Movies like The Baader Meinhof Complex

The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008) is a action movie directed by Uli Edel. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.

1. The Amateur (2025)
★ 6.9 · 1,830 votes · Thriller, Action
After his life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder takes matters into his own hands when his supervisors refuse to take action.
Movies like The Amateur →
2. Tenet (2020)
★ 7.2 · 11,635 votes · Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.
Movies like Tenet →
3. 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 →
4. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
★ 7.1 · 11,079 votes · Action, Thriller, Adventure
Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion causing severe destruction to the Kremlin and the IMF to be implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to disavow them. No longer being aided by the government, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks around the globe, although they might still be too late to stop a disaster.
Movies like Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol →
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. The Substitute (1996)
★ 7.0 · 610 votes · Action, Crime, Drama
When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk. Soon he discovers a conspiracy of criminals at work, and must reassemble his team from his last jungle raid to stop them.
Movies like The Substitute →
7. Coffy (1973)
★ 6.6 · 324 votes · Crime, Thriller, Drama
After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her path.
Movies like Coffy →
8. Se7en (1995)
★ 8.4 · 23,981 votes · Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Somerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.
Movies like Se7en →
9. The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
★ 6.8 · 1,018 votes · Thriller, Drama, History
In 1971, Stanford's Professor Philip Zimbardo conducts a controversial psychology experiment in which college students pretend to be either prisoners or guards, but the proceedings soon get out of hand. Based on a true story.
Movies like The Stanford Prison Experiment →
10. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
★ 8.1 · 15,913 votes · Crime, Thriller
A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie -- unravel.
Movies like Reservoir Dogs →
11. Bronson (2009)
★ 6.9 · 2,800 votes · Drama, Action, Crime
A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter ego, Charles Bronson.
Movies like Bronson →
12. We Die Young (2019)
★ 6.8 · 363 votes · Drama, Action, Crime
Lucas, a 14-year-old boy inducted into the gang life in Washington D.C., is determined that his 10-year-old brother won't follow the same path. When an Afghanistan war veteran comes into the neighborhood, an opportunity arises.
Movies like We Die Young →

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Movies like The Baader Meinhof Complex

The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008) is a action movie directed by Uli Edel. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.

1. The Amateur (2025)
★ 6.9 · 1,830 votes · Thriller, Action
After his life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder takes matters into his own hands when his supervisors refuse to take action.
Movies like The Amateur →
2. Tenet (2020)
★ 7.2 · 11,635 votes · Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.
Movies like Tenet →
3. 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 →
4. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
★ 7.1 · 11,079 votes · Action, Thriller, Adventure
Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion causing severe destruction to the Kremlin and the IMF to be implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to disavow them. No longer being aided by the government, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks around the globe, although they might still be too late to stop a disaster.
Movies like Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol →
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. The Substitute (1996)
★ 7.0 · 610 votes · Action, Crime, Drama
When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk. Soon he discovers a conspiracy of criminals at work, and must reassemble his team from his last jungle raid to stop them.
Movies like The Substitute →
7. Coffy (1973)
★ 6.6 · 324 votes · Crime, Thriller, Drama
After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her path.
Movies like Coffy →
8. Se7en (1995)
★ 8.4 · 23,981 votes · Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Somerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.
Movies like Se7en →
9. The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
★ 6.8 · 1,018 votes · Thriller, Drama, History
In 1971, Stanford's Professor Philip Zimbardo conducts a controversial psychology experiment in which college students pretend to be either prisoners or guards, but the proceedings soon get out of hand. Based on a true story.
Movies like The Stanford Prison Experiment →
10. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
★ 8.1 · 15,913 votes · Crime, Thriller
A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie -- unravel.
Movies like Reservoir Dogs →
11. Bronson (2009)
★ 6.9 · 2,800 votes · Drama, Action, Crime
A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter ego, Charles Bronson.
Movies like Bronson →
12. We Die Young (2019)
★ 6.8 · 363 votes · Drama, Action, Crime
Lucas, a 14-year-old boy inducted into the gang life in Washington D.C., is determined that his 10-year-old brother won't follow the same path. When an Afghanistan war veteran comes into the neighborhood, an opportunity arises.
Movies like We Die Young →

1. The Amateur (2025)

2. Tenet (2020)

3. Die Hard 2 (1990)

4. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

5. The Rock (1996)

6. The Substitute (1996)

7. Coffy (1973)

8. Se7en (1995)

9. The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)

10. Reservoir Dogs (1992)

11. Bronson (2009)

12. We Die Young (2019)

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1. The Amateur (2025)

2. Tenet (2020)

3. Die Hard 2 (1990)

4. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

5. The Rock (1996)

6. The Substitute (1996)

7. Coffy (1973)

8. Se7en (1995)

9. The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)

10. Reservoir Dogs (1992)

11. Bronson (2009)

12. We Die Young (2019)

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