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10 Best Movies Like Con Air

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

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#1
Face/Off

Face/Off

1997★ 7.1

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

In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes u...

#2
The Rock

The Rock

1996★ 7.1

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

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 ...

#3
National Treasure

National Treasure

2004★ 6.6

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

Modern treasure hunters, led by archaeologist Ben Gates, search for a chest of riches rumored to have been stashed away by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin...

#4
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

2009★ 6.2

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

Terrence McDonagh is a New Orleans Police sergeant, who receives a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during Hurricane Katrina. Due to his heroic act, McDonagh injures...

#5
Mercury Rising

Mercury Rising

1998★ 6.3

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

Renegade FBI agent Art Jeffries protects a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked the government's new "unbreakable" code....

#6
Men in Black II

Men in Black II

2002★ 6.4

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

Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIB's untarnished mission statemen...