If You Liked Desperate Measures, Watch These Next
Finished Desperate Measures (1998) and want more of the same? These 20 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Desperate Measures, most of them are action, drama, thriller.
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20 titles · updated 3rd October 2026
2.21 Grams(2003)
7.3DramaCrimeThrillerAlso drama and crime
Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of two girls; and Jack Jordan, a born-again ex-con, are brought together by a terrible accident that changes their lives.
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4.City of Ghosts(2002)
5.9ThrillerCrimeAlso thriller and crime
A con man who is on the run from law enforcement in the U.S. travels to Cambodia to collect his share in an insurance scam but discovers more than he bargained for.
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5.Blood Work(2002)
6.2ThrillerCrimeActionAlso thriller and crime
Still recovering from a heart transplant, a retired FBI profiler returns to service when his own blood analysis offers clues to the identity of a serial killer.
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6.Black Site(2022)
6.0ActionThrillerCrimeAlso action and thriller
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.
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7.High Sierra(1941)
7.1CrimeDramaActionAlso crime and drama
Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.
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8.King Ivory(2025)
7.0CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and drama
Based on extensive research involving law enforcement and gang members, a never-before-seen, authentic look inside the underworld of fentanyl trafficking from gangs inside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlester a.k.a. "Big Mac."
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9.Nowhere to Run(1993)
6.6ActionDramaThrillerAlso action and drama
Escaped convict Sam Gillen single-handedly takes on ruthless developers who are determined to evict a widow with two young children.
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10.Lock Up(1989)
6.8ActionCrimeDramaAlso action and crime
Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by Leone, and has now arrived on the scene to ensure that Leone never sees…
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11.The Escapist(2008)
6.2ActionThrillerAlso action and thriller
Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict twelve years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill, he is determined to make peace with her before it's too late. He develops an ingenious escape plan, and recruits a dysfunctional band of escapists - misfits with a mutual dislike for…
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13.The Call(2013)
6.8CrimeThrillerAlso crime and thriller
Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and…
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15.The Crew(2008)
6.0DramaActionThrillerAlso drama and action
Hoping to raise enough capital to finance a legitimate business and leave behind his life of crime, Liverpool underworld boss Ged Brennan sends his brother Ratter and a crew to pull a daring final heist. But when Ratter kills a drug kingpin during the job, Brennan must turn to rival crook Franner to avert an all-out…
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16.Misery(1990)
7.8DramaThrillerAlso drama and thriller
After an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his biggest fan. Her obsession takes a dark turn when she holds him captive in her remote Colorado home and forces him to write back to life the popular literary character he killed off.
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17.In Cold Light(2026)
5.9ThrillerCrimeAlso thriller and crime
Fresh out of prison, Ava's attempt to reclaim her drug operation collapses when she witnesses a brutal crime, forcing her to flee into a nightmarish underworld where allies are scarce and enemies multiply by the minute.
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18.Get Fast(2024)
5.9ActionCrimeThrillerAlso action and crime
When The Thief’s partner is kidnapped after stealing millions in cash from a merciless drug lord named Nushi, he reluctantly teams up with an angst-ridden orphan to rescue him. Nushi enlists her most trusted hitman, The Cowboy, a lovable charmer who’s quick with his guns, to track down the Thief. Guns, cars, and…
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