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Movies that feel like Ashfall (2019)

If you loved Ashfall, the closest films we have are Pathaan (2023), Cold Eyes (2013) and The Wolf's Call (2019). All three share Ashfall's kinetic and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Hulu and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

A group of unlikely heroes from across the Korean peninsula try to save the day after a volcano erupts on the mythical and majestic Baekdu Mountain.

πŸ… 70% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.2 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Kim Byung-seokineticepictense
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If Ashfall hit the spot, these will too

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Pathaan
2023 Β· dir. Siddharth Anand
πŸ… 85%β˜… 5.8action Β· adventure Β· thriller

Both land momentum and scale at once

A soldier caught by enemies and presumed dead comes back to complete his mission, accompanied by old companions and foes.

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Cold Eyes
2013 Β· dir. Kim Byung-seo
β˜… 7.1crime Β· action Β· thriller

Kim Byung-seo directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: None of the scale Ashfall is built on

Ha Yoon-ju becomes the newest member of a unit within the Korean Police Forces Special Crime Department that specializes in surveillance activities on high-profile criminals. She teams up with Hwang Sang-jun, the veteran leader of the unit, and tries to track down James who is the cold-hearted leader of an armed criminal organization.

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The Wolf's Call
2019 Β· dir. Antonin Baudry
β˜… 6.9thriller Β· action Β· adventure

Tense action in both cases

Shown from the perspective of a young submariner with unusually sensitive hearing and uncannily precise sound recognition. The fate of many often depends on his ability, and one time, whilst highly stressed, he makes a incorrect call which put his entire crew in mortal danger. Trying to regain the confidence of his comrades, he conducts an unauthorised investigation of an apparent plot which, it turns out, risks escalating into a nuclear apocalypse. Suddenly working under pressure with the fleet admiral, they must do whatever is necessary, even the unthinkable, to prevent a nuclear war, since a confirmed nuclear strike order cannot be countermanded.

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Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
2010 Β· dir. Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
πŸ… 47%β˜… 6.2drama Β· action Β· history

Thriller built on momentum, twice over

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Ashfall does

The Japanese forces occupy Shanghai and slowly start spreading terror in the city. Chen Zhen, who was presumed dead, returns to fight against the Japanese and put an end to their tyrannical rule.

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Anna
2019 Β· dir. Luc Besson
πŸ… 33%β˜… 6.7action Β· adventure Β· thriller

Adventure with a pulse of scale, in both cases

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.

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Kung Fu Jungle
2014 Β· dir. Teddy Chan Tak-Sam
πŸ… 74%β˜… 6.4action Β· thriller Β· crime

Both lean on tension more than on action

A martial arts instructor working at a police academy gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return for his freedom.

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Major Grom: Plague Doctor
2021 Β· dir. Oleg Trofim
β˜… 6.3action Β· adventure

Kinetic adventure, and it commits to that

The difference: Not nearly as tense as Ashfall

In present day St. Petersburg, police major Igor Grom, an honest and skilled cop with unconventional methods, pursues a vigilante murderer in the mask of a plague doctor.

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Bleeding Steel
2017 Β· dir. Leo Zhang
πŸ… 24%β˜… 5.2science fiction Β· action Β· adventure

Epic thriller, and it commits to that

A hardened special forces agent fights to protect a young woman from a sinister criminal gang. At the same time, he feels a special connection to the young woman, like they have met in a different life.

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Darkland: The Return
2023 Β· dir. Fenar Ahmad
β˜… 6.3thriller Β· action

Action built on tension, twice over

Seven years ago, Zaid went to war against the Copenhagen underworld to avenge his dead brother. His identity as a respected doctor of cardiology and life as a family man is but a fading dream, and in prison Zaid suffers the loss of his son Noah, whom he barely knows. When a police agent approaches Zaid and offers him a deal to be released in exchange for infiltrating the Copenhagen underworld, he sees his chance to reclaim the remnants of the family life he left behind. But everything has a price, and Zaid realizes that he has now seriously endangered his son's life. After all, once you become part of the underworld, is there any way out?

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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025 Β· dir. Christopher McQuarrie
πŸ… 80%β˜… 7.1action Β· thriller Β· adventure

Adventure in the same key

Ethan Hunt and team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity β€” which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe β€” with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Hunt's past on their trail. Joined by new allies and armed with the means to shut the Entity down for good, Hunt is in a race against time to prevent the world as we know it from changing forever.

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The King's Man
2021 Β· dir. Matthew Vaughn
πŸ… 41%β˜… 6.3action Β· adventure Β· thriller

Both know what they want from thriller

As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them.

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Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days
2018 Β· dir. Kim Yong-hwa
πŸ… 44%β˜… 7.1action Β· adventure Β· fantasy

Action of the same temperament

As the deceased soul Ja-hong and his three afterlife guardians prepare for their remaining trials for reincarnation, the guardians soon come face to face with the truth of their tragic time on Earth 1,000 years earlier.

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