20 movies like White House Down, ordered by similarity : The Expatriate(2012), Olympus Has Fallen(2013), The Osiris Child(2016), The Bouncer(2018), The Foreigner(2017), Unstoppable(2010), Air Force One(1997), Skyscraper(2018), Die Hard(1988), Sicario: Day of the Soldado(2018), Deepwater Horizon(2016), The Wave(2015) ...
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
2013
131 Minutes
Channing Tatum Jamie Foxx Maggie Gyllenhaal Jason Clarke Richard Jenkins James Woods Joey King Nicolas Wright Jimmi Simpson Michael Murphy Rachelle Lefevre
police officer president secret service agent mercenary congressman daughter thrilling gripping gutsy intense suspenseful washington, d.c. white house hideout family home secret hideout government offices terrorism police work politics
While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
2012
104 Minutes
Aaron Eckhart Olga Kurylenko Liana Liberato Neil Napier Garrick Hagon Alexander Fehling Kate Linder Eric Godon David Bark-Jones
cia agent daughter father government agent thrilling tense suspenseful rousing gripping engaging antwerp office city street house on the run assassination father/daughter relationship cover-up shoot out
A former agent (Aaron Eckhart) of the CIA and his estranged daughter (Liana Liberato) go on the run after his employers target them for assassination.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
2013
120 Minutes
Gerard Butler Aaron Eckhart Morgan Freeman Angela Bassett Melissa Leo Ashley Judd Rick Yune Dylan McDermott Radha Mitchell Finley Jacobsen Cole Hauser
u.s. president first lady secret service agent terrorist politician son gripping tense frenetic thrilling suspenseful white house washington, d.c. office government building capitol building terrorism kidnapping second chance race against time
Secret Service agent Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack and works with national security to rescue the President from his kidnappers.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi, Action
Australia
2016
95 Minutes
Kellan Lutz Daniel MacPherson Isabel Lucas Rachel Griffiths Temuera Morrison Luke Ford
daughter father astronaut mercenary alien man confident cool gripping intense rousing thrilling space foreign planet future space exploration space race rescue impending doom science fiction
Set in the future in a time of interplanetary colonization, an unlikely pair race against an impending global crisis and are confronted by the monsters that live inside us all.
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.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Drama
USA
2010
94 Minutes
Denzel Washington Chris Pine Rosario Dawson Kevin Dunn Ethan Suplee Kevin Corrigan Jessy Schram Jeff Wincott Elizabeth Mathis Lew Temple Meagan Tandy
engineer conductor safety inspector yardmaster father daughter tense thrilling emotional intense suspenseful train railway railyard pennsylvania runaway train toxic chemicals disaster father/daughter relationship death
With an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train barreling toward a city, a veteran engineer and a young conductor race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|Germany
1997
124 Minutes
Harrison Ford Gary Oldman Glenn Close Wendy Crewson Paul Guilfoyle William H. Macy Liesel Matthews Dean Stockwell Xander Berkeley Bill Smitrovich Elya Baskin
president terrorist wife daughter vice president dictator thrilling intense airplane moscow white house survival terrorism kidnapping deception family showdown quest sacrifice rescue
Communist Radicals hijack Air Force One with The U.S. President and his family on board. The Vice President negotiates from Washington D.C., while the President, a Veteran, fights to rescue the hostages on board.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|Hong Kong
2018
102 Minutes
Dwayne Johnson Neve Campbell Chin Han Roland Møller Noah Taylor Byron Mann Pablo Schreiber McKenna Roberts Noah Cottrell Hannah Quinlivan Adrian Holmes
fbi agent hostage veteran wife child criminal thrilling suspenseful confident tense gripping skyscraper office basement elevator apartment frame-up fire rescue family
A security expert must infiltrate a burning skyscraper, 225 stories above ground, when his family is trapped inside by criminals.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
1988
131 Minutes
Bruce Willis Alan Rickman Bonnie Bedelia Reginald VelJohnson Alexander Godunov Paul Gleason William Atherton Hart Bochner
police officer hostage terrorist rival wealthy man thrilling gritty suspenseful intense office los angeles car elevator christmas party skyscraper robbery party christmas showdown explosion
An NYPD officer tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by German terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
USA|Mexico
2018
122 Minutes
Benicio Del Toro Josh Brolin Isabela Moner Jeffrey Donovan Catherine Keener Manuel Garcia-Rulfo Matthew Modine Shea Whigham Elijah Rodriguez Howard Ferguson Jr. David Castañeda
attorney father hostage drug enforcement agent drug trafficker fbi agent brash gutsy gripping gritty unrestrained mexican-american border mexico office house car truck drug cartel drug trade revenge
The drug war on the U.S.-Mexico border has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border. To fight the war, federal agent Matt Graver re-teams with the mercurial Alejandro.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Action
USA|Hong Kong|China
2016
107 Minutes
Mark Wahlberg Kurt Russell Douglas M. Griffin James DuMont Joe Chrest Gina Rodriguez Brad Leland John Malkovich Dave Maldonado J.D. Evermore Ethan Suplee
oil driller foreman crew member wife daughter rescue worker chilling gripping intense house helicopter oil drilling platform bunker ocean office oil spill drilling operation explosion danger survival
A dramatization of the disaster in April 2010, when the offshore drilling rig called the Deepwater Horizon exploded, resulting in the worst oil spill in American history.
Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Action
Norway|Sweden
2015
105 Minutes
Kristoffer Joner Ane Dahl Torp Jonas Hoff Oftebro Edith Haagenrud-Sande Fridtjov Såheim Laila Goody Arthur Berning Herman Bernhoft Eili Harboe Silje Breivik Håkon Moe
geologist family wife scientist thrilling suspenseful emotional shocking intense gripping norway mountain tsunami earthquakes catastrophe fear danger family adventure pursuit
Although anticipated, no one is really ready when the mountain pass above the scenic, narrow Norwegian fjord Geiranger collapses and creates an 85-meter high violent tsunami. A geologist is one of those caught in the middle of it.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
Ireland|USA
2011
92 Minutes
Gina Carano Michael Fassbender Ewan McGregor Bill Paxton Channing Tatum Antonio Banderas Michael Douglas Michael Angarano Anthony Brandon Wong Aaron Cohen
agent hostage agency contact father journalist thrilling gripping new york state dublin barcelona, spain diner covert operations double-cross father/daughter relationship rescue chase pursuit revenge 2010s
A black ops super soldier seeks payback after she is betrayed and set up during a mission.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Action
South Korea
2016
118 Minutes
Gong Yoo Ma Dong-seok Woo-sik Choi Eui-sung Kim Su-an Kim Myung-sin Park Soo-jung Ye Gwi-hwa Choi
workaholic daughter ex-wife train passenger zombie brutal shocking thrilling suspenseful frightening raw train south korea train station train travel zombie movies horror survival father/daughter relationship adventure
While a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Comedy, Action, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
2016
90 Minutes
Ian Ziering Tara Reid David Hasselhoff Ryan Newman Gary Busey Tommy Davidson Imani Hakim Cody Linley Masiela Lusha Cheryl Tiegs Cynthia Bailey
man shark police officer wildlife victim daughter campy intense frightening chilling creepy brutal house helicopter car street washington, d.c. florida survival animal attack
Fin (Ian Ziering), his family and the cosmos have been blissfully sharknado-free in the five years since the most recent attack, but now sharks and tornados are being whipped up in unexpected ways and places.
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
USA|Germany
2005
113 Minutes
Bruce Willis Kevin Pollak Ben Foster Jonathan Tucker Marshall Allman Michelle Horn Jimmy Bennett Tina Lifford Kim Coates Serena Scott Thomas Robert Knepper
sheriff hostage accountant wife criminal daughter tense rousing emotional gripping california los angeles small town office road hostage situation police work crime kidnapping starting over
When a family is held hostage, former hostage negotiator Jeff Talley arrives at the scene. Talley's own family is kidnapped and Talley must decide which is more important: saving a family he doesn't even know or saving his own family.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|UK|China
2014
101 Minutes
Keanu Reeves Michael Nyqvist Alfie Allen Willem Dafoe Dean Winters Adrianne Palicki Omer Barnea Toby Leonard Moore Bridget Moynahan John Alberto Leguizamo Ian McShane
assassin wife mobster thug puppy fat person brooding dark intense thrilling suspenseful sad house car club office street apartment retirement murder
An ex-hit-man comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that killed his dog and took everything from him.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
Australia|Colombia|UK
2017
115 Minutes
Daniel Radcliffe Alex Russell Thomas Kretschmann Joel Jackson Lily Sullivan Jacek Koman Yasmin Kassim Luis Jose Lopez Angie Milliken Joey Vieira Paris Moletti
survivor adventurer explorer teacher stranger friend bleak thrilling intense suspenseful gripping jungle bolivia amazon israel adventure near-death experience friendship lost survival
A group of friends join a guide for a trek into the Bolivian jungle, searching for an Indian village. The men soon realize that the jungle is a difficult place to be.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|Germany|Canada
2002
118 Minutes
Ben Affleck Morgan Freeman James Cromwell Liev Schreiber Bridget Moynahan Alan Bates Ciarán Hinds Philip Baker Hall Ron Rifkin Bruce McGill Colm Feore
cia agent president scientist partner secret agent cia analyst thrilling suspenseful gripping intense washington, d.c. baltimore white house government building cia office big city espionage war terrorism nuclear attack
CIA analyst Jack Ryan must stop the plans of a Neo-Nazi faction that threatens to induce a catastrophic conflict between the United States and Russia's President by detonating a nuclear weapon at a football game in Baltimore, Maryland.