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10 Best Movies Like Cliffhanger

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

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#1
Tango & Cash

Tango & Cash

1989★ 6.5

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

Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are two successful narcotics detectives who can't stand each other. Crime lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income they have caused him, plots an ...

#2
Daylight

Daylight

1996★ 6.1

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

A group of armed robbers fleeing the police head for the New Jersey Tunnel and run right into trucks transporting toxic waste. The spectacular explosion that follows results in bot...

#3
The Specialist

The Specialist

1994★ 5.9

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

May Munro is a woman obsessed with getting revenge on the people who murdered her parents when she was still a girl. She hires Ray Quick, a retired explosives expert, to kill her p...

#4
Demolition Man

Demolition Man

1993★ 6.8

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

In 1996, brash L.A. detective John Spartan and maniac killer Simon Phoenix are both sentenced to decades in a cryogenic prison as punishment for a rescue mission gone wrong. When P...

#5
Assassins

Assassins

1995★ 6.5

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

Assassin Robert Rath arrives at a funeral to kill a prominent mobster, only to witness a rival hired gun complete the job for him -- with grisly results. Horrified by the murder of...

#6
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

1992★ 5.3

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

A tough police sergeant's mother comes to visit him, and promptly starts trying to fix up his life, much to his embarrassment. For his birthday she buys him a machine gun out of th...