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Movies that feel likeThe Fugitive (1993)

Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear his name.

If you loved The Fugitive, the closest films we have are Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995), True Lies (1994) and Don (2006). All three share The Fugitive'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 The Warriors (1979).

πŸ… 96% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Andrew Daviskinetictensecontemplative
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Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1995 Β· dir. John McTiernan
πŸ… 60%β˜… 7.6action Β· thrillerHulu

The same preoccupation in both: flashback

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the loss of innocent lives. McClane thought he'd seen it all, until a genius named Simon engages McClane, his new "partner" -- and his beloved city -- in a deadly game that demands their concentration.

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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

The difference: Easier on the stillness than The Fugitive

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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Don
2006 Β· dir. Farhan Akhtar
β˜… 7.2action Β· drama Β· thrillerNetflix

Contemplative action in both cases

DCP DeSilva sees a way to bring to justice the feared head of a criminal empire by recruiting a man named Vijay, who looks exactly like the crime boss. The ruse works too well, and soon Vijay finds his life in danger when DeSilva, the only one who knows his true identity, dies.

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

Kinetic thriller, and it commits to that

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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Run Lola Run
1998 Β· dir. Tom Tykwer
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.6action Β· drama Β· thrillerHulu

Drama with a pulse of tension, in both cases

Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola's run.

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Speed
1994 Β· dir. Jan de Bont
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.3action Β· thrillerNetflix

Both lean on momentum more than on action

Tensions run high when a crazed bomber rigs a Los Angeles bus with a device that will kill everyone on board if the vehicle's speed dips below fifty miles per hour.

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

Thriller built on stillness, twice over

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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Safe House
2012 Β· dir. Daniel Espinosa
πŸ… 52%β˜… 6.7action Β· thrillerNetflixStarz

Common ground in both: betrayal and life on the run

A dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them dead.

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

Tense drama, and it commits to that

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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Air Force One
1997 Β· dir. Wolfgang Petersen
πŸ… 78%β˜… 6.6action Β· thriller

Cut from the same action cloth

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.

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First Blood
1982 Β· dir. Ted Kotcheff
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.7action Β· thriller Β· drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: escape

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.

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The Warriors
1979 Β· dir. Walter Hill
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.5action Β· thrillerNetflix

Both are thriller through and through

Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors' trail.

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