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Movies that feel like Headhunters (2011)

If you loved Headhunters, the closest films we have are Fast Five (2011), Ronin (1998) and Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000). All three share Headhunters's tense and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.

πŸ… 93% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Morten Tyldumtensegrittykineticmelancholydarkly funnyplayful

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If Headhunters hit the spot, these will too

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Fast Five
2011 Β· dir. Justin Lin
πŸ… 77%β˜… 7.3action Β· thriller Β· crime

Heist runs into on the run in each of them

The difference: Missing the melancholy of Headhunters

Former cop Brian O'Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they've blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom.

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Ronin
1998 Β· dir. John Frankenheimer
πŸ… 70%β˜… 7.2action Β· thriller Β· crime

Mercenary is the engine of both

A briefcase with undisclosed contents – sought by Irish terrorists and the Russian mob – makes its way into criminals' hands. An Irish liaison assembles a squad of mercenaries, or 'ronin', and gives them the thorny task of recovering the case.

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Gone in Sixty Seconds
2000 Β· dir. Dominic Sena
πŸ… 25%β˜… 6.5action Β· crime Β· thriller

The same preoccupation in both: heist

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Ex-car thief Randall Raines is forced out of retirement to save his brother Kip after a boost gone wrong. With the help of allies old and new, they race to meet the demands of notorious crime boss Raymond Calitri as the police are in hot pursuit.

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The Gentleman Thief
2026 Β· dir. Randall Emmett
β˜… 5.8action Β· crime Β· thriller

Both land tension and grit at once

A retired master thief must protect his impulsive brother from disaster when a 100 million dollar yacht heist spirals into a dangerous web of deception. Old foes emerge as the stakes rise, forcing him to use every trick he knows to stay alive.

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The Raid
2012 Β· dir. Gareth Evans
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.6action Β· thriller Β· crime

Kinetic thriller, and it commits to that

Deep in the heart of Jakarta's slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world's most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the run-down apartment block has been considered untouchable to even the bravest of police. Cloaked under the cover of pre-dawn darkness and silence, an elite swat team is tasked with raiding the safe house in order to take down the notorious drug lord that runs it. But when a chance encounter with a spotter blows their cover and news of their assault reaches the drug lord, the building's lights are cut and all the exits blocked. Stranded on the sixth floor with no way out, the unit must fight their way through the city's worst to survive their mission. Starring Indonesian martial arts sensation Iko Uwais.

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Fast & Furious 6
2013 Β· dir. Justin Lin
πŸ… 71%β˜… 7action Β· thriller Β· crime

Both trade on tension more than on being crime

Hobbs has Dominic and Brian reassemble their crew to take down a team of mercenaries; Dominic unexpectedly gets sidetracked with facing his presumed deceased girlfriend, Letty.

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Sicario
2015 Β· dir. Denis Villeneuve
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.7action Β· crime Β· thriller

Action with a pulse of grit, in both cases

An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

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John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
2019 Β· dir. Chad Stahelski
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.4action Β· thriller Β· crime

Thriller built on momentum, twice over

Super-assassin John Wick returns with a $14 million price tag on his head and an army of bounty-hunting killers on his trail. After killing a member of the shadowy international assassin’s guild, the High Table, John Wick is excommunicado, but the world’s most ruthless hit men and women await his every turn.

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Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004 Β· dir. Quentin Tarantino
πŸ… 84%β˜… 8action Β· crime Β· thriller

Tense crime in both cases

The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her former associates one-by-one, checking off the victims on her Death List Five until there's nothing left to do … but kill Bill.

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The Raid 2
2014 Β· dir. Gareth Evans
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.9action Β· crime Β· thriller

Both trade on grit more than on being action

After fighting his way through an apartment building populated by an army of dangerous criminals and escaping with his life, SWAT team member Rama goes undercover, joining a powerful Indonesian crime syndicate to protect his family and uncover corrupt members of his own force.

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Lethal Weapon 2
1989 Β· dir. Richard Donner
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.3action Β· thriller Β· crime

Thriller built on melancholy, twice over

The difference: 22 years apart, and the 1980s show

Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.

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The Dark Knight
2008 Β· dir. Christopher Nolan
πŸ… 94%β˜… 9.1action Β· crime Β· thriller

Crime with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

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