Movies Like The Escape

If you liked The Escape (1972), a action movie directed by Peter Yang Kwan and Florence Yu Fung-chi, 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
Eye for an Eye (2022)
★ 7.1/10Also action
A highly trained and exceptionally deadly swordsman looks for revenge after being caught in the middle of a power struggle that results in the assassination of an innocent woman's family.
2
Kill Shot (2023)
★ 8/10Also action
Posing as hunters, a group of terrorists are in search of $100 million that was stolen and lost in a plane crash en route from Afghanistan.
3
Return of Special Forces 5 (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also action
After Long Wei and his men finished their operation in Fuji, they received a distress message from his ex-wife, Leng Yun. Long Wei immediately rushes to Southeast Asia alone to look for his ex-wife. With his excellent…
4
The Marine 5: Battleground (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also action
While working as an EMT back stateside Jake Carter after responding to a distress call, finds himself caught up protecting a person of interest from a biker gang ruthlessly hunting them down.
5
The Paper Tigers (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also action
Three middle aged men polish their martial arts skills to avenge their fallen master.
6
Black & White: The Dawn of Justice (2014)
★ 6.2/10Also action
Police officer in the Southern Precinct, WU Ying-xiong, has been revered as a hero in the Harbor City ever since he stopped the terrorists on a Boeing 777 airplane and kept the city safe. Unfortunately, the peace is…
7
Icefall (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also action
A young Indigenous game warden arrests an infamous poacher only to discover that the poacher knows the location of a plane carrying millions of dollars that has crashed in a frozen lake. When a group of criminals and…
8
Dirt (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also 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
Lion Fist (2026)
★ 7.2/10Also action
Martial arts fighter Joe goes to prison for four years and takes his wife's blame for a drug bust. After his release, he learns that his son needs expensive surgery because of a life-threatening tumor. Joe's only…
10
The Rescue (2020)
★ 7/10Also action
A rescue unit within the Chinese Coast Guard are forced to overcome their personal differences to resolve a crisis.
11
Police Story: Lockdown (2013)
★ 6.2/10Also action
A man looking for the release of a long-time prisoner takes a police officer, his daughter, and a group of strangers hostage.
12
Big Brother (2018)
★ 7.6/10Also action
A soldier-turned-high school teacher uses unusual methods to reach to a class of poor students, while dealing with a greedy entrepreneur and his gang of fighters as well as the government.
13
The Big Shot (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also action
A car fixer jumps off stairs after illegal demolition. Police officer tries to find the crime and catch the evil boss.
14
The 355 (2022)
★ 6/10Also action
A group of top female agents from American, British, Chinese, Colombian, and German government agencies are drawn together to try and stop an organization from acquiring a deadly weapon to send the world into chaos.
15
Shade (2003)
★ 6.2/10Also action
Tiffany, Charlie and Vernon are con artists looking to up the ante from their typical scams. They figure a good way of doing this is taking down Dean "The Dean" Stevens, a well-known cardsharp, in a rigged game…
16
The Eight Hundred (2020)
★ 7/10Also action
In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army.
17
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.
18
Kids from Shaolin (1984)
★ 6.2/10Also action
Romance blossoms between two rival families practicing Shaolin and Wudang kungfu respectively. despite familial opposition - until they overcome a gang of scheming bandits together.
19
Beast (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also action
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…
20
The International (2009)
★ 6.3/10Also action
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…