Movies Like The Forgotten

If you liked The Forgotten (1989), a action and thriller movie directed by James Keach, 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
First Blood (1982)
★ 7.5/10Also action and thriller
When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.
2
Universal Soldier (1992)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and action
An American soldier who had been killed during the Vietnam War is revived 25 years later by the military as a semi-android, UniSols, a high-tech soldier of the future. After the failure of the initiative to erase all…
3
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
★ 6.7/10Also action and thriller
John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.
4
The Package (1989)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and action
Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him.
5
Missing in Action (1984)
★ 5.9/10Also action and thriller
American servicemen are still being held captive in Vietnam and it's up to one man to bring them home in this blistering, fast-paced action/adventure starring martial arts superstar Chuck Norris. Following a daring…
6
Hello (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and tv movie
An emotionally unavailable flight attendant meets a potential love interest and later finds out that her "perfect guy" has ulterior motives. As the clock ticks down on New Year's Eve, she must fight to keep her…
7
Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985)
★ 5.8/10Also action and thriller
Prequel to the first Missing In Action, set in the early 1980s it shows the capture of Colonel Braddock during the Vietnam war in the 1970s, and his captivity with other American POWs in a brutal prison camp, and his…
8
Escape from Sobibor (1987)
★ 7.2/10Also thriller and tv movie
The true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.
9
Girl in the Basement (2021)
★ 7.6/10Also thriller and tv movie
Sara is a teen girl who is looking forward to her 18th birthday to move away from her controlling father Don. But before she could even blow out the candles, Don imprisons her in the basement of their home.
10
Escape from New York (1981)
★ 7/10Also action and thriller
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to…
11
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…
12
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.
13
Nowhere to Run (1993)
★ 6.6/10Also action and thriller
Escaped convict Sam Gillen single-handedly takes on ruthless developers who are determined to evict a widow with two young children.
14
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.
15
Blind Fury (1989)
★ 6.5/10Also action and thriller
A blind Vietnam vet, trained as a swordfighter, comes to America and helps to rescue the son of a fellow soldier.
16
Walking Tall (2004)
★ 6.3/10Also action and thriller
A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.
17
The Bad Seed Returns (2022)
★ 7/10Also thriller and tv movie
Several years after the murderous events of the first movie left her father dead, Emma is now living with her aunt Angela and navigating high school. Angela’s husband begins to suspect that Emma may not be as innocent…
18
The Enforcer (1976)
★ 6.7/10Also action and thriller
Dirty Harry Callahan returns again, this time saddled with a rookie female partner. Together, they must stop a terrorist group consisting of angry Vietnam veterans.
19
Escape from L.A. (1996)
★ 5.9/10Also action and thriller
Into the 9.6-quaked Los Angeles of 2013 comes Snake Plissken. His job: wade through L.A.'s ruined landmarks to retrieve a doomsday device.
20
Skyjacked (1972)
★ 6.2/10Also action and thriller
A crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 and demands to be taken to Russia.