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Movies that feel likeOng Bak 2 (2008)

Tien, the son of Lord Sihadecho — a murdered nobleman — is taken under the wing of Chernang, a renowned warrior and leader of the Pha Beek Krut.

If you loved Ong Bak 2, the closest films we have are The Villainess (2017), Jawan (2023) and Ballerina (2023). All three share Ong Bak 2's kinetic and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Shogun Assassin (1980).

🍅 49% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Tony Jaaepickinetictenserelentless
11 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · Amazon Prime Video · Paramount Plus Premium

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Ong-Bak (2003) · Ong Bak 3 (2010)

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: revenge

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

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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Jawan
2023 · dir. Atlee
★ 6.9action · thrillerNetflix

Common ground: revenge

The difference: Takes it somewhere less epic than Ong Bak 2 does

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

Both land momentum and tension at once

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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Fan
2016 · dir. Maneesh Sharma
🍅 83%★ 6.8action · adventure · thrillerNetflix

Epic and relentless in the same breath

A man who bears a striking resemblance to a renowned movie star becomes an obsessive fan, but when his fierce love is spurned by the star, he decides to destroy the star's life and reputation.

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Shogun Assassin
1980 · dir. Robert Houston
🍅 82%★ 7.3action · adventure

Adventure with a pulse of scale, in both cases

The difference: Made in the 1980s, in a different era of the craft

A Shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. They failed but did kill the samurai’s wife. The samurai swore to avenge the death of his wife and roams the countryside with his toddler son in search of vengeance.

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Ghajini
2008 · dir. A. R. Murugadoss
🍅 53%★ 7.4action · romance · thriller

Both lean on momentum more than on action

The difference: Leans harder into romance than Ong Bak 2 does

A man suffering from anterograde amnesia as a result of a violent attack in the past sets out to avenge his girlfriend's death with the aid of photographs, notes and tattoos all over his body.

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Killer Elite
2011 · dir. Gary McKendry
🍅 26%★ 6.4action · adventure · thrillerPeacock

Thriller built on tension, twice over

Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world’s most elite operatives—Danny, an ex-special ops agent and Hunter, his longtime mentor—against the cunning leader of a secret military society. Covering the globe from Australia to Paris, London and the Middle East, Danny and Hunter are plunged into a highly dangerous game of cat and mouse—where the predators become the prey.

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

Both are built on the same subject: martial arts

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Ong Bak 2 does

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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American Assassin
2017 · dir. Michael Cuesta
🍅 34%★ 6.2action · adventure · thrillerParamount+

Relentless adventure, and it commits to that

Following the murder of his fiancée, Mitch Rapp trains under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair then is enlisted to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets.

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Game of Death
1978 · dir. Robert Clouse
🍅 38%★ 5.9drama · action · thriller

One thread runs through both: martial arts

A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.

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

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

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases

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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