
Movies that feel like Dirty Harry (1971)
If you loved Dirty Harry, the closest films we have are Bullitt (1968), Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) and In the Line of Duty 4 (1989). All three share Dirty Harry's kinetic and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.
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If Dirty Harry hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Magnum Force (1973)

San Francisco shapes both of them

Two things both keep coming back to: police and ambush

Both keep coming back to the same thing: detective

Common ground in both: ransom and kidnapping
The difference: Sits closer to drama than Dirty Harry does

Common ground: the investigation

Don Siegel directing both, with the same fingerprints on each
The difference: None of the momentum Dirty Harry is built on

Both land momentum and grit at once

Both are built on the same subject: psychopath
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

The same preoccupation in both: police
The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

Tense action, and it commits to that

Crime with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

Both lean on grit more than on thriller
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