
12 Movies to Watch If You Liked Pretty Lethal (2026)
Published: Mar 31, 2026A selection of intense, fast-paced action thrillers with touches of black comedy, centered on characters fighting for survival after falling into a trap or becoming caught in a carefully planned deadly game. This collection is a great match for viewers who enjoyed Pretty Lethal (2026). The closest films in mood and theme are Ballerina, Ready or Not, The Hunt, You're Next, and Abigail.
After her father’s death, the daughter of a contract killer tied to the criminal organization Ruska Roma is taken to a secret academy for assassins disguised as a ballet school. After 12 years of training, she grows into a cold-blooded killer driven by a desire to track down those responsible and avenge her father.
Similarity
Most similar in: extreme violence, very high tension, fast pacing
Biggest differences: noticeably less bleak, slightly lighter tone, slightly less humorous
Shared keywords
Revenge, Orchestrated Revenge
Alex from the wealthy Le Domas family marries Grace. On their wedding night, in keeping with an old family tradition, Grace must play a game chosen at random from a wooden box in order to become a full member of the family. To her misfortune, the game turns out to be hide-and-seek, in which the family must kill her before dawn or face death themselves.
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Most similar in: very high tension, fast pacing, very dark tone
Biggest differences: noticeably less bleak, noticeably more humorous, noticeably less action-heavy
Shared keywords
Race Against Time, Escape, Survival, Survival Game

3. You're Next
Horror Thriller Mystery2013 · 1h 34min
United States, United Kingdom
Director: Adam Wingard
The Davison family arrives at a country house with their closest relatives to celebrate the parents’ wedding anniversary. As the celebration gets into full swing, the guests begin to sense that someone is lurking outside, and before long they realize that the house is surrounded by masked attackers who want to kill them.
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Most similar in: very high tension, extreme violence, fast pacing
Biggest differences: noticeably less action-heavy, slightly less bleak
Shared keywords
Revenge, Trapped, Survival
A group of professional criminals who have never met each other are given a new assignment — to kidnap a young girl, take her to a predetermined location, and keep her there for twenty-four hours, after which they will receive their promised payment. But after carrying out the kidnapping, they realize they are the ones trapped: every exit from the house is locked, and the girl is a little bloodthirsty vampire.
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Most similar in: very high tension, very dark tone, fast pacing
Biggest differences: noticeably more humorous, slightly less bleak, slightly less action-heavy
Shared keywords
Revenge, Orchestrated Revenge
Cole is head over heels in love with his charming babysitter. One evening, instead of going to bed, he decides to spy on what his favorite babysitter is doing and accidentally discovers that she belongs to a group of cold-blooded killers. Now he must fight for his life.
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Most similar in: core conflict, tone
Shared keywords
Escape, Survival Game
Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing and learn they’ve become part of the ruthless elite’s entertainment—a thrill-seeking “quest” built around hunting people. A woman named Krista refuses to accept that fate and is ready to do anything to survive.
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Most similar in: fast pacing, very high tension, very dark tone
Biggest differences: noticeably more humorous, slightly less bleak
After a mission goes wrong, a young woman decides to leave her life as an assassin behind. During her final job, she discovers that someone has poisoned her, and now she has only 24 hours to find those responsible and take revenge before she dies.
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Most similar in: core conflict, tone
Shared keywords
Race Against Time, Revenge
A yakuza boss sends hired killers to eliminate a woman named Everly after suspecting her of working with the police. Trapped inside her apartment with an arsenal of weapons, Everly is ready to fight to the end to save her mother and daughter.
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Most similar in: core conflict, story tropes

9. Gunpowder Milkshake
Action Crime Thriller2021 · 1h 54min
United States, France
Director: Navot Papushado
Sam, a hired assassin working for the criminal organization “The Firm,” crosses her boss when she decides to save a little girl instead of carrying out an assignment. Now the organization is hunting her down, and the only people who can help her stand against an army of killers are her mother — a retired assassin — and her former partners.
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Most similar in: tone, story tropes
Shared keywords
Revenge, Escape, KeywordLabels.criminal
A hitman plagued by a streak of bad luck is assigned to retrieve a suitcase aboard a Japanese high-speed train. However, the job becomes far more complicated when he discovers that five other assassins on the train are connected to the same mission.
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Most similar in: non-stop action, fast pacing, very high tension
Biggest differences: much more humorous, much less bleak, noticeably lighter tone
Shared keywords
Ensemble Cast, Revenge, Trapped
A former, tight-lipped special agent sets out to find a little girl from the neighborhood who has been abducted by a gang involved in trafficking organs and drugs. He won’t stop at anything as he tries to save his only friend.
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Most similar in: extreme violence, very high tension, strong hopelessness
Biggest differences: slightly less humorous
Shared keywords
Revenge, Escape
During a wedding rehearsal, former comrades from a band of killers shoot the Bride and everyone present in the church. Miraculously surviving after spending several years in a coma, she awakens with a single goal — to find and kill everyone responsible.
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Most similar in: extreme violence, very high tension, fast pacing
Biggest differences: slightly more complex, slightly less bleak, slightly more action-heavy
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Films like The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
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About the movie Pretty Lethal
Year: 2026
Genres: Action, Thriller
Plot: On the way to a dance competition, a group of ballerinas gets stranded at a remote hotel after their bus breaks down. Before long, they realize that everything is part of a carefully planned deadly game set up by the hotel’s mysterious owner, a former ballerina.
Keywords: Ensemble Cast, Race Against Time, Revenge, Trapped, Orchestrated Revenge, Team Dynamics, Escape, Survival Game, KeywordLabels.criminal
















































































