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Movies that feel likeDeep Cover (1992)

Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LAβ€”the Colombian foreign minister's nephew. Russell works his way up from the bottom undercover, until he reaches the boss.

If you loved Deep Cover, the closest films we have are SPL: Kill Zone (2005), New World (2013) and Tokyo Drifter (1966). All three share Deep Cover'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 The Narrow Margin (1952).

πŸ… 87% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Bill Dukekinetictensegrittyatmospheric
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SPL: Kill Zone
2005 Β· dir. Wilson Yip
πŸ… 80%β˜… 6.9action Β· crime Β· dramaPrime Video

One thread runs through both: neo-noir

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Deep Cover does

Chan, an articulate senior detective nearing the end of his career, is taking care of the daughter of a witness killed by ruthless crime lord Po. Martial arts expert Ma is set to take over as head of the crime unit, replacing Chan who wants an early retirement.

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New World
2013 Β· dir. Park Hoon-jung
πŸ… 63%β˜… 7.5thriller Β· crime Β· drama

Common ground in both: undercover and undercover cop

The difference: 21 years apart, and the 2010s show

An undercover cop has his loyalties tested when the boss of the corporate gang he's spent years infiltrating dies.

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Tokyo Drifter
1966 Β· dir. Seijun Suzuki
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.1thriller Β· crime Β· action

Kinetic and tense in the same breath

After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tetsu declines, Otsuka taps unstoppable Tatsuzo the "Viper", a ruthless gun-for-hire, to assassinate him. As the Viper trails his target through the countryside, the agile Phoenix Tetsu grows concerned that one of his former associates has betrayed him.

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One False Move
1992 Β· dir. Carl Franklin
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.1crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Both are built on the same subject: neo-noir

The difference: Easier on the momentum than Deep Cover

Following a series of drug deals and murders, three criminals -- Fantasia, Ray Malcolm and Pluto -- travel from Los Angeles to Houston, finally arriving in a small Arkansas town to go into hiding. Two detectives from the LAPD, who are already on the case, contact the town's sheriff, Dale Dixon, to alert him of the fugitives' presence in the area. Underestimating Dixon, the criminals have no idea what they are about to face.

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Body Heat
1981 Β· dir. Lawrence Kasdan
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.4thriller Β· crime

Both keep coming back to the same thing: murder

During an extreme heatwave, a beautiful Florida woman and a seedy lawyer engage in an affair while plotting the murder of her rich husband.

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The Narrow Margin
1952 Β· dir. Richard Fleischer
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.6thriller Β· crime

Common ground: murder

A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's widow on a train journey from Chicago to Los Angeles.

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Night Moves
1975 Β· dir. Arthur Penn
πŸ… 78%β˜… 7.1thriller Β· crime Β· drama

The same mix in both: grit, then atmosphere

Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case - a former Hollywood actress wants Moseby to find and return her daughter. Harry travels to Florida to find her, but he begins to see a connection between the runaway girl, the world of Hollywood stuntmen, and a suspicious mechanic when an unsolved murder comes to light.

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The Long Good Friday
1980 Β· dir. John Mackenzie
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.5crime Β· thriller Β· dramaMax

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases

In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the possible venue for a future Olympic Games. However, a series of bombings targets his empire on the very weekend the Americans are in town. Shand is convinced there is a traitor in his organization, and sets out to eliminate the rat in typically ruthless fashion.

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Pusher
1996 Β· dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.3action Β· crime Β· drama

The same preoccupation in both: drugs

A drug pusher grows increasingly desperate after a botched deal leaves him with a large debt to a ruthless drug lord.

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To Live and Die in L.A.
1985 Β· dir. William Friedkin
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.3crime Β· thriller Β· action

Kinetic action in both cases

When his longtime partner on the force is killed, reckless U.S. Secret Service agent Richard Chance vows revenge, setting out to nab dangerous counterfeit artist Eric Masters.

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High Sierra
1941 Β· dir. Raoul Walsh
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.5crime Β· drama Β· action

Crime built on grit, twice over

Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.

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Scarface
1932 Β· dir. Howard Hawks
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.7crime Β· action Β· drama

The same preoccupation in both: police

In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.

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