Best movies like The Hindenburg
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Plot Summary:
In this highly speculative historical thriller, Colonel Franz Ritter (George C. Scott), a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to uncover a possible saboteur aboard the doomed zeppelin he finds that any of the passengers and crew could be the culprit.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, dieselpunk, tragic ending, serious, realistic, surprise ending, detective, freeze frame, scary
Best tv shows and movies like The Hindenburg (1975):
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Rollercoaster (1977)
Plot Summary:
The plot is about a guile young terrorist who is able to blackmail a series of companies by placing home-made radio controlled bombs within the central attraction of amusement parks; roller coasters. The young man played by Timothy Bottoms gives a hard time to the cops after they give him UV marked money. He then wants revenge and places a bomb in a roller coaster at the most important amusement park event of the year.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, tense, talky, intense, rough, serious, realistic, exciting, fast
Similar in 79%
Hindenburg: The Last Flight (2011)
Plot Summary:
Discover the shocking secret behind one of the greatest disasters of the 20th century in this powerful, exhilarating, world war two thriller. When a chance encounter throws a young engineer into the depths of a deadly plot he begins a race against time to uncover a secret that could throw the world into shock. But when money, politics and the girl he loves all enter the picture too, the game starts to get even more complicated.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, suspenseful, stylized, realistic
Similar in 83%
Airport 1975 (1974)
Plot Summary:
"Something hit us...the crew is dead...help us, please, please help us!" With these terrifying words, 22 of Hollywood's greatest stars find themselves aboard a pilotless jumbo jet headed on a collision course with destruction in the nerve chilling sequel to the greatest disaster movie ever made.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, psychotronic, psychological, exciting, rough, serious, fast, crying, black comedy
Similar in 79%
Airport '77 (1977)
Plot Summary:
Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle while taking VIPs and valuable art to Philip Stevens new museum. But when hijackers take off the plane and knock everyone out with sleeping gas the plane crashes in the sea. The passengers survive but a small hole at the front is flooding the plane and 2 daring rescues must be put into action because everyone is trapped 200 feet underwater.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, psychological, cult classic, rough, bleak, fast
Similar in 78%
The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979)
Plot Summary:
The last of the 'Airport' series again stars George Kennedy as aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni, this time having to contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat of the plane splitting in two over the Alps!.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: psychological, cult classic, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, fast, suspense, crying, psychotronic
Similar in 78%
Juggernaut (1974)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, rough, realistic, serious, fast, detective, tension, exciting, tense
Similar in 76%
Skyjacked (1972)
Plot Summary:
A crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 in this disaster film filled with the usual early '70s stereotypes, and demands to be taken to Russia.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, surprise ending
Similar in 88%
When Time Ran Out... (1980)
Plot Summary:
An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, cult classic, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disaster movie, cult film
Similar in 84%
Landslide (2005)
Plot Summary:
Manhattan fireman Mark Decker visits, for the first time, his Steven in his ex Emma's new apartment in one of her dad Donald Richardson's development estates, at the foot of Diamand-back Mountain. But Don's ambitious executive Stewart Hancock, who dreams of his own firm, has been cutting too many corners, at the expense of safety, causing a landslide. Mark gets trapped with Steven and the new concierge Harold, who knows everything about an additional danger: rattlesnakes awoken early from hibernation. Now Mark discovers artistic, nerdy Steven only did 'manly' stuff in the city because dad-son time is so rare. While they soldier on, landscape architect Emma discovers the truth and counters Stewart's plan B to literally cover it up.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, disaster movie
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Victory at Entebbe (1976)
Plot Summary:
The film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Entebbe Airport (now Entebbe International Airport) in Uganda.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 82%
Sorcerer (1977)
Plot Summary:
Four criminals from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting gallons of unstable nitroglycerin across dangerous jungle.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: road movie, neo noir, political, existential, philosophical, dark, disturbing, cynical, deep, esoteric
Similar in 89%
Gray Lady Down (1978)
Plot Summary:
The USS Neptune, a nuclear submarine, is sunk off the coast of Connecticut after a collision with a Norwegian cargo ship. The navy must attempt a potentially dangerous rescue in the hope of saving the lives of the crew.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, disaster movie
Similar in 89%
Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York (2006)
Plot Summary:
Illegal experimentation accidentally rips open a previously unknown hidden magma reserve directly under Manhattan!.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, rough, exciting, tense, semi serious, bleak, disaster movie
Similar in 75%
Airplane vs Volcano (2014)
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
Similar in 76%
Supernova (2005)
Plot Summary:
A international science conference is held in Australia when Dr. Austin Shepard mysteriously disappears Dr. Shepard's colleague, Christopher Richardson and other people are soon faced with the reality of an impending crisis and an attempt to keep the information from the public. While a full-blown supernova does not occur, explosions on the sun cause massive damage in Australia, and is shown often in Sydney and in various other cities and countries of the world.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 172 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, tense, captivating, apocalyptic, independent film, surprise ending, disaster movie
