Movies like In the Grey (2026)

Name: In the Grey
Released: 2026

10 films to watch after In the Grey, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.

A covert team of elite operatives are living in the shadows. When a ruthless despot steals a billion-dollar fortune, they're sent to take it back—an impossible heist that erupts into a deadly game of strategy, deception and survival.

1

Den of Thieves (2018)

Fit 73%

Shares Thriller and Action with In the Grey.

A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.
2

Play Dirty (2025)

Fit 71%

Shares Action and Thriller with In the Grey.

Expert thief Parker gets a shot at a major heist, but to pull it off he and his team must outsmart a South American dictator, the New York mob, and the world's richest man.
3

Armored (2009)

Fit 69%

Shares Action and Thriller with In the Grey.

A crew of officers at an armored transport security firm risk their lives when they embark on the ultimate heist against their own company. Armed with a seemingly fool-proof plan, the men plan on making off with a fortune with harm to none. But when an unexpected witness interferes, the plan quickly unravels and all bets are off.
4

Who Dares Wins (1982)

Fit 64%

Shares Action and Thriller with In the Grey.

When SAS Captain Peter Skellen is thrown out of the service for gross misconduct due to unnecessary violence and bullying, he is soon recruited by The People's Lobby, a fanatical group aiming to hold several US dignitaries hostage. But Skellen's dismissal is a front to enable him to get close to the terrorist group. Can he get close enough to stop the Lobby from creating an international incident?
5

The Fourth Protocol (1987)

Fit 60%

Shares Action and Thriller with In the Grey.

Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear bomb, whilst an MI5 agent attempts to prevent its detonation.
6

Chief of Station (2024)

Fit 57%

Shares Action and Thriller with In the Grey.

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 conspiracy that challenges everything he thought he knew.
7

Cleaner (2025)

Fit 56%

Shares Action and Thriller with In the Grey.

When a group of radical activists take over an energy company's annual gala, seizing 300 hostages, an ex-soldier turned window cleaner suspended 50 storeys up on the outside of the building must save those trapped inside, including her older brother.
8

Farewell, Friend (1968)

Fit 52%

Shares Action and Thriller with In the Grey.

After serving together in the French Foreign Legion, a mercenary and a doctor leave the service and go their separate ways. Later, they are reunited and become involved with a caper involving millions in a high-security safe. The two men become locked in during a holiday weekend as they attempt to crack the safe's combination.
9

King of Killers (2023)

Fit 52%

Shares Action and Thriller with In the Grey.

Garan is a part of a group of international hitmen who are contracted to take out the most dangerous killer in the world, only to find out that they're the ones being hunted.
10

Off the Grid (2025)

Fit 50%

Shares Action and Thriller with In the Grey.

After a morally-bankrupt company tries to weaponize a brilliant scientist's revolutionary technology, he goes off the grid to safeguard humanity. When the company sends a strike force to find him, they make their biggest mistake of all – they weaponize the man they are trying to catch.