
Movies that feel like Deep Cover (1992)
If you loved Deep Cover, the closest films we have are Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018), Tokyo Drifter (1966) and Police Story 2 (1988). All three share Deep Cover's kinetic and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 11 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Philo, Starz Amazon Channel and Starz and others, checked against today's data.
If Deep Cover hit the spot, these will too

Both built around neo-noir
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Kinetic and tense in the same breath
The difference: A 1960s film, from a different era of filmmaking

Police runs into undercover in each of them
The difference: Missing the atmosphere of Deep Cover

The same preoccupation in both: neo-noir

Undercover sits at the heart of each

Drugs is the engine of both

Both keep circling back to murder

Both trade on grit more than on being action

Both keep circling back to police

Kinetic thriller in both cases

Crime built on tension, twice over

Action with a pulse of grit, in both cases
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