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Movies that feel likeKingdom: Ashin of the North (2021)

Tragedy, betrayal and a mysterious discovery fuel a woman's vengeance for the loss of her tribe and family.

If you loved Kingdom: Ashin of the North, the closest films we have are Cold in July (2014), Lady Vengeance (2005) and Jawan (2023). All three share Kingdom: Ashin of the North's tense and relentless feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

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

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Cold in July
2014 · dir. Jim Mickle
🍅 84%★ 6.7drama · thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: revenge

The difference: Less dreamlike, more its own thing

While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of a low-life burglar. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane soon finds himself fearing for his family’s safety when Freddy’s ex-con father rolls into town, hell-bent on revenge.

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Lady Vengeance
2005 · dir. Park Chan-wook
🍅 76%★ 7.5drama · thrillerRent or buy

Both are built on the same subject: revenge

Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution.

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Jawan
2023 · dir. Atlee
★ 6.9action · thrillerNetflix

Tense and relentless in the same breath

The difference: Played as action first

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 Square
2008 · dir. Nash Edgerton
🍅 86%★ 6.7crime · drama · thriller

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

The difference: Leans further into crime

Ray, a construction worker trapped in an unhappy marriage, pursues an affair with his neighbor, Carla. Carla's husband, Greg, is a mobster who keeps large sums of drug money in their home. With this in mind, Carla comes up with a plan: She and Ray will steal Greg's money, burn down her house, convince Greg the money was lost in the fire and then run away together. Carla's scheme, however, doesn't go off as planned.

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The Salesman
2016 · dir. Asghar Farhadi
🍅 96%★ 7.7drama · thrillerPrime Video

Contemplative thriller in both cases

Forced out of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighboring building, Emad and Rana move into a new flat in the center of Tehran. An incident linked to the previous tenant will dramatically change the young couple’s life.

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Ballerina
2023 · dir. Lee Chung-hyun
🍅 91%★ 6.3action · thrillerNetflix

Fantasy built on tension, twice over

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.

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

Relentless drama, and it commits to that

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

Both lean on tension more than on thriller

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

Fantasy with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

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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Dogman
2018 · dir. Matteo Garrone
🍅 84%★ 7.2crime · drama · thriller

Drama built on relentlessness, twice over

Marcello, a small and gentle dog groomer, finds himself involved in a dangerous relationship of subjugation with Simone, a former violent boxer who terrorizes the entire neighborhood. In an effort to reaffirm his dignity, Marcello will submit to an unexpected act of vengeance.

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

Thriller in the same key

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

The same drama instincts

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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