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Plot Summary:
Critical Assembly is based on two college students (Katherine Heigl and Kerr Smith) who build a nuclear device, which is stolen by a fellow student. When it ends up in the hands of a terrorist, they work with an FBI agent (Beach) in a race against time.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 416
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic
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The Contractor (2007)
Plot Summary:
Former CIA Operative, James Dial is coaxed back into action to kill a terrorist in London, but it all goes wrong and he is forced into hiding, where he meets and befriends a 12 year old girl.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, UK, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, action thriller, fast
Similar in 77%
Sub Zero (2005)
Plot Summary:
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 indeterminable. The good guys have to get to the device and deactivate it. Only trouble, it's winter and it'll be difficult to climb K2. A few of the best mountain climbers in the world are recruited to take techs who can deactivate the device to the top of K2. However, before the climbing party leaves, a team member dies, and it might not be natural causes. The group who stole the device might have someone on the team. But they still go on.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 614
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, fast, disaster movie
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The Fourth Angel (2001)
Plot Summary:
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 suppressing key facts and unwilling to go after the terrorists, Jack uses his contacts and snooping skill to seek the truth himself.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir, independent film
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Blast (2004)
Plot Summary:
A terrorist posing as environmentalist hijacks an oil rig off the coast of California with the intent of detonating an electromagnetic bomb over the US.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany, South Africa, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak, fast, buddy comedy, black comedy
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Dirty War (2004)
Plot Summary:
After years of meticulous planning, a terrorist operation is reaching its final stages. The authorities have received no intelligence; they are in a race against time but don't yet know it. As the operation unfolds, we see the working lives of men and women directly affected by terrorism. Among them: a firemen worried about the increasingly dangerous conditions he and his men are expected to work under; the head of the anti-terrorist branch whose responsibility it is to protect London and a female Muslim detective brought into Scotland Yard to investigate another suspected terrorist cell. But it is too late to stop the attack.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Thriller, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, detective, bleak, realistic
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The Alternate (2000)
Plot Summary:
The President of the United States, in the midst of negative public opinion, is kidnapped while attending a charity function. However, this is all part of a plan to boost his ratings, the 'kidnappers' being a CIA black ops team. It seems like a great idea until the leader of the black ops decides he can make it away with the ransom money himself, but one of his team has other ideas.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 895
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Similar in 77%
Homeland Security (2004)
Plot Summary:
Admiral McKee (Tom Skerritt) is retired, when following the events of 9/11 he receives a call from the White House informing him that his commander in chief requires him to serve his country once again. Shortly after this he is sworn into office as a senior member of the Office of Homeland Security under Tom Ridge. Once in office Admiral McKee faces the challenge of organising this new office so as to prevent further terrorist attacks against the United States. With this in mind Admiral McKee's wife, Elise Mckee, recommends he speaks to his friend, NSA Agent Sol Binder.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 449
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic
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The President's Man: A Line in the Sand (2002)
Plot Summary:
A counterterrorism specialist is assigned by the President to track down a terrorist who is suspected of planning to set off a nuclear device in the U.S.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, realistic, rough, suspenseful, fast, cult film
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Deadly Outbreak (1995)
Plot Summary:
Dutton Hatfield, played by Jeff Speakman, is working for the American embassy. He finds himself inside a biochemical weapon laboratory when terrorists headed by Colonel Baron (played by TimeCop villain Ron Silver) take over the place. Baron is looking for a sample of a deadly virus that is being developed inside the facility.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 598
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Diplomatic Siege (1999)
Plot Summary:
When Steve Mitchell is clandestinely sent to the US embassy in Bucharest, Romania to disarm a nuclear bomb that has secretly remained in the building since the end of the Cold War, little does he know that other problems will soon erupt. He must join Erica Long, a diplomatic attaché who is not all that she appears, to work together on setting the correct computer code that will disable the weapon and accomplish the mission. But while watching video monitors from inside a long-forgotten surveillance room, Steve witnesses a surprising deadly takeover of the building by the Serbian Liberation Front.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, independent film
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Sharpshooter (2007)
Plot Summary:
An assassin working for the CIA decides to take one final job before quitting only to find out that he is the target of his CIA boss.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, exciting, cliffhanger, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Hijack (1998)
Plot Summary:
A prestigious senator and the passengers on board a train are kidnapped by a militia group.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 432
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, independent film, fast
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U.S. Seals (2000)
Plot Summary:
Dozens of American cargos with high valuable goods have disappeared, probably attacked by modern pirates. The United States decide to mobilize a team of expert SWAT, with Mike Bradley as leader, sending them to destroy the pirates' base, namely a deserted oil rig near Turkey. But these are cleverly waiting for them.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, bleak, serious, rough, suspenseful, action packed, independent film
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Air Panic (2002)
Plot Summary:
