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Movies that feel like Buried (2010)

If you loved Buried, the closest films we have are Fracture (2007), Fall (2022) and Unstoppable (2010). All three share Buried's tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 5 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Philo, AMC+ Amazon Channel and YouTube TV and others, checked against today's data.

As an American civilian truck driver working in Iraq, Paul Conroy's convoy is attacked by a group of Iraqi insurgents. Some time later, Paul awakes in a coffin with only a lighter, a cell phone, and his ever-growing anxiety. Faced with a dwindling oxygen supply and a dying battery, he must fight panic, despair, and delirium as he races against time to escape the claustrophobic death trap.

🍅 87% Rotten Tomatoes7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Rodrigo Cortéstense

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Fracture
2007 · dir. Gregory Hoblit
🍅 72%7.2thriller

Tense thriller in both cases

A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse is played out, each must manipulate and outwit the other.

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Fall
2022 · dir. Scott Mann
🍅 79%6.4thriller

Both trade on tension more than on being thriller

For best friends Becky and Hunter, life is all about conquering fears and pushing limits. But after they climb 2,000 feet to the top of a remote, abandoned radio tower, they find themselves stranded with no way down. Now Becky and Hunter's expert climbing skills will be put to the ultimate test as they desperately fight to survive the elements, a lack of supplies, and vertigo-inducing heights.

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Unstoppable
2010 · dir. Tony Scott
🍅 87%6.8action · thriller

Race against time sits at the heart of each

The difference: Leans action where Buried does not

When a massive, unmanned locomotive roars out of control, the threat is more ominous than just a derailment. The train is laden with toxic chemicals, and an accident would decimate human life and cause an environmental disaster. The only hope of bringing the train to a safe stop is in the hands of veteran engineer Frank Barnes, and young conductor Will Colson, who must risk their lives to save those in the runaway's path. Inspired by true events.

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Zero Dark Thirty
2012 · dir. Kathryn Bigelow
🍅 91%7.4thriller · drama

The same preoccupation in both: iraq

The difference: Plays it as drama more than Buried does

A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.

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Live Free or Die Hard
2007 · dir. Len Wiseman
🍅 82%7.1action · thriller

Tense thriller, and it commits to that

John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer infrastructure.

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Taken
2008 · dir. Pierre Morel
🍅 60%7.7action · thriller

The same thriller instincts

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim. After reluctantly agreeing with his ex-wife to let Kim go to Paris on vacation with a friend, his worst nightmare comes true. While on the phone with his daughter shortly after she arrives in Paris, she and her friend are abducted by a gang of human traffickers. Working against the clock, Bryan relies on his extensive training and skills to track down the ruthless gang that abducted her and launch a one-man war to rescue his daughter.

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The Da Vinci Code
2006 · dir. Ron Howard
🍅 25%6.6thriller · mystery

Cut from the same thriller cloth

A murder in Paris’ Louvre Museum and cryptic clues in some of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery. For 2,000 years a secret society closely guards information that — should it come to light — could rock the very foundations of Christianity.

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The Bourne Legacy
2012 · dir. Tony Gilroy
🍅 56%6.6action · thriller

Thriller approached the same way

New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.

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Hard Candy
2006 · dir. David Slade
🍅 67%7drama · thriller

Both are thriller through and through

Hayley’s a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff’s a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff’s place. Jeff thinks it’s his lucky night. He’s in for a surprise.

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Safe House
2012 · dir. Daniel Espinosa
🍅 52%6.7action · thriller

Both are thriller through and through

A dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them dead.

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Escape Plan
2013 · dir. Mikael Håfström
🍅 50%6.7action · thriller

Both are thriller through and through

Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival skills so he can design escape-proof prisons, his skills are put to the test. He's framed and incarcerated in a master prison he designed himself. He needs to escape and find the person who put him behind bars.

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Locke
2014 · dir. Steven Knight
🍅 91%7.1drama · thriller

Both are thriller through and through

Ivan Locke has worked hard to craft a good life for himself. Tonight, that life will collapse around him. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, Ivan receives a phone call that sets in motion a series of events that will unravel his family, job, and soul.

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