Movies like Captain Phillips

Captain Phillips (2013) is a action movie directed by Paul Greengrass. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.

1. Blood Diamond (2006)
★ 7.6 · 8,609 votes · Drama, Thriller, Action
An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.
Movies like Blood Diamond →
2. A Hijacking (2012)
★ 6.8 · 309 votes · Thriller, Drama
Tensions are high after a Danish freighter is captured and held for ransom by Somali pirates, leading to weeks of high-stakes negotiations – and an escalating potential for explosive violence.
Movies like A Hijacking →
3. Mutiny (2026)
★ 7.6 · 886 votes · Action, Thriller
After witnessing his billionaire boss' murder and being framed for the crime, Cole Reed boards a cargo ship on a one-man crusade to avenge his boss' death only to discover an international conspiracy.
Movies like Mutiny →
4. Die Hard 2 (1990)
★ 7.0 · 6,641 votes · Action, Thriller
One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his wife's plane to land at Washington Dulles International Airport, terrorists take over the air traffic control system in a plot to free a South American army general and drug smuggler being flown into the US to face drug charges. It's now up to McClane to take on the terrorists, while coping with an inept airport police chief, an uncooperative anti-terrorist squad, and the life of his wife and everyone else trapped in planes circling overhead.
Movies like Die Hard 2 →
5. The Rock (1996)
★ 7.2 · 5,425 votes · Action, Adventure, Thriller
When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.
Movies like The Rock →
6. Non-Stop (2014)
★ 6.8 · 5,911 votes · Action, Thriller, Mystery
Bill Marks is a Federal Air Marshall for whom every day is the same until this one. On this plane ride, he starts receiving text messages from someone claiming to be on the flight and threatening to kill passengers. In a race against the clock, he must identify and stop the killer to save everyone on board.
Movies like Non-Stop →
7. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
★ 7.8 · 22,918 votes · Adventure, Fantasy, Action
When wily pirate Captain Barbossa seizes Jack Sparrow’s beloved ship, the Black Pearl, and kidnaps the governor’s daughter, Elizabeth Swann, blacksmith Will Turner reluctantly teams up with the unpredictable pirate Jack to rescue her—only to uncover a terrifying curse that turns Barbossa’s crew into the undead.
Movies like Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl →
8. The Bounty (1984)
★ 6.8 · 675 votes · Action, Drama, History
An idyllic voyage to Tahiti in 1789 turns a crew aboard the H.M.S. Bounty against its captain when they find a tropical paradise.
Movies like The Bounty →
9. Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
★ 6.5 · 1,736 votes · Action, Drama, Thriller
While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Lt. Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets shot down behind enemy lines, where he must outrun an army led by a ruthless Serbian general. With time running out and a deadly tracker on his trail, Burnett's commanding officer, Admiral Reigart, decides to risk his career and launch a renegade rescue mission to save his life.
Movies like Behind Enemy Lines →
10. A Working Man (2025)
★ 6.7 · 2,127 votes · Action, Crime, Thriller
Levon Cade left behind a decorated military career in the black ops to live a simple life working construction. But when his boss's daughter, who is like family to him, is taken by human traffickers, his search to bring her home uncovers a world of corruption far greater than he ever could have imagined.
Movies like A Working Man →
11. Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
★ 6.7 · 1,175 votes · Action, Thriller, Crime
The true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker who finds God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been kidnapped and pressed into duty as soldiers.
Movies like Machine Gun Preacher →

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Movies like Captain Phillips

Captain Phillips (2013) is a action movie directed by Paul Greengrass. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.

1. Blood Diamond (2006)
★ 7.6 · 8,609 votes · Drama, Thriller, Action
An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.
Movies like Blood Diamond →
2. A Hijacking (2012)
★ 6.8 · 309 votes · Thriller, Drama
Tensions are high after a Danish freighter is captured and held for ransom by Somali pirates, leading to weeks of high-stakes negotiations – and an escalating potential for explosive violence.
Movies like A Hijacking →
3. Mutiny (2026)
★ 7.6 · 886 votes · Action, Thriller
After witnessing his billionaire boss' murder and being framed for the crime, Cole Reed boards a cargo ship on a one-man crusade to avenge his boss' death only to discover an international conspiracy.
Movies like Mutiny →
4. Die Hard 2 (1990)
★ 7.0 · 6,641 votes · Action, Thriller
One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his wife's plane to land at Washington Dulles International Airport, terrorists take over the air traffic control system in a plot to free a South American army general and drug smuggler being flown into the US to face drug charges. It's now up to McClane to take on the terrorists, while coping with an inept airport police chief, an uncooperative anti-terrorist squad, and the life of his wife and everyone else trapped in planes circling overhead.
Movies like Die Hard 2 →
5. The Rock (1996)
★ 7.2 · 5,425 votes · Action, Adventure, Thriller
When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.
Movies like The Rock →
6. Non-Stop (2014)
★ 6.8 · 5,911 votes · Action, Thriller, Mystery
Bill Marks is a Federal Air Marshall for whom every day is the same until this one. On this plane ride, he starts receiving text messages from someone claiming to be on the flight and threatening to kill passengers. In a race against the clock, he must identify and stop the killer to save everyone on board.
Movies like Non-Stop →
7. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
★ 7.8 · 22,918 votes · Adventure, Fantasy, Action
When wily pirate Captain Barbossa seizes Jack Sparrow’s beloved ship, the Black Pearl, and kidnaps the governor’s daughter, Elizabeth Swann, blacksmith Will Turner reluctantly teams up with the unpredictable pirate Jack to rescue her—only to uncover a terrifying curse that turns Barbossa’s crew into the undead.
Movies like Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl →
8. The Bounty (1984)
★ 6.8 · 675 votes · Action, Drama, History
An idyllic voyage to Tahiti in 1789 turns a crew aboard the H.M.S. Bounty against its captain when they find a tropical paradise.
Movies like The Bounty →
9. Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
★ 6.5 · 1,736 votes · Action, Drama, Thriller
While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Lt. Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets shot down behind enemy lines, where he must outrun an army led by a ruthless Serbian general. With time running out and a deadly tracker on his trail, Burnett's commanding officer, Admiral Reigart, decides to risk his career and launch a renegade rescue mission to save his life.
Movies like Behind Enemy Lines →
10. A Working Man (2025)
★ 6.7 · 2,127 votes · Action, Crime, Thriller
Levon Cade left behind a decorated military career in the black ops to live a simple life working construction. But when his boss's daughter, who is like family to him, is taken by human traffickers, his search to bring her home uncovers a world of corruption far greater than he ever could have imagined.
Movies like A Working Man →
11. Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
★ 6.7 · 1,175 votes · Action, Thriller, Crime
The true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker who finds God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been kidnapped and pressed into duty as soldiers.
Movies like Machine Gun Preacher →

1. Blood Diamond (2006)

2. A Hijacking (2012)

3. Mutiny (2026)

4. Die Hard 2 (1990)

5. The Rock (1996)

6. Non-Stop (2014)

7. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

8. The Bounty (1984)

9. Behind Enemy Lines (2001)

10. A Working Man (2025)

11. Machine Gun Preacher (2011)

Related lists

1. Blood Diamond (2006)

2. A Hijacking (2012)

3. Mutiny (2026)

4. Die Hard 2 (1990)

5. The Rock (1996)

6. Non-Stop (2014)

7. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

8. The Bounty (1984)

9. Behind Enemy Lines (2001)

10. A Working Man (2025)

11. Machine Gun Preacher (2011)

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