feelsalike.comSign in
Unstoppable poster

Movies that feel likeUnstoppable (2010)

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.

If you loved Unstoppable, the closest films we have are No Escape (2015), Spy Game (2001) and Déjà Vu (2006). All three share Unstoppable'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).

🍅 87% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Tony Scottkinetictense
12 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · Amazon Prime Video · Hulu

Can't choose? Answer three questions and get one movie for tonight.

Not on subscription streaming right now. Rent or buy below.

See it on the Mood Map

When is Unstoppable streaming? →

If Unstoppable hit the spot, these will too

No Escape poster
No Escape
2015 · dir. John Erick Dowdle
🍅 46%★ 6.8thriller · actionPrime Video

The same preoccupation in both: race against time

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

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.

Spy Game poster
Spy Game
2001 · dir. Tony Scott
🍅 64%★ 7.1action · crime · thrillerNetflix

Both are Tony Scott's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Leans harder into crime than Unstoppable does

On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal.

Déjà Vu poster
Déjà Vu
2006 · dir. Tony Scott
🍅 55%★ 7.1action · thriller · science fiction

Tony Scott working the same nerve twice

The difference: Sits closer to science fiction than Unstoppable does

Called in to recover evidence in the aftermath of a horrific explosion on a New Orleans ferry, Federal agent Doug Carlin gets pulled away from the scene and taken to a top-secret government lab that uses a time-shifting surveillance device to help prevent crime.

Live Free or Die Hard poster
Live Free or Die Hard
2007 · dir. Len Wiseman
🍅 82%★ 7.1action · thrillerHulu

Both land momentum and tension at once

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.

Air Force One poster
Air Force One
1997 · dir. Wolfgang Petersen
🍅 78%★ 6.5action · thriller

Kinetic action in both cases

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.

Twisters poster
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.

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

One thread runs through both: train

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.

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 poster
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009 · dir. Tony Scott
🍅 51%★ 6.4crime · thriller · action

Kinetic action, and it commits to that

Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.

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

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases

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.

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

Action 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.

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

The same thriller instincts

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.

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

In the mood for more kinetic?

all kinetic movies →

The best-reviewed films that share Unstoppable’s defining feeling.