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10 Best Movies Like Fail Safe

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

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#1
By Dawn's Early Light

By Dawn's Early Light

1990★ 6.5

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

A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race between American and Soviet p...

#2
The Peacemaker

The Peacemaker

1997★ 6.0

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

When a train carrying atomic warheads mysteriously crashes in the former Soviet Union, a nuclear specialist discovers the accident is really part of a plot to cover up the theft of...

#3
Hunter Killer

Hunter Killer

2018★ 6.9

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

Captain Glass of the USS Arkansas discovers that a coup d'état is taking place in Russia, so he and his crew join an elite group working on the ground to prevent a war....

#4
Unthinkable

Unthinkable

2010★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Fail Safe for fans of Thriller & 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...

#5
Operation Crossbow

Operation Crossbow

1965★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Fail Safe for fans of Thriller & Drama & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant. The film alternates between German developments of the V-1 m...

#6
Right at Your Door

Right at Your Door

2006★ 5.8

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

A dirty bomb goes off in Los Angeles, jamming freeways and spreading a toxic cloud....

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