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Movies that feel likeTaken 3 (2014)

Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his particular set of skills to track the real killer and exact his unique brand of justice.

If you loved Taken 3, the closest films we have are Live Free or Die Hard (2007), Haywire (2011) and No Escape (2015). All three share Taken 3's tense and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Twisters (2024).

πŸ… 13% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Olivier Megatontensekinetic
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Taken (2008) Β· Taken 2 (2012)

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

A lone operative outrunning both the villains and his own police pursuers

The difference: A hacker-thriller plot swaps in for a wrongly-accused murder frame-up

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

Both land tension and momentum at once

The difference: Reviewed even better

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

A family suddenly trapped in violence with no clear way out

The difference: A coup-zone survival story, not a lone operative's manhunt

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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Atomic Blonde
2017 Β· dir. David Leitch
πŸ… 79%β˜… 6.7action Β· thrillerPrime VideoMax

Tense thriller, and it commits to that

An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.

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

Action with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

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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Twisters
2024 Β· dir. Lee Isaac Chung
πŸ… 75%β˜… 6.5action Β· thrillerHulu

Thriller built on tension, twice over

As storm season intensifies, the paths of former storm chaser Kate Carter and reckless social-media superstar Tyler Owens collide when terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed. The pair and their competing teams find themselves squarely in the paths of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives.

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The Bourne Legacy
2012 Β· dir. Tony Gilroy
πŸ… 56%β˜… 6.6action Β· thrillerNetflixStarz

A trained operative burning through a conspiracy with nowhere safe to land

The difference: Espionage bureaucracy replaces the blunt cat-and-mouse murder chase

New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.

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

Ordinary people fighting to survive when a city turns hostile in an instant

The difference: A disaster-survival ensemble, not a lone operative's revenge chase

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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Transporter 3
2008 Β· dir. Olivier Megaton
πŸ… 40%β˜… 6.1action Β· thriller Β· crime

Same director's rapid-cut, cross-border chase filmmaking, different franchise

The difference: A hired driver's job, not a father clearing his name of murder

Frank Martin puts the driving gloves on to deliver Valentina, the kidnapped daughter of a Ukrainian government official, from Marseilles to Odessa on the Black Sea. En route, he has to contend with thugs who want to intercept Valentina's safe delivery and not let his personal feelings get in the way of his dangerous objective.

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Angel Has Fallen
2019 Β· dir. Ric Roman Waugh
πŸ… 38%β˜… 6.4action Β· thrillerNetflix

A capable operative framed for a crime he didn't commit and hunted by his own side

The difference: A presidential-conspiracy plot swaps in for Mills's family-driven stakes

After a treacherous attack, Secret Service agent Mike Banning is charged with attempting to assassinate President Trumbull. Chased by his own colleagues and the FBI, Banning begins a race against the clock to clear his name.

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Homefront
2013 Β· dir. Gary Fleder
πŸ… 42%β˜… 6.5action Β· thrillerNetflix

A retired operative pulled back into violence to protect the people he loves

The difference: A small-town drug-boss feud, not a citywide manhunt for a killer

Phil Broker, a retired DEA agent, leads a quiet life with his daughter Maddy, until a school bullying incident draws them into a conflict with Morgan β€œGator” Bodine, a local crime boss.

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Colombiana
2011 Β· dir. Olivier Megaton
πŸ… 29%β˜… 6.4action Β· thriller Β· crime

Same director's stripped-down revenge plotting, told from the killer's side

The difference: A years-long vendetta story, not a single frantic day clearing a name

After witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, Cataleya Restrepo grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she hopes will lead her to her ultimate target: the mobster responsible for her parents' death.

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