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Movies that feel like Body of Lies (2008)

If you loved Body of Lies, the closest films we have are Cell 211 (2009), Merantau (2009) and Don (2006). All three share Body of Lies' kinetic and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.

The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – watches Ferris. At the other end of that real-time link is the CIA’s Ed Hoffman, strategizing events from thousands of miles away. And as Ferris nears the target, he discovers trust can be just as dangerous as it is necessary for survival.

🍅 55% Rotten Tomatoes7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Ridley Scottkineticcontemplativetense

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Cell 211
2009 · dir. Daniel Monzón
🍅 98%7.6action · thriller · drama

The same mix in both: momentum, then stillness

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.

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Merantau
2009 · dir. Gareth Evans
6.7action · drama · thriller

Action built on tension, twice over

In Minangkabau, West Sumatera, Yuda a skilled practitioner of Silat Harimau is in the final preparations to begin his "Merantau" a century's old rites-of-passage to be carried out by the community's young men that will see him leave the comforts of his idyllic farming village and make a name for himself in the bustling city of Jakarta.

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Don
2006 · dir. Farhan Akhtar
7.2action · drama · thriller

Kinetic drama in both cases

DCP DeSilva sees a way to bring to justice the feared head of a criminal empire by recruiting a man named Vijay, who looks exactly like the crime boss. The ruse works too well, and soon Vijay finds his life in danger when DeSilva, the only one who knows his true identity, dies.

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Hitman
2007 · dir. Xavier Gens
6.2action · thriller · drama

Contemplative thriller, and it commits to that

A genetically engineered assassin with deadly aim, known only as "Agent 47" eliminates strategic targets for a top-secret organization. But when he's double-crossed, the hunter becomes the prey as 47 finds himself in a life-or-death game of international intrigue.

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Haywire
2011 · dir. Steven Soderbergh
🍅 80%5.8action · thriller · drama

Action with a pulse of tension, in both cases

A black ops soldier seeks payback after she is betrayed and left for dead.

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Captain Phillips
2013 · dir. Paul Greengrass
🍅 93%7.8action · drama · thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: terrorism

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

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Run Lola Run
1998 · dir. Tom Tykwer
🍅 93%7.6action · drama · thriller

Both lean on momentum more than on drama

Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola's run.

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Furie
2019 · dir. Le Van Kiet
🍅 95%6.3action · drama · thriller

Thriller built on stillness, twice over

When a little girl is kidnapped by a trafficking ring, they soon find they messed with the wrong child. Her mother, a notorious former gang leader, is close on their trail and will go to any lengths to bring her child home.

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Undisputed III: Redemption
2010 · dir. Isaac Florentine
7.4action · thriller · crime

Common ground: beating

The difference: Leans harder into crime than Body of Lies does

Russian inmate Boyka, now severely hobbled by the knee injury suffered at the end of Undisputed 2. No longer the feared prison fighter he was, he has declined so far that he is now good only for cleaning toilets. But when a new prison fight tournament begins - an international affair, matching the best fighters from prisons around the globe, enticing them with the promise of freedom for the winner - Boyka must reclaim his dignity and fight for his position in the tournament.

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True Lies
1994 · dir. James Cameron
🍅 77%7.3action · thriller

Both are built on the same subject: spy

The difference: None of the stillness Body of Lies is built on

A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.

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Road House
2024 · dir. Doug Liman
6.2action · thriller · drama

Tense action in both cases

Ex-UFC fighter Dalton takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse, only to discover that this paradise is not all it seems.

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Air Force One
1997 · dir. Wolfgang Petersen
🍅 78%6.5action · thriller

The same preoccupation in both: journalist

When Russian neo-nationalists hijack Air Force One, the world's most secure and extraordinary aircraft, the President is faced with a nearly impossible decision to give in to terrorist demands or sacrifice not only the country's dignity, but the lives of his wife and daughter.

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