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Movies Like The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro

If you liked The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro (1989), a action and drama movie directed by Robert L. Collins, 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. 1Welcome to Sudden Death

    Welcome to Sudden Death (2020)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and drama

    Jesse Freeman is a former special forces officer and explosives expert now working a regular job as a security guard in a state-of-the-art basketball arena. Trouble erupts when a tech-savvy cadre of terrorists kidnap…

  2. 2Beast

    Beast (2026)

    ★ 7.5/10Also action and drama

    MMA legend Patton James, now a commercial fisherman, is pulled back into the cage when his brother is in danger. Reuniting with his old coach Sammy, he commits to one final fight in one championship against the brutal…

  3. 3Interceptor

    Interceptor (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also action

    A 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.

  4. 4Stowaway

    Stowaway (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also action

    A 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…

  5. 544 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out

    44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action and drama

    After a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for 44 minutes.

  6. 6Rev

    Rev (2020)

    ★ 6/10Also action and drama

    A young thief with a history of grand theft auto becomes an informant and helps police bring down a criminal enterprise involved in the smuggling of hundreds of exotic super cars.

  7. 77500

    7500 (2019)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    When terrorists try to seize control of a Berlin-Paris flight, a soft-spoken young American co-pilot struggles to save the lives of the passengers and crew while forging a surprising connection with one of the hijackers.

  8. 8Dirt

    Dirt (2018)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and action

    In search of a lifeline for his struggling off road racing team, a man takes on a young car thief looking for a second chance, but as their worlds collide, they must struggle to forge a successful alliance.

  9. 9Mexicali

    Mexicali (2026)

    ★ 7.7/10Also action and drama

    A former special forces contractor is forced out of retirement as an avocado farmer in Mexico when local gangsters try to force him and his family off their farm.

  10. 10The Fast and the Fierce

    The Fast and the Fierce (2017)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action

    When terrorists plant a bomb on a commercial flight, the passengers aboard the plane must fight to keep the plane in the air and all the passengers alive: the bomb is rigged to detonate whenever the plane dips below…

  11. 11Embattled

    Embattled (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action and drama

    The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.

  12. 12In Full Bloom

    In Full Bloom (2019)

    ★ 6.8/10Also action and drama

    Set shortly after the end of World War II, a philosophical boxing drama of two fighters from opposite worlds (USA and Japan) who are pulled together for a questionable fight arranged by their unscrupulous managers and…

  13. 13The Commuter

    The Commuter (2018)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action

    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. 14Jawbone

    Jawbone (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and drama

    A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the only family he has left: gym owner…

  15. 15The Marine 3: Homefront

    The Marine 3: Homefront (2013)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action

    A Marine must do whatever it takes to save his kidnapped sister and stop a terrorist attack masterminded by a radical militia group.

  16. 16Overdrive

    Overdrive (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action

    Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.

  17. 17Night of the Twisters

    Night of the Twisters (1996)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and drama

    A teenager boy bonds with his stepfather while battling a series of killer twisters.

  18. 18Seeking Justice

    Seeking Justice (2011)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action and drama

    After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score.

  19. 19Point Blank

    Point Blank (2019)

    ★ 6/10Also action

    A 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.

  20. 20Iron Jawed Angels

    Iron Jawed Angels (2004)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.

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