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Movies that feel like Infernal Affairs (2002)

If you loved Infernal Affairs, the closest films we have are The Killer (1989), Police Story 2 (1988) and Yes, Madam! (1985). All three share Infernal Affairs' kinetic and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.

Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midst.

πŸ… 94% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Alan Mak Siu-Faicontemplativekinetictensegrittytwisty
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Infernal Affairs II (2003) Β· Infernal Affairs III (2003)

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The Killer
1989 Β· dir. John Woo
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.7action Β· crime Β· drama

Hong Kong shapes both of them

The difference: None of the twists Infernal Affairs is built on

Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, when beautiful nightclub chanteuse Jennie is blinded in the crossfire of his most recent hit, Jeffrey chooses to retire after one last job to pay for his unintended victim's sight-restoring operation. But when Jeffrey is double-crossed, he reluctantly joins forces with a rogue policeman to make things right.

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Police Story 2
1988 Β· dir. Jackie Chan
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7.1action Β· crime Β· thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: undercover

The Hong Kong super-cop must stop a group of blackmailing bombers at the same time that the villains of the first Police Story are out for revenge.

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Yes, Madam!
1985 Β· dir. Corey Yuen
πŸ… 100%β˜… 6.7action Β· comedy Β· crime

Contemplative where it counts, kinetic underneath

The difference: Sits closer to comedy than Infernal Affairs does

Two unlucky thieves break into a just murdered man's hotel room and steal his passport, with a hidden microfilm, wanted by a triad boss. Two ass-kicking women copsβ€”one Chinese, one Britishβ€”are on the case.

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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
2009 Β· dir. Daniel Alfredson
πŸ… 53%β˜… 7.3action Β· thriller Β· crime

The same mix in both: tension, then grit

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in a hospital and is set to face trial for attempted murder on her eventual release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, Salander must prove her innocence. In doing this she plays against powerful enemies and her own past.

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Hard Boiled
1992 Β· dir. John Woo
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.7action Β· thriller Β· crime

Action built on momentum, twice over

A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.

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A Hard Day
2014 Β· dir. Kim Seong-hun
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.2crime Β· thriller Β· mystery

Thriller with a pulse of twists, in both cases

After trying to cover up a car accident that left a man dead, a crooked homicide detective is stalked by a mysterious man claiming to have witnessed the event.

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Police Story 3: Super Cop
1992 Β· dir. Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7action Β· crime Β· thriller

Tense crime, and it commits to that

A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.

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The Girl Who Played with Fire
2009 Β· dir. Daniel Alfredson
πŸ… 69%β˜… 7.1drama Β· action Β· thriller

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with a meticulously researched thesis about sex trafficking in Sweden and those in high office who abuse underage girls, Blomkvist immediately throws himself into the investigation.

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Drishyam
2015 Β· dir. Nishikant Kamat
πŸ… 75%β˜… 8.2mystery Β· thriller Β· drama

Gritty mystery in both cases

When his family stares down the barrel of criminal charges, a commoner channels his street smarts and knowledge of action films to tie the long arm of the law into an investigative Gordian knot.

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

The same preoccupation in both: undercover

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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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2009 Β· dir. Niels Arden Oplev
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.8drama Β· thriller Β· crime

Drama built on twists, twice over

Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish industrialist Hans-Erik WennerstrΓΆm. Nevertheless, he is hired by Henrik Vanger in order to solve a cold case, the disappearance of Vanger's niece

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Lucky Number Slevin
2006 Β· dir. Paul McGuigan
β˜… 7.7drama Β· thriller Β· crime

Contemplative thriller in both cases

Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma.

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