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Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is assigned to intercept the plane and hijackers.
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United 93
Film · 2006 · also drama and thrillerA real-time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist...
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The Delta Force
Film · 1986 · also action and thrillerA 707 aircraft jetliner, en route from Athens to Rome and then to New York City, is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists, who demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What t...
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Inside Man: Most Wanted
Film · 2019 · also action and thrillerAn NYPD hostage negotiator teams up with a federal agent to rescue dozens of tourists held hostage during a 10-hour seige at the U.S. Federal Reserve.
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Hostage
Film · 2005 · also action and thrillerWhen a mafia accountant is taken hostage on his beat, a police officer – wracked by guilt from a prior stint as a negotiator – must negotiate the standoff, even as his ow...
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Swordfish
Film · 2001 · also action and thrillerRogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account. He wants the cash to fight terrorism,...
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Dirty Angels
Film · 2024 · also drama and thrillerDuring the United States' 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, a group of female soldiers posing as medical relief are sent back in to rescue a group of kidnapped teenagers...
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Rampage: Capital Punishment
Film · 2014 · also action and thrillerA man takes over a TV station and holds a number of hostages as a political platform to awaken humanity, instead of money.
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Valiant One
Film · 2025 · also action and thrillerWith tensions between North and South Korea, a US helicopter crashes on the North side. The survivors must work together to protect a civilian tech specialist and find th...
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Cleaner
Film · 2025 · also action and thrillerWhen a group of radical activists take over an energy company's annual gala, seizing 300 hostages, an ex-soldier turned window cleaner suspended 50 storeys up on the outs...
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Land of Bad
Film · 2024 · also action and thrillerWhen a Delta Force special ops mission goes terribly wrong, Air Force drone pilot Reaper has 48 hours to remedy what has devolved into a wild rescue operation. With no we...
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