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Plot Summary:
British Ministry agent John Steed, under direction from "Mother", investigates a diabolical plot by arch-villain Sir August de Wynter to rule the world with his weather control machine. Steed investigates the beautiful Doctor Mrs. Emma Peel, the only suspect, but simultaneously falls for her and joins forces with her to combat Sir August.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: stylized, funny, suspense, humorous, semi serious, fast, sexy, clever, unusual plot structure, melancholic
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A View to a Kill (1985)
Plot Summary:
A newly developed microchip designed by Zorin Industries for the British Government that can survive the electromagnetic radiation caused by a nuclear explosion has landed in the hands of the KGB. James Bond must find out how and why. His suspicions soon lead him to big industry leader Max Zorin.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 103000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexy, saga, cult classic, suspense, slasher, action adventure
Similar in 79%
The Ambushers (1967)
Plot Summary:
A U.S. government built flying saucer is launched into space on a top secret test flight, but is brought down by exiled ruler of an outlaw nation who uses a remote control device to cause the ship to land at his secret base in Mexico. Agent Matt Helm is assigned to find the saucer and has to contend with an enemy agent and an Arab assassin.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: parody, psychotronic, spy comedy, psychedelic, grindhouse, rough, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, fast
Similar in 81%
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Plot Summary:
Diamonds are stolen only to be sold again in the international market. James Bond infiltrates a smuggling mission to find out who’s guilty. The mission takes him to Las Vegas where Bond meets his archenemy Blofeld.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 113000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, saga, intense, retro, slasher, cult classic
Similar in 85%
Who Am I? (1998)
Plot Summary:
Martial-arts megastar Jackie Chan wrote, directed and stars in this action-comedy. Secret agent Jackie (Chan) leads a commando group to Africa to kidnap scientists who are working to unleash a powerful -- and lethal -- new energy source. When Jackie develops amnesia after a plane crash, he fights to regain his memory and continue his assignment. Who Am I is packed with excitement and, of course, Jackie's unique brand of gymnastic martial arts.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: light, suspenseful, semi serious, entertaining, humorous, suspense, action comedy, spy comedy, inspirational, epic
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The Karate Killers (1967)
Plot Summary:
International spies Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn) and Illya Kuryakin (David McCallum) travel around the globe in an effort to track down a secret formula that was divided into four parts and left by a dying scientist with his four of five daughters, all of whom live in different countries. His widow, Amanda, is murdered at the beginning by the counter-spies of the organization THRUSH. Evil THRUSH agent Randolph also wants the formula, and is aided by his karate-chopping henchmen.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 693
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, surprise ending, psychotronic, spoof, double entendre, parody, campy
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In Like Flint (1967)
Plot Summary:
Flint is again called out of retirement when his old boss finds that he seems to have missed 90 seconds while golfing with the president. Flint finds that the president has been replaced by an actor (Flint's line [with a wistful look] is "An Actor as President?") Flint finds that a group of women have banded together to take over the world through subliminal brainwashing in beauty salons they own.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: spoof, exciting, parody, humorous, witty, grindhouse, spy comedy, psychedelic, not serious, fast
Similar in 77%
I Spy (2002)
Plot Summary:
When the Switchblade, the most sophisticated prototype stealth fighter created yet, is stolen from the U.S. government, one of the United States' top spies, Alex Scott, is called to action. What he doesn't expect is to get teamed up with a cocky civilian, World Class Boxing Champion Kelly Robinson, on a dangerous top secret espionage mission. Their assignment: using equal parts skill and humor, catch Arnold Gundars, one of the world's most successful arms dealers.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 53000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: entertaining, humorous, exciting, melancholic, funny, parody, spoof, semi serious, hilarious, action comedy
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GoldenEye (1995)
Plot Summary:
James Bond must unmask the mysterious head of the Janus Syndicate and prevent the leader from utilizing the GoldenEye weapons system to inflict devastating revenge on Britain.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 267000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: exciting, intense, serious, saga, suspenseful, suspense, entertaining, action packed, cliffhanger, funny
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Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Plot Summary:
With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera. This mission, should Hunt choose to accept it, plunges him into the center of an international crisis of terrifying magnitude.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 371000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: exciting, sexy, heroic, stylized, suspense, romantic, intense, suspenseful, serious, realistic
Similar in 88%
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Plot Summary:
Greed, revenge, world dominance and high-tech terrorism – it's all in a day's work for Bond, who's on a mission to a protect beautiful oil heiress from a notorious terrorist. In a race against time that culminates in a dramatic submarine showdown, Bond works to defuse the international power struggle that has the world's oil supply hanging in the balance.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 208000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Spain
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: suspense, entertaining, saga, action packed, exciting, cliffhanger, slasher, sexual, cult classic, action adventure
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For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Plot Summary:
A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find the device that holds British launching instructions before the enemy Soviets get to it first.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 107000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: exciting, sexy, tense, suspenseful, stylized, serious, entertaining, saga, action adventure, suspense
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Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
Plot Summary:
Carmen's caught in a virtual reality game designed by the Kids' new nemesis, the Toymaker. It's up to Juni to save his sister, and ultimately the world.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, entertaining, melancholic, semi serious, stylized, spy comedy, action adventure, spoof, cult classic
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Moonraker (1979)
Plot Summary:
During the transportation of a Space Shuttle a Boeing 747 crashes in the Atlantic Ocean yet when they go to look for the destroyed shuttle it is not there. James Bond investigates the missing mission space shuttle and soon learns that the shuttles owner Hugo Drax wants to kill all of mankind.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 107000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: entertaining, exciting, stylized, saga, action adventure, funny, slasher, cult classic, crime thriller, serious
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Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Plot Summary:
A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now 007 must take on this evil mastermind in an adrenaline-charged battle to end his reign of terror and prevent global pandemonium.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 203000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: suspense, intense, serious, suspenseful, entertaining, action packed, saga, exciting, action adventure, cliffhanger
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Thunderball (1965)
Plot Summary:
