Movies like Black Water (2018)
The best movies like Black Water (2018) are Art of Eight Limbs (2024), End of a Gun (2016) and The Hard Corps (2005). If Black Water 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 ratedBlood and Bone (2009)7.4/10 from 947 votes
- NewestOne Last Shot (2026)Released 2026
Art of Eight Limbs (2024)
Four canisters of deadly VX nerve gas have fallen into the hands of an international arms dealer in Myanmar. A CIA recruit delivers a high-tech detection device to an agent already on the ground.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEnd of a Gun (2016)
A former DEA agent and American expat living in France saves a woman being attacked in a parking lot and gets involved in a plot to steal two million dollars from a drug lord.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies 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 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 Last Mercenary (2021)
A legendary secret service agent comes out of hiding and returns to France to help the son he's never met get out of trouble.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 thisSafe House (2012)
A dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them dead.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Last Kumite (2024)
When shady businessman Ron Hall kidnaps his daughter, retired karate champion Michael Rivers is forced to enter a deadly illegal Kumite tournament in Bulgaria. Enlisting the help of seasoned trainers Master Loren and Julie Jackson, he discovers other fighters face the same desperate struggle to save their loved ones.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008)
A Texas cop battles ex-navy seals who are trying to traffic drugs from Mexico into the USA.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSkin Trade (2014)
After his family is killed by a Serbian gangster with international interests. NYC detective Nick goes to S.E. Asia and teams up with a Thai detective to get revenge and destroy the syndicates human trafficking network.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 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 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 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 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 & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKill 'em All (2012)
Captured international assassins are locked up inside a high-tech bunker known as the Killing Chamber. To break out of this concrete hell they must duel each other, fight deadly ninjas and battle against gangs of masked maniacs. And... if they survive this, they will have to confront Snakehead: the lethal, deranged top dog who will stop at nothing to kill 'em all!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Lady Bloodfight (2016)
Jane is a beautiful but troubled American girl backpacking through Japan, when her raw street fighting skills draw the attention of Oshima, Japanese karate champion, who recruits and trains her to fight in the vicious, all-female, underground martial arts tournament known as "The Kumite". After months of rigorous preparation, Jane is ready to face off against the deadliest female fighters in the world, including Ling, the Chinese apprentice of Oshima's nemesis. But other nefarious forces lie in the shadows, and Jane and Ling will have to unite on a journey that will take them from the gritty underworld of Hong Kong to the glitz of Macao, before deciding who really is the best female fighter on the planet.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSwelter (2014)
Ten years after their casino heist, four escaped convicts trace their former partner to a desert town, where he is now a lawman with no memory of his criminal past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe 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 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 Mechanic (2011)
Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code requiring professional perfection and total detachment. One of an elite group of assassins, Bishop may be the best in the business - with a unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. When Harry McKenna, his close friend and mentor, is murdered, Harry's son comes to him with vengeance in his heart and a desire to learn Bishop's trade, signaling the birth of a deadly partnership.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFalcon Rising (2014)
Chapman is an ex-marine in Brazil's slums, battling the yakuza outfit who attacked his sister and left her for dead.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like this6 Bullets (2012)
An ex-mercenary known for finding missing children is hired by a mixed martial arts fighter whose daughter has been kidnapped.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlood and Bone (2009)
In Los Angeles, an ex-con takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies 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 Expendables (2010)
Barney Ross leads a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, a martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road, and a loose-cannon sniper Gunner Jensen. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church to assassinate the dictator of a small South American island, Barney and Lee visit the remote locale to scout out their opposition and discover the true nature of the conflict engulfing the city.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDaughter of the Wolf (2019)
Ex-military specialist Clair Hamilton returns home from her tour in the Middle East due to her father's passing and to claim her inheritance. Her son is then kidnapped and held for ransom by a gang led by a mysterious figure known only as “Father”.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisHard Target 2 (2016)
Forced into a deadly cat-and-mouse game, a disgraced mixed martial arts fighter is hunted through the jungles of Southeast Asia.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOne Last Shot (2026)
Navy Seal Jake Harris must stop a team of mercenaries, led by his disillusioned former comrade, from disabling the US missile defense network.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies 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
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Black Water?
The closest matches to Black Water are Art of Eight Limbs (2024), End of a Gun (2016) and The Hard Corps (2005). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Black Water?
People who watched Black Water most often go on to Art of Eight Limbs (2024), End of a Gun (2016) and The Hard Corps (2005).
What is the highest-rated movie like Black Water?
Blood and Bone (2009), rated 7.4/10 by 947 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Black Water?
One Last Shot (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Black Water?
Yes: Art of Eight Limbs (2024), End of a Gun (2016) and The Hard Corps (2005).
How are movies similar to Black Water chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Black Water, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.