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Movies that feel likePatriots Day (2016)

In the aftermath of an unspeakable act of terror, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders joins courageous survivors, first responders and investigators in a race against the clock to hunt down the Boston Marathon bombers before they strike again.

If you loved Patriots Day, the closest films we have are Kung Fu Jungle (2014), All the Money in the World (2017) and The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019). All three share Patriots Day's gritty and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Outlaws (2017).

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Kung Fu Jungle
2014 · dir. Teddy Chan
🍅 74%★ 6.4action · thriller · crimePrime Video

The same mix in both: momentum, then grit

The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than Patriots Day does

A martial arts instructor working at a police academy gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return for his freedom.

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All the Money in the World
2017 · dir. Ridley Scott
🍅 79%★ 6.8crime · history · thrillerRent or buy

One thread runs through both: a true story

The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.

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The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil
2019 · dir. Lee Won-tae
🍅 97%★ 7action · crime · thrillerPrime VideoPeacock

The same preoccupation in both: a true story

After barely surviving a brutal attack by a sadistic serial killer, crime boss Jang Dong-su is left humiliated. Determined to catch the killer known as K, he forms an uneasy alliance with Jung Tae-seok, a relentless and incorruptible detective who often disrupts his illegal business. However, while Jang Dong-su wants K dead, Jung Tae-suk is determined to bring him to justice. With a deal in place—whoever finds K first will decide his fate—the hunt begins, blurring the lines between crime and law.

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Sixty Minutes
2024 · dir. Oliver Kienle
🍅 67%★ 5.7action · adventure · crimeNetflix

Both land stillness and scale at once

The difference: Leans harder into adventure than Patriots Day does

Desperate to keep custody of his daughter, a mixed martial arts fighter abandons a big match and races across Berlin to attend her birthday party.

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The Outlaws
2017 · dir. Kang Yun-sung
🍅 92%★ 7.2action · crime · thrillerPrime Video

Both lean on tension more than on action

In Chinatown, law and order is turned upside down when a trio of feral Chinese gangsters arrive, start terrorizing civilians, and usurping territory. The beleaguered local gangsters team up with the police, lead by the badass loose cannon Ma Seok-do, to bring them down. Based on a true story.

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Operation Condor
1991 · dir. Jackie Chan
🍅 71%★ 7.2action · adventure · crime

Kinetic crime in both cases

The difference: 25 years apart, and the 1990s show

Hired by a Spanish baron, Hong Kong treasure hunter Jackie, a.k.a. "Asian Hawk" and his entourage seek WWII Nazi gold buried in the Sahara Desert.

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Point Break
2015 · dir. Ericson Core
🍅 12%★ 5.3action · adventure · crime

Thriller with a pulse of grit, in both cases

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

A young undercover FBI agent infiltrates a gang of thieves who share a common interest in extreme sports. A remake of the 1991 film, "Point Break".

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Mechanic: Resurrection
2016 · dir. Dennis Gansel
🍅 28%★ 5.8action · crime · thriller

Drama built on scale, twice over

Arthur Bishop thought he had put his murderous past behind him when his most formidable foe kidnaps the love of his life. Now he is forced to travel the globe to complete three impossible assassinations, and do what he does best, make them look like accidents.

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Mile 22
2018 · dir. Peter Berg
🍅 23%★ 6.1action · thrillerNetflix

The same hand behind both of them: Peter Berg

An elite group of American operatives, aided by a top-secret tactical command team, must transport an asset who holds life-threatening information to an extraction point 22 miles away through the hostile streets of an Asian city.

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Facing El Chapo
2026 · dir. Chava Cartas
★ 6.7crime · action · thrillerNetflix

Tense history, and it commits to that

Two Mexican officers must survive the final hours of their shift after crossing a ruthless cartel boss.

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Cold Eyes
2013 · dir. Kim Byung-seo
★ 7.1crime · action · thriller

Both lean on momentum more than on action

Ha Yoon-ju becomes the newest member of a unit within the Korean Police Forces Special Crime Department that specializes in surveillance activities on high-profile criminals. She teams up with Hwang Sang-jun, the veteran leader of the unit, and tries to track down James who is the cold-hearted leader of an armed criminal organization.

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Spy Game
2001 · dir. Tony Scott
🍅 64%★ 7.1action · crime · thrillerNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: terrorism

On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal.

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