20 movies like The Defender, ordered by similarity : John Wick: Chapter 2(2017), Tiger Zinda Hai(2017), Blood and Bone(2009), Army of One(1994), Intrepid(1999), Raazi(2018), Black Friday(2004), Ip Man 4: The Finale(2019), Warrior(2011), Get the Gringo(2012), Baby(2015), The Bouncer(2018) ...
Action
USA|UK|Germany|Romania
2004
90 Minutes
Dolph Lundgren Jerry Springer Shakara Ledard Thomas Lockyer Caroline Lee Johnson Gerald Kyd Ian Porter Howard Antony Geoffrey Burton
bodyguard nsa agent engaging brutal bucharest, romania iraq war terrorism national security underdog 1990s
Lance and his team are bodyguards for NSA's head, who is sent by the president to a secret meeting in an empty hotel outside Bucharest. During the meeting, the hotel is attacked. By whom and why?
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Adventure
India
2017
165 Minutes
Salman Khan Katrina Kaif Paresh Rawal Angad Bedi Jay-Jay Botha Erdal Besikçioglu Zachary Coffin Najmeddin AlHadad Pradeep Rawat Casey Shannon Kumud Mishra
spy agent terrorist nurse thrilling confident engaging suspenseful iraq austria hospital terrorism rescue abduction husband/wife relationship rescue pursuit quest adventure 21st century
When a group of Indian and Pakistani nurses are held hostage in Iraq by a terrorist organization, a secret agent is drawn out of hiding to rescue them.
Action, Sports & Fitness
USA
2009
90 Minutes
Michael Jai White Julian Sands Eamonn Walker Dante Basco Nona Gaye Michelle Belegrin Bob Sapp Richard Williams Ron Yuan
prisoner fighter enemy manager man engaging thrilling suspenseful intense gripping brutal los angeles ghetto fighting underground scene prison released from prison danger anger rivalry
In Los Angeles, an ex-con takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.
Action
USA
1994
100 Minutes
Dolph Lundgren George Segal Kristian Alfonso Michelle Phillips Geoffrey Lewis Bert Remsen Matt Battaglia Michael Paul Chan
racecar partner murder suspect murder victim hostage suspenseful engaging intense brutal street fear murder investigation police brutality adventure discovery escape revenge rivalry underdog
A framed prison escapee unknowingly kidnaps a female cop en-route to a rendezvous with the corrupt cop who put him behind bars.
Action
USA
1999
95 Minutes
James Coburn Finola Hughes Costas Mandylor Sonia Satra Alex Hyde-White Larry Poindexter Robert Bauer Sarah Bibb Blake Clark Carol Arthur Michael Dean Jacobs
naval officer terrorist nuclear physicist soldier villain engaging thrilling suspenseful gripping brutal cruise ship terrorism danger capture captivity adventure discovery rivalry escape quest
When a tsunami created by a nuclear explosion capsizes a cruise ship, a special agent must help the surviving passengers reach the surface when it becomes apparent that there's a group of terrorists on board.
Action, Crime, Drama
India
2018
138 Minutes
Alia Bhatt Vicky Kaushal Jaideep Ahlawat Amruta Khanvilkar Arif Zakaria Rajit Kapoor Soni Razdan Shishir Sharma Pallavi Batra Ashwath Bhatt
agent beautiful woman father military officer indian fighter thrilling engaging suspenseful gripping intense charming india pakistan secret service fight for justice family traditions marriage military intelligence danger
A Kashmiri woman agrees to marry a Pakistani army officer in order to spy on Pakistan during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971.
Crime, Drama, Action
2004
171 Minutes
Kay Kay Menon Aditya Shrivatsava Pavan Malhotra Dibyendu Bhattacharya Kishore Kadam Gajraj Rao Zakir Hussain Pankaj Jha Vijay Maurya
police officer terrorist witness investigator prisoner police chief brutal dense fascinating gritty mumbai, india stock exchange street bus office restaurant terrorism torture investigation conspiracy
In March 1993, Islamic militants execute a series of devastating bomb blasts that rocks Mumbai, India, and kills more than 300 people.
Action, Sports & Fitness
Hong Kong|China
2019
105 Minutes
Donnie Yen Scott Adkins Kwok-Kwan Chan Chris Collins Vanness Wu Mark Strange Jim Liu Nicola Stuart-Hill
kung fu master martial artist martial arts master martial arts student brash brutal cool engaging san francisco martial arts school school rivalry teaching kung fu rivalry rescue underdog 21st century
The Kung Fu master travels to the U.S. where his student has upset the local martial arts community by opening a Wing Chun school.
Action, Drama
USA
2011
139 Minutes
Joel Edgerton Tom Hardy Nick Nolte Jennifer Morrison Frank Grillo Kevin Dunn Maximiliano Hernandez Kurt Angle Erik Apple Denzel Whitaker Fernando Funan Chien
soldier teacher father wife principal fighter gripping melodramatic brutal inspiring house gym ring las vegas pittsburgh casino family dysfunction alcoholism iraq war tournament
The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.
