
Movies that feel likeNo Way Out (1987)
If you loved No Way Out, the closest films we have are Illustrious Corpses (1976), Army of Shadows (1969) and A Hijacking (2012). All three share No Way Out's tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is A Wednesday! (2008).
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If No Way Out hit the spot, these will too

Thriller built on tension, twice over
The difference: Easier on the stillness than No Way Out

Contemplative drama in both cases

Tense thriller, and it commits to that
The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

The same hand behind both of them: Roger Donaldson
The difference: Sits closer to crime than No Way Out does

Both lean on tension more than on thriller

Drama built on stillness, twice over

Both are thriller through and through


Thriller in the same key

The drama is handled with the same confidence

Both play thriller straight
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair
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