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Movies that feel like The Man from Nowhere (2010)

If you loved The Man from Nowhere, the closest films we have are John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017), The Equalizer (2014) and Crank (2006). All three share The Man from Nowhere's kinetic 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 HBO Max Amazon Channel, Philo and AMC Plus Apple TV channel and others, checked against today's data.

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

πŸ… 100% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Lee Jeong-beomkinetictensegrittywarmrelentless

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If The Man from Nowhere hit the spot, these will too

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John Wick: Chapter 2
2017 Β· dir. Chad Stahelski
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.4action Β· thriller Β· crime

Martial arts and assassin, at the center of both

The difference: Missing the warmth of The Man from Nowhere

John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous killers.

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The Equalizer
2014 Β· dir. Antoine Fuqua
πŸ… 61%β˜… 7.3thriller Β· action Β· crime

Both circle hitman and revenge

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by – he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.

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Crank
2006 Β· dir. Brian Taylor
πŸ… 62%β˜… 6.9action Β· thriller Β· crime

The same preoccupation in both: drugs

Chev Chelios, a hit man wanting to go straight, lets his latest target slip away. Then he awakes the next morning to a phone call that informs him he has been poisoned and has only an hour to live unless he keeps adrenaline coursing through his body while he searches for an antidote.

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Furious 7
2015 Β· dir. James Wan
πŸ… 81%β˜… 7.1action Β· crime Β· thriller

Revenge sits at the heart of each

Deckard Shaw seeks revenge against Dominic Toretto and his family for his comatose brother.

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Wanted
2008 Β· dir. Timur Bekmambetov
πŸ… 71%β˜… 6.7action Β· thriller Β· crime

The same mix in both: momentum, then tension

Doormat Wesley Gibson is an office worker whose life is going nowhere. He meets an attractive woman named Fox and discovers that his recently murdered father - whom Wesley never knew - belonged to the Fraternity, a secret society of assassins which takes its orders from Fate itself. Fox and Sloan, the Fraternity's leader, teach Wesley, through intense training, to tap into dormant powers and hone his innate killing skills. Though he enjoys his newfound abilities, he begins to suspect that there is more to the Fraternity than meets the eye.

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The Equalizer 2
2018 Β· dir. Antoine Fuqua
πŸ… 52%β˜… 6.7action Β· thriller Β· crime

Both land grit and relentlessness at once

Robert McCall, who serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, embarks on a relentless, globe-trotting quest for vengeance when his former partner is murdered.

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The Furious
2026 Β· dir. Kenji Tanigaki
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.7action Β· crime Β· thriller

Both keep circling back to martial arts

After a criminal network kidnaps Wang Wei's daughter and the corrupt police refuse to assist him, Wei sets out on his own to locate her. Navin, a tenacious journalist whose wife has mysteriously vanished, is his only ally. In this explosive martial arts showdown, the unlikely duo fights the kidnappers ruthlessly driven by a furious vengeance.

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Fast X
2023 Β· dir. Louis Leterrier
πŸ… 56%β˜… 5.7action Β· crime Β· thriller

Both trade on momentum more than on being action

Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they've ever faced: A terrifying threat emerging from the shadows of the past who's fueled by blood revenge, and who is determined to shatter this family and destroy everythingβ€”and everyoneβ€”that Dom loves, forever.

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Sicario
2015 Β· dir. Denis Villeneuve
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.7action Β· crime Β· thriller

Both built around assassin

An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

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The Raid
2012 Β· dir. Gareth Evans
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.6action Β· thriller Β· crime

Tense thriller in both cases

Deep in the heart of Jakarta's slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world's most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the run-down apartment block has been considered untouchable to even the bravest of police. Cloaked under the cover of pre-dawn darkness and silence, an elite swat team is tasked with raiding the safe house in order to take down the notorious drug lord that runs it. But when a chance encounter with a spotter blows their cover and news of their assault reaches the drug lord, the building's lights are cut and all the exits blocked. Stranded on the sixth floor with no way out, the unit must fight their way through the city's worst to survive their mission. Starring Indonesian martial arts sensation Iko Uwais.

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Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004 Β· dir. Quentin Tarantino
πŸ… 84%β˜… 8action Β· crime Β· thriller

Crime built on grit, twice over

The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her former associates one-by-one, checking off the victims on her Death List Five until there's nothing left to do … but kill Bill.

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The Dark Knight
2008 Β· dir. Christopher Nolan
πŸ… 94%β˜… 9.1action Β· crime Β· thriller

Tragic hero is the engine of both

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

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