fight scenes, genetics, one man army, soldier, heroes, danger, rescue, mortal combat, kidnapping, one against many ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: caribbean
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The Expendables 3 (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Barney, Christmas and the rest of the team comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks, who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks subsequently became a ruthless arms trader and someone who Barney was forced to kill… or so he ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, realistic, rough, action packed ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: mercenary, danger, commando, cia, mission, martial arts, partner, spy, violent, heroes, terrorism, rescue ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: new york, bucharest, north america, california, las vegas ...
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 6.5
 353K
The Interview (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapoport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to ...
Style: funny, absurd, political, humorous, action comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: dictator, male nudity, assassination attempt, cia, farce, journalism, propaganda, alternate history, undercover, assassination plot, profanity, satire ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: north korea, america, korea, usa, asia ...
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Warriors Five (1962)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy, France, Yugoslavia
Duration: 87 min.
Story: World War II Italy...1943. After parachuting behind enemy lines on an espionage mission, an American soldier is imprisoned by the enemy. He escapes with four Italian prisoners, enlisting their aid in exploding a bridge.
Style: macaroni combat, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, anarchy, paratrooper, military, soldier, prison, escape, espionage, prostitute, heroes, against humanity, escapades ...
Place: germany, italy
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