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Movies that feel like Police Story: Lockdown (2013)

If you loved Police Story: Lockdown, the closest films we have are Furioza (2021), Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (2018) and Infernal Affairs III (2003). All three share Police Story: Lockdown'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.

A man looking for the release of a long-time prisoner takes a police officer, his daughter, and a group of strangers hostage.

🍅 25% Rotten Tomatoes5.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Ding Shengkineticgrittycontemplative
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If Police Story: Lockdown hit the spot, these will too

Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Police Story (1985) · Police Story 2 (1988) · Police Story 3: Super Cop (1992) · Police Story 4: First Strike (1996) · New Police Story (2004)

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Furioza
2021 · dir. Cyprian T. Olencki
6.3action · crime · drama

Both land momentum and grit at once

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

Crime built on momentum, twice over

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

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Law of Tehran
2019 · dir. Saeed Roustaee
🍅 95%7.8action · crime · drama

Both lean on grit more than on drama

The difference: Reviewed even better

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...

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

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

Crime with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

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

Gritty drama in both cases

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

The action is handled with the same confidence

The difference: Missing the stillness of Police Story: Lockdown

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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Chocolate
2008 · dir. Prachya Pinkaew
🍅 71%6.9action · crime

Crime in the same key

Zen, an autistic teenage girl with powerful martial arts skills, gets money to pay for her sick mother Zin's treatment by seeking out all the people who owe Zin money and making them pay.

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

Contemplative drama in both cases

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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Black Souls
2014 · dir. Francesco Munzi
🍅 89%6.8crime · drama

Both know what they want from crime

A former narcotics smuggler, now living peaceably in the Calabrian hills, is drawn back into his family’s drug-trade dynasty by his impetuous teenage son.

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A Touch of Sin
2013 · dir. Jia Zhangke
🍅 95%7.1crime · drama

Drama of the same temperament

Four people in different provinces are driven to violent ends: An angry miner is enraged by corruption in his village. A migrant discovers the possibilities of owning a firearm. A receptionist is pushed beyond her limits by an abusive client. A young factory worker goes from one job to the next.

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