Movies Like Liberty Stands Still

If you liked Liberty Stands Still (2002), a thriller and action movie directed by Kari Skogland, 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
Term Life (2016)
★ 6/10Also thriller and drama
If Nick Barrow can stay alive for 21 days, he'll die happy. Everyone Nick knows wants him dead; Mob bosses, contract killers, and dirty cops. Performing the last act of a desperate man, Nick takes out a million dollar…
2
The Mother (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also action and thriller
A deadly female assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men.
3
Nick of Time (1995)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and action
An ordinary man is suddenly forced into a plot to kill a politician in exchange for his kidnapped daughter's freedom.
4
Gunpowder Milkshake (2021)
★ 6.3/10Also action and thriller
To protect an 8-year-old girl, a dangerous assassin reunites with her mother and her lethal associates to take down a ruthless crime syndicate and its army of henchmen.
5
Eye for an Eye (1996)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and drama
It's fire and brimstone time as grieving mother Karen McCann takes justice into her own hands when a kangaroo court in Los Angeles fails to convict Robert Doob, the monster who raped and murdered her 17-year-old…
6
The Hurt Locker (2008)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and thriller
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
7
180 (2026)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and drama
When an unexpected road rage incident puts his son in critical condition, an enraged father spirals down a dark path of emotional turmoil and vengeance.
8
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
★ 6.6/10Also action and thriller
Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her past, she discovers…
9
STRAW (2025)
★ 7.7/10Also thriller and drama
What will be her last straw? A devastatingly bad day pushes a hardworking single mother to the breaking point — and into a shocking act of desperation.
10
Erased (2012)
★ 6.1/10Also action and thriller
A former agent of the CIA and his estranged daughter go on the run after his employers target them for assassination.
11
Sweet Girl (2021)
★ 6.6/10Also action and thriller
A man vows to bring justice to those responsible for his wife's death while protecting the only family he has left, his daughter.
12
Standoff (2016)
★ 6.1/10Also action and thriller
A troubled veteran gets a chance at redemption by protecting a girl from an assassin after she witnesses a murder. Holding a shotgun with a single shell, he engages in physical and psychological warfare in a desperate…
13
Expend4bles (2023)
★ 6/10Also action and thriller
Armed with every weapon they can get their hands on and the skills to use them, The Expendables are the world’s last line of defense and the team that gets called when all other options are off the table. But new team…
14
Death Wish (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also action and thriller
A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.
15
Breaking In (2018)
★ 6/10Also action and thriller
Shaun Russell takes her son and daughter on a weekend getaway to her late father's secluded, high-tech vacation home in the countryside. The family soon gets an unwelcome surprise when four men break into the house to…
16
Prisoners (2013)
★ 8.1/10Also drama and thriller
After his six-year-old daughter is abducted, a desperate father takes justice into his own hands when he loses faith in the detective leading the investigation, setting both men on a collision course as the search…
17
Sniper: Legacy (2014)
★ 6/10Also thriller and action
A rogue gunman is assassinating high-ranking military officers one by one. When Gunnery Sgt. Brandon Beckett is informed his father, legendary shooter Thomas Beckett has been killed, Brandon springs into action to take…
18
Braven (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and action
A logger defends his family from a group of dangerous drug runners.
19
Hunting Season (2025)
★ 7.4/10Also action and drama
When 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.
20
The Crossing Guard (1995)
★ 6/10Also drama and thriller
Unable to move on from the loss of his daughter, Freddy, now a shell of the person he was before, swears to kill the man responsible for her death.