Movies like Jack Reacher

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Jack Reacher (2012)
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Jack Reacher (2012)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: When a gunman takes five lives with six shots, all evidence points to the suspect in custody. On interrogation, the suspect offers up a single note: "Get Jack Reacher!" So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth, pitting Jack Reacher against an unexpected enemy, with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.
Style: detective, serious, exciting, suspenseful, clever, intense, realistic, action packed, action adventure, tense ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, family friendly, boys' night
Plot: investigation, sniper, loner, hitman, vigilantism, assassin, murder, tough guy, ex military, lone hero, one man army, dishonesty, lone wolves, gunfight, frame up, vigilante, conspiracy, female partner, tough heroes, murder mystery, lawyer, police investigation, drifter, hand to hand combat, mysterious villain ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: pittsburgh, usa, iraq, seattle, pennsylvania, ohio, baghdad iraq
Keyword: gangsters, russian, partners, compilation, superior, american, challenge

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Most similar movies to Jack Reacher

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, suspenseful, suspense and realistic films with plots about pistol, shot in the chest, murder, gun, machine gun, tough guy and death mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Jack Reacher: The Equalizer (2014), The Bourne Supremacy (2004), John Wick (2014), Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016), The Accountant (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 7.2
 416K
The Equalizer (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ...
Style: serious, suspense, exciting, brutal, breathtaking ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot: vigilante, vigilantism, corruption, hitman, assassin, one man army, gunfight, organized crime, justice, lone hero, brutality, tough heroes ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: boston, moscow russia, usa, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Russia, India
Duration: 108 min.
Story: When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation ...
Style: suspense, exciting, intellectual, serious, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night, manly
Plot: spy, cia, conspiracy, amnesia, espionage, on the run, hitman, revenge, assassin, secret agent, tough heroes, dark past ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: russia, europe, berlin germany, manhattan new york city, moscow russia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.4
 734K
John Wick (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, China
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
Style: stylized, exciting, neo noir, breathtaking, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot: hitman, vengeance, revenge, one man army, vigilante, assassin, gunfight, shooting, lone hero, tough guy, killer, dog ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 60s, 21st century
Place: new york, new jersey, usa, brooklyn new york city, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: China, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Jack Reacher must uncover the truth behind a major government conspiracy in order to clear his name. On the run as a fugitive from the law, Reacher uncovers a potential secret from his past that could change his life forever.
Style: intense, exciting, action adventure, action packed, saga ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: vigilante, chase, assassination, fight, hitman, military, tough girl, tough guy, corruption, lone hero, military police, female soldier ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016
Place: new orleans, alabama, afghanistan, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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 7.3
 317K
The Accountant (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.
Style: surprise ending, suspense, tense, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: autism, assassin, accountant, mathematics, lone hero, organized crime, twists and turns, justice, gunfight, vigilante, hitman, investigation ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 2000s, year 1989, year 2006 ...
Place: washington d.c., chicago, illinois, new hampshire, germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
 7.1
 353K
Shooter (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why.
Style: intense, exciting, suspense, action packed, political ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: sniper, conspiracy, fbi, one man army, on the run, corruption, assassination, revenge, cover up, manhunt, military, false accusation ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: montana, philadelphia, virginia, tennessee, langley virginia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, China, France, Norway, UK
Duration: 147 min.
Story: When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfil his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against ...
Style: action adventure, fast, action drama, action packed, political thriller ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, adult
Plot: spy, terrorist, hand to hand combat, agent, plutonium, espionage, violence, tough guy, female spy, rogue agent, mission impossible, cia ...
Time: 2010s
Place: kashmir, london, ireland, rome italy, france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
The Bourne Identity (2002)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him ...
Style: political thriller, intense, exciting, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot: spy, amnesia, cia, secret agent, secret service, hitman, tough heroes, espionage, one against many, on the run, escape, black ops ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: paris france, hamburg germany, greece, europe, langley virginia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Enemy of the State (1998)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Hotshot Washington lawyer, Robert Dean becomes a victim of high-tech identity theft when a hacker slips an incriminating video into his pocket. Soon, a rogue National Security agent sets out to recover the tape – and destroy Dean.
