
Movies that feel like Escape from New York (1981)
If you loved Escape from New York, the closest films we have are They Live (1988), District B13 (2004) and Equilibrium (2002). All three share Escape from New York's kinetic and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Premium and MGM Plus and others, checked against today's data.
If Escape from New York hit the spot, these will too

The same hand behind both of them: John Carpenter

Both are working the same pair: martial arts, street gang
The difference: 23 years apart, and the 2000s show

Common ground in both: dystopia and anti hero
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Both keep coming back to the same thing: dystopia

Kinetic where it counts, tense underneath

Both land ideas and bleakness at once

Kinetic action, and it commits to that

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases

Common ground: martial arts

Cerebral science fiction in both cases
The difference: Leans harder into drama than Escape from New York does

Both are built on the same subject: street gang
The difference: Missing the tension of Escape from New York

Action built on bleakness, twice over
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