Movies like The Detonator (2006)
The best movies like The Detonator (2006) are The Art of War II: Betrayal (2008), 7 Seconds (2005) and Shadow Man (2006). If The Detonator hooked you with its action and thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedShooter (2007)7.1/10 from 5,741 votes
- NewestZip Wire (2026)Released 2026
The Art of War II: Betrayal (2008)
Agent Neil Shaw is called out of retirement and finds himself in the midst of a plot to assassinate several leading Senators with himself set-up to take the rap for a recent killing
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like this7 Seconds (2005)
When an experienced thief accidentally makes off with a Van Gogh, his partner is kidnapped by gangsters in pursuit of the painting, forcing the criminal to hatch a rescue plan.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisShadow Man (2006)
Rogue operatives within the C.I.A. smuggle a lethal virus out of the U.S. and use ex-intelligence officer Jack Foster (Seagal) as their courier. Unaware of the plot he's involved in, Jack takes his daughter on a trip to Europe, where she's kidnapped by a mysterious foreign agent. Now to save her and take down her kidnappers, Jack must blast his way into the shadowy world of international espionage, where enemies lurk at every corner and friends can turn on you in an instant!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisPistol Whipped (2008)
Steven Seagal stars in this gritty, no-holds barred action film as an elite ex-cop with a gambling problem and a mountain of debt. When a mysterious man offers to clear his debts in exchange for the assassination of the city's most notorious gangsters, he make s decision that will change his life - forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisInterrogation (2016)
After the FBI receives a threat that endangers the entire city, an interrogator and an I.T. specialist are plunged into a series of mind games with a criminal mastermind, desperately racing against time to uncover the villain's true agenda as they fight to protect thousands of lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisToday You Die (2005)
A former thief who is trying to go straight seeks vengeance on those who framed him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisMercenary for Justice (2006)
Mercenary John Seeger is one of the best in the business. John and his crew battle some soldiers on Galmoral Island in Southern Africa as they're trying to rescue the French Ambassador -- there's a coup going on. Some of John's soldiers unload their machine guns into the Ambassador and his family, blowing the mission and getting his best friend Radio Jones killed. He heads back to the US and visits Radio's wife Shondra to tells her the news, and then promises that he'll take care of her and her son Eddie. But shortly after he makes that vow, Shondra and Eddie get kidnapped.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Marksman (2005)
When Chechen rebels take over a Russian nuclear reactor, it’s up to a special ops marksman to rescue the hostages and prevent nuclear catastrophe.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisBelly of the Beast (2003)
An ex-CIA agent returns to Thailand and reconnects with an old partner in order to rescue his daughter who has been kidnapped.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Art of War (2000)
Neil Shaw is both agent and weapon - a critical line of defense for the Secretary General of the United Nations. He does not even officially exist. As an international security expert, he must uncover an international plot in which ruthless terrorists threatened to bring down the United Nations on the eve of an historic summit with China. A mysterious chain of events leads to the murder of the Chinese U.N. Ambassador, and the terrorists frame Neil Shaw, the one man they believe can stop them. Accused of the crime, Shaw goes underground — in effect, vanishing from his own life — as he tries to stop what could become World War III.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisGame of Death (2010)
CIA agent Marcus is sent undercover to Detroit to take out an arms dealer and the head of the hedge fund that is financing him. His CIA backup has other plans and turns on him, and it's a fight to survive in a hospital and into the hedge fund vault.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Defender (2004)
The global war on terror rages on. When a government official goes missing, Lance, a man with an impressive record of service to his country, finds himself protecting the man who embodies everything he has dedicated his life to fight against.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Sharpshooter (2007)
An assassin working for the CIA decides to take one final job before quitting only to find out that he is the target of his CIA boss.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Half Past Dead (2002)
A man goes undercover in a hi-tech prison to find out information to help prosecute those who killed his wife. While there, he stumbles onto a plot involving a death-row inmate and his $200 million stash of gold.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisLive Free or Die Hard (2007)
John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time 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 infrastructure.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMission: Impossible III (2006)
Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, an international broker of arms and information, who's as cunning as he is ruthless. Davian emerges to threaten Hunt and all that he holds dear – including the woman Hunt loves.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Hard Corps (2005)
