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Movies that feel likeAssault on Precinct 13 (1976)

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.

If you loved Assault on Precinct 13, the closest films we have are Dirty Harry (1971), Caliber 9 (1972) and Bullitt (1968). All three share Assault on Precinct 13's tense and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Branded to Kill (1967).

πŸ… 94% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.3 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. John Carpentertensekineticgritty
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Dirty Harry
1971 Β· dir. Don Siegel
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.7action Β· crime Β· thriller

Both are working the same pair: police, ambush

When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath.

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Caliber 9
1972 Β· dir. Fernando Di Leo
β˜… 7.4crime Β· thriller

Two things both keep coming back to: gunfight and brutality

The difference: Takes it somewhere less kinetic than Assault on Precinct 13 does

Just out of prison, ex-con Ugo Piazza meets his former employer, a psychopathic gangster Rocco who enjoys sick violence and torture. Both the gangsters and the police believe Ugo has hidden $300,000 that should have gone to an American drug syndicate boss.

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Bullitt
1968 Β· dir. Peter Yates
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.4action Β· crime Β· thriller

Both are built on the same subject: police

Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny, who is in protective custody in San Francisco under the watch of police lieutenant Frank Bullitt. When a pair of mob hitmen enter the scene, Bullitt follows their trail through a maze of complications and double-crosses. This thriller includes one of the most famous car chases ever filmed.

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Police Story 2
1988 Β· dir. Jackie Chan
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7action Β· crime Β· thrillerMax

Both land tension and momentum at once

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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Branded to Kill
1967 Β· dir. Seijun Suzuki
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.2thriller Β· crime Β· action

Both lean on grit more than on thriller

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

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In the Line of Duty 4
1989 Β· dir. Yuen Woo-ping
β˜… 7.1action Β· crime Β· thriller

Action with a pulse of tension, in both cases

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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Gone in 60 Seconds
1974 Β· dir. H.B. Halicki
πŸ… 43%β˜… 6.3action Β· crime Β· thriller

Kinetic crime in both cases

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Insurance investigator Maindrian Pace and his team lead double-lives as unstoppable car thieves. When a South American drug lord pays Pace to steal 48 cars for him, all but one, a 1973 Ford Mustang, are in the bag. As Pace prepares to rip-off the fastback, codenamed "Eleanor", in Long Beach, he is unaware that his boss has tipped off the police after a business dispute.

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Hard Target
1993 Β· dir. John Woo
πŸ… 63%β˜… 6.2action Β· thriller Β· crimePrime Video

One thread runs through both: psychopath

When a woman's father goes missing, she enlists a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of recreation.

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Infernal Affairs II
2003 Β· dir. Alan Mak Siu-Fai
πŸ… 75%β˜… 7.2action Β· thriller Β· crimeMax

Thriller built on grit, twice over

The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft

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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Hard Boiled
1992 Β· dir. John Woo
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.7action Β· thriller Β· crimeRent or buy

Tense action, and it commits to that

A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.

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The Street Fighter
1974 Β· dir. Shigehiro Ozawa
β˜… 6.9action Β· crime Β· thriller

Crime built on momentum, twice over

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Assault on Precinct 13 does

Takuma Tsurugi takes on the government, the police, the mafia and an international ring of kidnappers who aim to dispossess a beautiful young heiress of her millions.

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The Killer
1989 Β· dir. John Woo
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.7action Β· crime Β· dramaRent or buy

Thriller with a pulse of grit, in both cases

Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, when beautiful nightclub chanteuse Jennie is blinded in the crossfire of his most recent hit, Jeffrey chooses to retire after one last job to pay for his unintended victim's sight-restoring operation. But when Jeffrey is double-crossed, he reluctantly joins forces with a rogue policeman to make things right.

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