Style: clever, tense, suspense, political thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, date night, kids
Plot: conspiracy, surveillance, espionage, cia, political conspiracy, uncover truth, on the run, investigation, politics, twists and turns, manhunt, intelligence ...
Time: year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place: baltimore, washington d.c., maryland, afghanistan, iraq ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.5
 171K
The Mechanic (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code and unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. It's a job that requires professional perfection and total detachment, and Bishop is the best in the business. But ...
Style: clever, stylized, brutal, tense, suspense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: hitman, assassin, chase, mentor, lone hero, loner, martial arts, tough guy, vengeance, revenge, deception, arms dealer ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new orleans, colombia, chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate - an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF.
Style: breathtaking, suspense, suspenseful, entertaining, sexy ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot: spy, mission, espionage, conspiracy, tough guy, female agent, rogue agent, cia agent, tough girl, secret service, terrorist plot, cia ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place: london, austria, vienna, europe, morocco ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.1
 33K
Murder at 1600 (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A secretary is found dead in a White House bathroom during an international crisis, and Detective Harlan Regis is in charge of the investigation. Despite resistance from the Secret Service, Regis partners with agent Nina Chance. As political ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, political, tense, rough ...
Plot: conspiracy, politics, investigation, president, murder, secret service, corruption, white house, state affairs, love affair, secret service agent, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s
Place: washington d.c., usa, asia, korea, north korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion ...
Style: exciting, breathtaking, suspense, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Audience: chick flick, manly, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: spy, espionage, mission, gunfight, cia, female spy, on the run, tough guy, chases and races, top secret, save the day, working undercover ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: seattle, budapest, iran, bay area, washington state ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.1
 176K
Transporter 3 (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: France, USA, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Frank Martin puts the driving gloves on to deliver Valentina, the kidnapped daughter of a Ukranian government official, from Marseilles to Odessa on the Black Sea. En route, he has to contend with thugs who want to intercept Valentina's safe ...
Style: exciting, road movie, serious, entertaining, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, one man army, car, martial arts, tough guy, tough heroes, mercenary, chase, driving, fistfight, murder, heroes ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: europe, budapest, france, odessa ukraine, ukraine
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Transporter Refueled (2015)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, China
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The fast-paced action movie is again set in the criminal underworld in France, where Frank Martin is known as The Transporter, because he is the best driver and mercenary money can buy. In this installment, he meets Anna and they attempt to take ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car, one against many, driver, one man army, gangster, betrayal, conspiracy, car chase, chase, father son relationship, gunfight, brutality ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, year 1995, year 2010, 90s ...
Place: europe, france, french riviera
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.3
 125K
The Commuter (2018)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France, China, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him.
Style: exciting, surprise ending, tense, suspense, detective ...
Plot: train, conspiracy, train station, fight, blood, police, attempted murder, witness, deception, destruction, cop, train crash ...
Time: 2010s, future
Place: new york, grand central station manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France, Spain
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne ...
Style: exciting, intense, rough, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: cia, conspiracy, espionage, spy, secret agent, corruption, secret service, escapades, hitman, fighting the system, danger, memory ...
Time: 2000s, year 2007, 21st century
Place: langley virginia, new york, paris france, tangier morocco, moscow russia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.4
 107K
Colombiana (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Zoe Saldana plays a young woman who, after witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, intense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, female assassin, vengeance, revenge, female killer, vigilante, one against many, assassin, tough girl, haunted by the past, female protagonist, strong female lead ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, year 1992, 90s, 21st century
Place: colombia, chicago, latin america, south america, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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 6.6
 241K
Jason Bourne (2016)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Spain, Japan, Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story: The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.
Style: exciting, suspense, captivating, intense, action adventure ...
