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10 Best Movies Like Retroactive

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

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#1
Chief of Station

Chief of Station

2024★ 6.1

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

After learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a co...

#2
Little Dixie

Little Dixie

2023★ 5.8

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

Erstwhile Special Forces operative Doc Alexander is asked to broker a truce with the Mexican drug cartel in secrecy. When Oklahoma Governor Richard Jeffs celebrates the execution o...

#3
Out of Exile

Out of Exile

2023★ 6.3

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

Recently paroled thief Gabriel Russell tries to balance his life and mend a troubled family as an FBI agent hunts him down, along with his crew after a botched armored car robbery....

#4
The Locksmith

The Locksmith

2023★ 5.9

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

A thief fresh out of prison, tries to work his way back into the life of his daughter and ex-fiancé. Determined, he is forced to use the skills he has as a gifted locksmith. Things...

#5
Across 110th Street

Across 110th Street

1972★ 6.8

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

In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as are two policemen. Lt. Pope and Capt. Mattelli are two New York City cops trying to...

#6
The Calling

The Calling

2014★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Retroactive for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Detective Hazel Micallef hasn't had much to worry about in the sleepy town of Port Dundas until a string of gruesome murders in the surrounding countryside brings her face to face ...

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