Action, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Mexico
2012
96 Minutes
Mel Gibson Daniel Giménez Cacho Jesús Ochoa Roberto Sosa Dolores Heredia Kevin Hernandez Peter Stormare Dean Norris Bob Gunton Scott Cohen Patrick Bauchau
bank robber american mexican border patrol officer gangster young boy engaging gripping moving amusing playful brutal mexico prison robbery bank robbery relationships gangsters organ harvesting fear
A career criminal nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a young boy.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
India
2015
159 Minutes
Akshay Kumar Anupam Kher Tapsee Pannu Danny Denzongpa Kay Kay Menon Rana Daggubati Sushant Singh Rasheed Naz
intelligence officer agent terrorist traitor spy police chief brash confident frenetic gripping gritty intricate patriotic suspenseful thrilling pakistan india turkey terrorism prevention espionage
An elite counter-intelligence unit learns of a plot, masterminded by a maniacal madman. With the clock ticking, it's up to them to track the terrorists' international tentacles and prevent them from striking at the heart of India.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
France|Belgium
2018
82 Minutes
Jean-Claude Van Damme Sveva Alviti Sami Bouajila Sam Louwyck Kaaris Kevin Janssens Alice Verset Dimitri Thivaios Laurent D'Elia Cécilia Ngô
bodyguard bouncer daughter strip-club owner police detective stripper thrilling engaging suspenseful gripping brutal intense nightclub strip club investigation undercover operations working undercover father/daughter relationship fighting danger
A nightclub bouncer in his fifties who's taken punches, literally and figuratively, struggles to raise his 8-year-old daughter.
Action, Mystery & Thriller
USA|UK|Germany
2006
132 Minutes
Natalie Portman Hugo Weaving Stephen Rea John Hurt Rupert Graves Stephen Fry Ben Miles Tim Pigott-Smith Sinead Cusack Cosima Shaw Natasha Wightman
terrorist police officer political activist government official brutal dark frenetic london terrorism government violence pursuit underdog sacrifice 21st century
In a future British tyranny, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V", plots to overthrow it with the help of a young woman.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
India
2014
161 Minutes
Akshay Kumar Sonakshi Sinha Govinda Dipendra Sharma Anchal Singh Sumeet Raghvan Freddy Daruwala Chirag Sethi Aashin A. Shah
man secret agent terrorist military officer enemy suspenseful thrilling shocking brooding gory brutal bus mumbai, india terrorism bomb explosion adventure discovery revenge pursuit
A military officer uses his intellect and fighting skills to hunt and knock down a terrorist aiming to rip apart Mumbai via the sleeper cells under his command.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action
Italy|UK|Malta|Canada
2015
100 Minutes
Leo Howard Gale Harold Michelle Ryan Antonia Campbell Hughes Skin Danny Glover Alec Baldwin Jon Kortajarena Mauro Conte Alex Martin Gaia Scodellaro
man woman competitor spectator bleak brutal confident crafty creative dark disturbing engaging fiery gutsy intense wild maze survival survival skills competition
A group of people are plunged into a dark, claustrophobic maze, where they must fight to survive, as the outside world watches.
Action
India
1994
177 Minutes
Naseeruddin Shah Akshay Kumar Sunil Shetty Raveena Tandon Gulshan Grover Sadashiv Amrapurkar
gangster gangsters drug lord corrupt police officer police commissioner blind man thrilling tense suspenseful engaging passionate india house police station prison street good vs. evil gang war hired killers attempted rape
A journalist comes to the aid of a murderer with a life sentence when she makes an appeal in court and although he is given his freedom, they soon discover that there is a grim reason behind his release.
Action
Canada|USA
1997
99 Minutes
Dolph Lundgren Michael Sarrazin Montel Williams Roy Scheider Allen Altman Martin Neufeld
pilot president terrorist hostage major intense suspenseful thrilling press conference middle east airplane washington, d.c. chicago hotel hostage situation nuclear weapons terrorism political intrigue publicity national security
When a terrorist group steals the US President's personal communications computer for launching the US arsenal in case of war, only a heroic Major has the key to prevent a Presidential assassination or a nuclear holocaust.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
1990
124 Minutes
Bruce Willis Bonnie Bedelia William Atherton Reginald VelJohnson Franco Nero William Sadler John Amos Dennis Franz Art Evans Fred Dalton Thompson Tom Bower
detective wife terrorist general thrilling suspenseful washington dulles international airport airplane church virginia terrorism love aviation politics heroism christmas love underdog rescue pursuit
John McClane attempts to avert disaster as rogue military operatives seize control of Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK|China|USA|India
2017
114 Minutes
Jackie Chan Pierce Brosnan Ray Fearon Orla Brady Tao Liu Charlie Murphy David Pearse Rufus Jones Niall McNamee Rory Fleck-Byrne Stephen Hogan
businessman teen girl terrorist government official daughter shocking fiery gripping engaging thrilling suspenseful london street office car house big city murder grief terrorism
A humble businessman with a buried past seeks justice when his daughter is killed in an act of terrorism. A cat-and-mouse conflict ensues with a government official, whose past may hold clues to the killers' identities.
Action
UK|USA|Italy
1981
117 Minutes
Sylvester Stallone Michael Caine Pelé Bobby Moore Osvaldo Ardiles Paul Van Himst Kazimierz Deyna Hallvar Thorensen Mike Summerbee Co Prins Russell Osman
prisoner of war military officer nazi soccer player soldier guard spirited engaging suspenseful pow camp france paris stadium soccer field competition soccer teamwork prison break world war ii nazi occupation
As allied P.O.W.s prepare for a soccer game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers are making plans for the team's escape.