Movies Like Countdown at Sea
If you liked Countdown at Sea (1999), a action and thriller movie directed by Mark von Seydlitz, 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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Dangerous (2021)
★ 6/10Also action and thrillerA reformed sociopath heads to a remote island after the death of his brother. Soon after his arrival, the island falls under siege from a deadly gang of mercenaries, and when he discovers their role in his brother’s…
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Chief of Station (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also action and thrillerAfter learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he…
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Zip Wire (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also action and thrillerWhen her ground-breaking pharmaceutical discovery is stolen and partner murdered, researcher Amy must face her fear of heights to escape nefarious attackers, with the only path to salvation being a treacherous aerial…
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Lights Out (2024)
★ 7.1/10Also 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 Hit List (2011)
★ 6/10Also action and thrillerA disgruntled man creates a hit list with a stranger during a drunken night out and must then race to try to save those he marked for extermination as the bodies begin to pile up and all fingers point to him.
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The Best Man (2023)
★ 6/10Also action and thrillerMercenaries seize control of a remote resort hotel during a wedding and it's up to the best man, the groom and their drunken best friend to stop the terrorists and save the hostages.
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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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Off the Grid (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also 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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Border Hunters (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also action and thrillerAfter his police officer brother is killed by a drug dealer who flees to the protection of his cartel-connected uncle in Mexico, an American man with a diverse law enforcement/military background goes south of the…
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Point Blank (2019)
★ 6/10Also action and thrillerA nurse is forced to spring a wounded murder suspect from the hospital when the man’s brother kidnaps his pregnant wife and wants to make a trade.
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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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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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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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Stowaway (2022)
★ 6/10Also action and thrillerA tenacious party girl fights to survive after three thieves commandeer her luxury yacht. Unable to escape and trapped on the yacht at high seas, the prey becomes the hunter as she turns the tables on the intruders and…
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Fast Track: No Limits (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also action and thrillerFour young thrill-seekers race cars on the streets of Germany.
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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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Dead Sea (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also thrillerStranded in the open sea after a fatal accident, a young woman and her two friends are rescued by a fishing vessel's captain, unaware that the ship harbors a chilling secret.
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Interceptor (2022)
★ 6/10Also action and thrillerA U.S. Army Captain uses her years of tactical training to save humanity from sixteen nuclear missiles launched at the U.S. as a violent attack threatens her remote missile interceptor station.
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Seven Snipers (2026)
★ 6/10Also action and thrillerWhen a former elite sniper is hunted down by the ruthless warlord who once held her captive, she must fight to the death to protect the daughter she has raised in hiding, on a remote Australian farm.
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Take Cover (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also action and thrillerA burned-out professional sniper finds himself trapped in an all-glass penthouse by a lethal competitor and must find a way to survive and escape with little to no cover between him and the killer.