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10 Best Movies Like Icarus

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

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#1
Conviction

Conviction

2010★ 7.1

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

When Betty Anne Waters' older brother Kenny is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, dedicates her life to overturn...

#2
Ambushed

Ambushed

2013★ 4.0

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

In the frenetic underbelly of Los Angeles, Agent Maxwell closes in on an international cocaine smuggling operation run by criminal mastermind Vincent Camastra. When Agent Beverly R...

#3
Legendary Assassin

Legendary Assassin

2008★ 6.1

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

An assassin who is fresh from his latest kill becomes stranded in an island, when he inadvertently befriends a female police officer. As the night progresses, the unspoken truth ho...

#4
Drake & Josh Go Hollywood

Drake & Josh Go Hollywood

2006★ 7.0

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

When Drake and Josh accidentally send their little sister Megan on a plane to L.A., they soon find themselves in the middle of a dangerous situation....

#5
The Reader

The Reader

2008★ 7.5

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

The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one...

#6
The Expendables 3

The Expendables 3

2014★ 6.2

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

Barney, Christmas and the rest of the team comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks, who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks subsequently became a ruthles...