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Movies that feel like Cell 211 (2009)

If you loved Cell 211, the closest films we have are Captain Phillips (2013), Merantau (2009) and The Fugitive (1993). All three share Cell 211'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 Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel, Philo and Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

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.

🍅 98% Rotten Tomatoes7.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Daniel Monzónkinetictensecontemplative

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

Kinetic and tense in the same breath

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

Both trade on stillness more than on being action

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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The Fugitive
1993 · dir. Andrew Davis
🍅 96%7.8action · thriller · drama

Flashback sits at the heart of each

Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear his name.

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San Andreas
2015 · dir. Brad Peyton
🍅 48%6.1action · drama · thriller

Thriller with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

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.

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

Tense drama in both cases

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

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

Contemplative action, and it commits to that

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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First Blood
1982 · dir. Ted Kotcheff
🍅 86%7.7action · thriller · drama

Thriller built on momentum, twice over

The difference: 27 years apart, and the 1980s show

When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.

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Bloodsport
1988 · dir. Newt Arnold
🍅 48%6.8action · thriller · drama

Tense drama in both cases

An American Army Major goes AWOL to Hong Kong for an outlawed martial arts contest called the Kumite.

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Kickboxer
1989 · dir. Mark DiSalle
🍅 36%6.4action · thriller · drama

Contemplative action in both cases

If your enemy refuses to be humbled... Destroy him. Accompanied by his brother Kurt, American kickboxing champion Eric Sloane, arrives in Thailand to defeat the Eastern warriors at their own sport. His opponent: ruthless fighter and Thai champion, Tong Po. Tong not only defeats Eric, he paralyzes him for life. Crazed with anger, Kurt vows revenge.

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The Bourne Supremacy
2004 · dir. Paul Greengrass
🍅 81%7.7action · drama · thriller

The same action instincts

A CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive.

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Shooter
2007 · dir. Antoine Fuqua
🍅 47%7.2drama · action · thriller

Both are thriller through and through

A top Marine sniper, Bob Lee Swagger, leaves the military after a mission goes horribly awry and disappears, living in seclusion. He is coaxed back into service after a high-profile government official convinces him to help thwart a plot to kill the President of the United States. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, Swagger becomes the target of a nationwide manhunt. He goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why, eventually seeking revenge against some of the most powerful and corrupt leaders in the free world.

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Man on Fire
2004 · dir. Tony Scott
🍅 39%7.7action · drama · thriller

Cut from the same drama cloth

Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.

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