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Movies that feel likeAir Force One (1997)

When Russian neo-nationalists hijack Air Force One, the world's most secure and extraordinary aircraft, the President is faced with a nearly impossible decision to give in to terrorist demands or sacrifice not only the country's dignity, but the lives of his wife and daughter.

If you loved Air Force One, the closest films we have are True Lies (1994), The Hunt for Red October (1990) and Unstoppable (2010). All three share Air Force One's kinetic and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Haywire (2011).

πŸ… 78% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Wolfgang Petersenkinetictense
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True Lies
1994 Β· dir. James Cameron
πŸ… 77%β˜… 7.3action Β· thrillerHulu

Kinetic and tense in the same breath

A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.

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The Hunt for Red October
1990 Β· dir. John McTiernan
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.5action Β· thriller

Kinetic action in both cases

A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. Lone CIA analyst Jack Ryan has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius, too. The hunt is on!

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Unstoppable
2010 Β· dir. Tony Scott
πŸ… 87%β˜… 6.8action Β· thriller

Thriller built on tension, twice over

When a massive, unmanned locomotive roars out of control, the threat is more ominous than just a derailment. The train is laden with toxic chemicals, and an accident would decimate human life and cause an environmental disaster. The only hope of bringing the train to a safe stop is in the hands of veteran engineer Frank Barnes, and young conductor Will Colson, who must risk their lives to save those in the runaway's path. Inspired by true events.

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Live Free or Die Hard
2007 Β· dir. Len Wiseman
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.1action Β· thriller

Kinetic action, and it commits to that

John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer infrastructure.

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Haywire
2011 Β· dir. Steven Soderbergh
πŸ… 80%β˜… 5.8action Β· thriller

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases

A black ops soldier seeks payback after she is betrayed and left for dead.

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No Escape
2015 Β· dir. John Erick Dowdle
πŸ… 46%β˜… 6.8thriller Β· actionPrime Video

Cut from the same action cloth

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

In their new overseas home, an American family soon finds themselves caught in the middle of a coup, and they frantically look for a safe escape in an environment where foreigners are being immediately executed.

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Outbreak
1995 Β· dir. Wolfgang Petersen
πŸ… 59%β˜… 6.6action Β· drama Β· thriller

Wolfgang Petersen directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Air Force One does

A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col. Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White House.

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The Perfect Storm
2000 Β· dir. Wolfgang Petersen
β˜… 6.5drama Β· adventure Β· action

The same hand behind both of them: Wolfgang Petersen

In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail.

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Thunderbolt
1995 Β· dir. Gordon Chan
β˜… 6.3action Β· thriller

Both are thriller through and through

In order to release his kidnapped sister, sports car mechanic, Chan Foh To, has to defeat a super-criminal street racer.

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Olympus Has Fallen
2013 Β· dir. Antoine Fuqua
πŸ… 49%β˜… 6.5action Β· thrillerPrime Video

One thread runs through both: usa president

When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning's inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster.

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Hunter Killer
2018 Β· dir. Donovan Marsh
πŸ… 38%β˜… 6.6action Β· thrillerPrime Video

Both play action straight

The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

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 threatens to dismantle the world order. With crew and country on the line, Glass must coordinate with an elite group of Navy SEALs to sneak through enemy waters, rescue the kidnapped Russian president, and hopefully prevent World War III.

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Metro
2013 Β· dir. Anton Megerdichev
β˜… 6.4action Β· thrillerPrime Video

The thriller is handled with the same confidence

Terror strikes the underground train system in Moscow in the form of a flood from a collapsed tunnel. The film follows a diverse group of Moscow citizens who find themselves trapped in the city’s underground rail network, their train derailed and virtually crushed after an aging tunnel collapses. Amongst this band of survivors is softly spoken surgeon Andrey (Sergei Puskepalis), whose wife is having an affair with the conceited businessman Vlad (Anatoly Beliy). Fate brings these two men together on the same doomed train, but there is little time to resolve their differences, as the tunnel begins to quickly fill with water, forcing them to work together with the others and find a way back to the surface.

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