A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. The secret service sends James Bond to the Bahamas to once again save the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 125000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: exciting, saga, retro, slasher, cult classic, action adventure, crime thriller, thrilling, serious, realistic
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Goldfinger (1964)
Plot Summary:
Special agent 007 (Sean Connery) comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox -- and obliterate the world's economy.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 200000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: suspense, entertaining, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, witty, saga, retro, atmospheric, slasher
Similar in 79%
Never Say Never Again (1983)
Plot Summary:
James Bond returns as the secret agent 007 one more time to battle the evil organization SPECTRE. Bond must defeat Largo, who has stolen two atomic warheads for nuclear blackmail. But Bond has an ally in Largo's girlfriend, the willowy Domino, who falls for Bond and seeks revenge. This is the last time for Sean Connery as Her Majesty's Secret Agent 007. Made outside of the traditional Broccoli production environment due to separate rights having been obtained for this specific Ian Fleming story.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 72000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: entertaining, exciting, saga, cult classic, slasher, serious, realistic, suspenseful, witty, stylized
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You Only Live Twice (1967)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious space craft kidnaps a Russian and American space capsule and brings the world on the verge of another World War. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and meets with his archenemy Blofeld. The fifth film from the legendary James Bond series starring Sean Connery as the British super agent.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 116000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Japan
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: exciting, witty, saga, retro, slasher, cult classic, action adventure, spectacular, thrilling, suspenseful
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Nick Fury: Agent of Shield (1998)
Plot Summary:
Marvel's hard-boiled hero is brought back to fight the menace of Hydra after exiling himself in the Yukon since the end of the Cold War. The children of the former Hydra head, Baron Von Stucker, have taken charge of the terrorist organization. Under the lead of his vicious daughter, Viper, Hydra has seized a deadly virus and threatens the destruction of America.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, epic, fast, surprise ending, campy
Similar in 77%
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
Plot Summary:
Framed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is terminated by Presidential order. This forces the G.I. Joes into not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 186000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, serious, stylized, predictable, action adventure, saga, anime, cult classic, teen
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Charlie's Angels (2000)
Plot Summary:
Three women, detectives with a mysterious boss, retrieve stolen voice-ID software, using martial arts, tech skills, and sex appeal.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 194000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: funny, light, action comedy, action packed, teen, exciting, stylized, action adventure, sexy, motivational
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Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
Plot Summary:
Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate - an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 404000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: breathtaking, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, entertaining, sexy, scenic, serious, realistic, stylized
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Spectre (2015)
Plot Summary:
A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 460000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: suspense, entertaining, exciting, sexy, serious, realistic, suspenseful, saga, psychotronic, psychological thriller
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Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)
Plot Summary:
A group of heroic warriors has only six days to save the planet in "Mortal Kombat Annihilation." To succeed they must survive the most spectacular series of challenges any human, or god, has ever encountered as they battle an evil warlord bent on taking control of Earth. Sequel to the film "Mortal Kombat," and based on the popular video game.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, suspense, dark, cult classic, fast, independent film, mystic
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Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2025, the ozone layer is believed to have been destroyed. It is up to MacLeod and Rameriz to set things right. Opposition comes from both the planet Ziest (MacLeod and Ramirez's homeworld) and a corporation profiting from the supposed lack of ozone. Also, flashbacks show the story behind MacLeod and Ramirez's exile from Ziest.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Argentina, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: futuristic, suspense, saga, apocalyptic, cult classic, independent film, atmospheric, rough, serious, suspenseful
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Plot Summary:
To prevent a world war from breaking out, famous characters from Victorian literature band together to do battle against a cunning villain.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 182000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, Czech Republic, UK
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: entertaining, exciting, atmospheric, offbeat, action packed, dark fantasy, predictable, action adventure, anamorphic, serious
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
Plot Summary:
After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Steve Rogers, aka Captain America is living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue that threatens to put the world at risk. Joining forces with the Black Widow, Captain America struggles to expose the ever-widening conspiracy while fighting off professional assassins sent to silence him at every turn. When the full scope of the villainous plot is revealed, Captain America and the Black Widow enlist the help of a new ally, the Falcon. However, they soon find themselves up against an unexpected and formidable enemy—the Winter Soldier.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 886000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: exciting, entertaining, heroic, epic, futuristic, suspenseful, political, saga, suspense, action adventure
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Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
Plot Summary:
When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfil his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against time, hunted by assassins while trying to prevent a global catastrophe.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 370000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, China, France, Norway, UK
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: action adventure, psychological thriller, cliffhanger, exciting, clever, epic, bloody, political, slasher, political thriller
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Black Widow (2021)
Plot Summary:
Natasha Romanoff, on the run from the government following her disobedience to the Sokovia Accords and for aiding Steve Rogers, finds herself on her own and is forced to deal with some of the red in her ledger.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 415000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: suspense, epic, anamorphic, exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, entertaining, sad
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Aeon Flux (2005)
Plot Summary:
400 years into the future, disease has wiped out the majority of the world's population, except one walled city, Bregna, ruled by a congress of scientists. When Æon Flux, the top operative in the underground 'Monican' rebellion, is sent on a mission to kill a government leader, she uncovers a world of secrets.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 132000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Brazil, Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: futuristic, stylized, action packed, apocalyptic, exciting, visually appealing, visual, cyber, action adventure, psychological