20 movies like Under Pressure, ordered by similarity : John Wick: Chapter 2(2017), Abandoned(2015), Hunter Killer(2018), Morituri(1965), The Terminator(1984), Trespass(1992), A Touch of Zen(1971), Cold Hell(2017), 300(2006), Riddick(2013), Game Night(2018), End of Watch(2012) ...
Action
1999
91 Minutes
Rob Lowe Craig Wasson Larisa Miller Harry Van Gorkum Scott Anthony Viscomi Stanley Kamel Michael E. Rodgers Mike White
art collector british man soldier scholar daredevil mercenary tense suspenseful thrilling athens, greece ship submarine taxicab hotel hijacking artifact archaeology crime survival husband/wife relationship
A college professor (Larisa Miller) aboard a sinking boat safeguards an artifact from a greedy collector's (Craig Wasson) goons.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|Italy|Hong Kong|Canada
2017
122 Minutes
Keanu Reeves Common Laurence Fishburne Riccardo Scamarcio Ruby Rose Lance Reddick Peter Stormare Bridget Moynahan Franco Nero John Alberto Leguizamo Ian McShane
assassin widower dog enemy crime boss murderer soldier guard criminal thrilling tense suspenseful engaging gripping intense united states italy art museum city catacombs
After returning to the criminal underworld to repay a debt, John Wick discovers that a large bounty has been put on his life.
Action, Drama
New Zealand
2015
86 Minutes
Dominic Purcell Peter Feeney Owen Black Siobhan Marshall Greg Johnson Daniel Cleary Serena Cotton Rachel Nash
man shipwreck survivor survivor friend explorer sailor engaging emotional melodramatic thrilling gripping suspenseful sea boat ocean home danger shipwreck sinking ship survival
In 1989 the trimaran Rose Noelle set sail from Picton, New Zealand, bound for Tonga with four crew. After a freak wave capsized the yacht, they drifted for 119 days before landing on Great Barrier Island.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK|China|France|USA
2018
121 Minutes
Gerard Butler Gary Oldman Common Michael Nyqvist Linda Cardellini Zane Holtz Caroline Goodall Alexander Diachenko Michael Gor Yuri Kolokolnikov Toby Stephens
submarine officer soldier navy seal russian minister tense suspenseful thrilling submarine pentagon white house office base camp ship political coup submarine navy mission war quest
An untested American submarine captain teams with U.S. Navy Seals to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general.
War, Drama, Action
USA
1965
123 Minutes
Marlon Brando Yul Brynner Janet Margolin Trevor Howard Martin Benrath Hans Christian Blech Wally Cox Max Haufler Rainer Penkert William Redfield
deserter government official ship captain nazi british intelligence agent sailor tense suspenseful thrilling ship india japan ocean working undercover moral dilemma world war ii espionage mutiny blackmail quest
A war pacifist is blackmailed to pose as an SS officer and to disable the scuttling explosives on freighter carrying rubber cargo to be captured by the Allies.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK|USA
1984
108 Minutes
Arnold Schwarzenegger Linda Hamilton Michael Biehn Paul Winfield Lance Henriksen Rick Rossovich Bess Motta Earl Boen Dick Miller Shawn Schepps Bruce Kerner
good guy woman android murder victim roommate cyborg gory suspenseful intense tense thrilling los angeles alternate reality police station club city apartment motel room violence robots time travel
A human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.
Action
USA
1992
101 Minutes
Bill Paxton Ice-T William Sadler Ice Cube Art Evans Devoreaux White Bruce A. Young Glenn Plummer Stoney Jackson T.E. Russell Tommy "Tiny" Lister
fireman crime boss gang member homeless person treasure hunter half brother tense gripping dark thrilling intense abandoned building st. louis slum river inner city treasure hunting gang war witnessing murder kidnapping
Two firemen in a burning building get a treasure map - stolen gold church items are hidden in a closed down factory in St. Louis. Once there, they're trapped in by a black gang considering it their territory.
Sports & Fitness, Action, Adventure
Taiwan|Hong Kong
1971
180 Minutes
Feng Hsu Chun Shih Pai Ying Roy Chiao Tien Peng Cho Kin Cheung Bing-yuk Sit Hon Wang Shui Ying-Chieh Han Man Chung-san
artist mother princess monk general rival thrilling melodramatic suspenseful incredible china village forest countryside hideout ruins unusual romance on the run politics mother/son relationship
A lady fugitive on the run from corrupt government officials is joined in her endeavors by an unambitious painter and skilled Buddhist monks.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
2017
92 Minutes
Violetta Schurawlow Tobias Moretti Robert Palfrader Sammy Sheik Friedrich von Thun Murathan Muslu Nursel Köse Ercan Kesal Verena Altenberger Susanne Gschwendtner Edis König
taxi driver young woman turkish woman killer murder victim investigator engaging thrilling bleak suspenseful intense emotional taxi vienna street murder danger suspicion fear murder case
Action, Adventure, Drama
USA|Canada|Bulgaria|Australia
2006
117 Minutes
Gerard Butler Lena Headey David Wenham Dominic West Rodrigo Santoro Vincent Regan Michael Fassbender Tom Wisdom Andrew Pleavin Andrew Tiernan Giovani Antonio Cimmino
king military officer soldier warrior queen thrilling engaging crafty greece castle mountain ship battle ambition violence betrayal politics massacre underdog rise
King Leonidas of Sparta and a force of 300 men fight the Persians at Thermopylae in 480 B.C.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Action
Canada|USA
2013
118 Minutes
Vin Diesel Karl Urban Jordi Mollá Katee Sackhoff Bokeem Woodbine Dave Bautista Conrad Pla Raoul Trujillo Nolan Gerard Funk Danny Blanco Hall Noah Danby
fugitive alien mercenary rival death fiery tense thrilling gritty foreign planet outer space battlefield left for dead aliens survival space travel race against time film rivalry underdog
Left for dead on a sun-scorched planet, Riddick finds himself up against an alien race of predators. Activating an emergency beacon alerts two ships: one carrying a new breed of mercenary, the other captained by a man from Riddick's past.
