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Movies that feel like Infernal Affairs III (2003)

If you loved Infernal Affairs III, the closest films we have are Brother 2 (2000), Iron Monkey (1993) and Dhoom 2 (2006). All three share Infernal Affairs III's gritty and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.

Triad gangster turned corrupt cop Lau Kin-ming goes to dangerous lengths to avoid detection.

6.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Andrew Lau Wai-Keunggrittycontemplativekinetic
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Infernal Affairs (2002) · Infernal Affairs II (2003)

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Brother 2
2000 · dir. Aleksei Balabanov
7.6action · crime · drama

Gritty and contemplative in the same breath

Arriving in Moscow, Chechen War veteran Danila meets Konstantin, an old friend who tells him that his twin brother has been forced into signing a crooked contract with a US ice hockey team. Soon after this meeting, Danila discovers Konstantin dead and he sets out to avenge his death; a journey that leads him to Chicago and a whole new experience.

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Iron Monkey
1993 · dir. Yuen Woo-ping
🍅 91%7.5action · crime · drama

Crime with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

In this Hong Kong variation of Robin Hood, corrupt officials of a Chinese village are robbed by a masked bandit known as "Iron Monkey", named after a benevolent deity. When all else fails, the Governor forces a traveling physician into finding the bandit.

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Dhoom 2
2006 · dir. Sanjay Gadhvi
🍅 93%6.6drama · action · thriller

Gritty drama in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to thriller than Infernal Affairs III does

Jai and Ali return, this time on the trail of an international thief who steals priceless artifacts and has chosen Mumbai as his next target.

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Brother
1997 · dir. Aleksei Balabanov
🍅 100%7.8crime · drama · action

Action built on stillness, twice over

Danila goes to his successful brother, Victor, in Petersburg to start a new life. Unknown to Danila, Victor is a contract killer, but is in hiding after asking for too much money to assassinate a Chechen mob boss. To avoid exposure, Victor convinces Danila to kill the boss instead.

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Police Story: Lockdown
2013 · dir. Ding Sheng
🍅 25%5.9action · crime · drama

Kinetic crime, and it commits to that

A man looking for the release of a long-time prisoner takes a police officer, his daughter, and a group of strangers hostage.

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Furioza
2021 · dir. Cyprian T. Olencki
6.3action · crime · drama

Both lean on grit more than on drama

A policewoman makes her ex-boyfriend an offer he can't refuse: either he infiltrates and informs on a gang of hooligans, or his brother goes to jail.

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Law of Tehran
2019 · dir. Saeed Roustaee
🍅 95%7.8action · crime · drama

Both lean on stillness more than on action

Samad is nobody’s fool. The narcotics officer has seen his share of a drug dealer’s lies and games, and his patience has come to run thin. While searching for the infamous drug baron Nasser Khakzad, he and his colleague Hamid scour the streets of Tehran, turning an overcrowded prison on its head. With his rough and dubious approach, Samad finally manages to find the criminal’s whereabouts – but things do not quite go according to plan...

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Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
2018 · dir. Yuen Woo-ping
6.5action · crime · drama

Kinetic crime in both cases

Following his defeat by Master Ip, Cheung Tin Chi tries to make a life with his young son in Hong Kong, waiting tables at a bar that caters to expats. But it's not long before the mix of foreigners, money, and triad leaders draw him once again to the fight.

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Magnum Force
1973 · dir. Ted Post
🍅 69%7.2drama · crime · action

Both play drama straight

The difference: Made in the 1970s, in a different era of the craft

"Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only Dirty Harry can stop them.

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Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973 · dir. Kinji Fukasaku
7.4crime · action · drama

The same action instincts

In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.

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Dhoom 3
2013 · dir. Vijay Krishna Acharya
🍅 67%5.4action · crime

Cut from the same crime cloth

The difference: Missing the stillness of Infernal Affairs III

To avenge his father's death, a circus entertainer trained in magic and acrobatics robs banks to take down a corrupt bank owner. Two cops from Mumbai are assigned to the case.

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Undisputed III: Redemption
2010 · dir. Isaac Florentine
7.4action · thriller · crime

Both are drama through and through

Russian inmate Boyka, now severely hobbled by the knee injury suffered at the end of Undisputed 2. No longer the feared prison fighter he was, he has declined so far that he is now good only for cleaning toilets. But when a new prison fight tournament begins - an international affair, matching the best fighters from prisons around the globe, enticing them with the promise of freedom for the winner - Boyka must reclaim his dignity and fight for his position in the tournament.

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