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Plot Summary:
Fuming over the departure of his wife Vivian and the cutting of his research funding, crazy nuclear scientist Rogers Henry constructs Medusa, a thermonuclear bomb capable of generating a continent-sized electro-magnetic pulse; such EMP could effectively destroy a computer-based society. He dupes Vivian into bringing it to the Pentagon to exact his final revenge on the government, rigging it so it will explode before its count-down if Vivian's pacemaker isn't within fifteen feet of it. Medusa arms itself in the air aboard Scott Nash's 737 cargo plane, and with Hurricane Sigrid about to hit the coast, nobody wants to let them land. Based on the novel by John J. Nance.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 488
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 240 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful
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Y2K (1999)
Plot Summary:
On the eve of the new millennium, a nervous military leader assembles a team to help him deal with an unforeseen problem, as they are being alerted of a long missing nuclear missile hidden somewhere deep in the jungle which is set to go off in January 2000, due to the millennium bug! It's up to them to race against time to stop it before it is too late and they are doomed!.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 603
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful
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Plot Summary:
The peoples of the world has finally managed to agree on the most important issues on the planet and there was long overdue balance. Signed an agreement to terminate development of weapons of mass destruction, but in secret all the superpowers continue to build up military power on classified sites, which seemed never existed. Goodwin, a former commander of special forces, is tasked to collect his former people responsible for the mission. Something very serious has happened to the base where secretly working to develop a new combat the virus, and more recent cohorts, who have almost nothing left in common, have come together again.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, serious, fast
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Scavengers (2013)
Plot Summary:
A team of space scavengers discovers superior alien technology that threatens the balance of the known universe. Hotly pursued by a rival crew of intergalactic mercenaries, the Revelator crew must fight through the deepest reaches of space to locate and protect the life-altering device.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, captivating, exciting, serious, futuristic
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Viral Assassins (1997)
Plot Summary:
To some, it’s murder. To them, it’s just work. The Troma Team is proud to present Robert Larkin’s intense sci-fi thriller Viral Assassins. In the not so distant future, a terminal disease will make cancer look like the common cold. The government’s solution to this epidemic is to make carrying the disease a capital crime, punishable by death through a team of highly trained assassins. This not only lowers the risk of the disease spreading but also greatly lowers health costs for the average Joe. But what happens if the government becomes infected? The only hope for a vaccine is trapped within the diseased body and mind of a government lab technician. Unfortunately, the government hires their most dedicated and trigger-happy assassin to eliminate her. Will the assassin uphold the government’s heinous order, or will he jeopardize his own life, reputation and health insurance by eliminating her?.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, mockbuster, exciting, bleak, political thriller
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Dark Storm (2006)
Plot Summary:
On a secret military base a group of scientists have made a discovery unequaled since the invention of the A-bomb; code-named Eruptor, it's a device that supercharges Dark Matter and uses it to change the molecular structure of its target, thereby eradicating it. But when the Eruptor malfunctions and a leading scientist on the project is blasted with Dark Matter, he receives incredible abilities.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 983
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, disaster movie
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Fatal Error (1999)
Plot Summary:
Seven executives die while on a video conference call, the victims of a rapidly spreading virus. Dr. Samantha Craig (Janine Turner) and disgraced doctor Nick Baldwin (Antonio Sabato Jr.) investigate, tracking the disease to a rival firm able to spread computer viruses to humans. They also discover the virus has killed before and is continuing on its deadly path, unless someone can stop it.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 652
Genere: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: tech noir, scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful
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Plot Summary:
Using footage left over from Nemesis 2 and a very thin story line sees Alex again fighting the cyborg mercenaries in 1998 East Africa. This time, Alex finds that she has 20 half sisters who are waiting for her to return to 2077. Central Command wants Alex captured alive and scanned to see if her DNA is a strong and more powerful strain than the normal. But Alex may be too tough for Farnsworth to capture.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, stylized, independent film
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Sonic Impact (1999)
Plot Summary:
A dangerous criminal hijacks a plane with his fellow prisoners and threatens to crash it into a populated area. The agent who captured him sets out to stop him.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 538
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disaster movie
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Judgment Day (1999)
Plot Summary:
This sci-fi thriller finds the world in imminent danger when a collision in outer space sends huge pieces of interstellar debris on a path headed straight for Earth. A scientist has designed a system that would stop the largest meteor fragments from striking the earth, but a fanatical religious cult have made it their business to stop him. A convicted murderer (Ice-T) with ties to the group must now join forces with an FBI agent (Suzy Amis) to free the scientist from the cult's clutches and prevent millions of needless deaths. Mario Van Peebles and Linden Ashby appear in supporting roles.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, surprise ending, disaster movie
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Nowhere to Land (2000)
Plot Summary:
A pilot must safely land a 747 on which deadly nerve gas has been planted.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 910
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disaster movie
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Interceptor (1992)
Plot Summary:
A U.S. Air Force officer tries to stop a murderous group of terrorists whom are trying to steal two top secret F-117A Stealth Fighters from the cargo hold of a gigantic C-5 Galaxy Transport flying at 30,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 732
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, cult film
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Submerged (2000)
Plot Summary:
Navy SEALs launch a rescue mission after terrorists plunge a jet carrying a missile-launching computer into the sea.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 830
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, independent film, realistic, disaster movie
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Heaven's Fire (1999)
Plot Summary:
Terrorists seize a building with intent to blow it up. However, one of the men trapped in the building is an ex-treasury agent, who just happens to be there with his wife and children in a tour group. Having to fight the terrorists and fires that breakout in the high rise.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 401
Genere: Thriller, Action
