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Plot Summary:
A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 351000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: intense, exciting, suspense, political, action packed, serious, realistic, entertaining, clever, action thriller
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Similar in 76%
Absolute Power (1997)
Plot Summary:
A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder in which the President of The United States is involved occurs in front of his eyes. He is forced to run yet may hold evidence that could convict the President. A political thriller from and starring Clint Eastwood and based on a novel by David Baldacci.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: political thriller, suspense, suspenseful, tense, political, intense, serious, realistic, neo noir, detective
Similar in 86%
Most Wanted (1997)
Plot Summary:
Sgt. James Dunn, who is wrongly accused of assassination of the officer he had a row with, is saved from death row and recruited for top-secret special operations squad led by Lt. Col Grant Casey. Their mission is to neutralize criminals who had avoided conventional law enforcement methods. On his first Mission, James is made the fall guy for the assassination of the first lady and everyone is loo.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, suspense, fast, surprise ending, independent film
Similar in 80%
The Specialist (1994)
Plot Summary:
May Munro is a woman obsessed with getting revenge on the people who murdered her parents when she was still a girl. She hires Ray Quick, a retired explosives expert to kill her parent's killers. When Ned Trent, embittered ex-partner of Quick's is assigned to protect one of Quick's potential victims, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 69000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, tense, serious, rough, stylized, erotic, neo noir, exciting, enigmatic
Similar in 82%
Shooter (2016)
Plot Summary:
Bob Lee Swagger is an expert marksman living in exile who is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Based on the best-selling Bob Lee Swagger novel by Stephen Hunter, Point of Impact, and the 2007 Paramount film starring Mark Wahlberg.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, tense, suspense, political, action thriller, interesting, political drama
Similar in 78%
White House Down (2013)
Plot Summary:
Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 233000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, action packed, action thriller, intense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, political, breathtaking
Similar in 75%
The Sentinel (2006)
Plot Summary:
A secret service agent is framed as the mole in an assassination attempt on the president. He must clear his name and foil another assassination attempt while on the run from a relentless FBI agent.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: political thriller, suspense, suspenseful, intense, rough, action packed, clever, slasher, action thriller, action drama
Similar in 78%
Shadow Conspiracy (1997)
Plot Summary:
Bobby Bishop (Sheen) is a special assistant to the President of the United States. Accidentally, he meets his friend professor Pochenko on the street. Pochenko has time to tell Bishop about some conspiracy in the White House but then immediately gets killed by an assassin. Now bad guys are after Bobby as the only man who knows about a plot. Bishop must now not only survive, but to stop the conspirators from achieving their goal. And he doesn't know whom to trust.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, political thriller, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, political, melancholic, absurd
Similar in 85%
The Bourne Legacy (2012)
Plot Summary:
New CIA operative, Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 313000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, United Arab Emirates, Canada
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, action thriller, action adventure, serious, entertaining, action packed, intellectual, saga, cliffhanger
Similar in 88%
London Has Fallen (2016)
Plot Summary:
In London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 167000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Bulgaria
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, intense, serious, psychotronic, action adventure, romantic, clever, saga, experimental, scenic
Similar in 90%
Sniper (1993)
Plot Summary:
Tough guy Thomas Beckett is an US soldier working in the Panamanian jungle. His job is to seek out rebels and remove them using his sniper skills. Beckett is notorious for losing his partners on such missions. This time he's accompanied by crack marksman Richard Miller.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Action, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Peru
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, political thriller, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, stylized
Similar in 78%
The Kingdom (2007)
Plot Summary:
A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 131000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, tense, action packed, intense, rough, serious, political
Similar in 84%
Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
Plot Summary:
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 infrastructure.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 417000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: exciting, entertaining, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, intense, action thriller, action adventure, suspense, action packed
Similar in 75%
The Bourne Identity (2002)
Plot Summary:
Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy – but who does he work for?.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 569000
Genere: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: political thriller, intense, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, entertaining, psychological thriller, action packed, saga, action adventure
Similar in 78%
Conspiracy Theory (1997)
Plot Summary:
A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 106000
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, political thriller, psychological, exciting, serious, suspense thriller, surprise ending, inspirational
Similar in 76%
Erased (2012)
Plot Summary:
A former agent of the CIA and his estranged daughter go on the run after his employers target them for assassination.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Belgium, UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, suspense, rough, action thriller, political thriller, action packed, action adventure, serious, realistic
Similar in 90%
