Movies Like American Ninja 4: The Annihilation
If you liked American Ninja 4: The Annihilation (1990), a action and thriller movie directed by Cedric Sundstrom, 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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Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013)
★ 6.8/10Also action and thrillerFight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial-arts master Casey Bowman after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence. Vowing revenge, the fearless American…
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Ninja III: The Domination (1984)
★ 6.2/10Also action and thrillerAn aerobics instructor becomes a ruthless assassin after being possessed by a slain ninja's spirit, leading to a showdown with a martial arts expert.
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Ninja Assassin (2009)
★ 6.8/10Also action and thrillerNinja Assassin follows Raizo, one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is…
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American Ninja (1985)
★ 6/10Also actionJoe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter with little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in the Philippines after a judge gives him a choice of enlistment or prison. On one of his…
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Mortal Kombat II (2026)
★ 7.7/10Also actionThe fan favorite champions—now joined by Johnny Cage himself—are pitted against one another in the ultimate, no-holds barred, gory battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the…
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Sniper: The Last Stand (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also action and thrillerTo stop an arms dealer from unleashing a deadly superweapon, Ace sniper Brandon Beckett and Agent Zero are deployed to Costa Verde to lead a group of elite soldiers against an unrelenting militia. Taking an untested…
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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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Ninja (2009)
★ 6.2/10Also action and thrillerA westerner named Casey, studying Ninjutsu in Japan, is asked by the Sensei to return to New York to protect the legendary Yoroi Bitsu, an armored chest that contains the weapons of the last Koga Ninja.
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Revenge of the Ninja (1983)
★ 6.3/10Also action and thrillerA peaceful ex-ninja's life shatters when his son's kidnapping forces him back into violence amid an American-Japanese criminal drug war.
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Lights Out (2024)
★ 7/10Also action and thrillerA drifting ex-soldier turns underground fighter with the help of a just-released ex-con, pitting him against corrupt cops and hired killers now gunning for him and all those he cares about.
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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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Hunting Grounds (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also action and thrillerDesperate to find refuge for her children, Chloe Marvino runs away from her Mafia tied husband, and finds shelter in a cabin with a recluse drifter named Jake. But as her husband's henchmen draw closer to her, it turns…
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Sniper: G.R.I.T. - Global Response & Intelligence Team (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also action and thrillerWhen an international terrorist cult threatens global political stability and kidnaps a fellow agent, Ace Sniper Brandon Beckett and the newly-formed Global Response & Intelligence Team – or G.R.I.T. – led by Colonel…
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Hounds of War (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also action and thrillerAfter a mission goes wrong, only one of a group of mercenaries is left alive to avenge his fallen brothers.
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King of Killers (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also action and thrillerGaran is a part of a group of international hitmen who are contracted to take out the most dangerous killer in the world, only to find out that they're the ones being hunted.
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Section 8 (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also action and thrillerAfter avenging the murder of his family, a former soldier is sprung from prison and recruited by a shadowy government agency.
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One Mile: Chapter Two (2026)
★ 6.6/10Also actionFormer special forces operative Danny is forced back onto a remote island when a violent, secretive community takes revenge by abducting his daughter Alex, launching a relentless hunt against enemies prepared for his…
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Exit Protocol (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also action and thrillerAn assassin whose specialty is killing other assassins trying to get out of the business decides to try to get out himself and must then team up with his former mark to escape the hired killers now gunning for them both.
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Off the Grid (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also action and thrillerAfter a morally-bankrupt company tries to weaponize a brilliant scientist's revolutionary technology, he goes off the grid to safeguard humanity. When the company sends a strike force to find him, they make their…
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The Marine 3: Homefront (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also actionA Marine must do whatever it takes to save his kidnapped sister and stop a terrorist attack masterminded by a radical militia group.