
Movies that feel likeThe Plagues of Breslau (2018)
If you loved The Plagues of Breslau, the closest films we have are Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013), Cold Eyes (2013) and Kung Fu Jungle (2014). All three share The Plagues of Breslau's gritty and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Dhurandhar (2025).
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If The Plagues of Breslau hit the spot, these will too

Both land grit and momentum at once

Both lean on tension more than on crime

One thread runs through both: serial killer
The difference: Sits closer to adventure than The Plagues of Breslau does

Gritty action in both cases

Kinetic thriller, and it commits to that

The same preoccupation in both: serial killer

Crime built on tension, twice over

Action with a pulse of grit, in both cases

Both lean on momentum more than on thriller

Crime with a pulse of tension, in both cases

Both are action through and through

Thriller approached the same way
The difference: Made in the 1980s, in a different era of the craft
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