20 movies like Essential Killing, ordered by similarity : The Old Man & the Gun(2018), The Great Escape(1963), Maze(2017), Lone Survivor(2013), Papillon(2017), Runaway Train(1985), Breakout(2013), A Quiet Place(2018), Brute Force(1947), Dunkirk(2017), The Girl With All the Gifts(2016), The Hurt Locker(2008) ...
6.1/10
Mystery & Thriller, War
Poland|Norway|Ireland|Hungary|France
2010
84 Minutes
Vincent Gallo Emmanuelle Seigner Zach Cohen Iftach Ophir Nicolai Cleve Broch Stig Frode Henriksen David Price Tracy Spencer Shipp Phillip Goss
political prisoner captive soldier suspenseful gripping afghanistan woods border escape survival escape 2000s
An Afghan POW attempts his escape.
6.7/10
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK
2018
93 Minutes
Robert Redford Casey Affleck Sissy Spacek Danny Glover Tom Waits Tika Sumpter Ari Elizabeth Johnson Teagan Johnson Gene Jones John David Washington Barlow Jacobs
prisoner prison guard bank robber wife detective escape artist amusing gutsy bleak suspenseful tense california san quentin penitentiary prison bank car escape bank heist life story prison
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.
8.2/10
War, Drama
USA
1963
172 Minutes
Steve McQueen James Garner Richard Attenborough Charles Bronson James Donald Donald Pleasence James Coburn David McCallum Gordon Jackson John Leyton Angus Lennie
military officer soldier prisoner nazi cheeky engaging gutsy spirited suspenseful germany pow camp escape deception confinement dangerous assignment prison rebellion escape quest pursuit
Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2017
92 Minutes
Martin McCann Niamh McGrady Tom Vaughan-Lawlor Barry Ward Eileen Walsh Andy Kellegher David Coakley Seán T. Ó Meallaigh Aaron Monaghan James Browne Ross McKinney
prisoner freedom fighter terrorist ira agent fascinating gripping tense thrilling prison europe ireland northern ireland prison break prison escape adventure quest escape 1980s
Inspired by the true events of the 1983 breakout of 38 Irish Republican prisoners from the Maze prison in Northern Ireland.
7.5/10
War, Drama
USA|UK
2013
121 Minutes
Mark Wahlberg Taylor Kitsch Eric Bana Emile Hirsch Ben Foster Sammy Sheik Yousuf Azami Ali Suliman
navy seal soldier afghan terrorist warlord survivor bleak frenetic dark intense suspenseful afghanistan field desert battlefield betrayal determination surveillance shoot-out war
Marcus Luttrell and his team set out on a mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah, in late June 2005. Marcus and his team are left to fight for their lives in one of the most valiant efforts of modern warfare.
7.2/10
Adventure, History, Biography, Drama
USA|Czech Republic|Spain
2017
133 Minutes
Charlie Hunnam Rami Malek Roland Møller Nina Senicar Tommy J. Flanagan Eve Hewson Christopher Fairbank Brian Vernel
convict innocent man prison guard prisoner escape artist friend tense bleak thrilling suspenseful incredible intricate prison island prison cell paris french guiana apartment prison prison break
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
7.2/10
Action
USA
1985
111 Minutes
Jon Voight Eric Roberts Rebecca De Mornay Kyle T. Heffner John P. Ryan T.K. Carter Kenneth McMillan Stacey Pickren
convict prisoner escaped convict woman security head tense suspenseful engaging gripping train united states runaway train winter escape escape rivalry 1980s
Two escaped convicts and a female railway worker find themselves trapped on a train with no brakes and nobody driving.
4.2/10
Mystery & Thriller, Action
Canada
2013
89 Minutes
Brendan Fraser Dominic Purcell Ethan Suplee Amy Price-Francis Daniel Kash Christian Martyn Lara Daans Andrew Jackson
father daughter son prisoner madman mother suspenseful united states woods cabin witnessing murder escape evil perseverance escape rescue pursuit 2010s
A pair of criminals try to track down the kids who witnessed them commit a murder in the woods.
7.5/10
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2018
90 Minutes
Emily Blunt John Krasinski Millicent Simmonds Noah Jupe Cade Woodward Leon Russom Rhoda Pell Evangelina Cavoli
man woman child monster alien son bleak dark eerie intense frightening farmhouse woods abandoned town house basement silo monsters survival a cappella
In a post-apocalyptic world, a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing.
7.6/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1947
98 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Hume Cronyn Charles Bickford Yvonne De Carlo Ann Blyth Ella Raines Anita Colby Sam Levene Howard Duff Art Smith Roman Bohnen
prisoner warden guard wife criminal dark gritty prison doctor's office prison escape illness violence escape quest 1940s
At a tough penitentiary, prisoner Joe Collins plans to rebel against Captain Munsey, the power-mad chief guard.
