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Movies that feel likeThe Way of the Dragon (1972)

After a Chinese restaurant in Rome is threatened by the mafia, who will stop at nothing to acquire the property, the owner recruits a family friend in Hong Kong, kung fu expert Tang Lung, to help them defend their business.

If you loved The Way of the Dragon, the closest films we have are Django (1966), Magnum Force (1973) and Iron Monkey (1993). All three share The Way of the Dragon'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 Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973).

🍅 88% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Bruce Leekineticgritty
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Django
1966 · dir. Sergio Corbucci
🍅 94%★ 7.2action · western

Kinetic where it counts, gritty underneath

The difference: Leans harder into western than The Way of the Dragon does

A coffin-dragging gunslinger and a prostitute become embroiled in a bitter feud between a Klan of Southern racists and a band of Mexican Revolutionaries.

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Magnum Force
1973 · dir. Ted Post
🍅 69%★ 7.2drama · crime · action

Action built on momentum, twice over

"Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only Dirty Harry can stop them.

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Iron Monkey
1993 · dir. Yuen Woo-ping
🍅 91%★ 7.5action · crime · drama

Common ground in both: martial arts and kung fu

The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

In this Hong Kong variation of Robin Hood, corrupt officials of a Chinese village are robbed by a masked bandit known as "Iron Monkey", named after a benevolent deity. When all else fails, the Governor forces a traveling physician into finding the bandit.

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Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973 · dir. Kinji Fukasaku
★ 7.4crime · action · drama

Gritty crime, and it commits to that

In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.

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Chocolate
2008 · dir. Prachya Pinkaew
🍅 71%★ 6.9action · crime

Kinetic action in both cases

Zen, an autistic teenage girl with powerful martial arts skills, gets money to pay for her sick mother Zin's treatment by seeking out all the people who owe Zin money and making them pay.

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In the Line of Duty 4
1989 · dir. Yuen Woo-ping
★ 7.1action · crime · thriller

Common ground: martial arts

Two detectives who are up to their necks in trouble and in each other's face, as they try to shut down a drug-trafficking scheme that could be connected with international ties to organized crime. But in the midst of their investigation, innocent immigrant dock worker Luk Wan-Ting gets caught up in the mix when he witnesses the murder of an intelligence operative and is framed for the crime.

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

Both are built on the same subject: fight

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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Enforcement
2020 · dir. Frederik Louis Hviid
🍅 82%★ 6.5action · crimeRent or buy

Crime with a pulse of grit, in both cases

The exact details of what took place while Talib Ben Hassi was in police custody remain unclear. Police officers Jens and Mike are on routine patrol in Svalegården's ghetto when news of Talib's death comes in over the radio, igniting uncontrollable, pent-up rage in the ghetto's youth, who lust for revenge. Suddenly, the two officers find themselves fair game and must fight tooth and claw to find a way out.

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Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
2018 · dir. Yuen Woo-ping
★ 6.5action · crime · dramaPrime VideoHulu

Both working the same action territory

Following his defeat by Master Ip, Cheung Tin Chi tries to make a life with his young son in Hong Kong, waiting tables at a bar that caters to expats. But it's not long before the mix of foreigners, money, and triad leaders draw him once again to the fight.

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Bob le Flambeur
1956 · dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
🍅 97%★ 7.5drama · action · crime

Both are crime through and through

In Paris, Bob Montagne is practically synonymous with gambling -- and winning. He is kind, classy and well-liked by virtually everyone in town, including police inspector Ledru. However, when Bob's luck turns sour, he begins to lose friends and makes the most desperate gamble of his life: to rob the Deauville casino during Grand Prix weekend, when the vaults are full. Unfortunately, Bob soon learns that the game is rigged and the cops are on to him.

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Assault on Precinct 13
1976 · dir. John Carpenter
🍅 94%★ 7.3thriller · action · crimePrime Video

Cut from the same action cloth

A highway patrol officer, two criminals, and a station secretary form an unlikely alliance to defend a defunct Los Angeles precinct against a siege by a bloodthirsty street gang.

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Branded to Kill
1967 · dir. Seijun Suzuki
🍅 100%★ 7.2thriller · crime · action

Crime approached the same way

After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.

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