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Movies that feel likeElite Squad (2007)

In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.

If you loved Elite Squad, the closest films we have are Training Day (2001), Chocolate (2008) and Brother 2 (2000). All three share Elite Squad'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 Enforcement (2020).

🍅 53% Rotten Tomatoes★ 8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. José Padilhacontemplativekineticgritty
10 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Amazon Prime Video

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)

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Training Day
2001 · dir. Antoine Fuqua
🍅 74%★ 7.8action · crime · drama

Two things both keep coming back to: drug dealer and police brutality

On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.

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

Kinetic where it counts, gritty underneath

The difference: Trades the stillness of Elite Squad for an angle of its own

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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Brother 2
2000 · dir. Aleksei Balabanov
★ 7.6action · crime · drama

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

Arriving in Moscow, Chechen War veteran Danila meets Konstantin, an old friend who tells him that his twin brother has been forced into signing a crooked contract with a US ice hockey team. Soon after this meeting, Danila discovers Konstantin dead and he sets out to avenge his death; a journey that leads him to Chicago and a whole new experience.

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Infernal Affairs III
2003 · dir. Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
★ 6.8crime · drama · actionMax

Contemplative action in both cases

Triad gangster turned corrupt cop Lau Kin-ming goes to dangerous lengths to avoid detection.

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Law of Tehran
2019 · dir. Saeed Roustaee
🍅 95%★ 7.7action · crime · dramaRent or buy

Kinetic crime, and it commits to that

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Samad is nobody’s fool. The narcotics officer has seen his share of a drug dealer’s lies and games, and his patience has come to run thin. While searching for the infamous drug baron Nasser Khakzad, he and his colleague Hamid scour the streets of Tehran, turning an overcrowded prison on its head. With his rough and dubious approach, Samad finally manages to find the criminal’s whereabouts – but things do not quite go according to plan...

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Enforcement
2020 · dir. Anders Ølholm
🍅 82%★ 6.5action · crimeRent or buy

Action built on grit, twice over

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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Parker
2013 · dir. Taylor Hackford
🍅 42%★ 6.2action · crime

Crime with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew's latest heist.

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

Contemplative drama in both cases

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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Police Story: Lockdown
2013 · dir. Ding Sheng
🍅 25%★ 5.9action · crime · dramaPrime Video

Both lean on grit more than on drama

A man looking for the release of a long-time prisoner takes a police officer, his daughter, and a group of strangers hostage.

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

Action in the same key

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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Tombstone
1993 · dir. George P. Cosmatos
🍅 76%★ 7.8western · action

The action is handled with the same confidence

The difference: Sits closer to western than Elite Squad does

Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. But Earp is forced to don a badge again and get help from his notorious pal Doc Holliday when a gang of renegade brigands and rustlers begins terrorizing the town.

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Furioza
2021 · dir. Cyprian T. Olencki
★ 6.3action · crime · dramaNetflix

Crime of the same temperament

A policewoman makes her ex-boyfriend an offer he can't refuse: either he infiltrates and informs on a gang of hooligans, or his brother goes to jail.

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