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Movies that feel likeSan Andreas (2015)

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.

If you loved San Andreas, the closest films we have are Blood Father (2016), Furie (2019) and Haywire (2011). All three share San Andreas' kinetic and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Don (2006).

🍅 48% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Brad Peytonkineticcontemplativetense
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Blood Father
2016 · dir. Jean-François Richet
🍅 89%★ 6.4action · thriller · drama

Both land momentum and stillness at once

The difference: Reviewed even better

An ex-con reconnects with his estranged teenage daughter while fighting to keep her alive after she becomes a target of violent drug dealers.

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Furie
2019 · dir. Le Van Kiet
🍅 95%★ 6.3action · drama · thrillerPrime Video

A parent's relentless drive to reach a child cuts through any obstacle

The difference: A martial-arts trafficking rescue, not a citywide natural disaster

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.

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

A skilled operative pushes through danger and betrayal toward one goal

The difference: A solo black-ops revenge mission, not a family reunited by disaster

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

An ordinary professional's competence gets tested by a sudden, extraordinary crisis

The difference: A hostage-at-sea true story, not a statewide earthquake rescue mission

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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Body of Lies
2008 · dir. Ridley Scott
🍅 55%★ 7action · drama · thriller

Constant danger and shifting terrain test one determined operative's resolve

The difference: A CIA counterterrorism chess match, not a family racing to reunite

The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – watches Ferris. At the other end of that real-time link is the CIA’s Ed Hoffman, strategizing events from thousands of miles away. And as Ferris nears the target, he discovers trust can be just as dangerous as it is necessary for survival.

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Don
2006 · dir. Farhan Akhtar
★ 7.2action · drama · thrillerNetflix

Action built on tension, twice over

DCP DeSilva sees a way to bring to justice the feared head of a criminal empire by recruiting a man named Vijay, who looks exactly like the crime boss. The ruse works too well, and soon Vijay finds his life in danger when DeSilva, the only one who knows his true identity, dies.

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3 Days to Kill
2014 · dir. McG
🍅 27%★ 6.2action · drama · thrillerStarz

A dangerous mission gets tangled up with reconnecting with an estranged family

The difference: A spy's terminal-illness ticking clock, not a natural-disaster rescue

A dangerous international spy is determined to give up his high stakes life to finally build a closer relationship with his estranged wife and daughter. But first, he must complete one last mission - even if it means juggling the two toughest assignments yet: hunting down the world's most ruthless terrorist and looking after his teenage daughter for the first time in ten years, while his wife is out of town.

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Snitch
2013 · dir. Ric Roman Waugh
🍅 57%★ 6.4action · drama · thriller

A parent risks everything, going to extremes to protect an estranged child

The difference: An undercover-drug-sting gambit, not a race against collapsing buildings

Construction company owner John Matthews learns that his estranged son, Jason, has been arrested for drug trafficking. Facing an unjust prison sentence for a first time offender courtesy of mandatory minimum sentence laws, Jason has nothing to offer for leniency in good conscience. Desperately, John convinces the DEA and the opportunistic DA Joanne Keeghan to let him go undercover to help make arrests big enough to free his son in return. With the unwitting help of an ex-con employee, John enters the narcotics underworld where every move could be his last in an operation that will demand all his resources, wits and courage to survive.

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Hitman
2007 · dir. Xavier Gens
★ 6.2action · thriller · dramaPrime VideoStarz

A hunted operative navigates constant danger just to make it out alive

The difference: An assassin's double-cross plot, not a natural-disaster family rescue

A genetically engineered assassin with deadly aim, known only as "Agent 47" eliminates strategic targets for a top-secret organization. But when he's double-crossed, the hunter becomes the prey as 47 finds himself in a life-or-death game of international intrigue.

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Road House
2024 · dir. Doug Liman
★ 6.2action · thriller · dramaPrime VideoHulu

A capable hero wades into danger that turns out bigger than expected

The difference: A brawling small-town noir, not an earthquake-scale disaster epic

Ex-UFC fighter Dalton takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse, only to discover that this paradise is not all it seems.

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

A journey into unfamiliar danger becomes a test of skill and resolve

The difference: A martial-arts rite-of-passage story, not a disaster-driven family rescue

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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The Abyss
2023 · dir. Richard Holm
★ 5.3thriller · drama · actionNetflix

A slow-motion disaster forces someone to choose between family and duty

The difference: A sinking-town workplace drama, not an earthquake's citywide chaos

As the Swedish town of Kiruna sinks, Frigga finds herself torn between her family and her job as security chief at the world's largest underground mine.

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