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Movies that feel like Furie (2019)

If you loved Furie, the closest films we have are San Andreas (2015), Merantau (2009) and Haywire (2011). All three share Furie's kinetic and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 11 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on YouTube TV, TNT and TBS and others, checked against today's data.

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.

🍅 95% Rotten Tomatoes6.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Le Van Kietkineticcontemplativetense

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If Furie hit the spot, these will too

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

Kinetic and contemplative in the same breath

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

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

The same two preoccupations: martial arts, and human trafficking

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

Tense action, and it commits to that

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

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

Both trade on momentum more than on being drama

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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Cell 211
2009 · dir. Daniel Monzón
🍅 98%7.6action · thriller · drama

Thriller with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

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.

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

Both keep circling back to martial arts

The difference: A 1980s film, from a different era of filmmaking

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

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

Drama built on momentum, twice over

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

Vietnam sits at the heart of each

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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White House Down
2013 · dir. Roland Emmerich
🍅 52%6.3action · drama · thriller

Contemplative thriller, and it commits to that

Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.

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

Action with a pulse of tension, in both cases

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

The same preoccupation in both: kidnapping

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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