Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Ambush

If you loved Ambush, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Scenes from the Suburbs

Scenes from the Suburbs

2011★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ambush for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A resident of a suburban dystopia tries to reassemble his fragmented memories of life as a teen....

#2
405

405

2000★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ambush for fans of Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A section of a highway is blocked off so that a plane can make an emergency landing on it. However, there are two people still driving on the highway: a man in an SUV and an old la...

#3
Ticker

Ticker

2002★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ambush for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The Driver drives a wounded diplomat, who carries a mysterious briefcase, while under helicopter attack. During the attack the briefcase is struck by a bullet, causing a display on...

#4
Operation Cicero

Operation Cicero

2019★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ambush for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Ilyas Bazna works as a butler in the British Embassy in Turkey during WW2. After Bazna starts to work as a German spy he is going to experience a series of unexpected events....

#5
The Godfather

The Godfather

1972★ 8.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ambush for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attemp...

#6
The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man

2012★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ambush for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Peter Parker is an outcast high schooler abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure o...