Movies Like Escape from New York
If you liked Escape from New York (1981), a action and thriller movie directed by John Carpenter, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Escape from L.A. (1996)
★ 5.9/10Also action and thrillerInto the 9.6-quaked Los Angeles of 2013 comes Snake Plissken. His job: wade through L.A.'s ruined landmarks to retrieve a doomsday device.
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Protector (2026)
★ 8.4/10Also action and thrillerNikki's life is shattered when her daughter is kidnapped. Thrust into the criminal underworld while hunted by cops and military, she must fight to rescue her child.
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Code of Silence (1985)
★ 6/10Also action and thrillerA Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.
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No Escape (1994)
★ 6.2/10Also action and science fictionIn the year 2022, a ruthless prison warden has created the ultimate solution for his most troublesome and violent inmates: Absolom, a secret jungle island where prisoners are abandoned and left to die. But Marine…
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Extraction 2 (2023)
★ 7.4/10Also action and thrillerBack from the brink of death, highly skilled commando Tyler Rake takes on another dangerous mission: saving the imprisoned family of a ruthless gangster.
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
★ 8.2/10Also action and thrillerTen years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Skynet from…
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John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)
★ 7.4/10Also action and thrillerSuper-assassin John Wick returns with a $14 million price tag on his head and an army of bounty-hunting killers on his trail. After killing a member of the shadowy international assassin’s guild, the High Table, John…
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Missing in Action (1984)
★ 5.9/10Also action and thrillerAmerican servicemen are still being held captive in Vietnam and it's up to one man to bring them home in this blistering, fast-paced action/adventure starring martial arts superstar Chuck Norris. Following a daring…
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Diablo (2025)
★ 7.3/10Also action and thrillerEx-con Kris Chaney seizes the daughter of a Colombian gangster to fulfill a noble promise to the young girl's mother. When her father enlists both the criminal underworld and a psychotic killer to exact his revenge…
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Doomsday (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also action and thrillerThe lethal Reaper virus spreads throughout Britain—infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. Authorities brutally and successfully quarantine the country but, three decades later, the virus resurfaces in a…
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The Terminator (1984)
★ 7.7/10Also action and thrillerIn the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st…
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Demolition Man (1993)
★ 6.8/10Also action and science fictionIn 1996, brash L.A. detective John Spartan and maniac killer Simon Phoenix are both sentenced to decades in a cryogenic prison as punishment for a rescue mission gone wrong. When Phoenix escapes 36 years later to wreak…
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Canary Black (2024)
★ 6.2/10Also action and thrillerTop level CIA agent Avery Graves is blackmailed by terrorists into betraying her own country to save her kidnapped husband. Cut off from her team, she turns to her underworld contacts to survive and help locate the…
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Code 8 (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also science fiction and actionIn Lincoln City, some inhabitants have extraordinary abilities. Most live below the poverty line, under the close surveillance of a heavily militarized police force. Connor, a construction worker with powers, involves…
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Walking Tall (2004)
★ 6.4/10Also action and thrillerA former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.
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The Delta Force (1986)
★ 6/10Also action and thrillerA 707 aircraft jetliner, en route from Athens to Rome and then to New York City, is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists, who demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite…
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Samaritan (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction and actionThirteen year old Sam Cleary suspects that his mysteriously reclusive neighbor Mr. Smith is actually the legendary vigilante Samaritan, who was reported dead 25 years ago. With crime on the rise and the city on the…
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
★ 7.5/10Also thriller and actionIn New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers while the authorities question about the method of their escape.
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Who Dares Wins (1982)
★ 6.3/10Also action and thrillerWhen SAS Captain Peter Skellen is thrown out of the service for gross misconduct due to unnecessary violence and bullying, he is soon recruited by The People's Lobby, a fanatical group aiming to hold several US…
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Nighthawks (1981)
★ 6.4/10Also action and thrillerWhen one of Europe's most lethal terrorists shows up in New York, an elite undercover cop is assigned to take him down by any means necessary.