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Movies that feel like Killer Elite (2011)

If you loved Killer Elite, the closest films we have are Ong Bak 2 (2008), G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) and The Villainess (2017). All three share Killer Elite's kinetic and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 11 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world’s most elite operatives—Danny, an ex-special ops agent and Hunter, his longtime mentor—against the cunning leader of a secret military society. Covering the globe from Australia to Paris, London and the Middle East, Danny and Hunter are plunged into a highly dangerous game of cat and mouse—where the predators become the prey.

🍅 26% Rotten Tomatoes6.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Gary McKendrykineticepictenserelentless
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If Killer Elite hit the spot, these will too

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Ong Bak 2
2008 · dir. Tony Jaa
🍅 49%6.2adventure · action · thriller

One thread runs through both: revenge

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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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
2009 · dir. Stephen Sommers
🍅 33%5.7adventure · action · thriller

The same two preoccupations: hostage, and explosion

The difference: Leans harder into science fiction than Killer Elite does

From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos.

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The Villainess
2017 · dir. Jung Byung-gil
🍅 85%6.6action · thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: assassin

The difference: Reviewed even better

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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American Assassin
2017 · dir. Michael Cuesta
🍅 34%6.2action · adventure · thriller

Both land momentum and scale at once

Following the murder of his fiancée, Mitch Rapp trains under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair then is enlisted to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets.

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Jawan
2023 · dir. Atlee
6.9action · thriller

Common ground: revenge

The difference: Missing the scale of Killer Elite

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

Both are built on the same subject: assassin

The difference: Not nearly as epic as Killer Elite

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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Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003 · dir. Robert Rodriguez
🍅 66%6.3action · crime · thriller

The same preoccupation in both: mexico

The difference: Sits closer to crime than Killer Elite does

A corrupt CIA agent Sands hires hitman El Mariachi to assassinate a Mexican general hired by a drug kingpin attempting a coup d'état of the President of Mexico.

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Man on Fire
2004 · dir. Tony Scott
🍅 39%7.7action · drama · thriller

Common ground: mexico

Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.

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

Tense where it counts, relentless underneath

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

One thread runs through both: hostage

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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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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Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
2010 · dir. Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
🍅 47%6.2drama · action · history

Both lean on scale more than on thriller

The Japanese forces occupy Shanghai and slowly start spreading terror in the city. Chen Zhen, who was presumed dead, returns to fight against the Japanese and put an end to their tyrannical rule.

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