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Movies Like A Lonely Place for Dying

If you liked A Lonely Place for Dying (2009), a action and thriller movie directed by Justin Eugene Evans, 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. 2The Virtuoso

    The Virtuoso (2021)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller and action

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

  3. 3Border Hunters

    Border Hunters (2025)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and thriller

    After 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…

  4. 4Lights Out

    Lights Out (2024)

    ★ 7/10Also 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.

  5. 5Dangerous

    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…

  6. 6Red Right Hand

    Red Right Hand (2024)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action and thriller

    Cash is trying to live a quiet, honest life in a small Appalachian town. When a vicious crime boss forces him back into her services, he soon learns he's capable of anything -- even killing -- to protect his family and…

  7. 7The System

    The System (2022)

    ★ 7.3/10Also action and thriller

    When 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.

  8. 8Off 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…

  9. 9Chief of Station

    Chief of Station (2024)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and 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…

  10. 10Section 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.

  11. 11SAS: Red Notice

    SAS: Red Notice (2021)

    ★ 5.8/10Also action and thriller

    An off-duty SAS soldier, Tom Buckingham, must thwart a terror attack on a train running through the Channel Tunnel. As the action escalates on the train, events transpire in the corridors of power that may make the…

  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. 13Gunslingers

    Gunslingers (2025)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and thriller

    When the most wanted man in America surfaces in a small Kentucky town, his violent history -- and a blood-thirsty mob seeking vengeance and a king’s ransom -- soon follow. As brothers face off against one another and…

  14. 14Seized

    Seized (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action and thriller

    Hiding 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…

  15. 15Hounds of War

    Hounds of War (2024)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action and thriller

    After a mission goes wrong, only one of a group of mercenaries is left alive to avenge his fallen brothers.

  16. 16Tom 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.

  17. 17Black Site

    Black Site (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also action and thriller

    A group of officers based in a labyrinthine top-secret prison must fight for their lives against Hatchet, a brilliant and infamous high-value detainee. When he escapes, his mysterious and deadly agenda has far reaching…

  18. 18Take Back

    Take Back (2021)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action and 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.

  19. 19Hostile Takeover

    Hostile Takeover (2025)

    ★ 6.9/10Also action and thriller

    Follows Pete, a professional hitman, as he faces a group of assassins after the boss of a crime syndicate suspects disloyalty due to his attendance at Workaholics Anonymous meetings.

  20. 20The November Man

    The November Man (2014)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and thriller

    An ex-CIA operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect.

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