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, disaster movie
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Final Approach (2007)
Plot Summary:
FBI hostage rescue team leader Jack Bender has been sacked for not being a team player, and months later he finds himself in the ultimate hostage nightmare: stuck aboard a plane that's been taken over by a group of well-armed terrorists who threaten to detonate a nuclear weapon unless they receive a billion dollars.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 693
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, disaster movie
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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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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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Air Collision (2012)
Plot Summary:
When a solar storm wipes out the air traffic control system, Air Force One and a passenger jet liner are locked on a collision course in the skies above the midwest.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, mockbuster, realistic, independent film, disaster movie
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Airspeed (1999)
Plot Summary:
When wealthy executive Raymond Stone sends out his private plane to pick up his spoiled teenage daughter, Nicole, and a pair of his top-ranking employees, disaster strikes. While the jet flies through an electrical storm, the pilot and other passengers are incapacitated, and Nicole is left on her own to keep the plane in the air, guided by an air traffic controller. Can the irresponsible and panic-stricken teen find a way to land the jet?.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disaster movie
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 274
Genere: Drama, Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, disaster movie
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Crash Point Zero (2001)
Plot Summary:
When a plane carrying a legendary and recently found death ray machine from Siberia to Canada is hijacked and crashes in the remote mountains of Alaska, only a fearless government agent (Treat Williams) will risk his life to save the world. A modern B movie, reusing lots of footage from other films.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 529
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, cliffhanger
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Air Marshal (2003)
Plot Summary:
A commercial jet plane has been hijacked by a group of terrorists who don't realize that a U.S. Air Marshal, Brett Prescott (Dean Cochran), is among the passengers. The fate of dozens of people lies in the hands of Prescott, who must forge a one-man war against the hijackers destructive plans.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 566
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, independent film
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Turbulent Skies (2010)
Plot Summary:
When a new airplane that's equipped with a new computer that can fly the plane on its own, is about to have its first flight. But the son of the owner decides to upload more software, he doesn't bother to check if there are any viruses with it. And he also invites some potential investors to try it. So the plane appears to be working well but suddenly it veers off course and it can't be shut down. When the military learns of this and fears what if something happens if it's over a populated area; decides to shoot it down along with everyone on board. The man who built the computer whose wife is among the passengers thinks if he can get on board he might be able to shut it down and regain control of the plane. So the military using a new plane gets him on board. But what he didn't know is that both pilots are incapacitated so there's no one who can fly the plane.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 741
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, rough, disaster movie
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Assassin (1986)
Plot Summary:
A retired agent from an Intelligence Agency is contacted by the Agency in order to stop an ultra-secret robot who is killing some government officials. That will be not an easy task, because the robot looks human and it was specifically built to be an efficient killer, not to mention that it is almost invulnerable.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 397
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful
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Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of Starflight One, the world's first "hypersonic plane," which flies faster and higher than any other commercial jet. On the night of its maiden flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, a freak accident incolving an unauthorized rocket launch sends Starflight One out of the atmosphere and into a decaying orbit around the Earth. With no heat shielding and limited oxygen, it is up to the bravery of the crew and the ingenuity of NASA and the plane's designers to save the passengers trapped on board.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, serious, disturbing, suspense
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Plot Summary:
A passenger of a hijacked airliner who happens to be an airplane engineer works to deactivate a chemical weapons bomb after the hijackers kill the pilot and threaten to kill all the passengers on the plane.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, independent film, suspenseful, fast, disaster movie
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Plot Summary:
When a commercial airliner is trapped within a ring of erupting volcanoes, the passengers and crew must find a way to survive - without landing.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic, mockbuster, exciting, disaster movie
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Having taken the blame for an accident beyond his control, pilot Mike Hogan has been on administrative leave indefinitely; however when the airline is desperately short of staff, he is offered to be first officer and accepts, without enthusiasm, received with disdain by the well-connected commander. Surprisingly his come-back proves less then routine, as the captain gets knocked out and a collision as well as a murderer being transported by police require courageous action from Mike, his crew and several passengers, including soccer star Ty Conner.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 840
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 86 min
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Plot Summary:
After a violent car wreck nearly takes his life, Detective Jack Barnes begins having inexplicable and terrifying premonitions of horrible disasters. At first his warning calls go unheeded, but as the premonitions begin to come true Jack is shocked to find himself wanted for questioning by the FBI. He goes on the run, narrowly avoiding both the FBI and a band of terrorists on the verge of unleashing a deadly attack. As he scrambles to unlock the meaning of the visions, he must race against the clock to stop the terrorists before they can strike again.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 546
Genere: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, captivating, slasher
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Plot Summary:
After a comet passes the Earth it causes a cataclysmic storm. Only a disbanded government unit with a secret weather-manipulating weapon can try to stop it.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 405
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, serious, suspense, rough, independent film, disaster movie
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Plot Summary:
Jason Gedrick and Eric Roberts lead the cast of this thriller about a submarine captain who attempts to hold Washington, D.C. hostage for a billion dollars, and the heroic doctor who struggles to thwart the plan before the situation escalates.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 546
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, exciting, serious, realistic, suspense