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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.

  1. 1Kandahar

    Kandahar (2023)

    ★ 6.8/10Also action and thriller

    After 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…

  2. 2Mile 22

    Mile 22 (2018)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and thriller

    An 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…

  3. 3Lights Out

    Lights Out (2024)

    ★ 7.1/10Also action and thriller

    A 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.

  4. 4Dangerous

    Dangerous (2021)

    ★ 6/10Also action and 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…

  5. 5Hunter Killer

    Hunter Killer (2018)

    ★ 6.9/10Also action and thriller

    Untested 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…

  6. 6Take Cover

    Take Cover (2024)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action and thriller

    A 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.

  7. 7The Painter

    The Painter (2024)

    ★ 6/10Also action and thriller

    An 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…

  8. 8Under Siege

    Under Siege (1992)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and thriller

    A 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…

  9. 9Art of Eight Limbs

    Art of Eight Limbs (2024)

    ★ 6.8/10Also action and thriller

    Four 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.

  10. 10Act of Valor

    Act of Valor (2012)

    ★ 6.5/10Also action and thriller

    When 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.

  11. 11Off the Grid

    Off the Grid (2025)

    ★ 6.5/10Also action and thriller

    After 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…

  12. 12Hunting Grounds

    Hunting Grounds (2025)

    ★ 6.9/10Also action and thriller

    Desperate 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…

  13. 13Canary Black

    Canary Black (2024)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action and thriller

    Top 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…

  14. 14Tom Clancy's Without Remorse

    Tom Clancy's Without Remorse (2021)

    ★ 6.9/10Also action and thriller

    An elite Navy SEAL uncovers an international conspiracy while seeking justice for the murder of his pregnant wife.

  15. 15Section 8

    Section 8 (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and thriller

    After avenging the murder of his family, a former soldier is sprung from prison and recruited by a shadowy government agency.

  16. 16Safe House

    Safe House (2012)

    ★ 6.5/10Also action and thriller

    A 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…

  17. 17Sniper: The Last Stand

    Sniper: The Last Stand (2025)

    ★ 6.8/10Also action and thriller

    To 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…

  18. 18Exit Protocol

    Exit Protocol (2025)

    ★ 6.8/10Also action and thriller

    An 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.

  19. 19One Shot

    One Shot (2021)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action and thriller

    An 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.

  20. 20The Last Breath

    The Last Breath (2024)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    A 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…

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