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Movies that feel likeFace/Off (1997)

In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.

If you loved Face/Off, the closest films we have are A Better Tomorrow (1986), Four Brothers (2005) and A Bittersweet Life (2005). All three share Face/Off's kinetic and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Lady Snowblood (1973).

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A Better Tomorrow
1986 Β· dir. John Woo
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.4action Β· crime Β· drama

The same hand behind both of them: John Woo

The difference: Easier on the ideas than Face/Off

A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.

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Four Brothers
2005 Β· dir. John Singleton
β˜… 6.8action Β· crimeParamount+

Common ground: revenge

The difference: Trades the ideas of Face/Off for an angle of its own

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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A Bittersweet Life
2005 Β· dir. Kim Jee-woon
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.4action Β· drama Β· crime

The same preoccupation in both: revenge

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Face/Off does

Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Hee-soo, for fear that she may be cheating on him with a younger man with the mandate that he must kill them both if he discovers their affair.

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The Italian Job
2003 Β· dir. F. Gary Gray
πŸ… 72%β˜… 7action Β· crimeStarz

Kinetic and gritty in the same breath

Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn't plan on was being double-crossed. Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safecracker, Croker and his team take off to re-steal the loot and end up in a pulse-pounding, pedal-to-the-metal chase that careens up, down, above and below the streets of Los Angeles.

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Desperado
1995 Β· dir. Robert Rodriguez
πŸ… 71%β˜… 7.1thriller Β· action Β· crimePrime Video

Action with a pulse of relentlessness, in both cases

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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Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003 Β· dir. Quentin Tarantino
πŸ… 85%β˜… 8.2action Β· crime

Crime built on momentum, twice over

An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.

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The Punisher
2004 Β· dir. Jonathan Hensleigh
πŸ… 30%β˜… 6.4action Β· crime Β· drama

One thread runs through both: undercover

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

When undercover FBI agent Frank Castle's wife and son are slaughtered, he becomes 'the Punisher' -- a ruthless vigilante willing to go to any length to avenge his family.

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Crank
2006 Β· dir. Brian Taylor
πŸ… 62%β˜… 6.9action Β· thriller Β· crime

Gritty science fiction, and it commits to that

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.

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Lady Snowblood
1973 Β· dir. Toshiya Fujita
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.6action Β· crime Β· dramaMax

Both lean on relentlessness more than on action

The difference: 24 years apart, and the 1970s show

A strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.

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Hard Target
1993 Β· dir. John Woo
πŸ… 63%β˜… 6.2action Β· thriller Β· crimePrime Video

Both are John Woo's work, and they rhyme

When a woman's father goes missing, she enlists a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of recreation.

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The Equalizer
2014 Β· dir. Antoine Fuqua
πŸ… 61%β˜… 7.3thriller Β· action Β· crimeNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: fbi

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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Run All Night
2015 Β· dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
πŸ… 59%β˜… 6.6action Β· crime Β· thriller

Kinetic crime in both cases

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 pastβ€”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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