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Movies that feel likeThe Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)

The world’s top bodyguard gets a new client, a hitman who must testify at the International Court of Justice. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial on time.

If you loved The Hitman's Bodyguard, the closest films we have are Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024), RED (2010) and The Other Guys (2010). All three share The Hitman's Bodyguard's kinetic and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Extreme Job (2019).

🍅 44% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Patrick Hugheskineticwittyplayfulgrittytense
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die
2024 · dir. Adil El Arbi
🍅 65%★ 6.5action · comedy · crimeHulu

Common ground in both: life on the run and buddy comedy

The difference: Trades the tension of The Hitman's Bodyguard for an angle of its own

After their late former Captain is framed, Lowrey and Burnett try to clear his name, only to end up on the run themselves.

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RED
2010 · dir. Robert Schwentke
🍅 72%★ 7action · adventure · comedy

Common ground: assassin

The difference: Reviewed even better

After surviving an assault from a squad of hit men, retired CIA black ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team for an all-out war. Frank reunites with old Joe, crazy Marvin and wily Victoria to uncover a massive conspiracy that threatens their lives. Only their expert training will allow them to survive a near-impossible mission -- breaking into CIA headquarters.

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The Other Guys
2010 · dir. Adam McKay
🍅 78%★ 6.7comedy · action · crimeNetflixStarz

Both are built on the same subject: buddy comedy

Unlike their heroic counterparts on the force, desk-bound NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz garner no headlines as they work day to day. When a seemingly minor case turns out to be a big deal, the two cops get the opportunity to finally prove to their comrades that they have the right stuff.

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Den of Thieves
2018 · dir. Christian Gudegast
🍅 42%★ 7crime · thriller · action

Kinetic and playful in the same breath

A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.

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★ 6.8action · comedy · crime

Witty where it counts, gritty underneath

Pietro Zinni is asked by the police to revive the old gang to create a task force that will stop the spread of smart drugs.

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Bullet Train
2022 · dir. David Leitch
🍅 53%★ 7.3action · comedy · thrillerHulu

One thread runs through both: hitman

Unlucky assassin Ladybug is determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug's latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe—all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives—on the world's fastest train.

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Hitman: Agent 47
2015 · dir. Aleksander Bach
🍅 8%★ 5.7action · crime · thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: killer

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

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The Family
2013 · dir. Luc Besson
🍅 28%★ 6.3crime · comedy · actionNetflixPrime Video

The same preoccupation in both: hitman

After ratting out his Mafia cohorts, Giovanni Manzoni and his family enter the Witness Protection Program and relocate to a sleepy town in France. Despite the best efforts of their handler to keep them in line, Giovanni (now called Fred Blake), his wife and children can't help but resort to doing things the "family" way. However, their dependence on such old habits places everyone in danger from vengeful mobsters.

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Vanguard
2020 · dir. Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai
🍅 29%★ 4.7action · adventure · comedy

One thread runs through both: bodyguard

The difference: Sits closer to adventure than The Hitman's Bodyguard does

Covert security company Vanguard is the last hope of survival for an accountant after he is targeted by the world's deadliest mercenary organization.

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Spy
2015 · dir. Paul Feig
🍅 94%★ 7action · comedy · crimeStarz

Both lean on momentum more than on action

A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster.

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Fast Five
2011 · dir. Justin Lin
🍅 77%★ 7.3action · thriller · crimeNetflix

The same preoccupation in both: life on the run

Former cop Brian O'Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they've blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom.

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Extreme Job
2019 · dir. Lee Byeong-heon
🍅 83%★ 7.1action · comedy · crime

Comedy built on wit, twice over

A drug squad attempts to take down a criminal organization and they must go undercover to do so, so they begin working at a chicken restaurant, that becomes famous for its delicious chicken. Due to the unexpected popularity, the detectives find themselves in a situation they never expected.

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