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10 Best Movies Like The Ticking Man

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

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#1
The Call

The Call

2013★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Ticking Man for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Case...

#2
Panic in Year Zero!

Panic in Year Zero!

1962★ 6.3

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

While on a fishing trip, Harry Baldwin and his family hear an explosion and realize that Los Angeles has been leveled by a nuclear attack. Looters and killers are everywhere. Escap...

#3
Unthinkable

Unthinkable

2010★ 6.8

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

The government gets wind of a plot to destroy America involving a trio of nuclear weapons for which the whereabouts are unknown. It's up to a seasoned interrogator and an FBI agent...

#4
Rampage

Rampage

2009★ 5.9

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

The boredom of small town life is eating Bill Williamson alive. Feeling constrained and claustrophobic in the meaningless drudgery of everyday life and helpless against overwhelmin...

#5
The Long Walk

The Long Walk

2025★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Ticking Man for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

In a dystopian 1970s America, fifty teenage boys take part in a deadly annual walking contest, forced to maintain a minimum pace or be executed, until only one survivor remains....

#6
Face/Off

Face/Off

1997★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Ticking Man for fans of Action. 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...

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