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Movies that feel like Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)

If you loved Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, the closest films we have are Lady Vengeance (2005), Naked Weapon (2002) and Man on Fire (2004). All three share Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance's contemplative and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Shudder and others, checked against today's data.

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.

πŸ… 53% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Park Chan-wookkineticcontemplativetenserelentless
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Lady Vengeance
2005 Β· dir. Park Chan-wook
πŸ… 76%β˜… 7.5drama Β· thriller

Both are Park Chan-wook's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Not nearly as kinetic

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

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

Common ground in both: kidnapping and revenge

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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Man on Fire
2004 Β· dir. Tony Scott
πŸ… 39%β˜… 7.7action Β· drama Β· thriller

Common ground: kidnapping

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.

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

Both are built on the same subject: revenge

The difference: Leans further into crime

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

Kinetic and tense in the same breath

The difference: 21 years apart, and the 2020s show

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

Both land stillness and relentlessness at once

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· thriller

Action with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

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

Drama built on stillness, twice over

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

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Cold in July
2014 Β· dir. Jim Mickle
πŸ… 84%β˜… 6.7drama Β· thriller

Tense thriller, and it commits to that

While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of a low-life burglar. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane soon finds himself fearing for his family’s safety when Freddy’s ex-con father rolls into town, hell-bent on revenge.

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Riders of Justice
2020 Β· dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.5action Β· comedy Β· drama

Both lean on relentlessness more than on action

The difference: Played as comedy first

Markus returns home to care for his daughter when his wife dies in a tragic train accident. However, when a survivor of the wreck surfaces and claims foul play, Markus suspects his wife was murdered and embarks on a mission to find those responsible.

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Headshot
2016 Β· dir. Kimo Stamboel
πŸ… 73%β˜… 6.3action Β· thriller Β· drama

Kinetic drama in both cases

A young man washes ashore, his memory gone - but his past comes back to haunt him after he is nursed back to health and his killing ability is needed when he takes on a powerful drug lord.

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Ong Bak 2
2008 Β· dir. Tony Jaa
πŸ… 49%β˜… 6.2adventure Β· action Β· thriller

Both lean on tension more than on thriller

Tien, the son of Lord Sihadecho β€” a murdered nobleman β€” is taken under the wing of Chernang, a renowned warrior and leader of the Pha Beek Krut.

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