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Movies that feel likeKill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.

If you loved Kill Bill: Vol. 1, the closest films we have are Four Brothers (2005), A Bittersweet Life (2005) and The Italian Job (2003). All three share Kill Bill: Vol. 1's kinetic and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Lady Snowblood (1973).

🍅 85% Rotten Tomatoes★ 8.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Quentin Tarantinokineticgrittyrelentless
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

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Four Brothers
2005 · dir. John Singleton
★ 6.8action · crimeParamount+

A loved one avenged street by street, no help from the law

The difference: A rough urban crime drama — brotherhood beats, not set pieces

Four adopted brothers return to their Detroit hometown when their mother is murdered and vow to exact revenge on the killers.

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A Bittersweet Life
2005 · dir. Kim Jee-woon
🍅 100%★ 7.4action · drama · crime

An enforcer betrayed by his boss and reborn as pure payback

The difference: Korean noir cool — mournful and restrained between eruptions

Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Hee-soo, for fear that she may be cheating on him with a younger man with the mandate that he must kill them both if he discovers their affair.

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The Italian Job
2003 · dir. F. Gary Gray
🍅 72%★ 7action · crimeStarz

Betrayed professionals plotting meticulous payback

The difference: Heist-crew caper, bloodless fun

Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn't plan on was being double-crossed. Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safecracker, Croker and his team take off to re-steal the loot and end up in a pulse-pounding, pedal-to-the-metal chase that careens up, down, above and below the streets of Los Angeles.

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Lady Snowblood
1973 · dir. Toshiya Fujita
🍅 100%★ 7.6action · crime · dramaMax

The direct inspiration — a woman forged into an instrument of revenge

The difference: A raw 1973 original — stylized blood, but scrappier craft

A strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.

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Crank
2006 · dir. Brian Taylor
🍅 62%★ 6.9action · thriller · crime

Momentum-as-plot, violence played at cartoon pitch

The difference: Gonzo gimmick engine, no mythology

Chev Chelios, a hit man wanting to go straight, lets his latest target slip away. Then he awakes the next morning to a phone call that informs him he has been poisoned and has only an hour to live unless he keeps adrenaline coursing through his body while he searches for an antidote.

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A Better Tomorrow
1986 · dir. John Woo
🍅 95%★ 7.4action · crime · drama

Common ground: revenge

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Kill Bill: Vol. 1 does

A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.

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The Punisher
2004 · dir. Jonathan Hensleigh
🍅 30%★ 6.4action · crime · drama

Vengeance for a slaughtered family, pursued to any length

The difference: Dour and workmanlike — none of Tarantino's pop style, 30% on RT

When undercover FBI agent Frank Castle's wife and son are slaughtered, he becomes 'the Punisher' -- a ruthless vigilante willing to go to any length to avenge his family.

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John Wick: Chapter 2
2017 · dir. Chad Stahelski
🍅 89%★ 7.4action · thriller · crimeMax

Assassin-world mythology with balletic, escalating carnage

The difference: Gun-fu precision over samurai-steel homage

John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous killers.

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

Rage at a gang who took everything, worked out fist by fist

The difference: Melodrama between fights — Hong Kong sentiment runs thick

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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Desperado
1995 · dir. Robert Rodriguez
🍅 71%★ 7.1thriller · action · crimePrime Video

The same preoccupation in both: revenge

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than Kill Bill: Vol. 1 does

El Mariachi plunges headfirst into the dark border underworld when he follows a trail of blood to the last of the infamous Mexican drug lords, Bucho, for an action-packed, bullet-riddled showdown. With the help of his friend and a beautiful bookstore owner, El Mariachi tracks Bucho, takes on his army of desperados, and leaves his own trail of blood.

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The Equalizer
2014 · dir. Antoine Fuqua
🍅 61%★ 7.3thriller · action · crimeNetflix

A retired killer's skills reawakened for righteous slaughter

The difference: Methodical vigilante work, no whimsy

McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by – he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.

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Run All Night
2015 · dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
🍅 59%★ 6.6action · crime · thriller

One violent night spent settling old debts in blood

The difference: A weary gunmetal thriller — regret, not swagger, drives it

Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon has seen better days. Longtime best friend of a mob boss, Jimmy is haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police detective who’s been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years. But when Jimmy’s estranged son becomes a target, Jimmy must make a choice between the crime family he chose and the real family he abandoned long ago. Now, with nowhere safe to turn, Jimmy has just one night to figure out exactly where his loyalties lie and to see if he can finally make things right.

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