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Movies that feel likeCrank (2006)

Chev Chelios, a hit man wanting to go straight, lets his latest target slip away. Then he awakes the next morning to a phone call that informs him he has been poisoned and has only an hour to live unless he keeps adrenaline coursing through his body while he searches for an antidote.

If you loved Crank, the closest films we have are Desperado (1995), The Man from Nowhere (2010) and The Equalizer (2014). All three share Crank's kinetic and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Rolling Thunder (1977).

🍅 62% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Brian Taylorkinetictensegrittyrelentless
9 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · Amazon Prime Video · Paramount Plus Essential

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Crank: High Voltage (2009)

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Desperado
1995 · dir. Robert Rodriguez
🍅 71%★ 7.1thriller · action · crimePrime Video

Common ground in both: hitman and revenge

El Mariachi plunges headfirst into the dark border underworld when he follows a trail of blood to the last of the infamous Mexican drug lords, Bucho, for an action-packed, bullet-riddled showdown. With the help of his friend and a beautiful bookstore owner, El Mariachi tracks Bucho, takes on his army of desperados, and leaves his own trail of blood.

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The Man from Nowhere
2010 · dir. Lee Jeong-beom
🍅 100%★ 7.7action · thriller · crimePrime VideoPeacock

The same two preoccupations: assassin, and drugs

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

A reclusive pawnshop owner goes on a brutal rampage to rescue a young girl kidnapped by a criminal organization.

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The Equalizer
2014 · dir. Antoine Fuqua
🍅 61%★ 7.3thriller · action · crimeNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: assassin

McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by – he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.

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John Wick: Chapter 2
2017 · dir. Chad Stahelski
🍅 89%★ 7.4action · thriller · crimeMax

One thread runs through both: shootout

John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous killers.

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New Police Story
2004 · dir. Benny Chan
🍅 63%★ 6.9action · thriller · crime

Both are built on the same subject: revenge

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Crank does

Sent into a drunken tailspin when his entire unit is killed by a gang of thrill-seeking punks, disgraced Hong Kong police inspector Wing needs help from his new rookie partner, with a troubled past of his own, to climb out of the bottle and track down the gang and its ruthless leader.

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Extraction 2
2023 · dir. Sam Hargrave
🍅 79%★ 7action · thriller · crimeNetflix

Kinetic and tense in the same breath

Back from the brink of death, highly skilled commando Tyler Rake takes on another dangerous mission: saving the imprisoned family of a ruthless gangster.

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Run All Night
2015 · dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
🍅 59%★ 6.6action · crime · thriller

The same preoccupation in both: hitman

Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon has seen better days. Longtime best friend of a mob boss, Jimmy is haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police detective who’s been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years. But when Jimmy’s estranged son becomes a target, Jimmy must make a choice between the crime family he chose and the real family he abandoned long ago. Now, with nowhere safe to turn, Jimmy has just one night to figure out exactly where his loyalties lie and to see if he can finally make things right.

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

The same mix in both: grit, then relentlessness

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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Four Brothers
2005 · dir. John Singleton
★ 6.8action · crimeParamount+

Kinetic action in both cases

The difference: Easier on the tension than Crank

Four adopted brothers return to their Detroit hometown when their mother is murdered and vow to exact revenge on the killers.

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Furious 7
2015 · dir. James Wan
🍅 81%★ 7.1action · crime · thrillerNetflix

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases

Deckard Shaw seeks revenge against Dominic Toretto and his family for his comatose brother.

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

Both lean on grit more than on crime

The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

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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Rolling Thunder
1977 · dir. John Flynn
🍅 82%★ 6.9drama · thriller · action

Common ground: shootout

A recently-returned Vietnam POW loses his family and his right hand during a violent home invasion, and seeks retribution against those responsible.

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