Movies Like Extreme Measures
If you liked Extreme Measures (1996), a drama and thriller movie directed by Michael Apted, 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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Shattered (1991)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerDan Merrick comes out from a shattering car accident with amnesia. He finds that he is married to Judith who is trying to help him start his life again. He keeps getting flashbacks about events and places that he can't…
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Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaOnce called "Father Frank" for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank Pierce sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired, calling in sick, delaying taking calls…
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Fractured (2019)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller and dramaDriving cross-country, Ray and his wife and daughter stop at a highway rest area where his daughter falls and breaks her arm. After a frantic rush to the hospital and a clash with the check-in nurse, Ray is finally…
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The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
★ 7/10Also drama and thrillerDr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who…
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Asphalt City (2024)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and dramaA young paramedic is paired with a seasoned partner on the night shift in New York revealing a city in crisis. Discovering the chaos firsthand, he is tested with the ethical ambiguity that can be the difference between…
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Victor Frankenstein (2015)
★ 6/10Also drama and thrillerWhile searching for animal body parts at a London circus, radical scientist Victor Frankenstein meets gifted surgeon Igor Strausman. Not only does the brilliant doctor offer Strausman his friendship, but also a chance…
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Awake (2007)
★ 6.6/10Also thrillerWhile undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife must make…
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Solace (2015)
★ 6.5/10Also thrillerA psychic doctor, John Clancy, works with an FBI special agent in search of a serial killer.
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Personal Effects (2009)
★ 6/10Also dramaWalter is a rising star in the NCAA wrestling world until his life is ripped apart by the brutal murder of his sister. Returning home to console his mother Gloria he seeks vengeance on the man who is accused of the…
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Shaft's Big Score! (1972)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and dramaJohn Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.
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Striking Distance (1993)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerDemoted Pittsburgh cop Tom Hardy works river patrol while a serial killer targets women from his past, forcing him to conduct an unauthorized investigation to prove his innocence and expose a dirty cop.
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The Doctor (1991)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaJack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has seen medicine, hospitals, and doctors from a patient's perspective…
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Cleaner (2007)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerSingle father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Cutler is shocked to learn he may…
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Gang Related (1997)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and dramaAfter murdering an undercover DEA agent, two corrupt cops scramble to cover up what they've done.
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To Catch a Killer (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller and dramaBaltimore. New Year's Eve. A talented but troubled police officer is recruited by the FBI's chief investigator to help profile and track down a mass murderer.
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Lost Girls (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and thrillerWhen Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Her search brings attention to over a dozen murdered prostitutes.
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Don't Say a Word (2001)
★ 6.3/10Also thrillerWhen the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he is horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a young woman, suffering from PTSD, who knows a secret six digit code number.
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Hunting Season (2025)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and thrillerWhen a reclusive survivalist and his daughter rescue a mysterious, wounded woman from a river, they become entangled in a deadly web of violence and revenge, forcing them to confront a brutal criminal to survive.
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The Call (2013)
★ 6.8/10Also thrillerJordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a…
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The Woman in Cabin 10 (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerOn a lavish yacht for an assignment, a journalist sees a passenger go overboard. But when no one believes her, she risks her life to uncover the truth.