
Movies that feel like Game of Death (1978)
If you loved Game of Death, the closest films we have are Fist of Fury (1972), Naked Weapon (2002) and New Police Story (2004). All three share Game of Death's contemplative and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.
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If Game of Death hit the spot, these will too

Common ground in both: martial arts and revenge

Both are built on the same subject: martial arts
The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft

Common ground: action hero
The difference: Reviewed even better

The same preoccupation in both: revenge
The difference: Leans harder into crime than Game of Death does

The same mix in both: momentum, then tension
The difference: None of the stillness Game of Death is built on

Contemplative where it counts, relentless underneath

Drama built on stillness, twice over

Kinetic action, and it commits to that
The difference: Missing the stillness of Game of Death

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases

Both lean on relentlessness more than on drama

Kinetic action in both cases

Both are Robert Clouse's work, and they rhyme
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