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Movies that feel likeThe Raid 2 (2014)

After fighting his way through an apartment building populated by an army of dangerous criminals and escaping with his life, SWAT team member Rama goes undercover, joining a powerful Indonesian crime syndicate to protect his family and uncover corrupt members of his own force.

If you loved The Raid 2, the closest films we have are Infernal Affairs II (2003), Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 (2012) and The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019). All three share The Raid 2's kinetic and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Dhurandhar (2025).

🍅 82% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Gareth Evanskineticgrittytense
11 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Amazon Prime Video

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Infernal Affairs II
2003 · dir. Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
🍅 75%★ 7.2action · thriller · crimeMax

Common ground in both: police and undercover

In this prequel to the original, a bloody power struggle among the Triads coincides with the 1997 handover of Hong Kong, setting up the events of the first film.

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Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1
2012 · dir. Anurag Kashyap
🍅 91%★ 8.2action · thriller · crime

Both keep coming back to the same thing: mafia

In 1970s India, Sardar Khan vows to take revenge on the man who killed his father decades earlier.

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The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil
2019 · dir. Lee Won-tae
🍅 97%★ 7action · crime · thrillerPrime VideoPeacock

Common ground: gangster

After barely surviving a brutal attack by a sadistic serial killer, crime boss Jang Dong-su is left humiliated. Determined to catch the killer known as K, he forms an uneasy alliance with Jung Tae-seok, a relentless and incorruptible detective who often disrupts his illegal business. However, while Jang Dong-su wants K dead, Jung Tae-suk is determined to bring him to justice. With a deal in place—whoever finds K first will decide his fate—the hunt begins, blurring the lines between crime and law.

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Police Story 2
1988 · dir. Jackie Chan
🍅 84%★ 7action · crime · thrillerMax

Two things both keep coming back to: martial arts and fight

The difference: 26 years apart, and the 1980s show

The Hong Kong super-cop must stop a group of blackmailing bombers at the same time that the villains of the first Police Story are out for revenge.

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Ninja: Shadow of a Tear
2013 · dir. Isaac Florentine
🍅 100%★ 6.2action · crime · thrillerPrime Video

Both are built on the same subject: martial arts

Fight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial-arts master Casey Bowman after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence. Vowing revenge, the fearless American stealthily tracks the killer from Osaka to Bangkok to Rangoon with the help of a wise and crafty sensei. His only clues: a series of victims whose necks bear the distinctive mark of strangulation by barbed wire. Fighting to avenge as well as to survive, Casey must sharpen his razor-like responses and take his battle skills to the next level, even using deep meditation to fake his own death. His target: the sinister drug lord Goro, who is flooding the streets with deadly meth cooked at his remote jungle factory. To prepare for his ultimate confrontation, Casey must finally become an invisible warrior worthy of the name Ninja. But just when his prey is cornered, an unexpected twist shows Casey that his battle is only beginning: he truly can trust no one.

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Undisputed III: Redemption
2010 · dir. Isaac Florentine
★ 7.4action · thriller · crime

The same preoccupation in both: prison

The difference: Leans harder into drama than The Raid 2 does

Russian inmate Boyka, now severely hobbled by the knee injury suffered at the end of Undisputed 2. No longer the feared prison fighter he was, he has declined so far that he is now good only for cleaning toilets. But when a new prison fight tournament begins - an international affair, matching the best fighters from prisons around the globe, enticing them with the promise of freedom for the winner - Boyka must reclaim his dignity and fight for his position in the tournament.

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From Paris with Love
2010 · dir. Pierre Morel
🍅 37%★ 6.4action · crime · thriller

One thread runs through both: undercover

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

James Reese has a good job as an ambassador's aid in France, but his real passion is a side gig—working in a minor role in the CIA. He would love to be a full-fledged agent and can't believe his luck when he lands an assignment with Charlie Wax. Trigger-happy Charlie soon has James crying for his desk job, but when he learns that the same guys they're trying to catch are after him, James realises that Charlie may be his only hope of survival.

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RocknRolla
2008 · dir. Guy Ritchie
🍅 60%★ 7.2action · crime · thriller

The same preoccupation in both: gangster

When a Russian mobster sets up a real estate scam that generates millions of pounds, various members of London's criminal underworld pursue their share of the fortune. Various shady characters, including Mr One-Two, Stella the accountant, and Johnny Quid, a druggie rock-star, try to claim their slice.

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Dhurandhar
2025 · dir. Aditya Dhar
★ 8.2action · crime · thrillerNetflix

The same preoccupation in both: gore

In the early 2000s, an undercover operative infiltrates Karachi's underworld, breaking into its inner circle to dismantle a violent nexus from within.

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Cold Eyes
2013 · dir. Kim Byung-seo
★ 7.1crime · action · thriller

Kinetic where it counts, gritty underneath

Ha Yoon-ju becomes the newest member of a unit within the Korean Police Forces Special Crime Department that specializes in surveillance activities on high-profile criminals. She teams up with Hwang Sang-jun, the veteran leader of the unit, and tries to track down James who is the cold-hearted leader of an armed criminal organization.

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Ong-Bak
2003 · dir. Prachya Pinkaew
🍅 85%★ 7.2action · crime · thrillerPrime Video

Tense action, and it commits to that

When the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen, a young martial artist goes to the big city and finds himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it.

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🍅 90%★ 6.9action · crime · thrillerPrime Video

Crime built on momentum, twice over

In 1980s Hong Kong, troubled youth Chan Lok-kwun, a mainland refugee, struggles to survive in the Kowloon Walled City by joining underground fights. Betrayed by crime boss Mr. Big while trying to buy a fake ID, he steals drugs from him and seeks refuge in the Walled City, where he encounters Cyclone, a compassionate yet authoritative crime lord.

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