20 movies like Live Wire, ordered by similarity : Hidden Assassin(1995), Mission: Impossible -- Fallout(2018), Face/Off(1997), Assassination(1987), Avalanche Express(1979), Breach(2007), The Assassination Bureau(1969), Holiday(2014), Die Hard 2(1990), Tiger Zinda Hai(2017), Déjà Vu(2006), Star Trek(2009) ...
Action
USA
1992
85 Minutes
fbi agent senator wife terrorist victim engaging suspenseful washington, d.c. mansion assassination plot terrorism explosion politics investigation infidelity discovery mystery 1990s
After A US senator is killed, A Bomb Disposal Expert is brought in to investigate the deadly explosive and must uncover the terrorists plan.
Action
Czech Republic|UK|France|Spain
1995
89 Minutes
Dolph Lundgren Maruschka Detmers Assumpta Serna Gavan O'Herlihy John Ashton Simón Andreu Pablo Scola Petr Drozda
ambassador us marshal cuban murder victim assassin czech tense thrilling suspenseful patriotic confident united states mysterious deaths assassination investigation rivalry politics adventure discovery pursuit
A CIA agent gets caught up in political intrigue after he gets brought in to solve the murder of a Cuban ambassador.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Adventure
USA|China|France|Norway|UK
2018
147 Minutes
Tom Cruise Henry Cavill Ving Rhames Simon Pegg Rebecca Ferguson Sean Harris Angela Bassett Michelle Monaghan Alec Baldwin Vanessa Kirby Wes Bentley
cia agent assassin secret agent spy arms dealer terrorist thrilling suspenseful tense gripping helicopter truck cliff basement base camp italy weapons terrorism undercover operations secret mission
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong.
Action
USA
1997
138 Minutes
John Travolta Nicolas Cage Joan Allen Alessandro Nivola Gina Gershon Dominique Swain Nick Cassavetes Harve Presnell Colm Feore John Carroll Lynch CCH Pounder
fbi agent terrorist pilot suspenseful offbeat los angeles airplane hideout bomb terrorism plastic surgery pursuit mystery metamorphosis 1990s
In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind, who murdered his only son. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.
Action
USA
1987
88 Minutes
Charles Bronson Jill Ireland Michael Ansara Stephen Elliott Jan Gan Boyd Randy Brooks James Staley Kathryn Leigh Scott Erik Stern
bodyguard president first lady wife assassin woman charming playful thrilling suspenseful intense shocking united states washington, d.c. white house assassination crime investigation relationships fake marriage
A presidential bodyguard is assigned to protect an objecting first lady, as repeated attempts are made on her life.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
Ireland|USA
1979
88 Minutes
Robert Shaw Lee Marvin Linda Evans Maximilian Schell Joe Namath Horst Buchholz Michael Connors Claudio Cassinelli Kristina Nel David Hess Günter Meisner
russian russian general cia agent agent spy kgb agent thrilling engaging suspenseful gripping milan milan, italy train swiss alps plot disaster dangerous mission spying natural disasters terror
Soviet KGB General Marenkov defects to the Americans and together with his CIA handler Harry Wargrave they plan an operation meant to reveal the KGB agents in Europe.
Drama, Action, Biography, Mystery & Thriller, Crime
USA
2007
110 Minutes
Chris Cooper Ryan Phillippe Laura Linney Dennis Haysbert Gary Cole Bruce Davison Mary Jo Deschanel Clare Stone Jonathan Watton Catherine Burdon Aaron Abrams
spy fbi agent boss wife enemy suspenseful household office elevator washington, d.c. espionage computers investigation surveillance deception mystery fall 2000s
FBI upstart Eric O'Neill enters into a power game with his boss, Robert Hanssen, an agent who was put on trial for selling secrets to the Soviet Union.
Comedy, Action, Adventure
UK
1969
110 Minutes
Oliver Reed Diana Rigg Telly Savalas Curt Jurgens Philippe Noiret Warren Mitchell Beryl Reid Clive Revill Kenneth Griffith Vernon Dobtcheff Annabella Incontrera
assassin journalist amateur sleuth boss thrilling suspenseful amusing intricate europe street city mansion bedroom assassination secret society morality corruption investigation hidden agenda pursuit
A woman causes a group of assassins to face their greatest challenge.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
India
2014
161 Minutes
Akshay Kumar Sonakshi Sinha Govinda Dipendra Sharma Anchal Singh Sumeet Raghvan Freddy Daruwala Chirag Sethi Aashin A. Shah
man secret agent terrorist military officer enemy suspenseful thrilling shocking brooding gory brutal bus mumbai, india terrorism bomb explosion adventure discovery revenge pursuit
A military officer uses his intellect and fighting skills to hunt and knock down a terrorist aiming to rip apart Mumbai via the sleeper cells under his command.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
1990
124 Minutes
Bruce Willis Bonnie Bedelia William Atherton Reginald VelJohnson Franco Nero William Sadler John Amos Dennis Franz Art Evans Fred Dalton Thompson Tom Bower
detective wife terrorist general thrilling suspenseful washington dulles international airport airplane church virginia terrorism love aviation politics heroism christmas love underdog rescue pursuit
John McClane attempts to avert disaster as rogue military operatives seize control of Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Adventure
India
2017
165 Minutes
Salman Khan Katrina Kaif Paresh Rawal Angad Bedi Jay-Jay Botha Erdal Besikçioglu Zachary Coffin Najmeddin AlHadad Pradeep Rawat Casey Shannon Kumud Mishra
spy agent terrorist nurse thrilling confident engaging suspenseful iraq austria hospital terrorism rescue abduction husband/wife relationship rescue pursuit quest adventure 21st century
