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Movies that feel likeBallerina (2023)

Grieving the loss of a best friend she couldn't protect, an ex-bodyguard sets out to fulfill her dear friend's last wish: sweet revenge.

If you loved Ballerina, the closest films we have are Jawan (2023), The Villainess (2017) and Below Zero (2021). All three share Ballerina's kinetic and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Ghajini (2008).

🍅 91% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Lee Chung-hyunkinetictenserelentless
11 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · Amazon Prime Video · Peacock Premium

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Jawan
2023 · dir. Atlee
★ 6.9action · thrillerNetflix

One thread runs through both: revenge

An emotional journey of a prison warden, driven by a personal vendetta while keeping up to a promise made years ago, recruits inmates to commit outrageous crimes that shed light on corruption and injustice, in an attempt to get even with his past, and that leads him to an unexpected reunion.

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The Villainess
2017 · dir. Jung Byung-gil
🍅 85%★ 6.6action · thrillerPrime Video

Both keep coming back to the same thing: revenge

Honed from childhood into a merciless killing machine by a criminal organization, assassin Sook-hee is recruited with the promise of freedom after ten years of service. However, secrets from her past destroy everything she’s worked for and now she embarks on a roaring rampage of revenge.

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Below Zero
2021 · dir. Lluís Quílez
🍅 86%★ 6.2action · crime · thrillerNetflix

The same mix in both: momentum, then tension

The difference: Leans harder into crime than Ballerina does

When a prisoner transfer van is attacked, the cop in charge must fight those inside and outside while dealing with a silent foe: the icy temperatures.

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The Furious
2026 · dir. Kenji Tanigaki
🍅 98%★ 7.2action · crime · thrillerStarz

Action with a pulse of relentlessness, in both cases

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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Headshot
2016 · dir. Kimo Stamboel
🍅 73%★ 6.3action · thriller · dramaNetflix

Thriller built on momentum, twice over

A young man washes ashore, his memory gone - but his past comes back to haunt him after he is nursed back to health and his killing ability is needed when he takes on a powerful drug lord.

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Ghajini
2008 · dir. A. R. Murugadoss
🍅 53%★ 7.4action · romance · thriller

Both lean on tension more than on action

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

A man suffering from anterograde amnesia as a result of a violent attack in the past sets out to avenge his girlfriend's death with the aid of photographs, notes and tattoos all over his body.

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Ong Bak 2
2008 · dir. Tony Jaa
🍅 49%★ 6.2adventure · action · thrillerPrime Video

Relentless thriller, and it commits to that

Tien, the son of Lord Sihadecho — a murdered nobleman — is taken under the wing of Chernang, a renowned warrior and leader of the Pha Beek Krut.

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Naked Weapon
2002 · dir. Tony Ching Siu-Tung
★ 5.5action · drama · thriller

Kinetic action in both cases

The difference: 21 years apart, and the 2000s show

A mysterious woman, known as Madame M, kidnaps forty pre-teen girls and transports them to a remote island to train them as the most deadly assassins. CIA operative Jack Chen follows the case for 6 years with no leads, but when a series of assassinations begin to occur, Jack suspects that Madame M is back in business.

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Mutiny
2026 · dir. Jean-François Richet
🍅 50%★ 5.7action · thrillerRent or buy

Tense thriller, and it commits to that

After witnessing his billionaire boss' murder and being framed for the crime, Cole Reed boards a cargo ship on a one-man crusade to avenge his boss' death only to discover an international conspiracy.

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Game of Death
1978 · dir. Robert Clouse
🍅 38%★ 5.9drama · action · thriller

A streak of relentlessness through both

A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.

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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2002 · dir. Park Chan-wook
🍅 53%★ 7.5action · drama · thriller

The same action instincts

A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge.

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Killer Elite
2011 · dir. Gary McKendry
🍅 26%★ 6.4action · adventure · thrillerPeacock

Both play thriller straight

Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world’s most elite operatives—Danny, an ex-special ops agent and Hunter, his longtime mentor—against the cunning leader of a secret military society. Covering the globe from Australia to Paris, London and the Middle East, Danny and Hunter are plunged into a highly dangerous game of cat and mouse—where the predators become the prey.

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