Similar in 82%
Scorcher (2002)
Plot Summary:
The only hope for humanity to survive a natural disaster is to detonate a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, suspense, fast, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film, freeze frame, disaster movie
Similar in 87%
Airport (1970)
Plot Summary:
Melodrama about a bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, suspense, tense, serious, psychotronic, erotic, psychological, cult classic, rough
Similar in 82%
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Plot Summary:
At the opening party of a colossal - but poorly constructed - office building, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic, epic, sexy, breathtaking, sad
Similar in 77%
The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
Plot Summary:
The Cassandra Crossing is an all-star disaster spectacular telling of the terrifying odyssey of 1000 doomed passengers trapped aboard a plague-infested train. A terrorist infected with a deadly virus boards the Stockholm to Geneva Express and exposes all aboard to the disease. Colonel Mackenzie (Burt Lancaster) is called in to handle the situation and finds Dr. Chamberlain (Richard Harris) who is on board the train. Mackenzie decides to re-route the train to the Cassandra Crossing where it will plunge into oblivion. But passengers miraculously begin to recover and Chamberlain must race against time to disconnect the cars.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, tense, intense, rough, serious, entertaining, retro, suspenseful, surprise ending
Similar in 81%
Earthquake (1974)
Plot Summary:
Earthquake is a 1974 American disaster film that achieved huge box-office success, continuing the disaster film genre of the 1970s where recognizable all-star casts attempt to survive life or death situations. The plot concerns the struggle for survival after a catastrophic earthquake destroys most of the city of Los Angeles, California.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, exciting, rough, bad ending, psychotronic, sad, cult classic, serious, realistic
Similar in 90%
Daylight (1996)
Plot Summary:
A group of armed robbers fleeing the police head for the New Jersey Tunnel and run right into trucks transporting toxic waste. The spectacular explosion that follows results in both ends of the tunnel collapsing and the handful of people who survived the explosion are now in peril. Kit Latura is the only man with the skill and knowledge to lead the band of survivors out of the tunnel before the structure collapses.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, exciting, breathtaking, cult classic, surprise ending
Similar in 80%
The Poseidon Adventure (2005)
Plot Summary:
A cruise ship succumbs to a terrorist act and capsizes on New Year's eve. A rag-tag group of survivors, spearheaded by a priest and a homeland security agent, must journey through the upside down vessel and attempt an escape.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, intense, serious, realistic, psychotronic, sexy, bad ending, bloody
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World Trade Center (2006)
Plot Summary:
On September, 11th 2001, after the terrorist attack to the World Trade Center, the building collapses over the rescue team from the Port Authority Police Department. Will Jimeno and his sergeant John McLoughlin are found alive trapped under the wreckage while the rescue teams fight to save them.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 87000
Genere: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: emotional, realistic, factual, touching, suspenseful, rough, serious, sad, political, psychological thriller
Similar in 87%
6 Days (2017)
Plot Summary:
In April 1980, armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy in Princes Gate, London and took all inside hostage. Over the next six days a tense standoff took place, all the while a group of highly trained soldiers from the SAS prepared for a raid the world had never seen the likes of.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: New Zealand, UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, serious, factual, surprise ending, suspense, independent film, detective, tension
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USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016)
Plot Summary:
The harrowing true story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were stranded in the Philippine Sea for five days after delivering the atomic weapons that would eventually end WWII. As they awaited rescue, they endured extreme thirst, hunger, and relentless shark attacks.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: dramatic, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, factual, historical drama, disgusting
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Into the Storm (2014)
Plot Summary:
The town of Silverton is in one day destroyed by the unprecedented power of a series of tornadoes. The population is at the mercy of the unpredictable and deadly cyclones, while hunters warn that the worst is yet to come. Most people find shelter, but some just go to the tornado for that one, unique shot.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 71000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: stylized, talky, exciting, apocalyptic, action adventure, serious, suspense, surprise ending, mockumentary, intense
Similar in 87%
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Plot Summary:
The Poseidon Adventure was one of the first Catastrophe films and began the Disaster Film genre. Director Neame tells the story of a group of people that must fight for their lives aboard a sinking ship. Based on the novel by Paul Gallico.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, tense, serious, psychological, psychotronic, cult classic, erotic
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The Finest Hours (2016)
Plot Summary:
The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, serious, tense, breathtaking, scenic, stylized, suspense, factual, suspenseful
Similar in 81%
Deepwater Horizon (2016)
Plot Summary:
A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 179000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong, China
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, tense, emotional, realistic, factual, compassionate, touching, suspenseful, intense
Similar in 75%
Black Sunday (1977)
Plot Summary:
An Israeli anti-terrorist agent must stop a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a plot to commit a terrorist plot at the Super Bowl.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: political thriller, suspense, political, exciting, suspenseful, neo noir, psychological thriller, meta, cult classic, surprise ending