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Movies that feel likeExtraction (2020)

A hardened gun-for-hire's latest mission becomes a soul-searching race to survive when he's sent into Bangladesh to rescue a drug lord's kidnapped son.

If you loved Extraction, the closest films we have are Nobody (2021), Atomic Blonde (2017) and No Escape (2015). All three share Extraction's kinetic and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Twisters (2024).

πŸ… 67% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Sam Hargravekinetictense
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Extraction 2 (2023)

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Nobody
2021 Β· dir. Ilya Naishuller
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.4action Β· thrillerPeacock

Both keep coming back to the same thing: one man army

Hutch Mansell, a suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing neighbor β€” a "nobody." When two thieves break into his home one night, Hutch's unknown long-simmering rage is ignited and propels him on a brutal path that will uncover dark secrets he fought to leave behind.

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Atomic Blonde
2017 Β· dir. David Leitch
πŸ… 79%β˜… 6.7action Β· thrillerPrime VideoMax

Kinetic where it counts, tense underneath

An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.

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No Escape
2015 Β· dir. John Erick Dowdle
πŸ… 46%β˜… 6.8thriller Β· actionPrime Video

Both lean on momentum more than on action

In their new overseas home, an American family soon finds themselves caught in the middle of a coup, and they frantically look for a safe escape in an environment where foreigners are being immediately executed.

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Twisters
2024 Β· dir. Lee Isaac Chung
πŸ… 75%β˜… 6.5action Β· thrillerHulu

Tense thriller in both cases

As storm season intensifies, the paths of former storm chaser Kate Carter and reckless social-media superstar Tyler Owens collide when terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed. The pair and their competing teams find themselves squarely in the paths of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives.

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Unstoppable
2010 Β· dir. Tony Scott
πŸ… 87%β˜… 6.8action Β· thriller

Kinetic action, and it commits to that

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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Live Free or Die Hard
2007 Β· dir. Len Wiseman
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.1action Β· thrillerHulu

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases

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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Homefront
2013 Β· dir. Gary Fleder
πŸ… 42%β˜… 6.5action Β· thrillerNetflix

Common ground: drug dealer

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Phil Broker, a retired DEA agent, leads a quiet life with his daughter Maddy, until a school bullying incident draws them into a conflict with Morgan β€œGator” Bodine, a local crime boss.

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Mother's Day
2023 Β· dir. Mateusz Rakowicz
β˜… 5.3thriller Β· actionNetflix

Both are built on the same subject: child kidnapping

Nina, a former NATO special operations agent living in hiding, has to use all her deadly skills to rescue her son who has been kidnapped by ruthless gangsters. Finding Max is a double opportunity for her. A chance to feel the adrenaline rush again, and an opportunity to get back into the life of the son she had to abandon years ago.

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Hunter Killer
2018 Β· dir. Donovan Marsh
πŸ… 38%β˜… 6.6action Β· thrillerPrime Video

The action is handled with the same confidence

Untested American submarine commander, Capt. Joe Glass of the USS Arkansas, is on the hunt for a U.S. sub in distress in the Arctic Ocean. He soon learns a secret Russian coup is in the offing, a conspiracy that threatens to dismantle the world order. With crew and country on the line, Glass must coordinate with an elite group of Navy SEALs to sneak through enemy waters, rescue the kidnapped Russian president, and hopefully prevent World War III.

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Angel Has Fallen
2019 Β· dir. Ric Roman Waugh
πŸ… 38%β˜… 6.4action Β· thrillerNetflix

Both play thriller straight

After a treacherous attack, Secret Service agent Mike Banning is charged with attempting to assassinate President Trumbull. Chased by his own colleagues and the FBI, Banning begins a race against the clock to clear his name.

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The Gray Man
2022 Β· dir. Joe Russo
πŸ… 45%β˜… 6.5action Β· thrillerNetflix

Both working the same action territory

When a shadowy CIA agent uncovers damning agency secrets, he's hunted across the globe by a sociopathic rogue operative who's put a bounty on his head.

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Darkland: The Return
2023 Β· dir. Fenar Ahmad
β˜… 6.3thriller Β· action

Thriller in the same key

Seven years ago, Zaid went to war against the Copenhagen underworld to avenge his dead brother. His identity as a respected doctor of cardiology and life as a family man is but a fading dream, and in prison Zaid suffers the loss of his son Noah, whom he barely knows. When a police agent approaches Zaid and offers him a deal to be released in exchange for infiltrating the Copenhagen underworld, he sees his chance to reclaim the remnants of the family life he left behind. But everything has a price, and Zaid realizes that he has now seriously endangered his son's life. After all, once you become part of the underworld, is there any way out?

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