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Movies that feel like Ambulance (2022)

If you loved Ambulance, the closest films we have are Den of Thieves (2018), Dhoom 2 (2006) and Pain & Gain (2013). All three share Ambulance's kinetic and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 12 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Paramount Plus Premium and AMC+ and others, checked against today's data.

Decorated veteran Will Sharp, desperate for money to cover his wife's medical bills, asks for help from his adoptive brother Danny. A charismatic career criminal, Danny instead offers him a score: the biggest bank heist in Los Angeles history: $32 million.

🍅 68% Rotten Tomatoes6.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Michael Baytensekineticcontemplativegrittyplayful
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Den of Thieves
2018 · dir. Christian Gudegast
🍅 42%7crime · thriller · action

The same city underneath both: Los Angeles

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

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.

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Dhoom 2
2006 · dir. Sanjay Gadhvi
🍅 93%6.6drama · action · thriller

Tense and kinetic in the same breath

Jai and Ali return, this time on the trail of an international thief who steals priceless artifacts and has chosen Mumbai as his next target.

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Pain & Gain
2013 · dir. Michael Bay
🍅 49%6.4comedy · crime · action

Michael Bay directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: None of the tension Ambulance is built on

Daniel Lugo, manager of the Sun Gym in 1990s Miami, decides that there is only one way to achieve his version of the American dream: extortion. To achieve his goal, he recruits musclemen Paul and Adrian as accomplices. After several failed attempts, they abduct rich businessman Victor Kershaw and convince him to sign over all his assets to them. But when Kershaw makes it out alive, authorities are reluctant to believe his story.

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6 Underground
2019 · dir. Michael Bay
🍅 36%6.1action · comedy · thriller

The same hand behind both of them: Michael Bay

The difference: Missing the stillness of Ambulance

After faking his death, a tech billionaire recruits a team of international operatives for a bold and bloody mission to take down a brutal dictator.

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Kill Boksoon
2023 · dir. Byun Sung-hyun
🍅 79%6.6action · drama · thriller

Contemplative where it counts, gritty underneath

At work, she's a renowned assassin. At home, she's a single mom to a teenage daughter. Killing? That's easy. It's parenting that's the hard part.

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Swordfish
2001 · dir. Dominic Sena
🍅 27%6.5action · crime · thriller

The same preoccupation in both: bank robbery

The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft

Rogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account. He wants the cash to fight terrorism, but lacks the computer skills necessary to hack into the government mainframe. Enter Stanley Jobson, a n'er-do-well encryption expert who can log into anything.

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Dhoom 3
2013 · dir. Vijay Krishna Acharya
🍅 67%5.4action · crime

One thread runs through both: bank heist

To avenge his father's death, a circus entertainer trained in magic and acrobatics robs banks to take down a corrupt bank owner. Two cops from Mumbai are assigned to the case.

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Mesrine: Killer Instinct
2008 · dir. Jean-François Richet
🍅 81%7.5drama · action · thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: bank robbery

Jacques Mesrine, a loyal son and dedicated soldier, is back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Soon he is seduced by the neon glamour of sixties Paris and the easy money it presents. Mentored by Guido, Mesrine turns his back on middle class law-abiding and soon moves swiftly up the criminal ladder.

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Gangster Squad
2013 · dir. Ruben Fleischer
🍅 30%6.7crime · drama · action

Thriller built on tension, twice over

Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and — if he has his way — every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it all with the protection of not only his own paid goons, but also the police and the politicians who are under his control. It’s enough to intimidate even the bravest, street-hardened cop… except, perhaps, for the small, secret crew of LAPD outsiders led by Sgt. John O’Mara and Jerry Wooters who come together to try to tear Cohen’s world apart.

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Bad Boys
1995 · dir. Michael Bay
🍅 46%6.8action · thriller · crime

Common ground: car crash

The difference: Leans harder into comedy than Ambulance does

Marcus Burnett is a henpecked family man. Mike Lowrey is a footloose and fancy free ladies' man. Both Miami policemen, they have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate matters, in order to get the assistance of the sole witness to a murder, they have to pretend to be each other.

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The Mechanic
2011 · dir. Simon West
🍅 54%6.5action · thriller · crime

Both are built on the same subject: car crash

Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code requiring professional perfection and total detachment. One of an elite group of assassins, Bishop may be the best in the business - with a unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. When Harry McKenna, his close friend and mentor, is murdered, Harry's son comes to him with vengeance in his heart and a desire to learn Bishop's trade, signaling the birth of a deadly partnership.

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Point Break
2015 · dir. Ericson Core
🍅 12%5.3action · adventure · crime

Kinetic action in both cases

A young undercover FBI agent infiltrates a gang of thieves who share a common interest in extreme sports. A remake of the 1991 film, "Point Break".

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