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Movies that feel like Commando (1985)

If you loved Commando, the closest films we have are Hanna (2011), The Rock (1996) and On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). All three share Commando's kinetic and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, AMC and MGM Plus and others, checked against today's data.

John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fight his way through an array of punks, killers, one of his former commandos, and a fully equipped private army. With the help of a feisty stewardess and an old friend, Matrix has only a few hours to overcome his greatest challenge: finding his daughter before she's killed.

πŸ… 70% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Mark L. Lesterkineticepictensewistful

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Hanna
2011 Β· dir. Joe Wright
πŸ… 71%β˜… 6.7action Β· thriller Β· adventure

Both land momentum and scale at once

The difference: 26 years apart, and the 2010s show

Raised by her father, an ex-CIA agent, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna's upbringing has been geared to making her the perfect assassin. Sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys across Europe, eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative. As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence.

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The Rock
1996 Β· dir. Michael Bay
πŸ… 76%β˜… 7.4action Β· adventure Β· thriller

Two things both keep coming back to: mercenary and terrorism

The difference: None of the wistfulness Commando is built on

When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.

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On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969 Β· dir. Peter R. Hunt
πŸ… 81%β˜… 6.7adventure Β· action Β· thriller

The same preoccupation in both: daughter

With the help of Marc-Ange Draco, head of the Unione Corse crime syndicate, and Draco's troubled daughter Tracy, James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Stravro Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat in the Swiss Alps, where he is training an army of beautiful, lethal women.

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Robin Hood
2018 Β· dir. Otto Bathurst
πŸ… 15%β˜… 5.4adventure Β· action Β· thriller

One thread runs through both: nostalgic

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

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

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πŸ… 41%β˜… 4.9action Β· adventure Β· comedy

Los Angeles shapes both of them

The difference: Leans harder into comedy than Commando does

The Angels are charged with finding a pair of missing rings that are encoded with the personal information of members of the Witness Protection Program. As informants are killed, the ladies target a rogue agent who might be responsible.

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The Expendables 3
2014 Β· dir. Patrick Hughes
πŸ… 32%β˜… 6.1action Β· adventure Β· thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: rescue mission

Barney, Christmas and the rest of the team comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks, who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks subsequently became a ruthless arms trader and someone who Barney was forced to kill… or so he thought. Stonebanks, who eluded death once before, now is making it his mission to end The Expendables -- but Barney has other plans. Barney decides that he has to fight old blood with new blood, and brings in a new era of Expendables team members, recruiting individuals who are younger, faster and more tech-savvy. The latest mission becomes a clash of classic old-school style versus high-tech expertise in the Expendables’ most personal battle yet.

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The Fast and the Furious
2001 Β· dir. Rob Cohen
πŸ… 55%β˜… 6.8action Β· crime Β· thriller

Common ground: nostalgic

The difference: Sits closer to crime than Commando does

Dominic Toretto is a Los Angeles street racer suspected of masterminding a series of big-rig hijackings. When undercover cop Brian O'Conner infiltrates Toretto's iconoclastic crew, he falls for Toretto's sister and must choose a side: the gang or the LAPD.

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The Spy Who Loved Me
1977 Β· dir. Lewis Gilbert
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7adventure Β· action Β· thriller

Both lean on tension more than on action

Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as James Bond tries to solve the riddle of the disappearing ships. But the KGB also has an agent on the case.

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2 Fast 2 Furious
2003 Β· dir. John Singleton
πŸ… 37%β˜… 5.9action Β· crime Β· thriller

Wistful thriller in both cases

It's a major double-cross when former police officer Brian O'Conner teams up with his ex-con buddy Roman Pearce to transport a shipment of "dirty" money for shady Miami-based import-export dealer Carter Verone. But the guys are actually working with undercover agent Monica Fuentes to bring Verone down.

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The Man with the Golden Gun
1974 Β· dir. Guy Hamilton
πŸ… 40%β˜… 6.7adventure Β· action Β· thriller

Adventure built on momentum, twice over

Cool government operative James Bond searches for a stolen invention that can turn the sun's heat into a destructive weapon. He soon crosses paths with the menacing Francisco Scaramanga, a hitman so skilled he has a seven-figure working fee. Bond then joins forces with the swimsuit-clad Mary Goodnight, and together they track Scaramanga to a Thai tropical isle hideout where the killer-for-hire lures the slick spy into a deadly maze for a final duel.

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Live and Let Die
1973 Β· dir. Guy Hamilton
πŸ… 67%β˜… 6.7adventure Β· action Β· thriller

Epic action, and it commits to that

James Bond must investigate a mysterious murder case of a British agent in New Orleans. Soon he finds himself up against a gangster boss named Mr. Big.

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Jack the Giant Slayer
2013 Β· dir. Bryan Singer
πŸ… 52%β˜… 6.3fantasy Β· action Β· adventure

Adventure with a pulse of wistfulness, in both cases

The story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost, forcing the young man, Jack into the battle of his life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom, its people, and the love of a brave princess, he comes face to face with the unstoppable warriors he thought only existed in legend–and gets the chance to become a legend himself.

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