Movies like Blue Thunder
Blue Thunder (1983) is a action movie directed by John Badham. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. San Andreas (2015)
★ 6.3 · 9,254 votes · Action, Drama, Thriller
In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter.
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2. Universal Soldier (1992)
★ 6.3 · 2,020 votes · Thriller, Action, Sci-Fi
An American soldier who had been killed during the Vietnam War is revived 25 years later by the military as a semi-android, UniSols, a high-tech soldier of the future. After the failure of the initiative to erase all the soldier's memories, he begins to experience flashbacks that are forcing him to recall his past.
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3. The Mechanic (2011)
★ 6.5 · 3,746 votes · Action, Thriller, Crime
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.
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4. Brothers (2009)
★ 7.3 · 4,054 votes · Drama, Thriller, War
When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. Sam’s surprise homecoming triggers domestic mayhem.
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5. Weekend in Taipei (2024)
★ 6.5 · 319 votes · Action, Adventure, Thriller
A former DEA agent and a former undercover operative revisit their romance during a fateful weekend in Taipei, unaware of the dangerous consequences of their past.
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6. Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
★ 6.6 · 3,099 votes · Action, Crime, Thriller
With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with a deadly Chinese crime lord trying to get his brother out of prison.
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7. Outside the Wire (2021)
★ 6.3 · 2,002 votes · Thriller, Action, Sci-Fi
In the near future, a drone pilot is sent into a deadly militarized zone and must work with an android officer to locate a doomsday device.
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8. Magnum Force (1973)
★ 7.1 · 1,268 votes · Drama, Crime, Action
"Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only Dirty Harry can stop them.
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9. Archive (2020)
★ 6.4 · 883 votes · Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller
2038: George Almore is working on a true human-equivalent AI, and his latest prototype is almost ready. This sensitive phase is also the riskiest as he has a goal that must be hidden at all costs—being reunited with his dead wife.
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10. Upgrade (2018)
★ 7.5 · 5,313 votes · Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi
A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now able to walk, Grey finds that he also has superhuman strength and agility — skills he uses to seek revenge against the thugs who destroyed his life.
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