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Movies that feel likeSafe House (2012)

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.

If you loved Safe House, the closest films we have are Unstoppable (2010), No Escape (2015) and Twisters (2024). All three share Safe House'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 Air Force One (1997).

πŸ… 52% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Daniel Espinosakinetictense
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Unstoppable
2010 Β· dir. Tony Scott
πŸ… 87%β˜… 6.8action Β· thriller

Kinetic where it counts, tense underneath

The difference: Reviewed even better

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

Action with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

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, and it commits to that

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

Kinetic action in both cases

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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Air Force One
1997 Β· dir. Wolfgang Petersen
πŸ… 78%β˜… 6.5action Β· thriller

Thriller built on tension, twice over

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 Β· dir. Len Wiseman
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.1action Β· thrillerHulu

Both play action straight

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: rogue agent

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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Mile 22
2018 Β· dir. Peter Berg
πŸ… 23%β˜… 6.1action Β· thrillerNetflix

One thread runs through both: martial arts

An elite group of American operatives, aided by a top-secret tactical command team, must transport an asset who holds life-threatening information to an extraction point 22 miles away through the hostile streets of an Asian city.

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

Both know what they want from thriller

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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Metro
2013 Β· dir. Anton Megerdichev
β˜… 6.4action Β· thrillerPrime Video

The action is handled with the same confidence

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

Thriller of the same temperament

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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Escape Plan
2013 Β· dir. Mikael HΓ₯fstrΓΆm
πŸ… 50%β˜… 6.7action Β· thrillerPrime VideoStarz

Cut from the same action cloth

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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