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Movies that feel like A Colt Is My Passport (1967)

If you loved A Colt Is My Passport, the closest films we have are Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973), Iron Monkey (1993) and Training Day (2001). All three share A Colt Is My Passport's kinetic and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Philo, ARROW and HBO Max Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

A gang lord hires Kamimura, a hit man, to take out a rival boss who's gotten greedy.

7.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Takashi Nomurakineticgrittycontemplativeatmospheric

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If A Colt Is My Passport hit the spot, these will too

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Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973 · dir. Kinji Fukasaku
7.4crime · action · drama

Both land momentum and grit at once

The difference: Missing the atmosphere of A Colt Is My Passport

In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.

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Iron Monkey
1993 · dir. Yuen Woo-ping
🍅 91%7.5action · crime · drama

Contemplative action, and it commits to that

The difference: 26 years apart, and the 1990s show

In this Hong Kong variation of Robin Hood, corrupt officials of a Chinese village are robbed by a masked bandit known as "Iron Monkey", named after a benevolent deity. When all else fails, the Governor forces a traveling physician into finding the bandit.

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Training Day
2001 · dir. Antoine Fuqua
🍅 74%7.8action · crime · drama

Crime with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.

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Lady Snowblood
1973 · dir. Toshiya Fujita
🍅 100%7.6action · crime · drama

Both trade on grit more than on being drama

A strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.

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The Big Combo
1955 · dir. Joseph H. Lewis
🍅 93%7.3drama · crime

Atmospheric crime in both cases

Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.

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Bob le Flambeur
1956 · dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
🍅 97%7.6drama · action · crime

Action built on stillness, twice over

In Paris, Bob Montagne is practically synonymous with gambling -- and winning. He is kind, classy and well-liked by virtually everyone in town, including police inspector Ledru. However, when Bob's luck turns sour, he begins to lose friends and makes the most desperate gamble of his life: to rob the Deauville casino during Grand Prix weekend, when the vaults are full. Unfortunately, Bob soon learns that the game is rigged and the cops are on to him.

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Force of Evil
1950 · dir. Abraham Polonsky
🍅 100%7.2crime · drama

Both trade on atmosphere more than on being drama

Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants to stay that way, preferring not to deal with the gangsters who dominate the big-time.

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A Better Tomorrow
1986 · dir. John Woo
🍅 95%7.4action · crime · drama

Both trade on momentum more than on being action

A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.

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The Set-Up
1949 · dir. Robert Wise
🍅 85%7.8drama · crime

Crime built on grit, twice over

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.

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SPL: Kill Zone
2005 · dir. Wilson Yip
🍅 80%6.9action · crime · drama

Both trade on stillness more than on being drama

The difference: Leans thriller where A Colt Is My Passport does not

Chan, an articulate senior detective nearing the end of his career, is taking care of the daughter of a witness killed by ruthless crime lord Po. Martial arts expert Ma is set to take over as head of the crime unit, replacing Chan who wants an early retirement.

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Across 110th Street
1972 · dir. Barry Shear
🍅 85%7action · crime · drama

Both are action through and through

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 break the case. Three small-time criminals are on the run with the money. Will the mafia catch them first, or will the police?

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The Street Fighter
1974 · dir. Shigehiro Ozawa
6.9action · crime · thriller

Crime approached the same way

Takuma Tsurugi takes on the government, the police, the mafia and an international ring of kidnappers who aim to dispossess a beautiful young heiress of her millions.

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