
Movies that feel likeEscape from New York (1981)
If you loved Escape from New York, the closest films we have are They Live (1988), Mad Max 2 (1981) and District B13 (2004). All three share Escape from New York'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 eXistenZ (1999).
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If Escape from New York hit the spot, these will too

The same hand behind both of them: John Carpenter

Both keep coming back to the same thing: dystopia

Both are working the same pair: martial arts, street gang
The difference: 23 years apart, and the 2000s show

One thread runs through both: anti hero
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

The same preoccupation in both: dystopia

The same mix in both: momentum, then tension

Cerebral where it counts, bleak underneath

Kinetic action in both cases

Thriller built on tension, twice over
The difference: Leans harder into drama than Escape from New York does

Common ground: martial arts

Cerebral science fiction, and it commits to that

Action with a pulse of bleakness, in both cases
The difference: Trades the tension of Escape from New York for an angle of its own
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