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Movies that feel like Colombiana (2011)

If you loved Colombiana, the closest films we have are Taken 2 (2012), Transporter 3 (2008) and Ballerina (2025). All three share Colombiana's kinetic and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

After witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, Cataleya Restrepo grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she hopes will lead her to her ultimate target: the mobster responsible for her parents' death.

🍅 29% Rotten Tomatoes6.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Olivier Megatonkinetictensegrittycontemplative
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Taken 2
2012 · dir. Olivier Megaton
🍅 22%6.2action · crime · thriller

Both are Olivier Megaton's work, and they rhyme

The difference: None of the stillness Colombiana is built on

In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.

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Transporter 3
2008 · dir. Olivier Megaton
🍅 40%6.1action · thriller · crime

The same hand behind both of them: Olivier Megaton

The difference: Missing the stillness of Colombiana

Frank Martin puts the driving gloves on to deliver Valentina, the kidnapped daughter of a Ukrainian government official, from Marseilles to Odessa on the Black Sea. En route, he has to contend with thugs who want to intercept Valentina's safe delivery and not let his personal feelings get in the way of his dangerous objective.

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Ballerina
2025 · dir. Len Wiseman
6.8action · thriller · crime

Common ground: female assassin

Taking place during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, Eve Macarro begins her training in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma.

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

Kinetic where it counts, tense underneath

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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The Protector
2005 · dir. Prachya Pinkaew
🍅 53%7action · crime · drama

The same mix in both: grit, then stillness

A young fighter named Kham must go to Australia to retrieve his stolen elephant. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on all comers, including a gang led by an evil woman and her two deadly bodyguards.

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

Kinetic action, and it commits to that

The difference: Reviewed even better

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

Both lean on tension more than on thriller

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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Need for Speed
2014 · dir. Scott Waugh
🍅 23%6.4action · crime · drama

Crime with a pulse of grit, in both cases

The film revolves around a local street-racer who partners with a rich and arrogant business associate, only to find himself framed by his colleague and sent to prison. After he gets out, he joins a New York-to-Los Angeles race to get revenge. But when the ex-partner learns of the scheme, he puts a massive bounty on the racer's head, forcing him to run a cross-country gauntlet of illegal racers in all manner of supercharged vehicles.

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

Contemplative drama in both cases

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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Taken 3
2014 · dir. Olivier Megaton
🍅 13%6thriller · action

Action built on momentum, twice over

Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his particular set of skills to track the real killer and exact his unique brand of justice.

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Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
2016 · dir. Edward Zwick
🍅 37%6.2action · thriller · drama

Thriller built on tension, twice over

Years after resigning command of an elite military police unit, the nomadic, righter-of-wrongs Reacher is drawn back into the life he left behind when his friend and successor, Major Susan Turner is framed for espionage. Reacher will stop at nothing to prove her innocence and to expose the real perpetrators behind the killings of his former soldiers.

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The Last Stand
2013 · dir. Kim Jee-woon
🍅 61%6.3action · crime · thriller

Crime built on grit, twice over

Ray Owens is sheriff of the quiet US border town of Sommerton Junction after leaving the LAPD following a bungled operation. Following his escape from the FBI, a notorious drug baron, his gang, and a hostage are heading toward Sommerton Junction where the police are preparing to make a last stand to intercept them before they cross the border. Owens is reluctant to become involved but ultimately joins in with the law enforcement efforts.

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