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Movies that feel likeMission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)

Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet—eradicating 'The Syndicate', an International and highly-skilled rogue organization committed to destroying the IMF.

If you loved Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, the closest films we have are The Assassin (2015), Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) and Troy (2004). All three share Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation's kinetic and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978).

🍅 94% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Christopher McQuarriekineticepic
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Mission: Impossible (1996) · Mission: Impossible II (2000) · Mission: Impossible III (2006) · Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011) · Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) · Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)

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The Assassin
2015 · dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien
🍅 80%★ 6.3action · adventure · historyPrime Video

A lethal operative questioning the orders behind the mission

The difference: Meditative wuxia stillness — action arrives in whispers

9th century China. Ten year old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man to whom she was promised – a cousin who now leads the largest military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, the young woman must confront her parents, her memories and her long-repressed feelings.

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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023 · dir. James Mangold
🍅 71%★ 6.5adventure · actionDisney+

Globe-hopping set pieces chasing a prize across continents

The difference: A legacy farewell — heavier CGI, slower on its feet

Finding himself in a new era, and approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival, Indy must don his hat and pick up his whip once more to make sure an ancient and powerful artifact doesn't fall into the wrong hands.

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Troy
2004 · dir. Wolfgang Petersen
🍅 53%★ 7.3action · adventureApple TV+Paramount+

Larger-than-life heroes staking everything on grand missions

The difference: Ancient epic pacing — no wit, no tradecraft

In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. They set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy.

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Ong Bak 3
2010 · dir. Panna Rittikrai
🍅 63%★ 4.9action · adventure · historyPrime Video

Kinetic where it counts, epic underneath

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Tien is captured and almost beaten to death before he is saved and brought back to the Kana Khone villagers. There he is taught meditation and how to deal with his Karma, but very soon his arch rival returns challenging Tien for a final duel.

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Spectre
2015 · dir. Sam Mendes
🍅 63%★ 6.8action · adventure · thrillerPrime Video

A spy unraveling a shadow organization across glamorous Europe

The difference: Broodier Bond — the plot creaks under its own mythology

A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.

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The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
1978 · dir. Lau Kar-leung
🍅 83%★ 7.6action · adventurePrime Video

Both lean on momentum more than on action

The difference: 37 years apart, and the 1970s show

During the Qing Dynasty, a fishmonger is killed by the reigning Manchu government for supporting the anti-government movement; his son manages to escape to Shaolin Temple, where he plans to learn its secretive brand of martial arts to seek revenge.

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Hercules
2014 · dir. Brett Ratner
🍅 58%★ 6action · adventure

A skilled crew selling the impossible through sheer showmanship

The difference: Sword-and-sandal pulp — big and disposable

When a new enemy threatens the innocent, Hercules must lead his fearless team of warriors in a battle against overwhelming odds.

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Chinese Zodiac
2012 · dir. Jackie Chan
🍅 25%★ 6action · adventure

A daredevil team pulling elaborate heists across the globe

The difference: Jackie Chan's broad comedy replaces the spycraft cool

Asian Hawk leads a mercenary team to recover several lost artifacts from the Old Summer Palace, the bronze heads of the twelve Chinese Zodiac animals which were sacked by the French and British armies from the imperial Summer Palace in Beijing in 1860. Assisted by a Chinese student and a Parisian woman, Hawk stops at nothing to accomplish the mission.

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Major Grom: Plague Doctor
2021 · dir. Oleg Trofim
★ 6.3action · adventureRent or buy

A driven agent of order chasing a theatrical enemy

The difference: Russian comic-book pulp — scrappier, far less polished

In present day St. Petersburg, police major Igor Grom, an honest and skilled cop with unconventional methods, pursues a vigilante murderer in the mask of a plague doctor.

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The Huntsman: Winter's War
2016 · dir. Cedric Nicolas-Troyan
🍅 19%★ 6.1action · adventure · dramaNetflix

Epic adventure in both cases

The difference: Leans further into drama

As two evil sisters prepare to conquer the land, two renegades—Eric the Huntsman, who aided Snow White in defeating Ravenna in Snowwhite and the Huntsman, and his forbidden lover, Sara—set out to stop them.

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Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014 · dir. Ridley Scott
🍅 29%★ 6adventure · drama · action

Kinetic action, and it commits to that

The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.

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Mulan: Rise of a Warrior
2009 · dir. Jingle Ma Choh-Sing
★ 6.6adventure · drama · action

Adventure built on scale, twice over

When barbarian hordes threaten her homeland, the brave and cunning Mulan disguises herself as a male soldier to swell the ranks in her aging father's stead. The warrior's remarkable courage drives her through powerful battle scenes and brutal wartime strategy. Mulan loses dear friends to the enemy's blade as she rises to become one of her country's most valuable leaders — but can she win the war before her secret is exposed?

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