FAA system analyzer named Neil McCabe is the only person who seems to have this different hunch towards a group of international terrorists after a horrific plane incident occured. He thinks that an evil genius computer hacker sets out and manipulate the computer electronical system which linked to several airplanes to cause destruction and tragedy. In order to prevent the mishap, McCabe and his teammate, Rudy, finds out about the machine used by the criminals which leads them to a psychotic thrilling fight between the terrorist.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 884
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, rough, serious, realistic, fast
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American Meltdown (2004)
Plot Summary:
The telefilm centers on a present-day nuclear plant disaster and its aftermath.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 482
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, tense, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fast
Similar in 83%
Icebreaker (2000)
Plot Summary:
At the the Killington ski resort something has gone awry. Evil terrorists led by the sinister Greig have taken the resort hostage with a stolen nuclear device. It's up to Ski Patrol bum Matt Foster to save the day... and his fiancé.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, cliffhanger, cult classic, realistic, cult film
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Midnight Man (1997)
Plot Summary:
British soldiers force a recently captured IRA terrorist to cooperate with them and then assign him to go undercover with a gang of terrorists and prevent them from killing the U.S. President. But the spy isn't in long before he realizes that the first plot is but a ruse for a more sinister scheme that could result in trouble between China and Great Britain. - Written by Ørnås.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Defender (2004)
Plot Summary:
The global war on terror rages on. When a government official goes missing, Lance, a man with an impressive record of service to his country, finds himself protecting the man who embodies everything he has dedicated his life to fight against.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Romania
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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Detonator (2003)
Plot Summary:
A former FBI agent must stop a crazy man from blowing up bombs.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 423
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense
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Live Wire (1992)
Plot Summary:
Danny O'Neill is a bomb disposal expert assigned to a case where terrorists have developed an "invisible" liquid explosive which is activated within the human body.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, rough, fast
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The Zone (1995)
Plot Summary:
Former Gulf War hero Rowdy Welles is framed for murder by unscrupulous CIA boss Dick Althorp. As his price of freedom, Welles is ordered to undertake a deadly mission to destroy a nuclear processing plant in a foreign nation, owned by dangerous tyrant Lothar Krasna.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 219
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Counterstrike (2002)
Plot Summary:
A Secret Service agent and his brother, a reckless ATF agent, try to stop a group of extreme right-wing U.S. military mercenaries, led by a fanatic Taiwanese vixen, who hijack the Queen Mary 2 ocean liner with the U.S. and Chinese presidents on board with the aim to steal China's nuclear codes to arm China's ICBM missiles to use as bargaining chips for their personal crusade against China.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 606
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Collateral Damage (2002)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: exciting, intense, action packed, rough, action thriller, psychological, tech noir, action adventure, fast, surprise ending
Similar in 85%
The Peacemaker (1997)
Plot Summary:
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 crack Special Forces Colonel.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, political thriller, psychological, cult classic, visually stunning, action drama, neo noir, rough, bleak
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Spooks: The Greater Good (2015)
Plot Summary:
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 uncovers a deadly conspiracy.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, action thriller, action adventure, fast, surprise ending, neo noir
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Dying of the Light (2014)
Plot Summary:
Evan Lake, a veteran CIA agent, has been ordered to retire. But when his protégé uncovers evidence that Lake's nemesis, the terrorist Banir, has resurfaced, Lake goes rogue, embarking on a perilous, intercontinental mission to eliminate his sworn enemy.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Bahamas, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, suspense, cult classic
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Unstoppable (2004)
Plot Summary:
The deranged military and former CIA agent Dean Cage is in a rehab program, trying to forget the traumatic loss of his best friend Scott in Bosnia. When he dates with his girl-friend and Scott's sister, Detective Amy Knight, in a dinning restaurant, he is mistakenly taken as being the CIA agent that is investigating the robbery of the military experiment EX by a man called Sullivan. He is injected with the drug and abducted by the thieves. Amy has six hours to find the also stolen antidote and save Dean's life.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Aruba
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, exciting, rough, realistic, suspense, political thriller, psychological, experimental, fast
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Hour of Valor (2000)
Plot Summary:
A Presidential candidate running against the Vice-President plans a trip to the Balkans to negotiate the release of American servicemen being held hostage. Before he leaves, he receives a disk documenting evidence that the Vice-President has been trying to revive the American economy by causing a war in the Balkans. He plans to show it to both sides in the hopes of ending the situation. However, Secret Service agents hijack the Concorde he is on and kill the pilots. It's up to an Air Force officer, nicknamed "Washout" because he can't fly a plane, to land the Concorde. Written by Leigh Roche.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 650
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, fast, disaster movie
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Tidal Wave: No Escape (1997)
Plot Summary:
A retired and disgruntled scientist is brought out of retirement to explain why tidal waves are wiping out coastal communities. But is he part of the problem?.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 550
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, psychotronic, disaster movie
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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
Plot Summary:
Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 137000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, serious, intense, suspense, entertaining, action adventure, action thriller, clever, political thriller