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Movies like Protector

12 films like Protector (2026), Eight Men Out, Memphis Belle, Get the Gringo among them. They're picked by what the story is about and what each shares with Protector: its director, cast, franchise or setting.

2026 · 90 min · Action, Crime, Drama. Former war hero Nikki's peaceful life is shattered when her daughter is kidnapped. Thrust into the criminal underworld while hunted by cops and military, she must fight to rescue her child.

  1. Eight Men Out

    1988 · 120 min · Drama, History, Sport Also drama

    A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series.

  2. Memphis Belle

    1990 · 107 min · Action, Drama, War Also stars Matthew Modine

    In 1943, the crew of a B-17 based in the UK prepares for its 25th and final bombing mission over Germany before returning home to the USA.

  3. Get the Gringo

    2012 · 96 min · Action, Drama, Thriller Also directed by Adrian Grunberg

    A career criminal nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a young boy.

  4. Deep Water

    2026 · 106 min · Action, Drama, Horror Also action and drama

    A group of international passengers en route from Los Angeles to Shanghai are forced to make an emergency landing in shark-infested waters. Now they must work together in hopes to overcome the frenzy of sharks drawn to the wreckage.

  5. Rambo: Last Blood

    2019 · 89 min · Action, Crime, Thriller Also directed by Adrian Grunberg

    Rambo must confront his past and unearth his ruthless combat skills to exact revenge in a final mission.

  6. Heist

    2015 · 93 min · Action, Crime, Drama Also action and crime

    A father is without the means to pay for his daughter's medical treatment. As a last resort, he partners with a greedy co-worker to rob a casino. When things go awry they're forced to hijack a city bus.

  7. Taken 2

    2012 · 91 min · Action, Crime, Thriller Also action and crime

    In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.

  8. Secret in Their Eyes

    2015 · 111 min · Crime, Drama, Mystery Also crime and drama

    A tight-knit team of rising investigators, along with their supervisor, is suddenly torn apart when they discover that one of their own teenage daughters has been brutally murdered.

  9. Extraction

    2015 · 92 min · Action, Thriller Also action

    A former CIA operative is kidnapped by a group of terrorists. When his son learns there is no plan for his father to be saved, he launches his own rescue operation.

  10. The Promise

    2016 · 133 min · Action, Adventure, Drama Also action and drama

    Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, The Promise follows a love triangle between Michael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated Ana, and Chris - a renowned American journalist based in Paris.

  11. Cloverfield

    2008 · 85 min · Action, Horror, Sci-Fi Also action

    A group of friends venture deep into the streets of New York on a rescue mission during a rampaging monster attack.

  12. Casualties of War

    1989 · 113 min · Action, Crime, Drama Also action and crime

    During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager, for their sexual enjoyment.

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