Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "aid-worker"

1. The King's Man (2021)

R | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

In the early years of the 20th century, the Kingsman agency is formed to stand against a cabal plotting a war to wipe out millions.

Director: Matthew Vaughn | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans, Harris Dickinson

Votes: 173,727 | Gross: $37.18M

2. Black Panther (2018)

PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

T'Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past.

Director: Ryan Coogler | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira

Votes: 838,016 | Gross: $700.06M

3. Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

PG-13 | 147 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong.

Director: Christopher McQuarrie | Stars: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg

Votes: 378,352 | Gross: $220.16M

4. Captain America: Civil War (2016)

PG-13 | 147 min | Action, Sci-Fi

Political involvement in the Avengers' affairs causes a rift between Captain America and Iron Man.

Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo | Stars: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan

Votes: 850,611 | Gross: $408.08M

5. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)

PG-13 | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Katniss and a team of rebels from District 13 prepare for the final battle that will decide the fate of Panem.

Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson

Votes: 373,593 | Gross: $281.72M

6. 6 Underground (2019)

R | 128 min | Action, Thriller

Six individuals from all around the globe, each the very best at what they do, have been chosen not only for their skill, but for a unique desire to delete their pasts to change the future.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Mélanie Laurent, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Ben Hardy

Votes: 196,654

7. Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)

R | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Bishop's most formidable foe kidnaps the love of his life in order to make him complete three impossible assassinations and make them look like accidents.

Director: Dennis Gansel | Stars: Jason Statham, Jessica Alba, Tommy Lee Jones, Michelle Yeoh

Votes: 93,389 | Gross: $21.22M

8. Street Fighter (1994)

PG-13 | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

In the midst of a civil war in South East Asia, a general intensifies the climate of violence by kidnapping 63 UN delegates. To free the hostages, a colonel leads a group of fighters, who will have to use all their skills to be successful.

Director: Steven E. de Souza | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia, Ming-Na Wen, Damian Chapa

Votes: 75,325 | Gross: $33.42M

9. Robin Hood (2018)

PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A war-hardened Crusader and his Moorish commander mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown.

Director: Otto Bathurst | Stars: Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx, Ben Mendelsohn, Eve Hewson

Votes: 79,530 | Gross: $30.82M

10. Spy Game (2001)

R | 126 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Retiring CIA agent Nathan Muir recalls his training of Tom Bishop while working against agency politics to free him from his Chinese captors.

Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack, Stephen Dillane

Votes: 167,144 | Gross: $0.03M

11. The Purge: Election Year (2016)

R | 108 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Former Police Sergeant Barnes becomes head of security for Senator Charlie Roan, a Presidential candidate targeted for death on Purge night due to her vow to eliminate the Purge.

Director: James DeMonaco | Stars: Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mykelti Williamson, J.J. Soria

Votes: 110,119 | Gross: $79.21M

12. Gringo (2018)

R | 111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

GRINGO, a dark comedy mixed with white-knuckle action and dramatic intrigue, explores the battle of survival for businessman Harold Soyinka (David Oyelowo) when he finds himself crossing the line from law-abiding citizen to wanted criminal.

Director: Nash Edgerton | Stars: Joel Edgerton, Charlize Theron, David Oyelowo, Thandiwe Newton

Votes: 32,168 | Gross: $4.97M

13. Revolt (2017)

R | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

In the war-ravaged Kenyan countryside, a U.S. soldier (Lee Pace) and a French foreign aid worker (Berenice Marlohe) team up to survive an alien onslaught.

Director: Joe Miale | Stars: Lee Pace, Bérénice Marlohe, Jason Flemyng, Sibulele Gcilitshana

Votes: 10,279

14. Dragonfly (2002)

PG-13 | 104 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

A grieving doctor is being contacted by his deceased wife through his patients' near death experiences.

Director: Tom Shadyac | Stars: Kevin Costner, Susanna Thompson, Joe Morton, Ron Rifkin

Votes: 39,968 | Gross: $30.32M

15. Air America (1990)

R | 113 min | Action, Comedy, War

A young pilot finds himself recruited unwittingly into a covert and corrupt CIA airlift operation in Laos during the Vietnam conflict.

Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr., Nancy Travis, Ken Jenkins

Votes: 30,554 | Gross: $31.05M

16. A Perfect Day (I) (2015)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, War

A group of aid workers work to resolve a crisis in an armed conflict zone.

Director: Fernando León de Aranoa | Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Tim Robbins, Olga Kurylenko, Mélanie Thierry

Votes: 23,541

17. Irresistible (2006)

R | 103 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A wife and mother is consumed by the thought that her husband's co-worker is trying to win him away from her and their family.

Director: Ann Turner | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Sam Neill, Emily Blunt, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell

Votes: 6,632

18. Captifs (2010)

Not Rated | 84 min | Horror, Thriller

A group of medical aid workers in Kosovo are kidnapped by a Serbian gang of organ traffickers.

Director: Yann Gozlan | Stars: Zoé Félix, Eric Savin, Arié Elmaleh, Ivan Franek

Votes: 2,370

19. Unicornio (2014)

Not Rated | 31 min | Short, Drama, Romance

A young German/Bolivian Mennonite risks his life to escape his strict religious Community to find love and freedom in the city.

