Movies like Black Moon Rising (1986)
The best movies like Black Moon Rising (1986) are Runaway (1984), Malone (1987) and Sharky's Machine (1981). If Black Moon Rising 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 ratedThe Hidden (1987)6.9/10 from 535 votes
- NewestAvengement (2019)Released 2019
Runaway (1984)
In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots... and his son becomes a target.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisMalone (1987)
Erstwhile C.I.A. assassin Richard Malone hopes for a tranquil retirement in the placid Pacific Northwest, but what he gets is a rumble with a right-wing extremist plotting a secret revolution.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSharky's Machine (1981)
Police officer Tom Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. Sharky's new 'machine' gathers evidence while Sharky falls in love with a woman he has never met.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Hidden (1987)
When average, law-abiding citizens suddenly turn to a life of hedonistic behavior and violent crime, Detective Tom Beck is tasked with helping young FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher determine the cause.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEve of Destruction (1991)
Eve is a military robot made to look exactly like her creator, Dr. Eve Simmons. When she is damaged during a bank robbery, the robot becomes an unstoppable killing machine. Colonel Jim McQuade is assigned to stop the robot and with the help from Dr. Simmons they have to predict where she will go next.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisF/X (1986)
A movies special effects man is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well known gangster. When the agency double cross him, he uses his special effects to trap the gangster and the corrupt agents.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNighthawks (1981)
When one of Europe's most lethal terrorists shows up in New York, an elite undercover cop is assigned to take him down by any means necessary.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDark Angel (1990)
Jack Caine is a Houston vice cop who's forgotten the rule book. His self-appointed mission is to stop the drugs trade and the number one supplier Victor Manning. While involved in an undercover operation to entrap Victor Manning, his partner is killed, and a sinister newcomer enters the scene...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChain Reaction (1996)
At the University of Chicago, a research team that includes brilliant student machinist Eddie Kasalivich experiences a breakthrough: a stable form of fusion that may lead to a waste-free energy source. However, a private company wants to exploit the technology, so Kasalivich and physicist Dr. Lily Sinclair are framed for murder, and the fusion device is stolen. On the run from the FBI, they must recover the technology and exonerate themselves.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisRaw Deal (1986)
Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief Harry Shannon, whose son has been killed by a mobster named Patrovina, enlists Kaminsky in a personal vendetta with a promise of reinstatement into the FBI if Patrovina is taken down. To accomplish this, he must go undercover and join Patrovina's gang.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisF/X2 (1991)
F/X man Rollie Tyler is now a toymaker. Mike, the ex-husband of his girlfriend Kim, is a cop. He asks Rollie to help catch a killer. The operation goes well until some unknown man kills both the killer and Mike. Mike's boss, Silak says it was the killer who killed Mike but Rollie knows it wasn't. Obviously, Silak is involved with Mike's death, so he calls on Leo McCarthy, the cop from the last movie, who is now a P.I., for help and they discover it's not just Silak they have to worry about.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNo Mercy (1986)
An unconventional undercover Chicago cop and his partner are recruited to commit the murder of a New Orleans criminal kingpin.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisInto the Night (1985)
Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met Diana. Now, Ed's having trouble staying alive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTarget (1985)
A Texan with a secret past searches Europe with his son after the KGB kidnaps his wife.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisAlley Cat (1984)
After her grandparents are savagely attacked, Billie uses her knowledge of martial arts to begin dishing out her own brand of vigilante justice.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisOut of Bounds (1986)
Farm boy Daryl Cage's parents ship him off to the big city to live with his brother, hoping he will have a better life there. After a baggage mixup at the airport, Daryl finds himself in possession of a drug cache, which a ruthless drug dealer wants back. The dealer murders Daryl's brother and the small town boy ends up all alone in the big city, being pursued by both the drug dealer and the police, who suspect him of the murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Messenger of Death (1988)
A Denver reporter investigates the mass murder of a family of Mormons in rural Colorado.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCohen and Tate (1989)
A boy kidnapped by two mismatched hitmen puts them at each other's throats while being driven to their employers, possibly to be killed. Cohen, an older professional becomes increasingly irritated with his partner Tate, a brutish killer, when their prisoner uses unnatural guile and resourcefulness to play them off against each other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJoshua Tree (1993)
A Los Angeles police detective tracks a fugitive who heads for the desert with a deputy sheriff as hostage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTuff Turf (1985)
The new guy in a Los Angeles high school, Morgan, does some singing and fights hotshot Nick over disco dancer Frankie.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisSiege (1983)
During a police strike in Nova Scotia's capital city, a gang of hoodlums end up unintentionally causing the owner of a gay bar to be killed. This escalates into a string of murders with a lone survivor trying to not be next.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)
A brutal Los Angeles police lieutenant is determined to bust up an organization that forces underage girls into prostitution.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDeadly Force (1983)
Stoney Cooper, a former Los Angeles police officer, is at a low point in his life. Kicked off the force because of his anti-authority attitude, he now ekes out a living as a freelancer in New York. All this changes when the daughter of an old friend is killed by serial killer terrorizing L.A. Although almost nobody in his old home town is happy to see him back, Cooper pledges to bring the killer to justice before any more innocent people die.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
10 to Midnight (1983)
Warren Stacy, an office equipment repairman, begins murdering women after they reject his advances. To minimize the evidence, Stacy always kills while naked, wearing nothing but gloves, and further evades the law with his strong alibis. Veteran detective Leo Kessler is convinced of Stacy's guilt and begins using questionable methods to catch him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMurphy's Law (1986)
A tough police detective escapes from custody after being framed and arrested for the murder of his ex-wife, and must now find the real killer and prove his innocence.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLive Wire (1992)
Danny O'Neill is a bomb disposal expert assigned to a case where terrorists have developed an "invisible" liquid explosive which is activated within the human body.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisBreaking In (1989)
Professional thief Ernie takes Mike on as an apprentice, but while Mike clearly has "larceny in his heart", it will take him a long time to get as good as Ernie.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Fast Getaway (1991)
A falling out within a bank robbing foursome splits up the group and pits a father and his sixteen-year-old son against their vengeful former partners.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Avengement (2019)
While on a prison furlough, a lowly criminal evades his guards and returns to his old stomping ground to take revenge on the people who turned him into a cold blooded killer.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWake of Death (2004)
Ben Archer, an ex-mob enforcer, seeks revenge against a ruthless Chinese kingpin responsible for his wife's brutal murder. When Archer joins forces with his old underworld friends, an all-out war is waged against the Chinese Triad.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Black Moon Rising?
The closest matches to Black Moon Rising are Runaway (1984), Malone (1987) and Sharky's Machine (1981). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Black Moon Rising?
People who watched Black Moon Rising most often go on to Runaway (1984), Malone (1987) and Sharky's Machine (1981).
What is the highest-rated movie like Black Moon Rising?
The Hidden (1987), rated 6.9/10 by 535 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Black Moon Rising?
Avengement (2019) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Black Moon Rising?
Yes: Runaway (1984), Malone (1987) and Sharky's Machine (1981).
How are movies similar to Black Moon Rising chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Black Moon Rising, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.