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Movies that feel likeVanguard (2020)

Covert security company Vanguard is the last hope of survival for an accountant after he is targeted by the world's deadliest mercenary organization.

If you loved Vanguard, the closest films we have are Police Story 3: Super Cop (1992), Kung Fu Jungle (2014) and Rumble in the Bronx (1995). All three share Vanguard's kinetic and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Dhurandhar (2025).

πŸ… 29% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 4.7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Stanley Tong Gwai-Laikineticepicwittyplayfulgrittytense
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If Vanguard hit the spot, these will too

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Police Story 3: Super Cop
1992 Β· dir. Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7action Β· crime Β· thriller

Both are Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.

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Kung Fu Jungle
2014 Β· dir. Teddy Chan
πŸ… 74%β˜… 6.4action Β· thriller Β· crimePrime Video

Kinetic and epic in the same breath

The difference: Takes it somewhere less witty than Vanguard 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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Rumble in the Bronx
1995 Β· dir. Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai
πŸ… 81%β˜… 6.8crime Β· action Β· comedy

Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai working the same nerve twice

The difference: Trades the scale of Vanguard for an angle of its own

Keong comes from Hong Kong to visit New York for his uncle's wedding. His uncle runs a market in the Bronx and Keong offers to help out while Uncle is on his honeymoon. During his stay in the Bronx, Keong befriends a neighbor kid and beats up some neighborhood thugs who cause problems at the market. One of those petty thugs in the local gang stumbles into a criminal situation way over his head.

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Sixty Minutes
2024 Β· dir. Oliver Kienle
πŸ… 67%β˜… 5.7action Β· adventure Β· crimeNetflix

Gritty where it counts, tense underneath

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Vanguard 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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Triple Frontier
2019 Β· dir. J.C. Chandor
πŸ… 71%β˜… 6.5action Β· thriller Β· crimeNetflix

The same preoccupation in both: survival

Struggling to make ends meet, former special ops soldiers reunite for a high-stakes heist: stealing $75 million from a South American drug lord.

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Dhurandhar
2025 Β· dir. Aditya Dhar
β˜… 8.2action Β· crime Β· thrillerNetflix

Common ground in both: espionage and gun violence

In the early 2000s, an undercover operative infiltrates Karachi's underworld, breaking into its inner circle to dismantle a violent nexus from within.

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Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
2021 Β· dir. Patrick Hughes
πŸ… 25%β˜… 6.1action Β· comedy Β· crimeRent or buy

Common ground: bodyguard

The world’s most lethal odd couple – bodyguard Michael Bryce and hitman Darius Kincaid – are back on another life-threatening mission. Still unlicensed and under scrutiny, Bryce is forced into action by Darius's even more volatile wife, the infamous international con artist Sonia Kincaid. As Bryce is driven over the edge by his two most dangerous protectees, the trio get in over their heads in a global plot and soon find that they are all that stand between Europe and a vengeful and powerful madman.

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The Myth
2005 Β· dir. Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai
πŸ… 20%β˜… 6.1action Β· adventure Β· comedy

Both land wit and play at once

When a fellow scientist asks for Jack's help in locating the mausoleum of China's first emperor, the past collides violently with the present as Jack discovers his amazing visions are based in fact.

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Dilwale
2015 Β· dir. Rohit Shetty
πŸ… 24%β˜… 5.1crime Β· action Β· comedyNetflix

Kinetic action in both cases

Raj is a Mafia member. One day he meet a girl (Meera) while chasing by his rival gang and falls in love with her. Later he finds out that this girl is the daughter of the leader of his rival gang. Yet their love story continues until he was shot by his girlfriend upon a deep misunderstanding. After that incident these two lovers lives separate until their siblings fallen in love. With this new love story their paths intertwines again.

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RED 2
2013 Β· dir. Dean Parisot
πŸ… 44%β˜… 6.6action Β· adventure Β· comedy

Adventure built on scale, twice over

Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.

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OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
2006 Β· dir. Michel Hazanavicius
πŸ… 76%β˜… 7crime Β· action Β· adventure

Both are built on the same subject: espionage

Set in 1955, French secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath/OSS 117 is sent to Cairo to investigate the disappearance of his best friend and fellow spy Jack Jefferson, only to stumble into a web of international intrigue.

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Extreme Job
2019 Β· dir. Lee Byeong-heon
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.1action Β· comedy Β· crime

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

A drug squad attempts to take down a criminal organization and they must go undercover to do so, so they begin working at a chicken restaurant, that becomes famous for its delicious chicken. Due to the unexpected popularity, the detectives find themselves in a situation they never expected.

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