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Movies that feel likeThe Bourne Legacy (2012)

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

If you loved The Bourne Legacy, the closest films we have are Unstoppable (2010), No Escape (2015) and Live Free or Die Hard (2007). All three share The Bourne Legacy'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 Twisters (2024).

🍅 56% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Tony Gilroykinetictense
11 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Amazon Prime Video

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Bourne Identity (2002) · The Bourne Supremacy (2004) · The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) · Jason Bourne (2016)

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

Kinetic and tense in the same breath

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

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 · dir. John Erick Dowdle
🍅 46%★ 6.8thriller · 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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Live Free or Die Hard
2007 · dir. Len Wiseman
🍅 82%★ 7.1action · thrillerHulu

Tense thriller in both cases

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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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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Twisters
2024 · dir. Lee Isaac Chung
🍅 75%★ 6.5action · thrillerHulu

Thriller built on tension, twice over

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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Extraction
2020 · dir. Sam Hargrave
🍅 67%★ 6.8action · thrillerNetflix

Both know what they want from action

A hardened gun-for-hire's latest mission becomes a soul-searching race to survive when he's sent into Bangladesh to rescue a drug lord's kidnapped son.

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

Common ground: covert operation

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

Both working the same thriller territory

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

The action is handled with the same confidence

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

Thriller approached the same way

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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Taken 3
2014 · dir. Olivier Megaton
🍅 13%★ 6thriller · action

Action in the same key

Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his particular set of skills to track the real killer and exact his unique brand of justice.

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

Thriller of the same temperament

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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