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Movies that feel likeFlight Crew (2016)

A story about bravery, self-sacrifice and human dignity put on trial by the merciless power of nature. A young pilot is fired from military air force after disobeying an absurd order. He gets a job as a co-pilot with a civil airline. Being brutally honest and direct, he is not on best terms with his new colleagues. During a flight to Asia his crew receives a distress message from a volcanic island and makes a decision to attempt a rescue mission. Will it be a success? Will they survive the disaster? They have a single chance to find that out: by being a team and sticking up for one another.

If you loved Flight Crew, the closest films we have are Fist of Legend (1994), The Rebel (2007) and Ip Man: The Final Fight (2013). All three share Flight Crew's kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Enforcement (2020).

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Fist of Legend
1994 · dir. Gordon Chan
🍅 100%★ 7.5actionPrime VideoPeacock

Kinetic action, and it commits to that

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

Chen returns to his school when he finds out that his martial arts teacher has died. When he learns that his school students are harassed by some hooligans, he gears himself up to save them.

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The Rebel
2007 · dir. Charlie Nguyen
★ 6.8action · drama

Both lean on momentum more than on action

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Flight Crew does

In French ruled Vietnam in 1922, the French and Vietnamese officers plot to sniff out arch-rebel De Canh.

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Ip Man: The Final Fight
2013 · dir. Herman Yau
🍅 67%★ 6.1action · dramaPrime Video

Action with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

Ip Man reluctantly begins a series of challenges from rival kung fu schools and is soon drawn into the dark and dangerous world of the Triads.

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Shaolin
2011 · dir. Benny Chan
🍅 73%★ 6.8action · dramaPrime Video

Both know what they want from action

China is plunged into strife as feuding warlords try to expand their power by warring over neighboring lands. Fuelled by his success on the battlefield, young and arrogant Hao Jie sneers at Shaolin's masters when he beats one of them in a duel. But the pride comes before a fall. When his own family is wiped out by a rival warlord, Hao is forced to take refuge with the monks. As the civil unrest spreads and the people suffer, Hao and the Shaolin masters are forced to take a fiery stand against the evil warlords. They launch a daring plan or rescue and escape.

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The Big Boss
1971 · dir. Lo Wei
🍅 65%★ 6.9action

Action of the same temperament

Cheng is a young Chinese mainlander who moves in with his expatriate cousins to work at an ice factory in Thailand. He does this with a family promise never to get involved in any fights. However, when members of his family begin disappearing after meeting the management of the factory, the resulting mystery and pressures force him to break that vow and take on the villainy of the Big Boss.

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

The same action instincts

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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Invisible Target
2007 · dir. Benny Chan
★ 6.7action

Both are action through and through

When the Ronin Gang robs an armored car, three cops — Chan, Fong and Wai — go on the warpath. Each has a personal interest in bringing down Ronin leader Tien: he killed Chan's fiancée, humiliated Fong and kidnapped Wai's brother.

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The Protector 2
2013 · dir. Prachya Pinkaew
🍅 18%★ 5.3action

Cut from the same action cloth

Kham finds himself in trouble when he is accused of killing a trader. While on the run from the trader's nieces who are martial artists, Kham meets a friend who warns him of a terrorist plot.

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Flash Point
2007 · dir. Wilson Yip
🍅 41%★ 6.7actionPrime Video

Both working the same action territory

Detective Sergeant Ma Jun, known for dispensing his own brand of justice during arrests, teams up with an undercover cop, Wilson, to try and bring down three merciless Vietnamese brothers running a smuggling ring in the months before mainland China's takeover of Hong Kong. Jun pursues the gang tirelessly, sometimes ignoring police protocols. A showdown is inevitable!

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Metro
2013 · dir. Anton Megerdichev
★ 6.4action · thrillerPrime Video

Action approached the same way

Terror strikes the underground train system in Moscow in the form of a flood from a collapsed tunnel. The film follows a diverse group of Moscow citizens who find themselves trapped in the city’s underground rail network, their train derailed and virtually crushed after an aging tunnel collapses. Amongst this band of survivors is softly spoken surgeon Andrey (Sergei Puskepalis), whose wife is having an affair with the conceited businessman Vlad (Anatoly Beliy). Fate brings these two men together on the same doomed train, but there is little time to resolve their differences, as the tunnel begins to quickly fill with water, forcing them to work together with the others and find a way back to the surface.

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Mother's Day
2023 · dir. Mateusz Rakowicz
★ 5.3thriller · actionNetflix

Both play action straight

Nina, a former NATO special operations agent living in hiding, has to use all her deadly skills to rescue her son who has been kidnapped by ruthless gangsters. Finding Max is a double opportunity for her. A chance to feel the adrenaline rush again, and an opportunity to get back into the life of the son she had to abandon years ago.

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Once Upon a Time in China
1991 · dir. Tsui Hark
🍅 90%★ 7.2action · dramaMax

The action is handled with the same confidence

In late 19th-century Canton, legendary hero Wong Fei-Hung battles foreign forces' (English, French and American) plundering of China. When Aunt Yee returns from America totally westernised, Wong assumes the role of protector. This proves difficult when his martial arts school and local militia become involved in fierce battles with foreign and local governments. As violence escalates, even Aunt Yee has to question her new western ideals, but is it possible to fight guns with Kung Fu?

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