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10 Best Movies Like Hijack 1971

If you loved Hijack 1971, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Good News

Good News

2025★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hijack 1971 for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When hijackers seize a Japanese flight and demand to fly to Pyongyang, a mysterious mastermind hatches a zany scheme to reroute the plane to Seoul....

#2
Skyjacked

Skyjacked

1972★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hijack 1971 for fans of Action & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 and demands to be taken to Russia....

#3
Gangnam Blues

Gangnam Blues

2015★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hijack 1971 for fans of Action & Thriller & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Jong-dae and Yong-ki make a living by picking up paper and empty bottles. Both then join different gangster clan and becomes involved in a struggle of political interests over deve...

#4
Phantom

Phantom

2023★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hijack 1971 for fans of Action & Thriller & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In 1933, when Korea was under Japanese occupation, five people in Gyeongseong are suspected to be "Phantom" spies of the anti-Japanese organization....

#5
The Killer

The Killer

2022★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hijack 1971 for fans of Action & Thriller & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

While his girlfriend is away on a trip, retired assassin Bang Ui-kang is tasked with looking after her friend's 17-year-old daughter. After a street attack, Bang Ui-kang becomes em...

#6
Remember

Remember

2022★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hijack 1971 for fans of Action & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Pil-ju, an Alzheimer's patient in his 80s, who lost all his family during the Japanese colonial era, and devotes his lifelong revenge before his memories disappear, and a young man...

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