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Plot Summary:
After Laura's husband James is murdered, she decides to find out who did it and why. She finds herself in a fight against an anti-terrorist organization in her desire for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, independent film
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Red Scorpion 2 (1994)
Plot Summary:
An elite group of "soldiers" are assigned the job of infultrating a right-wing militia group. Each team member has unique skills (what's new ?). The right wingers have a heavily guarded camp, and are about to launch a nationwide campaign of violent action.. Will our heroes thwart the neo-nazis in time.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 503
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film
Similar in 87%
Killing Machine (1984)
Plot Summary:
After a gang of thugs brands a hard working truck driver a traitor and murders his bride, He retaliates by being even more violent than his attackers.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 207
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: road movie
Similar in 86%
Hostage (1986)
Plot Summary:
The leader of a South African Nation is imprisoned. His followers, led by Zabo, hijack a plane with the intent to use the passengers as hostages to trade for his release. They select a plane carrying a religious leader to use as their main hostage. They soon learn that they have an added bonus of the daughter and grandson of Colonel Shaw, a bigwig in the country. The grandson all the while has to cope with the dual problems of being hijacked and held hostage while needing a kidney transplant. The hijackers have everything in their favor, except that the colonel's daughter is the sweetheart of Major Sam Striker. Striker puts together a band of mercenaries and sets about freeing the hostages.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Soldier's Fortune (1991)
Plot Summary:
A rich young girl is kidnapped by masked terrorists. Her mother's ex-husband, a former mercenary, gathers some of his former comrades and goes off to rescue her.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film
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American Rampage (1989)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film, gay cinema, cult film
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Riding the Edge (1989)
Plot Summary:
Teenage cyclist rescues his dad from terrorists in the Middle East. "Iron Eagle" on a motorcycle.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Deadly Heroes (1993)
Plot Summary:
Ex-Navy SEAL Brad Cartowski is injured during an attack at Athens airport by terrorists who kidnap his wife and fly her on a hijacked plane to North Africa. Cartowski goes in pursuit, aided by another ex-SEAL, Cody Grant. Cartowski soon finds the terrorists' hide-out but is captured and electro-tortured before he manages to escape. He soon returns with reinforcements to rescue his wife and to wreak vengeance on Carlos, head of the terrorist ring.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 460
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Break of Dawn (2002)
Plot Summary:
The story of two ex-legionnaires in a mission of political assasination in Romania. A candid portrayal of the human side of assassins.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 439
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating
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In Her Line of Fire (2006)
Plot Summary:
When the Vice President's plane goes down near a remote Pacific island, he is kidnapped by rebel forces and held for ransom. It is up to his female Secret Service agent and a press secretary to infiltrate the camp and save him.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, serious, suspense, cliffhanger, rough
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True Blood (1989)
Plot Summary:
Ray Trueblood, member of a street gang, is framed by an enemy of a rival gang, Billy "Spider" Masters. Ray is accused of killing a cop and he has to escape leaving behind his little brother, Donny. Ten years later Ray returns to his neighborhood to take his brother with him, but things are worse than he could expect: his brother, now 18 years old, hates him and is a member of Billy Masters' gang. Furthermore, Billy Masters is looking for revenge and... the police is still after Ray for the murder of the police officer.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 557
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious, independent film, detective
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American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)
Plot Summary:
Jackson is back, and now he has a new partner, karate champion Sean, as they must face a deadly terrorist known as "The Cobra", who has infected Sean with a virus. Sean and Jackson have no choice but to fight the Cobra and his bands of ninjas.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, South Africa
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, cult classic, captivating, grindhouse, independent film, exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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The Big Fall (1997)
Plot Summary:
L.A. private detective is hired to investigate the disappearance of an alluring woman's brother. Surrounded by double-crossing deals and dangerous relation, Rybeck will have to plunge headfirst into his deadliest case ever.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, bleak, suspense, independent film, rough, realistic, neo noir
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The 2nd (2020)
Plot Summary:
Secret-service agent Vic Davis is on his way to pick up his estranged son, Sean, from his college campus when he finds himself in the middle of a high-stakes terrorist operation. His son's friend Erin Walton, the daughter of Supreme Court Justice Walton is the target, and this armed faction will stop at nothing to kidnap her and use her as leverage for a pending landmark legal case.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, suspense, realistic, exciting, captivating, entertaining, surprise ending, ambiguous ending, independent film
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The Human Shield (1991)
Plot Summary:
The Human Shield is a 1991 film directed by Ted Post. It stars Michael Dudikoff and Tommy Hinkley. It is about a former government agent who must save his diabetic brother from Iraqi abductors.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 537
