
Movies that feel likeThe Fast and the Furious (2001)
If you loved The Fast and the Furious, the closest films we have are The Shadow's Edge (2025), Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010) and Infernal Affairs II (2003). All three share The Fast and the Furious' kinetic and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Boondock Saints (1999).
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If The Fast and the Furious hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) · The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) · Fast & Furious (2009) · Fast Five (2011) · Fast & Furious 6 (2013) · Furious 7 (2015)

Both are built on the same subject: nostalgic
The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

The same preoccupation in both: nostalgic
The difference: Takes it somewhere less tense than The Fast and the Furious does

One thread runs through both: undercover
The difference: Trades the wistfulness of The Fast and the Furious for an angle of its own

Both keep coming back to the same thing: undercover

Kinetic and tense in the same breath
The difference: Leans harder into adventure than The Fast and the Furious does

Action built on grit, twice over

The same hand behind both of them: Rob Cohen

Kinetic crime, and it commits to that

Thriller with a pulse of grit, in both cases

Both lean on tension more than on action


Thriller built on grit, twice over
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