An Army veteran assembles a team of bodyguards to protect a former boxer. Complications arise when the boxer suspects his sister may be romantically involved with the bodyguard.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHard Luck (2006)
Three converging story lines involving bootleggers, a serial killer and drug dealers are followed. A former drug dealer tries to go straight, but comes across a stash of stolen drugs. Meanwhile, a middle-aged suburban housewife hides a sadistic and vicious streak.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisBullet to the Head (2012)
After watching their respective partners die, a cop and a hitman form an alliance in order to bring down their common enemy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisBorn to Raise Hell (2010)
A hard core Interpol Agent is assigned to an Eastern European task force to target gun trafficking and dope running throughout the Balkans. While investigating a Russian gun dealer, his team is caught in a bloody street war between a Gypsy gang and the Russians, leaving one task force member dead. Fueled with vengeance, he leads us on an action packed thrill ride while avenging his friend's death.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisShooter (2007)
A top Marine sniper, Bob Lee Swagger, leaves the military after a mission goes horribly awry and disappears, living in seclusion. He is coaxed back into service after a high-profile government official convinces him to help thwart a plot to kill the President of the United States. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, Swagger becomes the target of a nationwide manhunt. He goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why, eventually seeking revenge against some of the most powerful and corrupt leaders in the free world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWar (2007)
FBI agent Jack Crawford is out for revenge when his partner is killed and all clues point to the mysterious assassin Rogue. But when Rogue turns up years later to take care of some unfinished business, he triggers a violent clash of rival gangs. Will the truth come out before it's too late? And when the dust settles, who will remain standing?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Sentinel (2006)
Veteran Secret Service agent Pete Garrison investigates a colleague's murder and is subsequently framed as a mole in an assassination attempt on the President due to the machinations of a blackmailer who knows the secret he is hiding. Disgraced, dismissed, and now a fugitive with two relentless federal investigators hot on his heels, Garrison must both clear his name and save the president from assassination.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDriven to Kill (2009)
A former Russian mobster named Ruslan, who is now a crime novelist, returns home and discovers his daughter is marrying his arch nemesis. His past also comes back to haunt him when his family is threatened. Hungry for justice, Ruslan returns to the life he once knew...with a vengeance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisHounds of War (2024)
After a mission goes wrong, only one of a group of mercenaries is left alive to avenge his fallen brothers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisZip Wire (2026)
When her ground-breaking pharmaceutical discovery is stolen and partner murdered, researcher Amy must face her fear of heights to escape nefarious attackers, with the only path to salvation being a treacherous aerial runway. To outsmart the mysterious hostiles, she has to summon every ounce of courage to protect the world-changing scientific discovery — and herself — before it's too late.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisExit Protocol (2025)
An assassin whose specialty is killing other assassins trying to get out of the business decides to try to get out himself and must then team up with his former mark to escape the hired killers now gunning for them both.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKing of Killers (2023)
Garan is a part of a group of international hitmen who are contracted to take out the most dangerous killer in the world, only to find out that they're the ones being hunted.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSection 8 (2022)
After avenging the murder of his family, a former soldier is sprung from prison and recruited by a shadowy government agency.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDangerous (2021)
A reformed sociopath heads to a remote island after the death of his brother. Soon after his arrival, the island falls under siege from a deadly gang of mercenaries, and when he discovers their role in his brother’s demise, he sets out on a relentless quest for vengeance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Detonator?
The closest matches to The Detonator are The Art of War II: Betrayal (2008), 7 Seconds (2005) and Shadow Man (2006). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Detonator?
People who watched The Detonator most often go on to The Art of War II: Betrayal (2008), 7 Seconds (2005) and Shadow Man (2006).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Detonator?
Shooter (2007), rated 7.1/10 by 5,741 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Detonator?
Zip Wire (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Detonator?
Yes: The Art of War II: Betrayal (2008), 7 Seconds (2005) and Shadow Man (2006).
How are movies similar to The Detonator chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Detonator, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.