Movies like Basic
If Basic's mix of hurricane, recruit and panama stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Basic's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Predator
1987 · Directed by John McTiernan · 107 min7.6
Why you'll like itAlso directed by John McTiernan · Shares: suspenseful · Also action and thriller
A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
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Con Air
1997 · Directed by Simon West · 116 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: dea agent, ex army · Also action and thriller
Newly-paroled former US Army ranger Cameron Poe is headed back to his wife, but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed "Jailbird" taking the “worst of the worst” prisoners, a group described as “pure…
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Sicario
2015 · Directed by Denis Villeneuve · 122 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: interrogation, suspenseful · Also action and crime
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
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War Machine
2026 · Directed by Patrick Hughes · 110 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: u.s. army ranger · Also action and thriller
On one last grueling mission during Army Ranger training, a combat engineer must lead his unit in a fight against a giant otherworldly killing machine.
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The Mechanic
2011 · Directed by Simon West · 93 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: suspenseful · Also action and thriller
Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code requiring professional perfection and total detachment. One of an elite group of assassins, Bishop may be the best in the business - with a unique…