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Movies that feel likeHeadshot (2016)

A young man washes ashore, his memory gone - but his past comes back to haunt him after he is nursed back to health and his killing ability is needed when he takes on a powerful drug lord.

If you loved Headshot, the closest films we have are Jawan (2023), The Villainess (2017) and Ballerina (2023). All three share Headshot's kinetic and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Ghajini (2008).

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Jawan
2023 · dir. Atlee
★ 6.9action · thrillerNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: revenge

The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than Headshot does

An emotional journey of a prison warden, driven by a personal vendetta while keeping up to a promise made years ago, recruits inmates to commit outrageous crimes that shed light on corruption and injustice, in an attempt to get even with his past, and that leads him to an unexpected reunion.

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The Villainess
2017 · dir. Jung Byung-gil
🍅 85%★ 6.6action · thrillerPrime Video

The same preoccupation in both: revenge

Honed from childhood into a merciless killing machine by a criminal organization, assassin Sook-hee is recruited with the promise of freedom after ten years of service. However, secrets from her past destroy everything she’s worked for and now she embarks on a roaring rampage of revenge.

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Ballerina
2023 · dir. Lee Chung-hyun
🍅 91%★ 6.3action · thrillerNetflix

Kinetic and tense in the same breath

Grieving the loss of a best friend she couldn't protect, an ex-bodyguard sets out to fulfill her dear friend's last wish: sweet revenge.

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Cold in July
2014 · dir. Jim Mickle
🍅 84%★ 6.7drama · thriller

Both land stillness and relentlessness at once

While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of a low-life burglar. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane soon finds himself fearing for his family’s safety when Freddy’s ex-con father rolls into town, hell-bent on revenge.

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New Police Story
2004 · dir. Benny Chan
🍅 63%★ 6.9action · thriller · crime

One thread runs through both: martial arts

The difference: Leans harder into crime than Headshot does

Sent into a drunken tailspin when his entire unit is killed by a gang of thrill-seeking punks, disgraced Hong Kong police inspector Wing needs help from his new rookie partner, with a troubled past of his own, to climb out of the bottle and track down the gang and its ruthless leader.

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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2002 · dir. Park Chan-wook
🍅 53%★ 7.5action · drama · thriller

Kinetic action, and it commits to that

A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge.

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Naked Weapon
2002 · dir. Tony Ching Siu-Tung
★ 5.5action · drama · thriller

Both are built on the same subject: martial arts

A mysterious woman, known as Madame M, kidnaps forty pre-teen girls and transports them to a remote island to train them as the most deadly assassins. CIA operative Jack Chen follows the case for 6 years with no leads, but when a series of assassinations begin to occur, Jack suspects that Madame M is back in business.

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Game of Death
1978 · dir. Robert Clouse
🍅 38%★ 5.9drama · action · thriller

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.

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Captain America: Brave New World
2025 · dir. Julius Onah
🍅 46%★ 5.6action · thriller · science fictionDisney+

Both lean on ideas more than on drama

After meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross, Sam finds himself in the middle of an international incident. He must discover the reason behind a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the entire world seeing red.

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Ong Bak 2
2008 · dir. Tony Jaa
🍅 49%★ 6.2adventure · action · thrillerPrime Video

Action built on relentlessness, twice over

Tien, the son of Lord Sihadecho — a murdered nobleman — is taken under the wing of Chernang, a renowned warrior and leader of the Pha Beek Krut.

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Fist of Fury
1972 · dir. Lo Wei
★ 7.2drama · action · thriller

Common ground: brutality

The difference: 44 years apart, and the 1970s show

During the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, Chen Zhen, the star pupil of a recently-deceased martial arts teacher battles a Japanese dojo which seeks the demise of his fighting school.

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Ghajini
2008 · dir. A. R. Murugadoss
🍅 53%★ 7.4action · romance · thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: brutality

A man suffering from anterograde amnesia as a result of a violent attack in the past sets out to avenge his girlfriend's death with the aid of photographs, notes and tattoos all over his body.

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