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: realistic, rough, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, grindhouse, independent film, bleak, serious, cult film
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SEAL Team VI (2008)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by actual events: This heroic saga depicts an elite counter-terrorism team's black ops incursion into Iraq four days prior to Operation: Desert Shield and the harrowing consequences its members faced when their covert mission was compromised.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 568
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: serious, rough, tense, suspense, realistic
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Death Before Dishonor (1987)
Plot Summary:
Gunnery Sergeant Burns reports for duty to an American Embassy in the Middle East. However due to the 'enlightened' views of the Ambassador, the marine security detachment he is in charge of is severely restricted in their functions and presence to avoid upsetting the host government. As a result, when terrorists attack the compound, they are able to kidnap hostages and escape with little opposition. Burns ignores the Ambassador's restrictions, and throws the rule books out the window, as he becomes a one man army in an attempt to rescue the hostages, and wipe out the terrorists.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult classic, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, inspirational, clever, unusual plot structure
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Running Red (1999)
Plot Summary:
Gregori is an ex-Soviet Commando haunted by the death of his brother, and trying to forget his old life in the US. However, Gregori realizes after he has already started a family of his own that the past is never far behind. A former superior from his days as a Russkie hired gun orders him to kill some people or watch his new family die. It looks like Gregori doesn't have much of a choice, because he's grown fond of having Angie Everhart for a wife.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 478
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Stealth Fighter (1999)
Plot Summary:
A navy pilot fakes his own death and steals a stealth fighter plane from a U.S.A.F base. He then acts as a mercenary, targeting military installations around the world.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film, surprise ending, exciting, serious, realistic
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Freedom Strike (1998)
Plot Summary:
When a peace treaty between America and Syria is thwarted, the renegade head of the Syrian army retaliates in a major way. He steals a nuclear weapon that only the Freedom Strike team can stop! Cue an action-packed race against time to save the world.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 476
Genere: Drama, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, surprise ending
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Aurora: Operation Intercept (1995)
Plot Summary:
There have been two mysterious plane crashes in only 48 hours. The aircraft suddenly lose control and crash, killing everyone aboard. A woman of Russian descent, Francesca Zaborszin, the daughter of a slain Federal investigator, claims responsibility for the crashes. She believes her father was killed by the FBI as part of a cover-up operation and wishes to avenge his death by threatening to down more aircraft using the same electromagnetic pulse method. She also intends to crash a stolen military jet into the White House. There's no time to ground the planes: just enough time to try to stop her.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 354
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, fast, surprise ending
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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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Wanted: Dead or Alive (1986)
Plot Summary:
This movie features a character who is supposed to be the descendant of the character played Steve McQueen in the television series of the same name. And like McQueen's Josh Randall, Hauer's Nick Randall is also a bounty. But also an ex-CIA operative, who is asked by his former employer to help them track down a terrorrist, Malak Al Rahim, who is in the country, and has already made a move. But he is also looking for Randall, and the people, whom Randall is working for, is telling Malak, where he can find Randall.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: intense, rough, suspenseful, serious, perverse, cult classic, realistic, fast, neo noir, independent film
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The Package (1989)
Plot Summary:
Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, intense, serious, realistic, political, detective, crime drama
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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
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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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Clear and Present Danger (1994)
Plot Summary:
CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 106000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min
Plot tags: suspense, political, exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, political thriller, entertaining, action adventure, anamorphic
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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
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Redemption Day (2021)
Plot Summary:
Having just returned home, decorated U.S. Marine Captain Brad Paxton's wife, Kate, is kidnapped by a terrorist group while working in Morocco. He is forced back into action for a daring and deadly operation to save the woman he loves.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, independent film, freeze frame, islamic, surprise ending, heroic
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Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
Plot Summary:
FBI agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the U.S. border.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 162000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, bleak, disturbing, captivating, neo western, tense, retro, noir, political
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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