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10 Best Movies Like The Octagon

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

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#1
Missing in Action

Missing in Action

1984★ 5.8

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

American servicemen are still being held captive in Vietnam and it's up to one man to bring them home in this blistering, fast-paced action/adventure starring martial arts supersta...

#2
10 to Midnight

10 to Midnight

1983★ 6.2

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

Warren Stacy, an office equipment repairman, begins murdering women after they reject his advances. To minimize the evidence, Stacy always kills while naked, wearing nothing but gl...

#3
Breaker! Breaker!

Breaker! Breaker!

1977★ 4.7

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

Truck driver searches for his brother, who has disappeared in a town run by a corrupt judge....

#4
Gymkata

Gymkata

1985★ 5.4

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

U.S. agents send a gymnastic martial artist to secure a missile-base site in the savage country of Parmistan....

#5
Skinwalker: The Howl of the Rougarou

Skinwalker: The Howl of the Rougarou

2021★ 6.3

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

Do real werewolves exist? In the American south, legends tell of encounters with a creature that stalks the swamps and bayous. A creature who was here long before the immigrants wh...

#6
Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special

Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special

2025★ 8.5

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

Hosted by Diane Sawyer, the program offers an intimate look at Bruce Willis’s life following his frontotemporal dementia diagnosis, and the strength and advocacy of his wife, Emma ...