Movies Like The Superhero
If you liked The Superhero (2007), a action and fantasy movie directed by Adam Simcox, 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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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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Seized (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also action and thrillerHiding out with his son Taylor on the Mexican coast, Nero hopes to put his violent Special Forces career behind him. But after Nero’s home is attacked and Taylor is abducted, the mysterious Mzamo orders Nero to…
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Hunting Grounds (2025)
★ 7/10Also 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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Stowaway (2022)
★ 6/10Also action and thrillerA 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…
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The Unhealer (2021)
★ 5.8/10Also fantasy and thrillerA botched faith healing bestows supernatural Shaman powers on a bullied teenager. When his lifelong tormentors pull a prank that kills someone he loves, he uses his powers for revenge and goes on a bloody rampage to…
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Chief of Station (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also action and thrillerAfter 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…
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Interceptor (2022)
★ 6/10Also action and thrillerA U.S. Army Captain uses her years of tactical training to save humanity from sixteen nuclear missiles launched at the U.S. as a violent attack threatens her remote missile interceptor station.
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Run (1991)
★ 6/10Also action and thrillerWhen a law student accidentally kills the son of a mob boss in a fight, he finds himself relentlessly pursued by the mob and the police.
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The System (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also action and thrillerWhen a young soldier, newly returned from war, gets caught up in a drug bust, he is recruited by the authorities to go undercover in a notoriously dangerous prison in order to figure out what is really going on.
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Hounds of War (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also action and thrillerAfter a mission goes wrong, only one of a group of mercenaries is left alive to avenge his fallen brothers.
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Shadow Master (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also action and fantasyAfter being slain by a group of criminals, a man is reborn with animal-like superpowers and makes it his mission to right the wrongs of his city.
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The Killer (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also action and thrillerZee is a feared contract killer known as "the Queen of the Dead," but when she refuses to murder a young blind woman, she finds herself hunted both by criminal colleagues and a determined police detective.
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Border Hunters (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also action and thrillerAfter his police officer brother is killed by a drug dealer who flees to the protection of his cartel-connected uncle in Mexico, an American man with a diverse law enforcement/military background goes south of the…
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Hunting Season (2025)
★ 7.4/10Also action and thrillerWhen a reclusive survivalist and his daughter rescue a mysterious, wounded woman from a river, they become entangled in a deadly web of violence and revenge, forcing them to confront a brutal criminal to survive.
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Gold (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also action and thrillerIn the not-too-distant future, two drifters traveling through the desert stumble across the biggest gold nugget ever found and the dream of immense wealth and greed takes hold. They hatch a plan to excavate their…
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Last Man Down (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also action and thrillerAfter 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…
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Best of the Best 4: Without Warning (1998)
★ 5.9/10Also action and thrillerA group of Russian mobsters have stolen a huge supply of paper for printing U.S. currency, and are now flooding the market with conterfeit bills. When one of the mobsters decides to give herself in and hand over a data…
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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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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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Until Death (2007)
★ 6/10Also action and thrillerAnthony Stowe is a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin—and everyone hates him. After a serious accident, he is placed into an induced coma, but emerges from it a better person who wants to put things right.