Audience: chick flick, family outing
Plot: spy, cia, espionage, black ops, chase, hitman, rogue agent, assassin, betrayal, assassination, revenge, lone hero ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place: las vegas, reykjavik iceland, berlin germany, rome italy, washington d.c. ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, China, Italy
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Retired from active duty to train new IMF agents, Ethan Hunt is called back into action to confront sadistic arms dealer, Owen Davian. Hunt must try to protect his girlfriend while working with his new team to complete the mission.
Style: suspense, action packed, action thriller, tense, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, manly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot: espionage, spy, mission, cia, double agent, gunfight, disguise, terrorism, mission impossible, agent, heroes, heroic mission ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: china, italy, berlin germany, shanghai, washington d.c. ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the No. 1 suspect. To clear his name, Hunt ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, suspense, clever, action thriller ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot: cia, espionage, secret agent, mission, secret service, undercover, chase, murder, spy, train, conspiracy, betrayal ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: prague, virginia, paris france, united kingdom, shanghai ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.0
 203K
Taken 3 (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Spain, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his particular set of skills to track the real killer ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, rough, fast paced, action packed ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: revenge, kidnapping, on the run, murder, one man army, hostage, chase, bodyguard, police investigation, framed for murder, runaway, frame up ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, europe, usa, malibu california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story: John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he's working for Homeland Security. He calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, realistic, suspenseful, humorous ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, boys' night, teens
Plot: gunfight, hacking, one man army, terrorism, hacker, computer hacker, tough cop, conspiracy, car chase, fbi, lone hero, surveillance ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa, maryland, baltimore, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
 7.1
 382K
Die Hard 2 (1990)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: John McClane is an off-duty cop gripped with a feeling of déjà vu when on a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation's capital, terrorists seize a major international airport, holding thousands of holiday travelers hostage. Renegade military ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, action packed, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, manly
Plot: gunfight, christmas, airplane, fight scenes, airport, one man army, police, hostage, terrorism, lone hero, chase, commando ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1990, 80s
Place: washington d.c., washington state, virginia, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 155K
Shoot 'Em Up (2007)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A man named Mr. Smith delivers a woman's baby during a shootout, and is then called upon to protect the newborn from the army of gunmen.
Style: bloody, sexy, action packed, grindhouse, exciting ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: gunfight, dark humor, corruption, anti hero, one man army, assassin, blood, shootout, hitman, senator, rescue, machismo ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.2
 35K
Alex Cross (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story: After Washington DC detective Alex Cross is told that a family member has been murdered, he vows to track down the killer. He soon discovers that she was not his first victim and that things are not what they seem.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, sexy, entertaining, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: psychopath, serial killer, vengeance, revenge, murder, police investigation, mastermind, twists and turns, chase, assassin, brutality, danger ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: detroit, washington d.c., michigan, usa, indonesia
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story: With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera. This mission, ...
Style: exciting, sexy, stylized, suspense, romantic ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot: espionage, agent, virus, secret service, showdown, spy, gunfight, cia, chase, motorcycle, climbing, lone hero ...
Time: year 2000, y2k, 90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place: spain, sydney australia, oceania, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Bulgaria, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Arthur Bishop thought he had put his murderous past behind him when his most formidable foe kidnaps the love of his life. Now he is forced to travel the globe to complete three impossible assassinations, and do what he does best, make them look like ...
Style: exciting, tense, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, lone hero, chase, assassin, tough guy, murder, killer, assassination, criminal's revenge, mercenary, martial arts, fight scenes ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: rio de janeiro, usa, cambodia, bangkok thailand, southeast asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy, Hong Kong, Canada
Duration: 122 min.
Story: John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous ...
Style: brutal, suspense, bloody, exciting, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: hitman, revenge, assassin, lone hero, one man army, one against many, weapons, tough guy, violence, hand to hand combat, dark hero, vengeance ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017, 21st century
Place: italy, new york, north america, manhattan new york city, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Conspiracy Theory (1997)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.
Style: tense, suspense, political thriller, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: conspiracy, cia, political conspiracy, paranoia, conspiracy theory, murder, mind control, surveillance, chase, spy, obsession, amnesia ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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