Movies like Sky High (2020)
The best movies like Sky High (2020) are Eye for an Eye (2019), Retribution (2015) and Cell 211 (2009). If Sky High hooked you with its action and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedMirage (2018)7.5/10 from 2,089 votes
- NewestHunting Season (2025)Released 2025
- In SpanishEye for an Eye (2019)Also in Spanish
Eye for an Eye (2019)
Mario, an exemplary man, lives in a village on the Galician coast. In the old people’s home, where he works as a nurse, everyone appreciates him. When the best known narco in the area, Antonio Padín, recently released from prison, enters the residence, Mario tries to make Antonio feel at home. Now, Padín's two sons, Kike and Toño, are in charge of the family business. The failure of an operation will put Kike in jail and cause them to owe a large debt to a Colombian supplier. Toño will turn to the nurse to try to convince his father to assume the debt. But Mario has his own plans.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRetribution (2015)
While Carlos, a banking executive, takes his two kids to school in his car, he gets a phone call telling him that there is a bomb under the seats and he must to gather a large amount of money; otherwise, his car will blow up.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCell 211 (2009)
The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCentauro (2022)
Rafa's hooked on the pure, fiery feelings he gets from speed racing, but when his kid's mom gets mixed up with drug dealers, he burns rubber to save her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSiege (Asedio) (2023)
During an eviction procedure in a troubled area of Madrid, police officer Dani makes a shocking discovery.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Kid (2014)
Two youths, Niño and Compi, enter the world of drug smuggling in the Strait of Gibraltar; while two police officers, Jesús and Eva, try to eradicate the contraband.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisInnocent Killers (2015)
Garralda is a troubled college student who only has to pass one last subject to obtain his academic degree. When his teacher catches him copying on a test, he requires him to perform a very unethical task in exchange for passing and thus achieving his goal.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Gun City (2018)
Barcelona, Spain, 1921. A tough cop from Madrid arrives in the city to locate, under the suspicious scrutiny of corrupt local police officers, a significant amount of military weaponry stolen from a train, allegedly by revolutionary anarchists.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOutlaws (2021)
Introverted Girona student Nacho meets two delinquents from the city's Chinatown and gets caught up in a summer onslaught of burglaries and hold ups that will change his life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisToro (2016)
Toro (Spanish for "Bull") is a young con man and the right hand of Romano, a powerful mob boss in Torremolinos, Málaga (Andalusia, south to Spain). After Toro decides to leave Romano to get a life free of crime, his last sting fails, resulting one of his brothers dead and he sent to jail. Five years later, Romano realizes that López, Toro's older brother, is robbing him money from his tourism business and he orders to kidnap Diana, López's little daughter, until this one get back the money. Without options, López visits Toro, now a touristic driver with the third grade prison close to get the parole, who only wants to be free to marry his girlfriend Estrella. When Toro accepts to help López and both meet Romano looking for a solution, Toro ends attacking Romano's men and fleeing with Diana, trying to escape from Romano's revenge. But Romano starts a ruthless searching for they three, meanwhile Toro counts the hours to back the prison according to the third grade...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTo Steal from a Thief (2016)
Valencia, Spain. On a rainy morning, six armed men in disguise assault a bank. But what seemed like an easy heist, quickly goes wrong with nothing unfolding as planned, and mistrust quickly builds between the two leaders of the gang.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUnit 7 (2012)
Angel, a young intelligent and kind, aims to be a police inspector. Rafael instead is an expeditious, forceful and arrogant policeman. Meanwhile, Miguel and Mateo are part of Group 7, a group of rogue cops ready to do anything to achieve their goals.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Bar (2017)
In downtown Madrid, a series of mysterious gunshots trap a motley assortment of people in a decrepit bar.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBelow Zero (2021)
When a prisoner transfer van is attacked, the cop in charge must fight those inside and outside while dealing with a silent foe: the icy temperatures.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMay God Save Us (2016)
Madrid, summer 2011. Economic crisis. 15-M movement and 1.5 million pilgrims waiting for the Pope’s arrival live side by side in a Madrid that’s hotter and more chaotic than ever. In this context, detectives Velarde and Alfaro must find what seems to be a serial killer. Their against-the-clock hunt will make them realise something they’d never imagined: neither of them are so very different from the killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTo Kill a Man (2014)
