Movies like Ground Zero
The best movies like Ground Zero (2021) are Ghost Recon: Alpha (2012), Ambush (2001) and Monster Truck Mater (2010). If Ground Zero hooked you with its action, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedUnstoppable (2018)7.8/10 from 289 votes
- NewestBIG BOUNTY : The Ultimate Bounty Hunt (2026)Released 2026
- In KoreanUnstoppable (2018)Also in Korean
Ghost Recon: Alpha (2012)
Ghost Recon: Alpha sees a team led by Ghost Leader infiltrate a trade at a Russian depot between a general and a mysterious other figure.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAmbush (2001)
While escorting an elderly man to an undisclosed location, The Driver is confronted by a van full of armed men and is warned that the old man has stolen a large amount of diamonds. The old man claims to have swallowed the diamonds and that the men will likely cut him open to retrieve them. The Driver decides at the last minute to help him, participating in a car chase and shootout with the van. The Driver eventually evades his pursuers and watches their destruction. He then delivers the old man to a town nearby and asks the merchant if he did indeed swallowed the diamonds. The client merely chuckles and walks away. The Driver then leaves.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMonster Truck Mater (2010)
As a professional monster truck wrestler, Mater must work his way up through the ranks from an amateur tow truck to World Champion Monster Truck Wrestler. But rival wrestlers I-Screamer, Captain Collision, and The Rasta Carian aren't about to give up without a fight.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked (2011)
Wenches Scarlett and Giselle fix each other up for their wedding, in which they would each marry their groom. Upon realizing that both their grooms were the same man, Jack Sparrow, the two wenches found themselves in an auction led by the Auctioneer. This short film serves as a prequel to The Curse of the Black Pearl, and explains just why Jack Sparrow's boat the Jolly Mon was seen sinking at the beginning of the whole story; why the wenches were so upset with him; and how Cotton lost his tongue.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Enforcer (2022)
A noir thriller set in Miami, the film follows an enforcer who discovers his femme fatale boss has branched out into cyber sex trafficking, putting a young runaway he’s befriended at risk. He sacrifices everything to save the young girl from the deadly organization he’s spent his life building.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMarvel One-Shot: All Hail the King (2014)
A documentary filmmaker interviews the now-famous Trevor Slattery from behind bars.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTicker (2002)
The Driver drives a wounded diplomat, who carries a mysterious briefcase, while under helicopter attack. During the attack the briefcase is struck by a bullet, causing a display on it to begin counting down, and it to leak an unknown fluid from the bullet hole. The Driver manages to destroy his pursuers, but refuses to proceed without knowing the contents of the damaged briefcase. It is revealed that the diplomat guards a human heart for a peacekeeper, whose life is needed for the continued freedom of the people. The case is delivered, and the tyrant is forced to give up his attempt to take the country by force. The Driver leaves for another mission.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGladiator Underground (2025)
Two brothers compete in the world's deadliest underground fighting tournament, where they must decide whether to play by the rules or to cast their honor aside and team up to bring down the dark syndicate running the tournament.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Worth the HypeMovies 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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBorder Hunters (2025)
After his police officer brother is killed by a drug dealer who flees to the protection of his cartel-connected uncle in Mexico, an American man with a diverse law enforcement/military background goes south of the border to get revenge
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWelcome to Sudden Death (2020)
Jesse Freeman is a former special forces officer and explosives expert now working a regular job as a security guard in a state-of-the-art basketball arena. Trouble erupts when a tech-savvy cadre of terrorists kidnap the team's owner and Jesse's daughter during opening night. Facing a ticking clock and impossible odds, it's up to Jesse to not only save them but also a full house of fans in this highly charged action thriller.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe System (2022)
When a young soldier, newly returned from war, gets caught up in a drug bust, he is recruited by the authorities to go undercover in a notoriously dangerous prison in order to figure out what is really going on.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPigeon: Impossible (2009)
The tale of Walter, a rookie secret agent faced with a problem seldom covered in basic training: what to do when a curious pigeon gets trapped inside your multi-million dollar, government-issued nuclear briefcase.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHalo: Landfall (2007)
