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Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Rae Dawn Chong

Dan Hedaya

Vernon Wells

Commando (1985)

6.7 3.2K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 90 min.

Audience: R

Story: John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fight his way through an array of punks, killers, one of his former commandos, and a fully equipped private army. With the help of a feisty stewardess and an old friend, Matrix has only a few hours to overcome his greatest challenge: finding his daughter before she's killed.

Style: nostalgic

Plot: daughter, fight, kidnapping, mercenary, lone wolf, rescue mission, father, us army, ...

Cast

Carla Sehn

Kardo Razzazi

Charlie Gustafsson

Francisco Sobrado

The Åre Murders (2025) TV Show

6.7 132 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: Norway, Sweden

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 5

Audience: TV-MA

Story: A Stockholm detective under internal investigation heads to a ski resort to unwind, until a young girl's disappearance compels her back to work.

Plot: detective, based on novel or book, suspicious, suspense, thriller

Cast

Ai Kobayashi

Asumi Miwa

Jurota Kosugi

Yuki Matsuoka

Appleseed (2004)

6.7 396 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: R

Story: In a utopian society created at the end of World War III, a female warrior who has been plucked from the badlands begins to see cracks in this new facade. And what does this community have planned for the rest of humankind?

Plot: metropolis, man vs machine, cyborg, post-apocalyptic future, mecha, cyberpunk, terrorism, based on manga, ...

Time: future

Cast

Delfina Chaves

Martijn Lakemeier

Elsie de Brauw

Máxima (2024) TV Show

6.7 26 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Netherlands, Argentina

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 12

Story: From the moment Máxima Zorreguieta appears at the Dutch crown prince’s side, she finds herself in the spotlight. When Willem-Alexander asks her to marry him, the past catches up with her. Heated discussion erupts about her father’s political career in the Videla regime – a discussion she never faced in her own circles. What allows this Argentine to finally thrive at an old European court? And how can Máxima stay true to herself without giving up her family – or do these things not go together?

Plot: prince, royalty, dark past, thriller

Cast

Emily Hampshire

Iain Glen

Martin Compston

Rochenda Sandall

The Rig (2023) TV Show

6.7 235 votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction

Country: United Kingdom

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 12

Audience: TV-14

Story: When the crew of the Kinloch Bravo find themselves cut off from all communication with the Scottish mainland by a mysterious fog, they must fight to find a way home whilst managing environmental pressures, mounting paranoia and rising tensions. But as the threat facing them reveals itself to be something beyond their wildest imagination, the divided crew must form an alliance to ensure survival.

Plot: supernatural, survival, oil, oil rig , cautionary, terror, earnest, straightforward

Ransom (1996)

6.7 2.1K votes

Genre: Action, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 121 min.

Audience: R

Story: When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.

Plot: ransom, loss of loved one, hostage, yellow press, fbi, baby-snatching, police corruption, terrorism, ...

Patriot Games (1992)

6.7 1.8K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 117 min.

Audience: R

Story: When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.

Plot: assassin, washington dc, usa, based on novel or book, psychopath, repayment, intelligence, northern ireland, ...

Place: ireland

Cast

Marie Bach Hansen

Excel Busano

Danica u0106uru010diu0107

Sara Fanta Traore

Secrets We Keep (2025) TV Show

6.7 117 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: Denmark

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 6

Story: When a neighbor's au pair vanishes from her wealthy suburb, Cecilie seeks answers — and unravels secrets that shatter her seemingly perfect world.

Plot: copenhagen, denmark, au pair, murder, miniseries, missing person, thriller

Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio

Russell Crowe

Golshifteh Farahani

Mark Strong

Body of Lies (2008)

6.6 3.4K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 128 min.

Audience: R

Story: 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.

Plot: dying and death, journalist, based on novel or book, spy, falsely accused, intelligence agency, beating, terrorism, ...

Place: jordan, dubai

Sherlock & Daughter (2025) TV Show

6.6 62 votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Audience: TV-14

Story: Sherlock Holmes faces a sinister case risking friends' lives. American Amelia joins, seeking her father after her mother's murder. Despite differences, they solve a conspiracy and her mother's case.

Plot: detective, murder, thriller

Cast

Jenna Coleman

Oliver Jackson-Cohen

Wilderness (2023) TV Show

6.6 125 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Canada, United Kingdom

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 6

Audience: TV-MA

Story: A dream holiday becomes a nightmare for a young British couple who seemingly have it all, as heartbreak turns into fury and revenge.

Style: chilling

Plot: based on novel or book, husband wife relationship, national park, road trip, revenge, mistress, second chance, extramarital affair, ...