Jorge is a peaceful hard-working man who seeks a simple, quiet life for himself and his family. One day, he is mugged and humiliated by a gang of thugs led by Kalule, a delinquent from his neighborhood. This event infuriates his son as much for Jorge’s meek acceptance as for the act itself. The son, looking for retribution, ends up getting himself shot. Kalule is sent to jail and when he gets out 18 months later, begins a campaign of terror against Jorge and his family. The authorities do nothing, so Jorge decides to take matters into his own hands.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
4x4 (2019)
Buenos Aires, Argentina. A luxurious van is parked on the sidewalk. A man enters with the purpose of stealing whatever he can find, but when he wants to leave, he cannot. The doors do not open, the control panel does not respond: the van has become an armored box and he is trapped like a mouse.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Motive (2017)
Álvaro, a man obsessed with the idea of writing what he brands as “high literature,” manipulates the lives and feelings of the people around him to write about the consequences caused by his devious acts.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMirage (2018)
During a mysterious thunderstorm, Vera, a young mother, manages to save a life in danger, but her good deed causes a disturbing chain of unexpected consequences.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Fury of a Patient Man (2016)
Quiet Jose woos cafe worker Ana, but she is unaware he has intentions other than the purely romantic.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Vault (2021)
Madrid, Spain, 2010. While the whole city follows the national team's successful participation in the World Cup, a group of daring thieves look for a way into one of the most secure and guarded places on the planet.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUnknown Origins (2020)
In Madrid, Spain, a mysterious serial killer ruthlessly murders his victims by recreating the first appearance of several comic book superheroes. Cosme, a veteran police inspector who is about to retire, works on the case along with the tormented inspector David Valentín and his own son Jorge Elías, a nerdy young man who owns a comic book store.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTwin Murders: The Silence of the White City (2019)
Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain, 2019. Two corpses appear in the crypt of the Old Cathedral. Police officer Unai López de Ayala, an expert in criminal profiling, must hunt down the ritual murderer who has been terrorizing the city for two decades.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisYour Son (2018)
Jaime, a doctor who lives in Seville, finds his life radically changed when his son is left fighting for his life after being beaten up during a robbery. The feelings of pain and helplessness soon change to feelings of hate and anger, converting a good dad into a dehumanised man.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisGolpes (2025)
Fresh from prison in 1980s Spain, Migueli reunites his gang for heists to settle past debts. His brother Sabino, now a cop assigned to the case, knows his methods - but Migueli won't stop until he reaches his goal.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
When the Angels Sleep (2018)
Germán, an honest family man, sees how his whole world wobbles the night when, driving home, accidentally runs over two teenage girls. From that moment, Germán will have to do everything in his power to prevent his life from being destroyed forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisMutant Action (1993)
Waging war against all things glamorous and beautiful, crippled terrorists Acción Mutante plot a series of attacks on society's elite, and attempt the kidnapping of a wealthy socialite at her elaborate wedding reception.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlack Site (2022)
A group of officers based in a labyrinthine top-secret prison must fight for their lives against Hatchet, a brilliant and infamous high-value detainee. When he escapes, his mysterious and deadly agenda has far reaching and dire consequences.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRun (1991)
When a law student accidentally kills the son of a mob boss in a fight, he finds himself relentlessly pursued by the mob and the police.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHunting Season (2025)
When a reclusive survivalist and his daughter rescue a mysterious, wounded woman from a river, they become entangled in a deadly web of violence and revenge, forcing them to confront a brutal criminal to survive.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Sky High?
The closest matches to Sky High are Eye for an Eye (2019), Retribution (2015) and Cell 211 (2009). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Sky High?
People who watched Sky High most often go on to Eye for an Eye (2019), Retribution (2015) and Cell 211 (2009).
What is the highest-rated movie like Sky High?
Mirage (2018), rated 7.5/10 by 2,089 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Sky High?
Hunting Season (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Spanish movies like Sky High?
Yes: Eye for an Eye (2019), Retribution (2015) and Cell 211 (2009).
How are movies similar to Sky High chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Sky High, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.