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Movies Like The Prime Minister

If you liked The Prime Minister (2016), a thriller movie directed by Erik Van Looy, 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. 1Angel Has Fallen

    Angel Has Fallen (2019)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    After a treacherous attack, Secret Service agent Mike Banning is charged with attempting to assassinate President Trumbull. Chased by his own colleagues and the FBI, Banning begins a race against the clock to clear his…

  2. 2Nick of Time

    Nick of Time (1995)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    An ordinary man is suddenly forced into a plot to kill a politician in exchange for his kidnapped daughter's freedom.

  3. 3Chief of Station

    Chief of Station (2024)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    After 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…

  4. 4Awake

    Awake (2007)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife must make…

  5. 5Hider in the House

    Hider in the House (1989)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    A deranged man hides in the attic of a new house and becomes obsessed with the unsuspecting family that moves in.

  6. 6Tailgate

    Tailgate (2019)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    A cocksure, road-raging family man finds himself pursued and terrorized by the vengeful van driver he chooses to tailgate.

  7. 7The Virtuoso

    The Virtuoso (2021)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    Danger, deception and murder descend upon a sleepy town when a professional assassin accepts a new assignment from his enigmatic boss.

  8. 8Containment

    Containment (2015)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?

  9. 9Prodigy

    Prodigy (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    Jimmy is a committed child psychologist who uses his own playbook, but when he is brought in to work with Ellie, he is completely unprepared for his subject—a 9-year-old psychopathic genius with nothing to lose. As he…

  10. 10Sudden Death

    Sudden Death (1995)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    When a man's daughter is suddenly taken during a championship hockey game – with the captors demanding a billion dollars by game's end – he frantically sets a plan in motion to rescue her and abort an impending…

  11. 11In the Line of Fire

    In the Line of Fire (1993)

    ★ 7/10Also 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. 12God Is a Bullet

    God Is a Bullet (2023)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    Vice detective Bob Hightower finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations, he quits the force and infiltrates the cult to hunt down the leader with the…

  13. 13Dangerous

    Dangerous (2021)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    A 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…

  14. 14Amsterdamned

    Amsterdamned (1988)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller

    A mysterious diver hiding in Amsterdam's canal system embarks on a rampage of gruesome murders, terrifying city officials and leaving few clues for the city's best detective, who doesn't suspect that both his new…

  15. 15Stolen Girl

    Stolen Girl (2025)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller

    In 1993, Maureen’s six-year-old daughter Amina is snuck out of the country by her ex-husband, Karim. After years of unsuccessful attempts to find her, Maureen intersects with a professional retriever of internationally…

  16. 16Take Back

    Take Back (2021)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    Zara and Brian are living the perfect small town life when a mysterious stranger from Zara's secret past kidnaps their daughter and now they must race to save her life.

  17. 17Rampage: Capital Punishment

    Rampage: Capital Punishment (2014)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    A man takes over a TV station and holds a number of hostages as a political platform to awaken humanity, instead of money.

  18. 18The Purge: Election Year

    The Purge: Election Year (2016)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller

    Seventeen years after choosing not to kill the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Leo Barnes has become head of security for Senator Charlene Roan, the front runner in the next Presidential election due to…

  19. 19The Infernal Machine

    The Infernal Machine (2022)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    Reclusive and controversial author Bruce Cogburn is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan, forcing the novelist to confront a past that he thought he could escape, and to account for events set in motion by his…

  20. 20Whisper

    Whisper (2007)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    Sinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.

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