Movies like The Commando
If The Commando's mix of trauma, stolen money and gang leader stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what The Commando's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Pulp Fiction
1994 · Directed by Quentin Tarantino · 154 min8.5
Why you'll like itShares: stolen money · Also thriller and crime
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper.
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Extraction 2
2023 · Directed by Sam Hargrave · 122 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: revenge · Also action and thriller · From the same decade (2020s)
Back from the brink of death, highly skilled commando Tyler Rake takes on another dangerous mission: saving the imprisoned family of a ruthless gangster.
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Face/Off
1997 · Directed by John Woo · 139 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: revenge · Also action and crime
In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.
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Avengement
2019 · Directed by Jesse V. Johnson · 88 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: revenge · Also crime and action
While on a prison furlough, a lowly criminal evades his guards and returns to his old stomping ground to take revenge on the people who turned him into a cold blooded killer.
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Dragged Across Concrete
2019 · Directed by S. Craig Zahler · 159 min6.6
Why you'll like itWith Michael Jai White · Also crime and action
Two policemen, one an old-timer, the other his volatile younger partner, find themselves suspended when a video of their strong-arm tactics becomes the media's cause du jour.
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The Revenant
2015 · Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu · 157 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: revenge, survival
In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
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War
2007 · Directed by Philip G. Atwell · 103 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: revenge · Also action and crime
FBI agent Jack Crawford is out for revenge when his partner is killed and all clues point to the mysterious assassin Rogue. But when Rogue turns up years later to take care of some unfinished business, he triggers a…
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Hostage
2005 · Directed by Florent-Emilio Siri · 113 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: hostage situation · Also action and thriller
When a mafia accountant is taken hostage on his beat, a police officer – wracked by guilt from a prior stint as a negotiator – must negotiate the standoff, even as his own family is held captive by the mob.
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Executive Decision
1996 · Directed by Stuart Baird · 132 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: survival · Also action and thriller
Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault…
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Triple Frontier
2019 · Directed by J.C. Chandor · 125 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: survival · Also action and thriller
Struggling to make ends meet, former special ops soldiers reunite for a high-stakes heist: stealing $75 million from a South American drug lord.
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Trespass
1992 · Directed by Walter Hill · 101 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: revenge · Also action and thriller
Two Arkansas firemen, Vince and Don, get hold of a map that leads to a cache of stolen gold in an abandoned factory in East St. Louis.
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Iron Man 2
2010 · Directed by Jon Favreau · 124 min6.9
Why you'll like itWith Mickey Rourke · Shares: revenge
With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with the military.