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Movies that feel likeOlympus Has Fallen (2013)

When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning's inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster.

If you loved Olympus Has Fallen, the closest films we have are Air Force One (1997), Live Free or Die Hard (2007) and No Escape (2015). All three share Olympus Has Fallen'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 The Equalizer 3 (2023).

🍅 49% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Antoine Fuquakinetictense
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: London Has Fallen (2016) · Angel Has Fallen (2019)

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Air Force One
1997 · dir. Wolfgang Petersen
🍅 78%★ 6.5action · thriller

Both are built on the same subject: usa president

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

When Russian neo-nationalists hijack Air Force One, the world's most secure and extraordinary aircraft, the President is faced with a nearly impossible decision to give in to terrorist demands or sacrifice not only the country's dignity, but the lives of his wife and daughter.

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Live Free or Die Hard
2007 · dir. Len Wiseman
🍅 82%★ 7.1action · thrillerHulu

Kinetic and tense in the same breath

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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No Escape
2015 · dir. John Erick Dowdle
🍅 46%★ 6.8thriller · actionPrime Video

Kinetic action, and it commits to that

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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Unstoppable
2010 · dir. Tony Scott
🍅 87%★ 6.8action · thriller

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases

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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The Equalizer 3
2023 · dir. Antoine Fuqua
🍅 76%★ 6.8action · thriller · crimeMaxHulu

Both are Antoine Fuqua's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Leans harder into crime than Olympus Has Fallen does

Robert McCall finds himself at home in Southern Italy but he discovers his friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends' protector by taking on the mafia.

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Atomic Blonde
2017 · dir. David Leitch
🍅 79%★ 6.7action · thrillerPrime VideoMax

Both lean on momentum more than on action

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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Hunter Killer
2018 · dir. Donovan Marsh
🍅 38%★ 6.6action · thrillerPrime Video

Tense thriller in both cases

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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Homefront
2013 · dir. Gary Fleder
🍅 42%★ 6.5action · thrillerNetflix

Both are action through and through

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 “Gator” Bodine, a local crime boss.

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Metro
2013 · dir. Anton Megerdichev
★ 6.4action · thrillerPrime Video

Thriller in the same key

Terror strikes the underground train system in Moscow in the form of a flood from a collapsed tunnel. The film follows a diverse group of Moscow citizens who find themselves trapped in the city’s underground rail network, their train derailed and virtually crushed after an aging tunnel collapses. Amongst this band of survivors is softly spoken surgeon Andrey (Sergei Puskepalis), whose wife is having an affair with the conceited businessman Vlad (Anatoly Beliy). Fate brings these two men together on the same doomed train, but there is little time to resolve their differences, as the tunnel begins to quickly fill with water, forcing them to work together with the others and find a way back to the surface.

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Escape Plan
2013 · dir. Mikael Håfström
🍅 50%★ 6.7action · thrillerPrime VideoStarz

Both play action straight

Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival skills so he can design escape-proof prisons, his skills are put to the test. He's framed and incarcerated in a master prison he designed himself. He needs to escape and find the person who put him behind bars.

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The Bourne Legacy
2012 · dir. Tony Gilroy
🍅 56%★ 6.6action · thrillerNetflixStarz

Both working the same thriller territory

New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.

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Safe House
2012 · dir. Daniel Espinosa
🍅 52%★ 6.7action · thrillerNetflixStarz

The same action instincts

A dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them dead.

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