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Movies: Best "rescue operation" Movies


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San Andreas(2015)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 54min | Action, Drama, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 4,050 votes)

In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter.

Land of Bad(2024)

1h 50min | Action, Thriller, War
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

When 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 weapons and no communication other than the drone above, the ground mission suddenly becomes a full-scale battle when the team is discovered by the enemy.

Black Hawk Down(2001)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 25min | Action, History, War
3.7/5 (with 2,485 votes)

When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.

Extraction(2015)

1h 23min | Action, Thriller
2.3/5 (with 163 votes)

When a former CIA operative is kidnapped by a group of terrorists, his son learns there is no plan for his father to be saved—so he launches his own rescue operation.

Raid on Entebbe(1976)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 25min | Drama, Thriller, TV Movie, History
3.0/5 (with 24 votes)

Based on a true Military operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the PFLP. The plane has about 100 Jewish passengers. The plane is grounded in Uganda. Israelis would not negotiate. The movie then shows how less than 500 soldiers actually flew so far and rescued the passengers in one of the most successful Military operations in history. The only casualty for Israeli soldiers was Lt. Col. Jonathan "Yoni" Netanyahu..

Breakout(1975)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 36min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 36 votes)

A bush pilot is hired for $250,000 to go to Mexico to free an innocent prisoner.

The Red Tent(1969)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 38min | Action, Adventure, Drama
3.1/5 (with 20 votes)

Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.

Let's Get Harry(1986)

1h 42min | Action
3.2/5 (with 19 votes)

Harry Burck has been kidnapped by South American terrorists, and when the US Government refuses to intervene, Harry's friends decide to take matters into their own hands!

Escape(1940)

1h 38min | Drama, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 5 votes)

An American goes to Germany to find his mother and discovers her in a concentration camp. With the help of an American-born widowed countess he seeks to engineer her escape.

Burke & Wills(1985)

2h 20min | History, Adventure, Drama
2.6/5 (with 3 votes)

A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.

Code Name: Cougar(1989)

1h 16min | Drama, Thriller
2.5/5 (with 4 votes)

A commercial airliner on a routine flight between Taipei and Seoul is hijacked and taken to mainland China by the Taiwan Revolutionary Army Front. Chinese authorities cannot seize the plane because of the presence of an important business figure on board, but agree to cooperate with Taiwanese authorities to defuse the tense situation.

Directed by Zhang Yimou, Yang Fengliang - With Gong Li