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Movies that feel likeBullitt (1968)

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.

If you loved Bullitt, the closest films we have are Dirty Harry (1971), Branded to Kill (1967) and The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973). All three share Bullitt's gritty and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Caliber 9 (1972).

πŸ… 98% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.4 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Peter Yateskineticgrittytense
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If Bullitt hit the spot, these will too

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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, the chase

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

Common ground: organized crime

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

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The Friends of Eddie Coyle
1973 Β· dir. Peter Yates
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.4crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Both are Peter Yates's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Trades the momentum of Bullitt for an angle of its own

An aging hood is about to go back to prison. Hoping to escape his fate, he supplies information on stolen guns to the feds, while simultaneously supplying arms to his bank robbing chums.

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Assault on Precinct 13
1976 Β· dir. John Carpenter
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.3thriller Β· action Β· crimePrime Video

One thread runs through both: police

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

Both are built on the same subject: detective

The difference: 21 years apart, and the 1980s show

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

The same preoccupation in both: organized crime

The difference: Takes it somewhere less kinetic than Bullitt 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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Police Story 2
1988 Β· dir. Jackie Chan
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7action Β· crime Β· thrillerMax

Kinetic where it counts, gritty underneath

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

Both lean on tension more than on action

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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The Outlaws
2017 Β· dir. Kang Yun-sung
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.2action Β· crime Β· thrillerPrime Video

Both keep coming back to the same thing: detective

In Chinatown, law and order is turned upside down when a trio of feral Chinese gangsters arrive, start terrorizing civilians, and usurping territory. The beleaguered local gangsters team up with the police, lead by the badass loose cannon Ma Seok-do, to bring them down. Based on a true story.

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

Kinetic crime in both cases

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

Thriller with a pulse of grit, in both cases

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

Action built on tension, twice over

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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