7.8/10
War, Drama, History
UK|Netherlands|France|USA
2017
107 Minutes
Fionn Whitehead Tom Glynn-Carney Jack Lowden Harry Styles Aneurin Barnard James D'Arcy Barry Keoghan Kenneth Branagh Cillian Murphy Mark Rylance Tom Hardy
soldier enemy captain pilot chilling emotional gripping inspiring intense beach europe boat world war ii invasion escape battle rescue survival escape rescue
Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
6.6/10
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK
2016
111 Minutes
Gemma Arterton Glenn Close Paddy Considine Anamaria Marinca Dominique Tipper Sennia Nanua Anthony Welsh Fisayo Akinade Lobna Futers Daniel Eghan Ross Green
girl gifted child zombie child scientist teacher friend shocking tense suspenseful frightening gory gripping escape disease medical experiments saving the day dystopia survival escape
A scientist and a teacher living in a dystopian future embark on a journey of survival with a special young girl named Melanie.
7.5/10
Mystery & Thriller, War, Drama, Action
USA
2008
127 Minutes
Jeremy Renner Anthony Mackie Brian Geraghty Guy Pearce Ralph Fiennes David Morse Evangeline Lilly Christian Camargo Christopher Sayegh Suhail Aldabbach Sam Spruell
soldier mercenary civilian insurgent gripping gritty tense suspenseful iraq baghdad desert iraq war bomb explosion death survival dangerous assignment quest 2000s
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
6.3/10
Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, War
France|Belgium
2015
100 Minutes
Jérémie Renier Swann Arlaud Marc Robert Kévin Azaïs Finnegan Oldfield Christophe Tek Clément Bresson Sâm Mirhosseini Edouard Court Steve Tientcheu
soldier insurgent gripping frightening thrilling creepy eerie brooding gritty afghanistan war military life missing persons mission escape mystery fall 2010s
While on a mission in Afghanistan, French captain Antarès Bonassieu's men start vanishing one by one without explanation.
5.1/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2019
87 Minutes
Karina Fontes Casey Adams Emily Althaus John Getz Matt Peters Miranda Bailey Susan Burke Martin Spanjers Brodie Reed
employee friend brutal gripping intense suspenseful uneasy national park trail backwoods crime scene working woman hiking lost survival skills survival fall escape underdog quest
A park ranger spends the night guarding a potential crime scene on a remote mountain trail.
6.0/10
War, Drama, Action
USA
2017
90 Minutes
Jack Ashton Elliot James Langridge Daniel Betts Rupert Simonian Urs Rechn Andrea Deck Andreas Wisniewski Callum McGowan Barney White Ethan Vincent
bomber pilot prisoner of war british soldier nazi german soldier tense suspenseful gripping dark engaging nazi germany world war ii prisoners of war survival captivity oppression escape pursuit quest rescue
When U.S. B-24 bomber pilot Clair Cline is shot down and captured in northern Germany, one war ends and another begins -- to keep hope alive. Now behind German barbed wire and oppression, ... See full summary »
5.9/10
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Spain
2008
89 Minutes
Jennifer Carpenter Steve Harris Jay Hernandez Johnathon Schaech Columbus Short Andrew Fiscella Rade Serbedzija Greg Germann Bernard White Dania Ramirez Elaine Kagan
reporter cameraman fireman young girl zombie suspenseful disturbing los angeles apartment building virus zombies escape government secrets confinement survival escape mystery metamorphosis 2000s
A television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the CDC, after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns humans into bloodthirsty killers.
6.2/10
Mystery & Thriller, War
USA
2017
90 Minutes
soldier sniper enemy bleak brooding chilling emotional suspenseful iraq field village desert survival military engagement war iraq war escape rivalry sacrifice mystery
Two American Soldiers are trapped by a lethal sniper, with only an unsteady wall between them.
5.5/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Serbia|USA
2017
90 Minutes
Ben Kingsley Hera Hilmar Peter Serafinowicz Robert Blythe Bojan Bajcetic Slavisa Curovic Vladimir Cvejic Bojan Hlisc
war criminal fugitive maid agent gripping suspenseful tense disturbing belgrade, serbia apartment car hiding survival escape captivity escape pursuit sacrifice unknown era
A war criminal in hiding forms a relationship with his only connection to the outside world, his maid.
7.0/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1953
71 Minutes
hitchhiker sociopath victim hostage escaped convict creepy suspenseful chilling california mexico car hostage situation manhunt serial murders survival pursuit escape 1950s
Two fishermen pick up a psychotic escaped convict who tells them that he intends to murder them when the ride is over.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2016
83 Minutes
Kate Nowlin Tom Lipinski Chris Sullivan Rusty Schwimmer Ashlie Atkinson Ken Marks Rene Auberjonois Kirsten Gregerson
soldier woman husband veteran psychologist family member chilling emotional intense house street car afghanistan forest office afghanistan returning home post-traumatic stress disorder stress determination
A Marine sergeant with mental wounds can no longer bottle up her trauma, and a welcome home party provokes her into an explosive outburst. With nowhere to turn, she runs deep into the woods.
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