Director: Rodrigo Bellott | Stars: Doug Porter, Eric Robles, Lorena Sugier, Arturo Lora

Votes: 103

20. Ya bon les blancs (1988)

95 min | Comedy, Drama

The humanitarian aid expedition "Angeles Azules" (Blue Angels), comprising twelve Europeans and six trucks loaded with provisions to alleviate hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa, advances across ... See full summary »

Director: Marco Ferreri | Stars: Maruschka Detmers, Michele Placido, Juan Diego, Evelyne Pieiller

Votes: 205

21. Rosa Morena (2010)

90 min | Drama

The story of one man's journey from Denmark to Brazil to get a child.

Director: Carlos Augusto de Oliveira | Stars: Anders W. Berthelsen, Bárbara Garcia, David Dencik, Vivianne Pasmanter

Votes: 349

22. Monsoon Tide (2018)

TV-14 | 97 min | Drama

An aid worker re-visits the land of her birth, India, in the wake of the 2004 tsunami. There she finds out the real reason why she had to leave that country as a young child.

Directors: Stephen Croson, Nick Fletcher | Stars: Ben Richards, Rebecca Grant, Kasia Mount, Rez Kempton

Votes: 28

23. Äiti pelastaa maailman ja tulee sitten kotiin (2007)

27 min | Documentary, Short

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Director: Aino Halonen

24. Soldier Soldier (1991–1997)
Episode: Baptism of Fire (1995)

TV-14 | 50 min | Drama

The men find themselves helping to rescue hostages in the African state of Mokindi. Paul and Sadie are reunited but have to decide whether an army romance is for them.

Director: Alan Grint | Stars: Robson Green, Danny Cunningham, Richard Dillane, Ben Nealon

Votes: 11

25. Soldier Soldier (1991–1997)
Episode: Leaving (1995)

TV-14 | 50 min | Drama

Paddy Garvey struggles to tell Dave Tucker his news until it's too late whilst Dave tries to woo back Donna. Complications during a live firing exercise results in a secret coming up to the surface.

Director: Michael Brayshaw | Stars: Jerome Flynn, Holly Aird, Robson Green, Rosie Rowell

Votes: 15

26. And Live (2019– )
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2019)

Drama, Romance

The short-lived couple are separated. While one lives in The Philippines the other is in Japan and working a new job to make money. The woman is hiding major news from her former boyfriend ... See full summary »

Director: Shô Tsukikawa | Stars: Kasumi Arimura, Kentarô Sakaguchi, Kang Ji-young, Amane Okayama

27. Death on the Beach (2022– )
Episode: Sri Lanka: Death at the Beach (2022)

TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime

On Christmas Day 2011, aid worker Khuram Shaikh from Rochdale was on holiday in Sri Lanka when he broke up a fight in a bar. His selfless act would end in murder.

Directors: Amith Kalubowila, Basilio Longo, Priyantha Malawige | Star: Anna Maxwell Martin

Votes: 8

28. The Record with Greta Van Susteren (2022– )
Episode: Episode dated 8 July 2022 (2022)

News

Greta travels with charity organization Samaritan's Purse to a center for Ukrainian refugees in Poland.

Stars: Greta Van Susteren, Edward Graham, Ken Isaacs

29. Team Bachstad (2012– )
Episode: Episode #9.6 (2022)

35 min | Documentary, Comedy

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Directors: Øystein Bache, Rune Gokstad | Stars: Øystein Bache, Rune Gokstad

30. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Gestern ist nie vorbei (2013)

Crime, Drama

Stefan Witt, who has been sentenced for the kidnapping of Andreas Kroesinger, escaped from prison during a transfer to a medical center for medical examination.An ambulance arrives before ... See full summary »

Director: Ulrich Zrenner | Stars: Jan-Gregor Kremp, Michael Ande, Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss, Markus Böttcher

Votes: 16

31. The Transporter (2012–2014)
Episode: Beacon of Hope (2014)

TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime

Frank and Cat go on a mission to rescue Zac Preston, a wounded aid worker.

Director: Erik Canuel | Stars: Chris Vance, Violante Placido, Affif Ben Badra, Andrew Bicknell

Votes: 114

32. Jack Ryan (2018–2023)
Episode: The Wolf (2018)

TV-MA | 43 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

As Jack and Cathy grow closer, Jack's double-life is put to the test. A show of force from Suleiman adds to his ranks and brings him one step closer to his next attack.

Director: Daniel Sackheim | Stars: John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, Abbie Cornish, Ali Suliman

Votes: 4,068

33. Team Bachstad (2012– )
Episode: Team Bachstad I Indokina 1:7 (2017)

30 min | Documentary, Comedy

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Directors: Øystein Bache, Rune Gokstad | Stars: Øystein Bache, Rune Gokstad

34. First Dates (2013– )
Episode: Episode #9.10 (2017)

47 min | Reality-TV, Romance

Will Mods Neil and Eileen ride off into the sunset together? Fire-breathing podium dancer Khloe meets former club promoter Rick. Ecologist Andrew meets aid worker Charlotte.

Director: Dave Symmons | Stars: Brian Protheroe, Fred Sirieix

Votes: 7