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Movies that feel like Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)

If you loved Mechanic: Resurrection, the closest films we have are Hitman: Agent 47 (2015), Kung Fu Jungle (2014) and Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (2010). All three share Mechanic: Resurrection's kinetic and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 12 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.

Arthur Bishop thought he had put his murderous past behind him when his most formidable foe kidnaps the love of his life. Now he is forced to travel the globe to complete three impossible assassinations, and do what he does best, make them look like accidents.

πŸ… 29% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 5.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Dennis Ganselkineticgrittytenseepic

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Mechanic (2011)

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Hitman: Agent 47
2015 Β· dir. Aleksander Bach
πŸ… 8%β˜… 5.7action Β· crime Β· thriller

The same two preoccupations: assassin, and killer

The difference: Not nearly as epic as Mechanic: Resurrection

An assassin teams up with a woman to help her find her father and uncover the mysteries of her ancestry.

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Kung Fu Jungle
2014 Β· dir. Teddy Chan Tak-Sam
πŸ… 74%β˜… 6.4action Β· thriller Β· crime

Kinetic where it counts, gritty underneath

The difference: Reviewed even better

A martial arts instructor working at a police academy gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return for his freedom.

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Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
2010 Β· dir. Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
πŸ… 47%β˜… 6.2drama Β· action Β· history

Both are built on the same subject: assassin

The difference: None of the grit Mechanic: Resurrection is built on

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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Sixty Minutes
2024 Β· dir. Oliver Kienle
πŸ… 67%β˜… 5.7action Β· adventure Β· crime

The same mix in both: tension, then scale

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Mechanic: Resurrection does

Desperate to keep custody of his daughter, a mixed martial arts fighter abandons a big match and races across Berlin to attend her birthday party.

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Ballerina
2025 Β· dir. Len Wiseman
β˜… 6.8action Β· thriller Β· crime

Action with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

Taking place during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, Eve Macarro begins her training in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma.

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Triple Frontier
2019 Β· dir. J.C. Chandor
πŸ… 71%β˜… 6.5action Β· thriller Β· crime

Gritty crime in both cases

Struggling to make ends meet, former special ops soldiers reunite for a high-stakes heist: stealing $75 million from a South American drug lord.

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Crank: High Voltage
2009 Β· dir. Mark Neveldine
πŸ… 64%β˜… 6.1action Β· thriller Β· crime

Both lean on tension more than on thriller

Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.

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Bad Boys for Life
2020 Β· dir. Bilall Fallah
πŸ… 76%β˜… 6.5thriller Β· action Β· crime

One thread runs through both: murder

Marcus and Mike are forced to confront new threats, career changes, and midlife crises as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami police department to take down the ruthless Armando Armas, the vicious leader of a Miami drug cartel.

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Patriots Day
2016 Β· dir. Peter Berg
πŸ… 80%β˜… 7.3action Β· crime Β· drama

Adventure built on scale, twice over

In the aftermath of an unspeakable act of terror, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders joins courageous survivors, first responders and investigators in a race against the clock to hunt down the Boston Marathon bombers before they strike again.

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Kill Boksoon
2023 Β· dir. Byun Sung-hyun
πŸ… 79%β˜… 6.6action Β· drama Β· thriller

Kinetic action, and it commits to that

At work, she's a renowned assassin. At home, she's a single mom to a teenage daughter. Killing? That's easy. It's parenting that's the hard part.

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The Plagues of Breslau
2018 Β· dir. Patryk Vega
πŸ… 83%β˜… 6crime Β· action Β· thriller

Gritty crime, and it commits to that

Every day at 6 pm a serial killer kills another person. Police officer Helena Rus thinks the killings are done by one man only and decides to reveal the killer's identity by getting back in 18th century history of the city.

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Infernal Affairs II
2003 Β· dir. Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
πŸ… 75%β˜… 7.2action Β· thriller Β· crime

Both keep coming back to the same thing: murder

In this prequel to the original, a bloody power struggle among the Triads coincides with the 1997 handover of Hong Kong, setting up the events of the first film.

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