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Movies that feel like Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (2023)

If you loved Guy Ritchie's The Covenant, the closest films we have are Sisu (2022), 12 Strong (2018) and Black Crab (2022). All three share Guy Ritchie's The Covenant's bleak 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, Amazon Prime Video and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.

After an ambush, Afghan interpreter Ahmed goes to Herculean lengths to save US Army Sergeant John Kinley's life. When Kinley learns that Ahmed and his family were not given safe passage to America as promised, he must return to the war zone and repay his debt.

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If Guy Ritchie's The Covenant hit the spot, these will too

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Sisu
2022 Β· dir. Jalmari Helander
πŸ… 94%β˜… 6.9action Β· war Β· thriller

Bleak and kinetic in the same breath

When an ex-soldier who discovers gold in the Lapland wilderness tries to take the loot into the city, German soldiers led by a brutal SS officer battle him.

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12 Strong
2018 Β· dir. Nicolai Fuglsig
πŸ… 50%β˜… 6.5war Β· action Β· history

The same two preoccupations: afghanistan, and taliban

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

A team of special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in an attempt to dismantle the Taliban.

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Black Crab
2022 Β· dir. Adam Berg
πŸ… 53%β˜… 5.7action Β· thriller

Action built on tension, twice over

To end an apocalyptic war and save her daughter, a reluctant soldier embarks on a desperate mission to cross a frozen sea carrying a top-secret cargo.

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Lone Survivor
2013 Β· dir. Peter Berg
πŸ… 75%β˜… 7.5war Β· action Β· drama

The same preoccupation in both: afghanistan

The difference: Not nearly as tense

Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enemy ambush. As they confront unthinkable odds, the SEALs must find reserves of strength and resilience to fight to the finish.

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Rambo
2008 Β· dir. Sylvester Stallone
πŸ… 38%β˜… 7action Β· thriller Β· war

Both lean on bleakness more than on war

In Thailand, ex-Green Beret John James Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn neighboring Myanmar to rescue a group of Christian aid workers who have been kidnapped by a ruthless local infantry unit.

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Operation Red Sea
2018 Β· dir. Dante Lam Chiu-yin
πŸ… 80%β˜… 6.6action Β· thriller Β· war

Kinetic thriller in both cases

The difference: Played as adventure first

A squad of the Jiaolong Commando Unit - Sea Dragon, a spec ops team of the Chinese Navy, carries out a hostage rescue operation in the nation of Yewaire, on the Arabian Peninsula, and fiercely fights against local rebel groups and Zaka, a terrorist organization.

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Shadow
2018 Β· dir. Zhang Yimou
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7action Β· war

Bleak war, and it commits to that

The difference: Lighter on tension

In a kingdom ruled by a young and unpredictable king, the military commander has a secret weapon: a shadow, a look-alike who can fool both his enemies and the King himself. Now he must use this weapon in an intricate plan that will lead his people to victory in a war that the King does not want.

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Balkan Line
2019 Β· dir. Andrey Volgin
β˜… 6.6drama Β· action Β· war

One thread runs through both: rescue mission

After the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, the Yugoslav army pulls out of Kosovo region, leaving Serbian people at the mercy of the Albanian UCK. A small band of soldiers must take over the Slatina airport, and hold it until the Russian peacekeepers arrive.

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Badland Hunters
2024 Β· dir. Heo Myeong-haeng
πŸ… 67%β˜… 5.9action Β· adventure Β· thriller

Action with a pulse of tension, in both cases

After a deadly earthquake turns Seoul into a lawless badland, a fearless huntsman springs into action to rescue a teenager abducted by a mad doctor.

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Extraction
2020 Β· dir. Sam Hargrave
πŸ… 67%β˜… 6.8action Β· thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: behind enemy lines

A hardened gun-for-hire's latest mission becomes a soul-searching race to survive when he's sent into Bangladesh to rescue a drug lord's kidnapped son.

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RocknRolla
2008 Β· dir. Guy Ritchie
πŸ… 60%β˜… 7.2action Β· crime Β· thriller

The same hand behind both of them: Guy Ritchie

When a Russian mobster sets up a real estate scam that generates millions of pounds, various members of London's criminal underworld pursue their share of the fortune. Various shady characters, including Mr One-Two, Stella the accountant, and Johnny Quid, a druggie rock-star, try to claim their slice.

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The Breadwinner
2017 Β· dir. Nora Twomey
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.7animation Β· war Β· drama

Common ground: taliban

A headstrong young girl in Afghanistan, ruled by the Taliban, disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.

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