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
Similar in 81%
Angel Has Fallen (2019)
Plot Summary:
Secret Service Agent Mike Banning is framed for the attempted assassination of the President and must evade his own agency and the FBI as he tries to uncover the real threat.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 108000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, humorous, intense, captivating, cliffhanger, clever, political, saga
Similar in 82%
The Negotiator (1998)
Plot Summary:
The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that might clear him, he takes everyone in the office hostage and demands that another well-known negotiator be brought in to handle the situation and secretly investigate the conspiracy.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 153000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, serious, intense, talky, psychological, clever, entertaining, detective, exciting
Similar in 89%
Enemy of the State (1998)
Plot Summary:
Hotshot Washington lawyer, Robert Dean becomes a victim of high-tech identity theft when a hacker slips an incriminating video into his pocket. Soon, a rogue National Security agent sets out to recover the tape – and destroy Dean.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 256000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: clever, suspense, tense, political thriller, suspenseful, political, exciting, sexy, entertaining, action thriller
Similar in 84%
The Terminal List (2022)
Plot Summary:
Navy SEAL Commander James Reece turns to vengeance as he investigates the mysterious forces behind the murder of his entire platoon. Free from the military’s command structure, Reece applies the lessons he’s learned from nearly two decades of warfare to hunt down the people responsible.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 103000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: dark, spectacular, crime thriller, relaxing, thrilling, neo noir
Similar in 80%
The Jackal (1997)
Plot Summary:
Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, the perfectionist Jackal proves an elusive target for the men charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI boss and a former IRA terrorist.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 123000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France, Germany, Japan
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, clever, intense, cult classic, action thriller, psychological, political
Similar in 80%
Safe House (2012)
Plot Summary:
A dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them dead.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 233000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA, Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, suspense, intense, tense, serious, realistic, clever, action packed, action thriller
Similar in 75%
Jack Reacher (2012)
Plot Summary:
When a gunman takes five lives with six shots, all evidence points to the suspect in custody. On interrogation, the suspect offers up a single note: "Get Jack Reacher!" So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth, pitting Jack Reacher against an unexpected enemy, with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 359000
Genere: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, detective, suspenseful, serious, clever, intense, realistic, action packed, action adventure
Similar in 81%
The Fugitive (1993)
Plot Summary:
Wrongfully accused of murdering his wife, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find her killer and clear his name. Pursuing him is a team of U.S. marshals led by Deputy Samuel Gerard, a determined detective who will not rest until Richard is captured. As Richard leads the team through a series of intricate chases, he discovers the secrets behind his wife's death and struggles to expose the killer before it is too late.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 313000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, detective, neo noir, exciting, tense, entertaining, intense, rough, serious
Similar in 88%
The International (2009)
Plot Summary:
An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their investigation takes them from Berlin, Milan, New York and Istanbul. Finding themselves in a chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 99000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK, France
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: clever, exciting, suspenseful, sexy, enigmatic, suspense, intense, tricky, serious, action packed
Similar in 88%
Patriots Day (2016)
Plot Summary:
An account of Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis's actions in the events leading up to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists behind it.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 111000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: intense, suspense, emotional, tense, factual, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, dramatic, inspirational
Similar in 84%
In the Line of Fire (1993)
Plot Summary:
Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, forcing Horrigan to come back to protection detail to confront the ghosts from his past.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 112000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, political, tense, entertaining, intense, serious, political thriller, neo noir
Similar in 87%
Body of Lies (2008)
Plot Summary:
The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – watches Ferris. At the other end of that real-time link is the CIA’s Ed Hoffman, strategizing events from thousands of miles away. And as Ferris nears the target, he discovers trust can be just as dangerous as it is necessary for survival.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 237000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: clever, political, exciting, tense, realistic, political thriller, serious, suspense, entertaining, enigmatic
Similar in 90%
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Plot Summary:
Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past while dodging The Company's best efforts to eradicate him.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 652000
Genere: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France, Spain
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: exciting, intense, suspenseful, rough, suspense, entertaining, action packed, stylized, clever, tense
Similar in 87%
John Wick (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 722000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, China
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, neo noir, serious, brutal, entertaining, suspense, action thriller, rough, cult classic