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Movies Like The President's Man

If you liked The President's Man (2000), a action and adventure movie directed by Michael Preece and Eric Norris, 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. 1Escape from L.A.

    Escape from L.A. (1996)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action and thriller

    Into 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.

  2. 2Escape from New York

    Escape from New York (1981)

    ★ 7/10Also action and thriller

    In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to…

  3. 3Missing in Action

    Missing in Action (1984)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action and adventure

    American 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…

  4. 4Sniper

    Sniper (1993)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action and thriller

    Tough guy Thomas Beckett is a US Marine working in the Panamanian jungle. His job is to seek out rebels and remove them using his sniper skills. Beckett is notorious for losing his partners on such missions. This time…

  5. 5Assassination Games

    Assassination Games (2011)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and thriller

    Brazil is a contract killer, willing to take any job if the price is right. Flint left the assassin game when a ruthless drug dealer’s brutal attack left his wife in a coma. When a contract is put out on the same…

  6. 6Broken Arrow

    Broken Arrow (1996)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and thriller

    When rogue stealth-fighter pilot Vic Deakins deliberately drops off the radar while on maneuvers, the Air Force ends up with two stolen nuclear warheads -- and Deakins's co-pilot, Riley Hale, is the military's only…

  7. 7Code of Silence

    Code of Silence (1985)

    ★ 6/10Also action and thriller

    A 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.

  8. 8Death Warrant

    Death Warrant (1990)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and thriller

    Canadian policeman Louis Burke is assigned in a jail to investigate the murders of prisoners and jailors. While there, Louis, using his outstanding martial arts skills, is able to save his life and make himself…

  9. 9Walking Tall

    Walking Tall (2004)

    ★ 6.4/10Also adventure and action

    A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.

  10. 10Hard to Kill

    Hard to Kill (1990)

    ★ 6/10Also action and thriller

    Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is secretly taken to a hospital where he spends several years in a coma…

  11. 11In the Line of Fire

    In the Line of Fire (1993)

    ★ 7/10Also action and thriller

    Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of…

  12. 12The Shepherd: Border Patrol

    The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and thriller

    A Texas cop battles ex-navy seals who are trying to traffic drugs from Mexico into the USA.

  13. 13In Hell

    In Hell (2003)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action and thriller

    A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the warden's entertainment.

  14. 14Crank

    Crank (2006)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action and thriller

    Chev Chelios, a hit man wanting to go straight, lets his latest target slip away. Then he awakes the next morning to a phone call that informs him he has been poisoned and has only an hour to live unless he keeps…

  15. 15Con Air

    Con Air (1997)

    ★ 6.8/10Also action and thriller

    Newly-paroled former US Army ranger Cameron Poe is headed back to his wife, but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed "Jailbird" taking the “worst of the worst” prisoners, a group described as “pure…

  16. 16Air Force One

    Air Force One (1997)

    ★ 6.5/10Also action and thriller

    When Russian neo-nationalists hijack Air Force One, the world's most secure and extraordinary aircraft, the President is faced with a nearly impossible decision to give in to terrorist demands or sacrifice not only the…

  17. 17Predator

    Predator (1987)

    ★ 7.6/10Also action and adventure

    A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.

  18. 18Executive Decision

    Executive Decision (1996)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and adventure

    Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault…

  19. 19The Dead Pool

    The Dead Pool (1988)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and thriller

    Dirty Harry Callahan returns for his final film adventure. Together with his partner Al Quan, he must investigate the systematic murder of prominent figures. By the time Harry learns that the murders are part of a sick…

  20. 20Dirty Harry

    Dirty Harry (1971)

    ★ 7.5/10Also action and thriller

    When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath.

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