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Movies that feel likeBlood and Bone (2009)

In Los Angeles, an ex-con takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.

If you loved Blood and Bone, the closest films we have are King of New York (1990), Hope (2013) and Carry-On (2024). All three share Blood and Bone's hopeful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Heart of the Beast (2026).

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King of New York
1990 · dir. Abel Ferrara
🍅 72%★ 6.9thriller · crime

Gritty where it counts, tense underneath

The difference: Trades the momentum of Blood and Bone for an angle of its own

A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.

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Hope
2013 · dir. Lee Joon-ik
★ 8.2drama

The same mix in both: stillness, then hope

After 8-year-old So-won narrowly survives a brutal sexual assault, her family labors to help her heal while coping with their own rage and grief.

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Carry-On
2024 · dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
🍅 87%★ 6.5thriller · actionNetflix

Both lean on momentum more than on action

An airport security officer races to outsmart a mysterious traveler forcing him to let a dangerous item slip onto a Christmas Eve flight.

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Swades
2004 · dir. Ashutosh Gowariker
🍅 90%★ 8.2dramaNetflix

One thread runs through both: inspirational

A successful Indian scientist returns home to his village to take his nanny back to America with him, and in the process rediscovers his roots.

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In America
2003 · dir. Jim Sheridan
🍅 90%★ 7.7drama

Both are built on the same subject: inspirational

A family of Irish immigrants adjusts to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.

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Fearless
2006 · dir. Ronny Yu
🍅 73%★ 7.5drama · action

Both keep coming back to the same thing: martial arts

After going through a series of tragic events in his life, martial arts master Huo Yuanjia returns to Tianjin and must fight four international soldiers, in order to safeguard his nation's pride.

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Astral City: A Spiritual Journey
2010 · dir. Wagner de Assis
★ 6.5drama

Contemplative drama in both cases

The selfish Dr. André Luiz dies and awakes in the limbo called "Umbral". After a painful period in the gruesome swamp, he is rescued and brought in a white light to "Nosso Lar" (meaning "Our Home"). He finds a place of harmony, where people live in peace awaiting

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Undisputed III: Redemption
2010 · dir. Isaac Florentine
★ 7.4action · thriller · crime

Common ground in both: fight and tournament

Russian inmate Boyka, now severely hobbled by the knee injury suffered at the end of Undisputed 2. No longer the feared prison fighter he was, he has declined so far that he is now good only for cleaning toilets. But when a new prison fight tournament begins - an international affair, matching the best fighters from prisons around the globe, enticing them with the promise of freedom for the winner - Boyka must reclaim his dignity and fight for his position in the tournament.

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Departures
2008 · dir. Yojiro Takita
🍅 80%★ 8drama

Crime built on hope, twice over

Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.

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Ninja: Shadow of a Tear
2013 · dir. Isaac Florentine
🍅 100%★ 6.2action · crime · thrillerPrime Video

The same preoccupation in both: martial arts

Fight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial-arts master Casey Bowman after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence. Vowing revenge, the fearless American stealthily tracks the killer from Osaka to Bangkok to Rangoon with the help of a wise and crafty sensei. His only clues: a series of victims whose necks bear the distinctive mark of strangulation by barbed wire. Fighting to avenge as well as to survive, Casey must sharpen his razor-like responses and take his battle skills to the next level, even using deep meditation to fake his own death. His target: the sinister drug lord Goro, who is flooding the streets with deadly meth cooked at his remote jungle factory. To prepare for his ultimate confrontation, Casey must finally become an invisible warrior worthy of the name Ninja. But just when his prey is cornered, an unexpected twist shows Casey that his battle is only beginning: he truly can trust no one.

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Like Stars on Earth
2007 · dir. Aamir Khan
🍅 93%★ 8.3drama

Thriller with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate. Colours, fish, dogs, and kites don't seem important to the adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks, and neatness. Ishaan cannot seem to get anything right in class; he is then sent to boarding school, where his life changes forever.

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Heart of the Beast
2026 · dir. David Ayer
🍅 85%★ 7.5adventure · thrillerRent or buy

Tense thriller, and it commits to that

The difference: Leans harder into adventure than Blood and Bone does

After a harrowing plane crash, Special Forces officer James Belmont and his combat dog, Odin, find themselves stranded deep in the Alaskan wilderness. Together, they are forced into a brutal fight for survival against the elements.

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