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Movies that feel like Magnum Force (1973)

If you loved Magnum Force, the closest films we have are Hang 'em High (1968), Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973) and Infernal Affairs III (2003). All three share Magnum Force's contemplative and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.

"Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only Dirty Harry can stop them.

πŸ… 69% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.2 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Ted Postcontemplativegrittykinetic

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Dirty Harry (1971)

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Hang 'em High
1968 Β· dir. Ted Post
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7western Β· drama

Ted Post working the same nerve twice

The difference: Not nearly as kinetic as Magnum Force

Marshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging, vowing revenge on the lynch mob that left him dangling. To carry out his oath for vengeance, he returns to his former job as a lawman. Before long, he's caught up with the nine men on his hit list and starts dispensing his own brand of Wild West justice.

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Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973 Β· dir. Kinji Fukasaku
β˜… 7.4crime Β· action Β· drama

The same mix in both: stillness, then grit

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

Both lean on momentum more than on drama

The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft

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

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Iron Monkey
1993 Β· dir. Yuen Woo-ping
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.5action Β· crime Β· drama

Crime with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

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 Β· dir. Aleksei Balabanov
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.8crime Β· drama Β· action

Gritty action, and it commits to that

The difference: Reviewed even better

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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Brother 2
2000 Β· dir. Aleksei Balabanov
β˜… 7.6action Β· crime Β· drama

Drama built on momentum, twice over

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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Across 110th Street
1972 Β· dir. Barry Shear
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7action Β· crime Β· drama

Contemplative crime in both cases

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than Magnum Force does

In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as are two policemen. Lt. Pope and Capt. Mattelli are two New York City cops trying to break the case. Three small-time criminals are on the run with the money. Will the mafia catch them first, or will the police?

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The Street Fighter
1974 Β· dir. Shigehiro Ozawa
β˜… 6.9action Β· crime Β· thriller

A 1970s answer to the same itch

Takuma Tsurugi takes on the government, the police, the mafia and an international ring of kidnappers who aim to dispossess a beautiful young heiress of her millions.

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Gone in 60 Seconds
1974 Β· dir. H.B. Halicki
πŸ… 43%β˜… 6.3action Β· crime Β· thriller

Drama with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

Insurance investigator Maindrian Pace and his team lead double-lives as unstoppable car thieves. When a South American drug lord pays Pace to steal 48 cars for him, all but one, a 1973 Ford Mustang, are in the bag. As Pace prepares to rip-off the fastback, codenamed "Eleanor", in Long Beach, he is unaware that his boss has tipped off the police after a business dispute.

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The Man from Hong Kong
1975 Β· dir. Brian Trenchard-Smith
πŸ… 100%β˜… 6.5action Β· crime Β· adventure

Crime of the same temperament

Australian authorities arrest a man believed to be connected to the Sydney criminal underworld and send for Inspector Fang Sing Leng from Hong Kong to question him. After the alleged criminal is assassinated, Inspector Leng and the Sydney police try to hunt down those responsible and hope to solve their case along the way.

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Django
1966 Β· dir. Sergio Corbucci
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.2action Β· western

Action in the same key

A coffin-dragging gunslinger and a prostitute become embroiled in a bitter feud between a Klan of Southern racists and a band of Mexican Revolutionaries.

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Little Caesar
1931 Β· dir. Mervyn LeRoy
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.2drama Β· crime Β· action

Both know what they want from drama

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

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