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Movies that feel like Law of Tehran (2019)

If you loved Law of Tehran, the closest films we have are Furioza (2021), Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (2018) and Brother 2 (2000). All three share Law of Tehran's kinetic and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 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.

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...

🍅 95% Rotten Tomatoes7.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Saeed Roustaeekineticgrittycontemplative
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Furioza
2021 · dir. Cyprian T. Olencki
6.3action · crime · drama

The same mix in both: momentum, then grit

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

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

Kinetic crime, and it commits to that

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

Drama built on grit, twice over

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

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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Infernal Affairs III
2003 · dir. Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
6.8crime · drama · action

Action with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

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

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Enforcement
2020 · dir. Frederik Louis Hviid
🍅 82%6.5action · crime

Both lean on momentum more than on crime

The difference: Missing the stillness of Law of Tehran

The exact details of what took place while Talib Ben Hassi was in police custody remain unclear. Police officers Jens and Mike are on routine patrol in Svalegården's ghetto when news of Talib's death comes in over the radio, igniting uncontrollable, pent-up rage in the ghetto's youth, who lust for revenge. Suddenly, the two officers find themselves fair game and must fight tooth and claw to find a way out.

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

Both lean on grit more than on drama

The difference: 26 years apart, and the 1990s show

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

Contemplative action, and it commits to that

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

Both play crime straight

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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How I Fell in Love with a Gangster
2022 · dir. Maciej Kawulski
🍅 60%6.1crime · action · drama

Both working the same drama territory

A mysterious woman recounts the rise and fall of Nikodem "Nikoś" Skotarczak, one of the biggest gangsters in Poland's history. Inspired by a true story.

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Little Caesar
1931 · dir. Mervyn LeRoy
🍅 96%7.2drama · crime · action

Action in the same key

A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?

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Kill
2024 · dir. Nikhil Nagesh Bhat
🍅 90%7.4action · crime · thriller

Crime of the same temperament

The difference: Sits closer to thriller than Law of Tehran does

When an army commando finds out his true love is engaged against her will, he boards a New Dehli-bound train in a daring quest to derail the arranged marriage. But when a gang of knife-wielding thieves begin to terrorize innocent passengers on his train, the commando takes them on, one by one.

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