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Movies that feel likeDr. No (1962)

Agent 007 battles mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go to Jamaica, where he encounters beautiful Honey Ryder, to confront a megalomaniacal villain in his massive island headquarters.

If you loved Dr. No, the closest films we have are Mission: Impossible (1996), Pathaan (2023) and The Rock (1996). All three share Dr. No's epic and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Runaway Train (1985).

πŸ… 95% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.2 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Terence Youngepickinetictense
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: From Russia with Love (1963) Β· Goldfinger (1964) Β· Thunderball (1965) Β· You Only Live Twice (1967) Β· On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) Β· Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

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Mission: Impossible
1996 Β· dir. Brian De Palma
πŸ… 65%β˜… 7.2adventure Β· action Β· thrillerMaxParamount+

Two things both keep coming back to: secret mission and spy

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the prime suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: spy

The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

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

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

The same mix in both: scale, then momentum

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

Adventure built on tension, twice over

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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The Grey
2012 Β· dir. Joe Carnahan
πŸ… 80%β˜… 6.7action Β· adventure Β· thrillerNetflix

Epic action, and it commits to that

After their plane crashes in Alaska, six oil workers are led by a skilled huntsman to survival, but a pack of merciless wolves haunts their every step.

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Runaway Train
1985 Β· dir. Andrei Konchalovsky
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7.2action Β· thriller Β· drama

Thriller with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Dr. No does

A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find themselves on an out-of-control train with a female railway worker while being pursued by the vengeful head of security.

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

Both lean on tension more than on adventure

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

Epic action in both cases

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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Plane
2023 Β· dir. Jean-FranΓ§ois Richet
πŸ… 79%β˜… 6.5action Β· adventure Β· thrillerRent or buy

Thriller built on momentum, twice over

After a heroic job of successfully landing his storm-damaged aircraft in a war zone, a fearless pilot finds himself between the agendas of multiple militias planning to take the plane and its passengers hostage.

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London Has Fallen
2016 Β· dir. Babak Najafi
πŸ… 28%β˜… 5.9action Β· adventure Β· thriller

Tense adventure, and it commits to that

In London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.

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Ashfall
2019 Β· dir. Kim Byung-seo
πŸ… 70%β˜… 6.2action Β· adventure Β· thrillerPrime Video

Both are action through and through

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.

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The Three Musketeers
2011 Β· dir. Paul W. S. Anderson
πŸ… 27%β˜… 5.7adventure Β· action Β· thrillerPrime Video

Both working the same thriller territory

The hot-headed young D'Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down on their luck Musketeers must unite and defeat a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war.

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