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Movies that feel like Pusher 3 (2005)

If you loved Pusher 3, the closest films we have are Infernal Affairs II (2003), Bleeder (1999) and The Man from Nowhere (2010). All three share Pusher 3's gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

Milo is aging, he is planning his daughter's 25th birthday, and his shipment of heroin turns out to be 10,000 pills of ecstasy. When Milo tries to sell the pills anyway, all Hell breaks loose and his only chance is to ask for help from his ex-henchman and old friend Radovan.

πŸ… 93% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.3 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Nicolas Winding Refnkinetictensegrittywarm

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Pusher (1996) Β· Pusher II (2004)

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

Both are built on the same subject: gangster

The difference: Missing the warmth of Pusher 3

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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Bleeder
1999 Β· dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
β˜… 6.8drama Β· crime

Nicolas Winding Refn working the same nerve twice

The difference: Not nearly as kinetic as Pusher 3

Two stories for the price of one: a video store clerk tries to get acquainted with a waitress; a man beats his pregnant wife, unaware that her brother is a violent racist.

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The Man from Nowhere
2010 Β· dir. Lee Jeong-beom
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.7action Β· thriller Β· crime

Two things both keep coming back to: friendship and drugs

A reclusive pawnshop owner goes on a brutal rampage to rescue a young girl kidnapped by a criminal organization.

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Cold Eyes
2013 Β· dir. Kim Byung-seo
β˜… 7.1crime Β· action Β· thriller

Both land momentum and tension at once

Ha Yoon-ju becomes the newest member of a unit within the Korean Police Forces Special Crime Department that specializes in surveillance activities on high-profile criminals. She teams up with Hwang Sang-jun, the veteran leader of the unit, and tries to track down James who is the cold-hearted leader of an armed criminal organization.

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Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1
2012 Β· dir. Anurag Kashyap
πŸ… 91%β˜… 8.2action Β· thriller Β· crime

Action with a pulse of grit, in both cases

In 1970s India, Sardar Khan vows to take revenge on the man who killed his father decades earlier.

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Hard Boiled
1992 Β· dir. John Woo
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.7action Β· thriller Β· crime

One thread runs through both: drugs

A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.

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Ninja: Shadow of a Tear
2013 Β· dir. Isaac Florentine
πŸ… 100%β˜… 6.1action Β· crime Β· thriller

Kinetic thriller in both cases

Fight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial-arts master Casey Bowman after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence. Vowing revenge, the fearless American stealthily tracks the killer from Osaka to Bangkok to Rangoon with the help of a wise and crafty sensei. His only clues: a series of victims whose necks bear the distinctive mark of strangulation by barbed wire. Fighting to avenge as well as to survive, Casey must sharpen his razor-like responses and take his battle skills to the next level, even using deep meditation to fake his own death. His target: the sinister drug lord Goro, who is flooding the streets with deadly meth cooked at his remote jungle factory. To prepare for his ultimate confrontation, Casey must finally become an invisible warrior worthy of the name Ninja. But just when his prey is cornered, an unexpected twist shows Casey that his battle is only beginning: he truly can trust no one.

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The Outlaws
2017 Β· dir. Kang Yun-sung
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.2action Β· crime Β· thriller

Crime built on tension, twice over

In Chinatown, law and order is turned upside down when a trio of feral Chinese gangsters arrive, start terrorizing civilians, and usurping territory. The beleaguered local gangsters team up with the police, lead by the badass loose cannon Ma Seok-do, to bring them down. Based on a true story.

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In the Line of Duty 4
1989 Β· dir. Yuen Woo-ping
β˜… 7.1action Β· crime Β· thriller

Both lean on grit more than on action

Two detectives who are up to their necks in trouble and in each other's face, as they try to shut down a drug-trafficking scheme that could be connected with international ties to organized crime. But in the midst of their investigation, innocent immigrant dock worker Luk Wan-Ting gets caught up in the mix when he witnesses the murder of an intelligence operative and is framed for the crime.

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Mesrine: Killer Instinct
2008 Β· dir. Jean-FranΓ§ois Richet
πŸ… 81%β˜… 7.5drama Β· action Β· thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: gangster

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Pusher 3 does

Jacques Mesrine, a loyal son and dedicated soldier, is back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Soon he is seduced by the neon glamour of sixties Paris and the easy money it presents. Mentored by Guido, Mesrine turns his back on middle class law-abiding and soon moves swiftly up the criminal ladder.

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Flickering Lights
2000 Β· dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
πŸ… 70%β˜… 7.5action Β· comedy Β· crime

Common ground: drug addiction

Four small gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they take over 4,000,000 kroner which they were supposed to bring him. Trying to escape to Barcelona they are forced to stop in the countryside, in an old, wrecked house, hiding there for several weeks. Slowly, one after another, they realize, that they would like to stay there, start a new life.

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The Yards
2000 Β· dir. James Gray
πŸ… 64%β˜… 6.4crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Warm thriller, and it commits to that

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big contractors; he's battling with a minority-owned firm for contracts.

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