
Movies that feel like The Killer (1989)
If you loved The Killer, the closest films we have are Hard Boiled (1992), Gone in 60 Seconds (1974) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). All three share The Killer's kinetic and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Criterion Channel, HBO Max Amazon Channel and YouTube TV and others, checked against today's data.
If The Killer hit the spot, these will too

Both are John Woo films, and they rhyme
The difference: Missing the stillness of The Killer

The same preoccupation in both: police
The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

The same mix in both: momentum, then grit
The difference: A 2010s film, from a different era of filmmaking

Contemplative and tense in the same breath

Both keep circling back to dramatic

Both trade on momentum more than on being action

Crime built on grit, twice over

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Tense thriller, and it commits to that

Kinetic action in both cases

The same hand behind both of them: John Woo

Both rooted in Hong Kong
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