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Movies that feel likeFour Brothers (2005)

Four adopted brothers return to their Detroit hometown when their mother is murdered and vow to exact revenge on the killers.

If you loved Four Brothers, the closest films we have are A Bittersweet Life (2005), A Better Tomorrow (1986) and The Italian Job (2003). All three share Four Brothers' kinetic and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Below Zero (2021).

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A Bittersweet Life
2005 · dir. Kim Jee-woon
🍅 100%★ 7.4action · drama · crime

The same preoccupation in both: revenge

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Four Brothers does

Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Hee-soo, for fear that she may be cheating on him with a younger man with the mandate that he must kill them both if he discovers their affair.

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A Better Tomorrow
1986 · dir. John Woo
🍅 95%★ 7.4action · crime · drama

Common ground: brothers and sisters

A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.

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The Italian Job
2003 · dir. F. Gary Gray
🍅 72%★ 7action · crimeStarz

One thread runs through both: murder

Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn't plan on was being double-crossed. Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safecracker, Croker and his team take off to re-steal the loot and end up in a pulse-pounding, pedal-to-the-metal chase that careens up, down, above and below the streets of Los Angeles.

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Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003 · dir. Robert Rodriguez
🍅 66%★ 6.3action · crime · thrillerPrime VideoParamount+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: revenge

A corrupt CIA agent Sands hires hitman El Mariachi to assassinate a Mexican general hired by a drug kingpin attempting a coup d'état of the President of Mexico.

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Crank
2006 · dir. Brian Taylor
🍅 62%★ 6.9action · thriller · crime

Kinetic and gritty in the same breath

Chev Chelios, a hit man wanting to go straight, lets his latest target slip away. Then he awakes the next morning to a phone call that informs him he has been poisoned and has only an hour to live unless he keeps adrenaline coursing through his body while he searches for an antidote.

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New Police Story
2004 · dir. Benny Chan
🍅 63%★ 6.9action · thriller · crime

Relentless action, and it commits to that

Sent into a drunken tailspin when his entire unit is killed by a gang of thrill-seeking punks, disgraced Hong Kong police inspector Wing needs help from his new rookie partner, with a troubled past of his own, to climb out of the bottle and track down the gang and its ruthless leader.

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The Punisher
2004 · dir. Jonathan Hensleigh
🍅 30%★ 6.4action · crime · drama

Crime with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

When undercover FBI agent Frank Castle's wife and son are slaughtered, he becomes 'the Punisher' -- a ruthless vigilante willing to go to any length to avenge his family.

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Run All Night
2015 · dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
🍅 59%★ 6.6action · crime · thriller

Both are built on the same subject: murder

Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon has seen better days. Longtime best friend of a mob boss, Jimmy is haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police detective who’s been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years. But when Jimmy’s estranged son becomes a target, Jimmy must make a choice between the crime family he chose and the real family he abandoned long ago. Now, with nowhere safe to turn, Jimmy has just one night to figure out exactly where his loyalties lie and to see if he can finally make things right.

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

Both lean on grit more than on action

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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Extraction 2
2023 · dir. Sam Hargrave
🍅 79%★ 7action · thriller · crimeNetflix

Relentless crime in both cases

Back from the brink of death, highly skilled commando Tyler Rake takes on another dangerous mission: saving the imprisoned family of a ruthless gangster.

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Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003 · dir. Quentin Tarantino
🍅 85%★ 8.2action · crime

Action built on momentum, twice over

An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.

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The Equalizer 2
2018 · dir. Antoine Fuqua
🍅 52%★ 6.7action · thriller · crimeParamount+

Both lean on grit more than on crime

Robert McCall, who serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, embarks on a relentless, globe-trotting quest for vengeance when his former partner is murdered.

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