Director Neill Blomkamp explores the lives of Marines and ODSTs on a last, desperate mission in a post-invasion Earth – a mission that may secure the salvation, or usher the destruction of the entire galaxy. Edited together as a standalone piece for the first time, these three shorts are the first glimpse at what a live-action Halo could and should look like and a must-see for Halo fans of every stripe.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUnstoppable (2018)
Dong-chul and Ji-soo are a happily married couple. One day, Dong-chul comes home to find his house in disarray and his wife missing.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisIn the Blood (2014)
When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisPoint Blank (2019)
A nurse is forced to spring a wounded murder suspect from the hospital when the man’s brother kidnaps his pregnant wife and wants to make a trade.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Shipment (2021)
A former U.S. Navy Seal is forced to become the international criminal he once fought against when a powerful and violent drug cartel kidnaps his wife and daughter.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAccident Man (2018)
Mike Fallon, the Accident Man, is a stone cold killer. When a loved one is murdered by his own crew, Fallon is forced to avenge the one person who actually meant something to him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters (2011)
Po and the Furious Five uncover the legend of three of kung fu's greatest heroes: Master Thundering Rhino, Master Storming Ox, and Master Croc.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Double Hit (2022)
When a Hitman Goes To Take Out A Target He Ends Up Encountering Someone He Doesn't Expect
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Jones Copeland: And The Watch of the Unseen (2024)
The story of Jones Copeland - Young adventurer whose father was a well celebrated archeologist - Who stumbles across a map to the most powerful artifact of all time in his father’s old belongings. He finds himself colliding with enemies of his fathers. This J.J. Sessions film follows Copeland’s journey against all the Odds
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Deus ex Machina (2016)
An earnest boy must fight for his life after oppression confronts him and his friends on their way to school.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
The Open Boat (TBA)
"The Open Boat" is a tale of survival as a group of sailors are thrust into rough waters, where salvation lies on the horizon.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Wild Planet (1989)
George Bonicelli, an unassuming, naive accountant, has his routine '9 to 5' existence turned on it's head when he's accidentally run down by Leilah Deluxe - an estranged young girl from another planet - fleeing for her life on a jet propelled motor scooter. George soon becomes entangled in a manic chase throughout the city in one action packed night. In relentless pursuit is the mad and obsessive French biophysicist, Professor Henri Gautier and his two equally deranged henchmen, former Nazi rocket scientist, Doktor Werner Von Toller and a French Moroccan hit man, Fartouk Hahmesh. Armed with a '59 Chevrolet, a homemade radar tracking device and a laser gun, the evil trio hurl themselves at Leilah and George from all sides, carving up the late night city streets like a heat seeking missile.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Wild Planet (Redux) (2010)
He's a mild mannered accountant from out of town; She's an extraterrestrial from the planet Ultra Terra; They're three very 'evil', 'wicked' and 'nasty' characters from out of the past behind the wheel of '59 Chevrolet in hot pursuit... Filmmaker Brendan Young, re-works, remasters and 'reduxes' his 1989 short sci-fi comedy chase film 'Wild Planet' and propels the eccentric genre-mash up into the 21st century for a whole new lease of life.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
BIG BOUNTY : The Ultimate Bounty Hunt (2026)
In the gritty underbelly of the modern world, a 20-something bounty hunter clings to 90s nostalgia, rocking vintage bell bottom pants and attire .When his sharp-tongued Bounty Agent drops a high-stakes contract—to hunt down and eliminate a slippery target named Simon—he dives headfirst into a pulse-pounding adventure. Armed with retro grit , he navigates action , high-octane chases, and brutal showdowns, all for the ultima IMDB ID (tt0137523) - Optionalte payout.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
There Lies Another World (2017)
When teenage siblings Jack and Jessie discover the thief of their missing toys, they decide to steal them back, only to find themselves witnessing the launch of the first colonization shuttle to Mars.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Cross (2011)
First a boy is forced to run. Then he runs on his own. Then he watches another one run.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Ground Zero?
The closest matches to Ground Zero are Ghost Recon: Alpha (2012), Ambush (2001) and Monster Truck Mater (2010). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Ground Zero?
Start with Ghost Recon: Alpha (2012), the closest match to Ground Zero.
What is the highest-rated movie like Ground Zero?
Unstoppable (2018), rated 7.8/10 by 289 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Ground Zero?
BIG BOUNTY : The Ultimate Bounty Hunt (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Korean movies like Ground Zero?
Yes: Unstoppable (2018).
How are movies similar to Ground Zero chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Ground Zero, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.