Movies like Extraction
2020 · Movie · R · your starting pointIf Extraction is the itch, these scratch it — some louder, some quieter. Free ones first.
Movies like Extraction, ranked

1. Contraband (2012)
Mark Wahlberg's former smuggler faces the same escalating betrayals and cartel violence as the gun-for-hire in Extraction, with both protagonists pulled into impossible situations where protecting someone they care about means navigating criminal underworlds with no safe exit.

2. Snitch (2013)
The same propulsive desperation to save a son drives both films, with each protagonist forced into increasingly lethal situations where their lack of combat training becomes a liability against ruthless criminal networks.

3. Extraction II (2023)
Commando Tyler Rake returns for another impossible extraction, trading Bangladesh for Europe while maintaining the same relentless action choreography and grim survival-focused narrative that defined the original.

4. Operator (2015)
The same relentless ticking-clock tension and intimate desperation drives both films as a skilled professional must navigate a system spiraling into chaos while a child's life hangs in the balance.

5. Infiltrate (2026)
The relentless forward momentum of a single rescue mission through criminal underworlds mirrors Extraction's visceral drive, with both films grounding their action in one operative's desperate race against time and morality.

6. Dhurandhar: The Revenge (2026)
The relentless pursuit through hostile urban terrain and moral compromise mirror Extraction's intensity, as both follow operatives whose rescue missions spiral into brutal personal vendettas against overwhelming odds.

7. Kandahar (2023)
The relentless single-location pursuit through hostile territory, amplified by Ben Whishaw's grounded performance opposite a skilled action lead, delivers the same exhausting survival-under-fire momentum that defines Extraction's best sequences.

8. Border Hunters (2025)
The relentless pursuit across hostile territory with cartel violence and military-grade tactics creates the same escalating desperation and hand-to-hand brutality that defines a rescue mission gone sideways.
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