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Movies that feel like Kingdom: Ashin of the North (2021)

If you loved Kingdom: Ashin of the North, the closest films we have are Cold in July (2014), Tunnel (2016) and Jawan (2023). All three share Kingdom: Ashin of the North's tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.

Tragedy, betrayal and a mysterious discovery fuel a woman's vengeance for the loss of her tribe and family.

6.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Kim Seong-huncontemplativedreamliketenserelentless
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Cold in July
2014 · dir. Jim Mickle
🍅 84%6.7drama · thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: revenge

The difference: Not nearly as dreamlike

While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of a low-life burglar. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane soon finds himself fearing for his family’s safety when Freddy’s ex-con father rolls into town, hell-bent on revenge.

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Tunnel
2016 · dir. Kim Seong-hun
🍅 100%6.8thriller · drama

Kim Seong-hun working the same nerve twice

A man is on his way home when the poorly constructed tunnel he is driving through collapses, leaving him trapped leaving himself for the unexpected whilst emergency services struggle to help.

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Jawan
2023 · dir. Atlee
6.9action · thriller

The same preoccupation in both: revenge

The difference: Played as action first

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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Lady Vengeance
2005 · dir. Park Chan-wook
🍅 76%7.5drama · thriller

The same mix in both: stillness, then tension

Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution.

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The Square
2008 · dir. Nash Edgerton
🍅 86%6.7crime · drama · thriller

Drama with a pulse of relentlessness, in both cases

The difference: Leans further into crime

Ray, a construction worker trapped in an unhappy marriage, pursues an affair with his neighbor, Carla. Carla's husband, Greg, is a mobster who keeps large sums of drug money in their home. With this in mind, Carla comes up with a plan: She and Ray will steal Greg's money, burn down her house, convince Greg the money was lost in the fire and then run away together. Carla's scheme, however, doesn't go off as planned.

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

Thriller built on tension, twice over

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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Headshot
2016 · dir. Kimo Stamboel
🍅 73%6.3action · thriller · drama

Both lean on stillness more than on fantasy

A young man washes ashore, his memory gone - but his past comes back to haunt him after he is nursed back to health and his killing ability is needed when he takes on a powerful drug lord.

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

Relentless drama in both cases

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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Dogman
2018 · dir. Matteo Garrone
🍅 84%7.2crime · drama · thriller

Contemplative thriller, and it commits to that

Marcello, a small and gentle dog groomer, finds himself involved in a dangerous relationship of subjugation with Simone, a former violent boxer who terrorizes the entire neighborhood. In an effort to reaffirm his dignity, Marcello will submit to an unexpected act of vengeance.

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Riders of Justice
2020 · dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
🍅 96%7.5action · comedy · drama

Fantasy with a pulse of tension, in both cases

Markus returns home to care for his daughter when his wife dies in a tragic train accident. However, when a survivor of the wreck surfaces and claims foul play, Markus suspects his wife was murdered and embarks on a mission to find those responsible.

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

Same instincts, 17 years apart

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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Nocturnal Animals
2016 · dir. Tom Ford
🍅 74%7.4drama · thriller

Thriller of the same temperament

Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.

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