Movies Like Black Water
If you liked Black Water (2018), a action and thriller movie directed by Pasha Patriki, 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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Kandahar (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also action and thrillerAfter his mission is exposed, an undercover CIA operative stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding…
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Mile 22 (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also action and thrillerAn elite group of American operatives, aided by a top-secret tactical command team, must transport an asset who holds life-threatening information to an extraction point 22 miles away through the hostile streets of an…
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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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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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Hunter Killer (2018)
★ 6.9/10Also action and thrillerUntested American submarine commander, Capt. Joe Glass of the USS Arkansas, is on the hunt for a U.S. sub in distress in the Arctic Ocean. He soon learns a secret Russian coup is in the offing, a conspiracy that…
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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.
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The Painter (2024)
★ 6/10Also action and thrillerAn ex-CIA operative is thrown back into a dangerous world when a mysterious woman from his past resurfaces. Now exposed and targeted by a relentless killer and a rogue black ops program, he must rely on skills he…
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Under Siege (1992)
★ 6.3/10Also action and thrillerA disgruntled ex-CIA operative, his assistant and their assembled group of terrorists seize a battleship with nuclear blackmail in mind. They've planned for every contingency but ignore the ship's cook, former Navy…
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Art of Eight Limbs (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also action and thrillerFour canisters of deadly VX nerve gas have fallen into the hands of an international arms dealer in Myanmar. A CIA recruit delivers a high-tech detection device to an agent already on the ground.
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Act of Valor (2012)
★ 6.5/10Also action and thrillerWhen a covert mission to rescue a kidnapped CIA operative uncovers a chilling plot, an elite, highly trained U.S. SEAL team speeds to hotspots around the globe, racing against the clock to stop a deadly terrorist attack.
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Off the Grid (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also 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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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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Canary Black (2024)
★ 6.2/10Also action and thrillerTop level CIA agent Avery Graves is blackmailed by terrorists into betraying her own country to save her kidnapped husband. Cut off from her team, she turns to her underworld contacts to survive and help locate the…
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Tom Clancy's Without Remorse (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also action and thrillerAn elite Navy SEAL uncovers an international conspiracy while seeking justice for the murder of his pregnant wife.
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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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Safe House (2012)
★ 6.5/10Also action and thrillerA dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough…
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Sniper: The Last Stand (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also action and thrillerTo stop an arms dealer from unleashing a deadly superweapon, Ace sniper Brandon Beckett and Agent Zero are deployed to Costa Verde to lead a group of elite soldiers against an unrelenting militia. Taking an untested…
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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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One Shot (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also action and thrillerAn elite squad of Navy SEALs, on a covert mission to transport a prisoner off a CIA black site island prison, are trapped when insurgents attack while trying to rescue the same prisoner.
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The Last Breath (2024)
★ 6/10Also thrillerA group of old college friends reunite on a Caribbean scuba diving trip exploring the wreckage of a WWII battleship and find themselves trapped inside the underwater labyrinth of rusted metal surrounded by great white…