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Movies that feel likeMan on Fire (2004)

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.

If you loved Man on Fire, the closest films we have are Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), Lady Vengeance (2005) and New Police Story (2004). All three share Man on Fire's contemplative and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Ballerina (2023).

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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2002 Β· dir. Park Chan-wook
πŸ… 53%β˜… 7.5action Β· drama Β· thriller

Two things both keep coming back to: kidnapping and revenge

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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Lady Vengeance
2005 Β· dir. Park Chan-wook
πŸ… 76%β˜… 7.5drama Β· thrillerRent or buy

Common ground: revenge

The difference: Reviewed even better

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

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New Police Story
2004 Β· dir. Benny Chan
πŸ… 63%β˜… 6.9action Β· thriller Β· crime

Kinetic and contemplative in the same breath

The difference: Leans harder into crime than Man on Fire does

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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Ballerina
2023 Β· dir. Lee Chung-hyun
πŸ… 91%β˜… 6.3action Β· thrillerNetflix

One thread runs through both: bodyguard

The difference: Trades the stillness of Man on Fire for an angle of its own

Grieving the loss of a best friend she couldn't protect, an ex-bodyguard sets out to fulfill her dear friend's last wish: sweet revenge.

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Fist of Fury
1972 Β· dir. Lo Wei
β˜… 7.2drama Β· action Β· thriller

Both land tension and relentlessness at once

The difference: 32 years apart, and the 1970s show

During the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, Chen Zhen, the star pupil of a recently-deceased martial arts teacher battles a Japanese dojo which seeks the demise of his fighting school.

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The Villainess
2017 Β· dir. Jung Byung-gil
πŸ… 85%β˜… 6.6action Β· thrillerPrime Video

Kinetic action, and it commits to that

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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Naked Weapon
2002 Β· dir. Tony Ching Siu-Tung
β˜… 5.5action Β· drama Β· thriller

The same preoccupation in both: kidnapping

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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Game of Death
1978 Β· dir. Robert Clouse
πŸ… 38%β˜… 5.9drama Β· action Β· thriller

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.

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Jawan
2023 Β· dir. Atlee
β˜… 6.9action Β· thrillerNetflix

Both lean on tension more than on thriller

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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Never Back Down
2008 Β· dir. Jeff Wadlow
πŸ… 21%β˜… 6.6drama Β· action

Action built on relentlessness, twice over

Jake, full of anger after his father's death, is just starting to find a place for himself at his new Orlando high school - until Ryan, head of an underground MMA fight club, picks Jake out as a prime opponent. After being trounced by Ryan in front of the entire school, Jake begins training under the firm, moral guidance of a MMA master, where he learns how to fight... and how to avoid a fight. But it becomes obvious that a rematch will be inevitable if Jake wants to stop Ryan and his bullying, once and for all.

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Crank
2006 Β· dir. Brian Taylor
πŸ… 62%β˜… 6.9action Β· thriller Β· crime

Both keep coming back to the same thing: cell phone

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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Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003 Β· dir. Robert Rodriguez
πŸ… 66%β˜… 6.3action Β· crime Β· thrillerPrime VideoParamount+

Common ground in both: mexico and gun battle

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

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