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Movies that feel likeJack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)

Years after resigning command of an elite military police unit, the nomadic, righter-of-wrongs Reacher is drawn back into the life he left behind when his friend and successor, Major Susan Turner is framed for espionage. Reacher will stop at nothing to prove her innocence and to expose the real perpetrators behind the killings of his former soldiers.

If you loved Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, the closest films we have are The Plagues of Breslau (2018), Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013) and Crank: High Voltage (2009). All three share Jack Reacher: Never Go Back'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 The Roundup: No Way Out (2023).

πŸ… 37% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.2 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Edward Zwickkinetictensegritty
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The Plagues of Breslau
2018 Β· dir. Patryk Vega
πŸ… 83%β˜… 6crime Β· action Β· thrillerNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: the investigation

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Every day at 6 pm a serial killer kills another person. Police officer Helena Rus thinks the killings are done by one man only and decides to reveal the killer's identity by getting back in 18th century history of the city.

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Ninja: Shadow of a Tear
2013 Β· dir. Isaac Florentine
πŸ… 100%β˜… 6.2action Β· crime Β· thrillerPrime Video

Kinetic where it counts, tense underneath

Fight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial-arts master Casey Bowman after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence. Vowing revenge, the fearless American stealthily tracks the killer from Osaka to Bangkok to Rangoon with the help of a wise and crafty sensei. His only clues: a series of victims whose necks bear the distinctive mark of strangulation by barbed wire. Fighting to avenge as well as to survive, Casey must sharpen his razor-like responses and take his battle skills to the next level, even using deep meditation to fake his own death. His target: the sinister drug lord Goro, who is flooding the streets with deadly meth cooked at his remote jungle factory. To prepare for his ultimate confrontation, Casey must finally become an invisible warrior worthy of the name Ninja. But just when his prey is cornered, an unexpected twist shows Casey that his battle is only beginning: he truly can trust no one.

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Crank: High Voltage
2009 Β· dir. Mark Neveldine
πŸ… 64%β˜… 6.1action Β· thriller Β· crime

Both lean on grit more than on action

Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.

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The Last Stand
2013 Β· dir. Kim Jee-woon
πŸ… 61%β˜… 6.3action Β· crime Β· thrillerPrime Video

Thriller built on momentum, twice over

Ray Owens is sheriff of the quiet US border town of Sommerton Junction after leaving the LAPD following a bungled operation. Following his escape from the FBI, a notorious drug baron, his gang, and a hostage are heading toward Sommerton Junction where the police are preparing to make a last stand to intercept them before they cross the border. Owens is reluctant to become involved but ultimately joins in with the law enforcement efforts.

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The Equalizer 3
2023 Β· dir. Antoine Fuqua
πŸ… 76%β˜… 6.8action Β· thriller Β· crimeMaxHulu

Common ground: the investigation

Robert McCall finds himself at home in Southern Italy but he discovers his friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends' protector by taking on the mafia.

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The Roundup: No Way Out
2023 Β· dir. Lee Sang-yong
πŸ… 100%β˜… 6.6action Β· crime Β· thrillerPrime VideoHulu

Crime with a pulse of tension, in both cases

Detective Ma Seok-do changes his affiliation from the Geumcheon Police Station to the Metropolitan Investigation Team, in order to eradicate Japanese gangsters who enter Korea to commit heinous crimes.

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The Mechanic
2011 Β· dir. Simon West
πŸ… 54%β˜… 6.5action Β· thriller Β· crimeParamount+

Gritty action in both cases

Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code requiring professional perfection and total detachment. One of an elite group of assassins, Bishop may be the best in the business - with a unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. When Harry McKenna, his close friend and mentor, is murdered, Harry's son comes to him with vengeance in his heart and a desire to learn Bishop's trade, signaling the birth of a deadly partnership.

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Ava
2020 Β· dir. Tate Taylor
πŸ… 18%β˜… 5.5action Β· thriller Β· crimePrime VideoPeacock

The same preoccupation in both: murder

A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.

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Hitman: Agent 47
2015 Β· dir. Aleksander Bach
πŸ… 8%β˜… 5.7action Β· crime Β· thriller

Kinetic thriller, and it commits to that

An assassin teams up with a woman to help her find her father and uncover the mysteries of her ancestry.

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Taken 2
2012 Β· dir. Olivier Megaton
πŸ… 22%β˜… 6.2action Β· crime Β· thrillerMax

Tense crime, and it commits to that

In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.

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Bad Boys for Life
2020 Β· dir. Bilall Fallah
πŸ… 76%β˜… 6.5thriller Β· action Β· crimeHulu

One thread runs through both: murder

Marcus and Mike are forced to confront new threats, career changes, and midlife crises as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami police department to take down the ruthless Armando Armas, the vicious leader of a Miami drug cartel.

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Safe
2012 Β· dir. Boaz Yakin
πŸ… 59%β˜… 6.5action Β· crime Β· thrillerPrime Video

Action with a pulse of grit, in both cases

After a former elite agent rescues a 12-year-old Chinese girl who's been abducted, they find themselves in the middle of a standoff between Triads, the Russian Mafia and high-level corrupt New York City politicians and police.

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