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Movies that feel like Ballerina (2023)

If you loved Ballerina, the closest films we have are Jawan (2023), The Villainess (2017) and Below Zero (2021). All three share Ballerina's kinetic and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hi-YAH and others, checked against today's data.

Grieving the loss of a best friend she couldn't protect, an ex-bodyguard sets out to fulfill her dear friend's last wish: sweet revenge.

🍅 91% Rotten Tomatoes6.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Lee Chung-hyunkinetictensemelancholyrelentless
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Jawan
2023 · dir. Atlee
6.9action · thriller

One thread runs through both: revenge

The difference: Not nearly as melancholy as Ballerina

An emotional journey of a prison warden, driven by a personal vendetta while keeping up to a promise made years ago, recruits inmates to commit outrageous crimes that shed light on corruption and injustice, in an attempt to get even with his past, and that leads him to an unexpected reunion.

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The Villainess
2017 · dir. Jung Byung-gil
🍅 85%6.6action · thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: revenge

Honed from childhood into a merciless killing machine by a criminal organization, assassin Sook-hee is recruited with the promise of freedom after ten years of service. However, secrets from her past destroy everything she’s worked for and now she embarks on a roaring rampage of revenge.

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Below Zero
2021 · dir. Lluís Quílez
🍅 86%6.2action · crime · thriller

The same mix in both: momentum, then tension

The difference: Leans harder into crime than Ballerina does

When a prisoner transfer van is attacked, the cop in charge must fight those inside and outside while dealing with a silent foe: the icy temperatures.

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The Salesman
2016 · dir. Asghar Farhadi
🍅 96%7.7drama · thriller

Melancholy and relentless in the same breath

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Ballerina does

Forced out of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighboring building, Emad and Rana move into a new flat in the center of Tehran. An incident linked to the previous tenant will dramatically change the young couple’s life.

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Mutiny
2026 · dir. Jean-François Richet
6.4action · thriller

Kinetic action, and it commits to that

After witnessing his billionaire boss' murder and being framed for the crime, Cole Reed boards a cargo ship on a one-man crusade to avenge his boss' death only to discover an international conspiracy.

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Ong Bak 2
2008 · dir. Tony Jaa
🍅 49%6.2adventure · action · thriller

Thriller built on tension, twice over

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Tien, the son of Lord Sihadecho — a murdered nobleman — is taken under the wing of Chernang, a renowned warrior and leader of the Pha Beek Krut.

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Headshot
2016 · dir. Kimo Stamboel
🍅 73%6.3action · thriller · drama

Action with a pulse of relentlessness, in both cases

A young man washes ashore, his memory gone - but his past comes back to haunt him after he is nursed back to health and his killing ability is needed when he takes on a powerful drug lord.

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Naked Weapon
2002 · dir. Tony Ching Siu-Tung
5.5action · drama · thriller

Both lean on momentum more than on thriller

The difference: 21 years apart, and the 2000s show

A mysterious woman, known as Madame M, kidnaps forty pre-teen girls and transports them to a remote island to train them as the most deadly assassins. CIA operative Jack Chen follows the case for 6 years with no leads, but when a series of assassinations begin to occur, Jack suspects that Madame M is back in business.

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Elle
2016 · dir. Paul Verhoeven
🍅 91%7.1drama · thriller

Melancholy thriller in both cases

When Michèle, the CEO of a gaming software company, is attacked in her home by an unknown assailant, she refuses to let it alter her precisely ordered life. She manages crises involving family, all the while becoming engaged in a game of cat and mouse with her stalker.

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The Furious
2026 · dir. Kenji Tanigaki
🍅 98%7.7action · crime · thriller

Action with a pulse of tension, in both cases

After a criminal network kidnaps Wang Wei's daughter and the corrupt police refuse to assist him, Wei sets out on his own to locate her. Navin, a tenacious journalist whose wife has mysteriously vanished, is his only ally. In this explosive martial arts showdown, the unlikely duo fights the kidnappers ruthlessly driven by a furious vengeance.

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Riders of Justice
2020 · dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
🍅 96%7.5action · comedy · drama

A streak of relentlessness through both

Markus returns home to care for his daughter when his wife dies in a tragic train accident. However, when a survivor of the wreck surfaces and claims foul play, Markus suspects his wife was murdered and embarks on a mission to find those responsible.

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Cold in July
2014 · dir. Jim Mickle
🍅 84%6.7drama · thriller

Both working the same thriller territory

While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of a low-life burglar. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane soon finds himself fearing for his family’s safety when Freddy’s ex-con father rolls into town, hell-bent on revenge.

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