Comedy, Action
USA
2018
100 Minutes
John Francis Daley Jason Bateman Rachel McAdams Kyle Chandler Sharon Horgan Billy Magnussen Lamorne Morris Kylie Bunbury Jesse Plemons Michael C. Hall Danny Huston
friend kidnapper husband wife criminal victorian hilarious witty intense thrilling lighthearted amusing house living room car office airplane runway kidnapping mystery
A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves entangled in a real-life mystery when the shady brother of one of them is seemingly kidnapped by dangerous gangsters.
Action, Crime, Drama
USA
2012
109 Minutes
Jake Gyllenhaal Michael Peña Natalie Martinez Anna Kendrick David Harbour Frank Grillo America Ferrera Cle Sloan Jaime Fitzsimons Cody Horn
police officer partner police captain criminal wife drug dealer gritty intense thrilling moving los angeles apartment street crime scene wedding inner city law enforcement inner-city life friendship drug trade
Shot documentary-style, this film follows the daily grind of two young police officers in LA who are partners and friends, and what happens when they meet criminal forces greater than themselves.
Horror, Action
Australia
2014
92 Minutes
Jay Gallagher Bianca Bradey Leon Burchill Luke McKenzie Yure Covich Catherine Terracini Keith Agius Berryn Schwerdt
mechanic sister kidnapper zombie friend survivor thrilling engaging suspenseful intense shocking brutal australia australian outback zombies apocalypse fighting danger brother/sister relationship survival
A talented mechanic prepares to battle his way through hordes of flesh-eating monsters after his sister is kidnapped on the eve of a zombie apocalypse.
Drama, Action
USA|Sweden|Norway
2011
114 Minutes
Donnie Yen Takeshi Kaneshiro Wei Tang Jia-Min Li Wei Zheng Kang Yu Chun-Yuan Wang Zhusheng Yin
chinese man man demon killer investigator wife thrilling suspenseful intense gory brooding patriotic china shop village murder robbery survival past crimes secret
Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker.
Action
2015
100 Minutes
Lambert Wilson Guillaume Gouix Franck Gastambide François Arnaud Laurent Lucas Gabrielle Lazure Pierre Lebeau Hedi Rian Virginie Ledoyen
gang members hostage child young woman gang leader bleak brash brutal chilling confident dark frenetic frightening gripping intense melodramatic shocking suspenseful tense thrilling
After a bank job goes wrong, three desperate criminals take a young woman and a father and child hostage.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action
USA
2005
116 Minutes
Tom Cruise Dakota Fanning Miranda Otto Justin Chatwin Tim Robbins Rick Gonzalez Yul Vazquez Lenny Venito Lisa Ann Walter Ann Robinson Gene Barry
dockworker son daughter ex-wife alien soldier intense thrilling emotional new jersey household basement boston ferry farmhouse alien invasion survival family disaster world domination
An updated version of H.G Wells' seminal sci-fi classic about an alien invasion threatening the future of humanity. The catastrophic nightmare is depicted through the eyes of one American family fighting for survival.
Action, Crime, Drama
UK
2015
97 Minutes
Daryl Hannah Mickey Rourke Eric Roberts Dominique Swain Michael Madsen Jeff Fahey Gary Daniels Alan Ford
hitman assassin villain criminal gang leader gang members gangster gangsters pimp brutal dark intense intricate tense city united states california los angeles crime fighting
HITMAN for hire Bradley decides to turn his back on killing for a living and drops out of society, But, when he encounters a savage pimp and a desperate woman in the London suburbs under ... See full summary »
Action
USA
1985
90 Minutes
Arnold Schwarzenegger Rae Dawn Chong Dan Hedaya Vernon Wells David Patrick Kelly Alyssa Milano James Olson Bill Duke Drew Snyder Sharon Wyatt Michael Delano
ex-soldier dictator daughter flight attendant commander mercenary campy unrestrained thrilling suspenseful gritty united states cabin mall airport motel mountain assassination kidnapping chase
A retired Special Forces colonel tries to save his daughter, who was abducted by his former subordinate.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
2018
95 Minutes
Kate Bosworth Tyler Hoechlin Sonoya Mizuno Lance E. Nichols Lance Reddick Jeff Chase David Dastmalchian Laura Cayouette Dana Gourrier Brad Leland Thomas Francis Murphy
gang member traveler murderer gang leader partner survivor brutal thrilling gripping unrestrained wild suspenseful post-apocalyptic wasteland house car store road suburb post-apocalypse travel
In the weeks following an apocalyptic event, a husband and wife venture across the countryside inhabited by deadly factions in search of safety, and must work together as they are pushed to the breaking point in order to survive.
Action
1988
109 Minutes
Sidney Poitier Tom Berenger Kirstie Alley Clancy Brown Richard Masur Andrew Robinson Kevin Scannell Frederick Coffin
fbi agent thief guide fiancée jewel thief boyfriend confident engaging suspenseful tense thrilling intense pacific northwest canadian border jewelry shop mountain wilderness city hostage situation extortion
An FBI agent (Sidney Poitier) and his mountain guide (Tom Berenger) track a killer trying to cross from Washington into Canada.