
Movies that feel likeNew Police Story (2004)
If you loved New Police Story, the closest films we have are A Better Tomorrow (1986), Rolling Thunder (1977) and The Square (2008). All three share New Police Story's gritty and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Furious (2026).
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If New Police Story hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Police Story (1985) · Police Story 2 (1988) · Police Story 3: Super Cop (1992) · Police Story 4: First Strike (1996) · Police Story: Lockdown (2013)

The same city underneath both: Hong Kong
The difference: Reviewed even better

The same preoccupation in both: revenge
The difference: 27 years apart, and the 1970s show

Both are built on the same subject: revenge
The difference: Takes it somewhere less kinetic than New Police Story does

Both land momentum and grit at once

The same mix in both: tension, then relentlessness

One thread runs through both: martial arts

Both keep coming back to the same thing: martial arts


Action with a pulse of momentum, in both cases
The difference: Sits closer to western than New Police Story does

Both lean on tension more than on thriller


Drama built on stillness, twice over
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