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Movies that feel likeSorcerer (1977)

Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain.

If you loved Sorcerer, the closest films we have are The Wages of Fear (1953), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Runaway Train (1985). All three share Sorcerer's tense and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Illustrious Corpses (1976).

πŸ… 84% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. William Friedkintenseepic
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If Sorcerer hit the spot, these will too

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The Wages of Fear
1953 Β· dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
πŸ… 100%β˜… 8.1drama Β· thriller Β· adventureMax

Both are working the same pair: life and death, dynamite

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Sorcerer does

In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into the jungle through to the oil field. Friendships are tested and rivalries develop as they embark upon the perilous journey.

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The Spy Who Loved Me
1977 Β· dir. Lewis Gilbert
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7adventure Β· action Β· thrillerPrime Video

Tense and epic in the same breath

The difference: Leans harder into action than Sorcerer does

Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as James Bond tries to solve the riddle of the disappearing ships. But the KGB also has an agent on the case.

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Runaway Train
1985 Β· dir. Andrei Konchalovsky
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7.2action Β· thriller Β· drama

Both lean on tension more than on thriller

A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find themselves on an out-of-control train with a female railway worker while being pursued by the vengeful head of security.

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Illustrious Corpses
1976 Β· dir. Francesco Rosi
β˜… 7.3thriller

Tense adventure in both cases

The difference: Takes it somewhere less epic than Sorcerer does

A detective is assigned to investigate the mysterious murders of some Supreme Court judges.

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Deliverance
1972 Β· dir. John Boorman
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.6drama Β· adventure Β· thriller

Epic thriller, and it commits to that

Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.

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JFK
1991 Β· dir. Oliver Stone
πŸ… 85%β˜… 8drama Β· thriller Β· history

Adventure with a pulse of scale, in both cases

Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.

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Operation Condor
1991 Β· dir. Jackie Chan
πŸ… 71%β˜… 7.2action Β· adventure Β· crime

Thriller in the same key

Hired by a Spanish baron, Hong Kong treasure hunter Jackie, a.k.a. "Asian Hawk" and his entourage seek WWII Nazi gold buried in the Sahara Desert.

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Ashfall
2019 Β· dir. Kim Byung-seo
πŸ… 70%β˜… 6.2action Β· adventure Β· thrillerPrime Video

Adventure approached the same way

The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

A group of unlikely heroes from across the Korean peninsula try to save the day after a volcano erupts on the mythical and majestic Baekdu Mountain.

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Munich
2005 Β· dir. Steven Spielberg
πŸ… 79%β˜… 7.5drama Β· history Β· thrillerPrime Video

The thriller is handled with the same confidence

During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack.

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The Abyss
1989 Β· dir. James Cameron
πŸ… 75%β˜… 7.5adventure Β· thriller Β· science fictionDisney+

Both know what they want from adventure

A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.

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The Rock
1996 Β· dir. Michael Bay
πŸ… 76%β˜… 7.4action Β· adventure Β· thrillerPeacock

Thriller of the same temperament

When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.

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North by Northwest
1959 Β· dir. Alfred Hitchcock
πŸ… 97%β˜… 8.2thriller Β· adventure

The same adventure instincts

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

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