Under Salt Marsh (2026) TV Show

6.6 53 votes

Genre: Crime, Mystery

Country: United Kingdom

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 6

Story: Morfa Halen is a tight-knit Welsh town precariously nestled between towering mountains and a fast-encroaching sea that threatens its very existence. As a once-in-a-generation storm begins to gather far out at sea, former detective turned teacher Jackie Ellis discovers the body of her 8-year-old pupil, Cefin, seemingly drowned.The discovery sends shockwaves through the community, reviving the ghost of an unsolved cold case that rocked the town three years prior - the disappearance of Jackie’s niece, Nessa, which cost her career.

Plot: thriller

Place: wales

Cast

Nikohl Boosheri

Sarah Kazemy

Reza Sixo Safai

Soheil Parsa

Circumstance (2011)

6.6 90 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: France, United States of America

Duration: 107 min.

Story: A wealthy Iranian family struggles to contain a teenager's growing sexual rebellion and her brother's newfound conservatism.

Plot: sexual identity, teheran (tehran), iran, lesbian relationship, male homosexuality, lgbt, woman director, lesbian

Cast

Paloma Kwiatkowski

Munro Chambers

Marlee Matlin

Robert Naylor

Multiverse (2021)

6.6 346 votes

Genre: Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: Canada

Duration: 93 min.

Audience: R

Story: Four brilliant university students are forced to confront themselves in terrifying ways when their Quantum Physics experiment leads to an entangled parallel existence that leaves them questioning who they are and what is real.

Plot: studies, parallel world, quantum physics, thriller, clones

Cast

Gerard Butler

Morgan Freeman

Jada Pinkett Smith

Nick Nolte

Angel Has Fallen (2019)

6.6 3.9K votes

Genre: Action, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 122 min.

Audience: R

Story: After a treacherous attack, Secret Service agent Mike Banning is charged with attempting to assassinate President Trumbull. Chased by his own colleagues and the FBI, Banning begins a race against the clock to clear his name.

Style: intense

Plot: usa president, sequel, secret service, framed for a crime, terrorist plot, assassination attempt, survivalism, u.s. secret service agent, ...

Cast

Josefin Asplund

Alexej Manvelov

Gustav Lindh

Jessica Grabowsky

Top Dog (2020) TV Show

6.6 21 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: Sweden, Germany

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 14

Audience: NR

Story: A mysterious disappearance makes two completely separate worlds collide, creating an extremely odd couple - the lawyer Emily and recently released convict Teddy.

Cast

Geena Davis

Samuel L. Jackson

Patrick Malahide

Craig Bierko

The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)

6.6 1.4K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery

Country: United States of America, Canada

Duration: 121 min.

Audience: R

Story: Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her past, she discovers she used to be a deadly CIA assassin. Teaming up with a wisecracking private investigator, Samantha must return to her old ways to take down the people who tried to erase her.

Plot: martial arts, amnesia, assassination, strong woman, escape, chase, hostage, spy, ...

Cast

Roselyn Su00e1nchez

Jason Cottle

Alex Veadov

Nestor Serrano

Act of Valor (2012)

6.5 1.3K votes

Genre: Action, Thriller, War

Country: United States of America

Duration: 110 min.

Audience: R

Story: When a covert mission to rescue a kidnapped CIA operative uncovers a chilling plot, an elite, highly trained U.S. SEAL team speeds to hotspots around the globe, racing against the clock to stop a deadly terrorist attack.

Plot: navy, submarine, heroism, scuba diving, u.s. navy seal, military life, valor, terrorist plot, ...

The Veil (2024) TV Show

6.5 115 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 6

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Two women play a deadly game of truth and lies on the road from Istanbul to Paris and London. One woman has a secret, the other a mission to reveal it before thousands of lives are lost. In the shadows, mission controllers at the CIA and French DGSE must put differences aside and work together to avert potential disaster.

Plot: paris, france, london, england, central intelligence agency (cia), miniseries, terrorist plot, intelligence officer, ...

Cast

Sandra Bullock

Benjamin Bratt

Heather Burns

Michael Caine

Miss Congeniality (2000)

6.5 4.3K votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime

Country: United States of America

Duration: 110 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: When the local FBI office receives a letter from a terrorist known only as 'The Citizen', it's quickly determined that he's planning his next act at the Miss America beauty pageant. Because tough-as-nails Gracie Hart is the only female Agent at the office, she's chosen to go undercover as the contestant from New Jersey.

Plot: undercover agent, investigation, beauty contest, talent show, fish out of water, terrorism, surveillance, san antonio, ...

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