Movies Like Chain Reaction

If you liked Chain Reaction (1996), a thriller and action movie directed by Andrew Davis, 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.

1
Escape Room (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive.
2
UNABOMBER (2026)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller
Follow Ted Kaczynski's transformation from Harvard prodigy into the infamous Unabomber. Subjected to controversial psychological experiments by Professor Henry Murray, Kaczynski's troubled past resurfaces decades later…
3
The X-Files (1998)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller
Mulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about a conspiracy that might mean the alien colonization of Earth.
4
The Quiet Earth (1985)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller
After a top-secret experiment misfires, a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world.
5
Face/Off (1997)
★ 7.1/10Also action
In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.
6
Backdraft (1991)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and action
Two feuding siblings carrying on a heroic family tradition as Chicago firefighters. But when a puzzling series of arson attacks is reported, they are forced to set aside their differences to solve the mystery…
7
Darkman (1990)
★ 6.4/10Also action and thriller
Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental…
8
10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
★ 7/10Also thriller
After a catastrophic car crash, a young woman wakes up in a survivalist's underground bunker, where he claims to have saved her from an apocalyptic attack that has left the outside world uninhabitable.
9
The Experiment (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller
20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
10
The Hidden (1987)
★ 6.9/10Also action
When average, law-abiding citizens suddenly turn to a life of hedonistic behavior and violent crime, Detective Tom Beck is tasked with helping young FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher determine the cause.
11
Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
★ 6.6/10Also action and thriller
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.
12
Butterfly on a Wheel (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.
13
The Commuter (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also action and thriller
A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him.
14
Tau (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
Held captive in a futuristic smart house, a woman hopes to escape by befriending the A.I. program that controls the house.
15
The Crazies (2010)
★ 6.3/10Also action
Four friends find themselves trapped in their small hometown after they discover their friends and neighbors going quickly and horrifically insane.
16
Swordfish (2001)
★ 6.3/10Also action and thriller
Rogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account. He wants the cash to fight terrorism, but lacks the computer skills necessary to hack…
17
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller
In 1971, Stanford's Professor Philip Zimbardo conducts a controversial psychology experiment in which college students pretend to be either prisoners or guards, but the proceedings soon get out of hand. Based on a true…
18
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller
Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.
19
Trance (2013)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller
A violent gang enlists the help of a hypnotherapist in an attempt to locate a painting which somehow vanished in the middle of a heist.
20
Backdraft 2 (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also action
Years after the original Backdraft, Sean, son of the late Steve "Bull" McCaffrey, is assigned to investigate a deadly fire only to realize it is something much more sinister.