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Movies Like The Follow

If you liked The Follow (2001), a action and mystery movie directed by Wong Kar-wai, 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. 1Stowaway

    Stowaway (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also action and mystery

    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…

  2. 2The Commuter

    The Commuter (2018)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action and mystery

    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.

  3. 3The Engineer

    The Engineer (2023)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action and mystery

    As Israel is rocked by a series of terrorist bombings, a US senator's daughter is killed in one bloody explosion. Now, ex-Mossad agent Etan must lead an elite, covert team of agents and mercenaries to find the man…

  4. 4Last Man Down

    Last Man Down (2021)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and mystery

    After civilization succumbs to a deadly pandemic and his wife is murdered, a special forces soldier abandons his duty and becomes a hermit in the Nordic wilderness. Years later, a wounded woman appears on his doorstep…

  5. 5Trigger Point

    Trigger Point (2021)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action and mystery

    Nicolas Shaw is a retired U.S. special operative who becomes part of an elite 'invisible' team that quietly takes out the worst villains around the world.

  6. 6Overdrive

    Overdrive (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and mystery

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

  7. 7Night Train to Lisbon

    Night Train to Lisbon (2013)

    ★ 6.5/10Also mystery and romance

    Raimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which compels him to suddenly abandon the boring life he has led for…

  8. 8Hellfighters

    Hellfighters (1968)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and romance

    The adventures of oil well fire specialist Chance Buckman (based on real-life Red Adair), who extinguishes massive fires in oil fields around the world.

  9. 9The Black Book

    The Black Book (2023)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action and mystery

    After his son is wrongly accused of kidnapping, a deacon who has just lost his wife takes matters into his own hands and fights a crooked police gang to clear him.

  10. 10Flower Shop Mystery: Mum's the Word

    Flower Shop Mystery: Mum's the Word (2016)

    ★ 6.7/10Also mystery and romance

    Abby Knight, a former lawyer turned proud flower shop owner is starting over after the death of her husband with the support from her father, a new business and her daughter off to college. Life is good in the peaceful…

  11. 11Muzzle: City of Wolves

    Muzzle: City of Wolves (2025)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action and mystery

    LAPD officer Jake Rosser endeavors to lead a peaceful life with his family and retired K-9 officer, Socks. However, tranquility dissolves into chaos when a gang targets them in a brutal attack. Alongside his new K-9…

  12. 12X

    X (2011)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action and romance

    A veteran call girl and a runaway prostitute witness a murder which sends them on an out-of-control roller coaster ride through the twilight zone of sex-for-sale.

  13. 13Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted

    Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted (2016)

    ★ 6.5/10Also mystery and romance

    Abby Knight, ex-lawyer and crime buff, and the owner of Bloomers Flower Shop, is having a week to be reckoned with. A reluctant bridesmaid at her drama queen cousin’s wedding, Abby ends up not just doing the…

  14. 14The International

    The International (2009)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and mystery

    An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their…

  15. 15The Tourist

    The Tourist (2010)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action and romance

    American tourist Frank meets mysterious British woman Elise on the train to Venice. Romance seems to bud, but there's more to her than meets the eye.

  16. 16Debbie Macomber's Dashing Through The Snow

    Debbie Macomber's Dashing Through The Snow (2015)

    ★ 6.2/10Also mystery and romance

    Stranded at an airport at Christmastime, Ashley Harrison accepts a ride from Dash Sutherland, who has just rented the last car in town. As the pair heads north, their adventures include car trouble, adopting a puppy…

  17. 17Frequencies

    Frequencies (2013)

    ★ 6.6/10Also romance and mystery

    The story of the forbidden relationship between a 'low born' boy and a 'high born' girl in an alternate reality where every person's relationships and life worth are determined by their innate 'frequencies'.

  18. 18Shuffle

    Shuffle (2012)

    ★ 6.4/10Also mystery and romance

    Lovell Milo is a man who begins experiencing his life out of order; every day he wakes up at a different age, on a different day of his life, never knowing where or when he’s going to be once he falls asleep. He’s…

  19. 19Absolution

    Absolution (2024)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action and mystery

    An aging ex-boxer gangster working as muscle for a Boston crime boss receives an upsetting diagnosis. Despite a faltering memory, he attempts to rectify the sins of his past and reconnect with his estranged children…

  20. 20The Tutor

    The Tutor (2023)

    ★ 6/10Also mystery and action

    When a professional tutor takes a job at a remote manor, he soon finds himself battling his disturbed student’s obsessions, which threaten to expose his darkest secrets and unravel his carefully crafted persona.

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