Movies like Swelter (2014)
The best movies like Swelter (2014) are Black Water (2018), Seeking Justice (2011) and Damage (2009). If Swelter hooked you with its action and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedRoad House (2024)6.9/10 from 3,338 votes
- NewestRoad House (2024)Released 2024
Black Water (2018)
A deep cover operative awakens to find himself imprisoned on a submarine. With the help of a fellow prisoner and an amateur agent, he must race against the clock to escape the vessel and expose who set him up.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisSeeking Justice (2011)
After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisDamage (2009)
An ex-con battles it out in the cage to pay for the operation that would save the daughter of his victim. Along the way he finds fatherly love, and friendship, in the most unlikely of places.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Bouncer (2018)
A tough nightclub bouncer struggling to raise his 8-year-old daughter is forced to go undercover after an unfortunate event.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHunt to Kill (2010)
U.S. Border Patrol agent Jim Rhodes is a tough divorcée mourning the loss of his murdered partner while struggling to raise his rebellious daughter in the mountains of Montana. But when a crew of trigger-happy fugitives takes Rhodes and his daughter hostage, the rugged wilderness will explode in all-terrain vengeance. Is there any wounded animal more dangerous than a lawman left for dead?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Package (2013)
A courier for a local crime lord must deliver a mysterious package while being chased by a horde of unusual gangsters.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Trust (2016)
A pair of cops investigating a drug invasion stumble upon a mysterious bank vault.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisEnemies Closer (2013)
After a major shipment of drugs goes missing on the US-Canadian border, forest ranger and former Navy SEAL Henry is plunged into survival mode when the drug cartel forces him to help retrieve the downed package. Trapped in the wilderness with no communication to the outside world, Henry finds himself face to face with Clay, a man with a personal vendetta against Henry who has returned for retribution. Now, the two mortal enemies must make a choice: put aside their past and work together, or die alone at the hands of the drug runners, a ruthless gang who will stop at nothing to retrieve their lost cargo.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisParker (2013)
A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew's latest heist.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Prince (2014)
A family man who turns out to be a retired mob enforcer must travel across the country to find his daughter who has gone missing.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisCountdown (2016)
When a madman kidnaps a young boy and rigs him with explosives, Ray Thompson defies his captain and takes matter into his own hands. Now he must beat the clock and save the innocent child.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisFaster (2010)
After 10 years in prison, Driver is now a free man with a single focus - hunting down the people responsible for brutally murdering his brother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJava Heat (2013)
An American in Indonesia teams up with a Muslim cop to track down a terrorist.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisActs of Vengeance (2017)
A fast-talking lawyer transforms his body and takes a vow of silence, not to be broken until he finds out who killed his wife and daughter and has his revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Transporter Refueled (2015)
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 down a group of ruthless Russian human traffickers who also have kidnapped Frank’s father.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDragon Eyes (2012)
In St. Jude, drug dealers and corrupt cops have destroyed an urban neighborhood. But newcomer, Hong, has the fighting skills and moral vision to save this town from itself.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisOne in the Chamber (2012)
A seasoned assassin plays both sides in a Russian gang war and becomes the target of an unknown enemy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisPrecious Cargo (2016)
After a botched heist, Eddie a murderous crime boss, hunts down the seductive thief Karen who failed him. In order to win back Eddie’s trust, Karen recruits her ex-lover and premier thief Jack to steal a cargo of rare precious gems. But when the job goes down, allegiances are betrayed and lines are crossed as Jack, Karen, and Eddie face off in a fateful showdown.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & 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 thisCrossing Point (2016)
A young American couple in love, Michael and Olivia vacation in Baja, but things take a frightening turn when Olivia is kidnapped by drug dealer, who demands that Michael smuggle a backpack full of cocaine-stolen from a rival cartel-over the border into the U.S. within twelve hours or else Olivia will be killed. A good Tijuana Cop is on the trail, as Michael navigates the treacherous underworld of Mexico, and he himself becomes a force to be reckoned with...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisRoad House (2024)
Ex-UFC fighter Dalton takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse, only to discover that this paradise is not all it seems.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisContraband (2012)
When his brother-in-law runs afoul of a drug lord, family man Chris Farraday turns to a skill he abandoned long ago—smuggling—to repay the debt. But the job goes wrong, and Farraday finds himself wanted by cops, crooks and killers alike.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTakers (2010)
A seasoned team of bank robbers, including Gordon Jennings, John Rahway, A.J., and brothers Jake and Jesse Attica successfully complete their latest heist and lead a life of luxury while planning their next job. When Ghost, a former member of their team, is released from prison he convinces the group to strike an armored car carrying $20 million. As the "Takers" carefully plot out their strategy and draw nearer to exacting the grand heist, a reckless police officer inches closer to apprehending the criminals.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAcross the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright (2010)
The story centers on Charlie, a Los Angeles billionaire financial whiz who goes into self-imposed exile in Tijuana after his empire is revealed to have been a Ponzi scheme. While looking for the woman he abandoned there 25 years before, Charlie is pursued by a Mexican gangster, a federal agent and thugs sent by a former client looking to retrieve his money.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Russian Specialist (2005)
A Russian ex-hit man is called back to Russia for one last job. This time against his former employees, the Russian mob.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisHaywire (2011)
A black ops soldier seeks payback after she is betrayed and left for dead.
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 thisThe Hit List (2011)
A disgruntled man creates a hit list with a stranger during a drunken night out and must then race to try to save those he marked for extermination as the bodies begin to pile up and all fingers point to him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWe Die Young (2019)
Lucas, a 14-year-old boy inducted into the gang life in Washington D.C., is determined that his 10-year-old brother won't follow the same path. When an Afghanistan war veteran comes into the neighborhood, an opportunity arises.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & action
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Swelter?
The closest matches to Swelter are Black Water (2018), Seeking Justice (2011) and Damage (2009). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Swelter?
People who watched Swelter most often go on to Black Water (2018), Seeking Justice (2011) and Damage (2009).
What is the highest-rated movie like Swelter?
Road House (2024), rated 6.9/10 by 3,338 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Swelter?
Road House (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Swelter?
Yes: Black Water (2018), Seeking Justice (2011) and Damage (2009).
How are movies similar to Swelter chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Swelter, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.