
Movies that feel like The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
If you loved The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, the closest films we have are The Last Stand (2013), Unstoppable (2010) and The Mechanic (2011). All three share The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3's tense and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 12 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.
If The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 hit the spot, these will too

Both keep coming back to the same thing: hostage

Tony Scott directing both, with the same fingerprints on each
The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Gritty and tense in the same breath

Both are built on the same subject: hostage

Crime built on momentum, twice over

Gritty thriller, and it commits to that

Action with a pulse of tension, in both cases

Both lean on momentum more than on crime

Gritty thriller in both cases

Tense action, and it commits to that

Kinetic crime in both cases

Both play thriller straight
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