When a group of Indian and Pakistani nurses are held hostage in Iraq by a terrorist organization, a secret agent is drawn out of hiding to rescue them.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|UK
2006
128 Minutes
Denzel Washington Val Kilmer Jim Caviezel Paula Patton Adam Goldberg Bruce Greenwood Elle Fanning Matt Craven Patt Noday Mark Phinney Enrique Castillo
fbi agent terrorist love interest police officer murder victim surveillance expert suspenseful tense new orleans ferry shack hospital city mississippi river crime love death terrorism deja vu bomb
After a ferry is bombed in New Orleans, an A.T.F. agent joins a unique investigation using experimental surveillance technology to find the bomber, but soon finds himself becoming obsessed with one of the victims.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA|Germany
2009
126 Minutes
Chris Pine Zachary Quinto Leonard Nimoy Eric Bana Bruce Greenwood Karl Urban Zoe Saldana Simon Pegg John Cho Anton Yelchin Ben Cross
captain kirk spock cadet friend father alien spirited engaging intricate rousing thrilling amusing space earth spaceship starship enterprise alien planet black hole exploration mystery
The brash James T. Kirk tries to live up to his father's legacy with Mr. Spock keeping him in check as a vengeful Romulan from the future creates black holes to destroy the Federation one planet at a time.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
2017
92 Minutes
Violetta Schurawlow Tobias Moretti Robert Palfrader Sammy Sheik Friedrich von Thun Murathan Muslu Nursel Köse Ercan Kesal Verena Altenberger Susanne Gschwendtner Edis König
taxi driver young woman turkish woman killer murder victim investigator engaging thrilling bleak suspenseful intense emotional taxi vienna street murder danger suspicion fear murder case
Crime, Drama, Action
2004
171 Minutes
Kay Kay Menon Aditya Shrivatsava Pavan Malhotra Dibyendu Bhattacharya Kishore Kadam Gajraj Rao Zakir Hussain Pankaj Jha Vijay Maurya
police officer terrorist witness investigator prisoner police chief brutal dense fascinating gritty mumbai, india stock exchange street bus office restaurant terrorism torture investigation conspiracy
In March 1993, Islamic militants execute a series of devastating bomb blasts that rocks Mumbai, India, and kills more than 300 people.
Sci-Fi, Action
UK
2016
90 Minutes
Max Deacon Morfydd Clark Ali Cook Parker Sawyers Tom Benedict Knight Adriana Randall Boris Ler Christopher Obi Dino Fazzani Greg Kolpakchi
gamer man contestant terrorist fighter soldier brutal creative gripping playful intense suspenseful virtual world computer world war zone fight to the death game virtual reality computers terror
A group of online gamers are invited to try a state-of-the-art virtual reality video game but things take a turn for the sinister when these masters of the shoot 'em up discover they will literally be fighting for their lives.
Action
Israel|USA
1991
109 Minutes
Michael Paré Lorenzo Lamas Jennifer Runyon Gabi Amrani Menahem Eini Alon Moni Aboutboul Rafi Tabor Itzak Atzmon
twin brother government official marine terrorist secretary thrilling suspenseful beirut lebanon embassy secret headquarters hotel taxicab military secrets hostage situation investigation uncontrollable technology kidnapping terrorism
When his twin brother is reported killed in a Beirut car explosion, a man turns the war-torn city upside-down in search of the truth.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|UK
2007
129 Minutes
Bruce Willis Justin Long Timothy Olyphant Cliff Curtis Maggie Q Mary Elizabeth Winstead Kevin Smith Cyril Raffaelli Yancey Arias Christina Chang Yorgo Constantine
cop hacker villain terrorist assassin henchman thrilling intense washington, d.c. woodlawn, md. computers technology crime terrorism quest mystery pursuit revenge 2000s
John McClane and a young hacker join forces to take down master cyber-terrorist Thomas Gabriel in Washington D.C.
Action
USA
1999
95 Minutes
Dolph Lundgren Mystro Clark Jon Maynard Pennell Robert Miano Yvonne Zima Kylie Bax
pilot co-pilot friend general wife fbi agent suspenseful rousing intense washington, d.c. jet jail cell blackmail false accusations kidnapping family politics military technology rescue
A renegade general (Robert Miano) plots to bomb Washington using a new top secret jet called the Storm Catcher. The only trouble is only one man (Dolph Lundgren) is capable of flying it. So... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
India
2015
159 Minutes
Akshay Kumar Anupam Kher Tapsee Pannu Danny Denzongpa Kay Kay Menon Rana Daggubati Sushant Singh Rasheed Naz
intelligence officer agent terrorist traitor spy police chief brash confident frenetic gripping gritty intricate patriotic suspenseful thrilling pakistan india turkey terrorism prevention espionage
An elite counter-intelligence unit learns of a plot, masterminded by a maniacal madman. With the clock ticking, it's up to them to track the terrorists' international tentacles and prevent them from striking at the heart of India.
Action, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Mexico
2008
89 Minutes
Dennis Quaid Matthew Fox Forest Whitaker Sigourney Weaver William Hurt Edgar Ramírez Ayelet Zurer Eduardo Noriega Saïd Taghmaoui
president witness mayor reporter secret service agent tourist suspenseful frenetic fascinating spain newsroom hotel room limousine stage assassination espionage conspiracy truth investigation terrorism
The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives.