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Movies that feel like The Rebel (2007)

In French ruled Vietnam in 1922, the French and Vietnamese officers plot to sniff out arch-rebel De Canh.

If you loved The Rebel, the closest films we have are Shaolin (2011), Ip Man: The Final Fight (2013) and Once Upon a Time in China (1991). All three share The Rebel's kinetic and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Deep Water (2006).

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If The Rebel hit the spot, these will too

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Shaolin
2011 · 🍅 73% · ★ 6.8 Prime Video

Kinetic where it counts, contemplative underneath

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Ip Man: The Final Fight
2013 · 🍅 67% · ★ 6.1 Prime Video

Both lean on momentum more than on action

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Once Upon a Time in China
1991 · 🍅 90% · ★ 7.2 Max

Contemplative drama in both cases

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Deep Water
2006 · 🍅 96% · ★ 7.8

Action built on momentum, twice over

Sits closer to documentary than The Rebel does

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Fist of Legend
1994 · 🍅 100% · ★ 7.5 Prime Video Peacock

The action is handled with the same confidence

Takes it somewhere less contemplative than The Rebel does

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Don
2006 · ★ 7.2 Netflix

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

Leans harder into thriller than The Rebel does

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Invisible Target
2007 · ★ 6.7

Both working the same action territory

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Flash Point
2007 · 🍅 41% · ★ 6.7 Prime Video

Action in the same key

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Flight Crew
2016 · ★ 6.6 Prime Video

Action of the same temperament

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The Protector 2
2013 · 🍅 18% · ★ 5.3

Both know what they want from action

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Merantau
2009 · ★ 6.7

Both are drama through and through

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Furie
2019 · 🍅 95% · ★ 6.3 Prime Video

Cut from the same drama cloth

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The best-reviewed films that share The Rebel’s defining feeling.