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Movies Like The Insolent

If you liked The Insolent (1973), a action movie directed by Jean-Claude Roy, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1The Escapist

    The Escapist (2008)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action

    Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict twelve years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill, he is determined to make peace with her before it's too late. He develops an…

  2. 2Ho !

    Ho ! (1968)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action

    Race driver who has lost his membership card becomes the chauffeur of a gangsters pack

  3. 3Play Dirty

    Play Dirty (2025)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action

    Expert thief Parker gets a shot at a major heist, but to pull it off he and his team must outsmart a South American dictator, the New York mob, and the world's richest man.

  4. 4Nowhere to Run

    Nowhere to Run (1993)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action

    Escaped convict Sam Gillen single-handedly takes on ruthless developers who are determined to evict a widow with two young children.

  5. 5The Shipment

    The Shipment (2021)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action

    A former U.S. Navy Seal is forced to become the international criminal he once fought against when a powerful and violent drug cartel kidnaps his wife and daughter.

  6. 6Escape Plan

    Escape Plan (2013)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action

    Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival skills so he can design escape-proof prisons, his skills are put to…

  7. 7Farewell, Friend

    Farewell, Friend (1968)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action

    After serving together in the French Foreign Legion, a mercenary and a doctor leave the service and go their separate ways. Later, they are reunited and become involved with a caper involving millions in a…

  8. 8In the Blood

    In the Blood (2014)

    ★ 5.8/10Also action

    When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.

  9. 9The System

    The System (2022)

    ★ 7.3/10Also action

    When a young soldier, newly returned from war, gets caught up in a drug bust, he is recruited by the authorities to go undercover in a notoriously dangerous prison in order to figure out what is really going on.

  10. 10Vendetta

    Vendetta (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action

    When his daughter is murdered, William Duncan takes the law into his own hands, setting out on a quest for retribution. After killing the street thug responsible for her death, he finds himself in the middle of a war…

  11. 11Absolution

    Absolution (2024)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action

    An aging ex-boxer gangster working as muscle for a Boston crime boss receives an upsetting diagnosis. Despite a faltering memory, he attempts to rectify the sins of his past and reconnect with his estranged children…

  12. 12The Crook

    The Crook (1970)

    ★ 7.1/10Also action

    A thief known as Simon the Swiss faces up and downs in his criminal profession.

  13. 13Freedom

    Freedom (2024)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action

    Inspired by the true events of one of France's most notorious non-violent robbers, Bruno Sulak, in the 1980s. He led multiple heists, then captured public attention for his many daring escapes from police…

  14. 14Convict

    Convict (2014)

    ★ 6.5/10Also action

    Set in the dark and old Parramatta prison built by the original convicts our lead character Ray a war veteran finds himself serving 18 months for manslaughter after defending his fiance. He soon realizes that the…

  15. 15Avengement

    Avengement (2019)

    ★ 6.9/10Also action

    While on a prison furlough, a lowly criminal evades his guards and returns to his old stomping ground to take revenge on the people who turned him into a cold blooded killer.

  16. 16In the Grey

    In the Grey (2026)

    ★ 7.5/10Also action

    A covert team of elite operatives are living in the shadows. When a ruthless despot steals a billion-dollar fortune, they're sent to take it back—an impossible heist that erupts into a deadly game of strategy…

  17. 17Street

    Street (2015)

    ★ 6.5/10Also action

    Remo Street is a young fighter who comes from a world where nothing is easy, so when he is faced with the opportunity to train with a world class coach, he has to choose between the long hard road to honor and glory…

  18. 18Le Guignolo

    Le Guignolo (1980)

    ★ 6/10Also action

    After the failure of his recent criminal exploits, international con artist Alexandre Dupré sets off for Venice to try to dupe some Japanese business men into buying a fake copy of a stolen Caneletto. On the aeroplane…

  19. 19Eenie Meanie

    Eenie Meanie (2025)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action

    A former teenage getaway driver gets dragged back into her unsavory past when a former employer offers her a chance to save the life of her chronically unreliable ex-boyfriend.

  20. 20Largo Winch: The Price of Money

    Largo Winch: The Price of Money (2024)

    ★ 5.8/10Also action

    Largo Winch, devastated by the kidnapping of his son, realizes that if he finds those responsible for his bankruptcy, maybe he'll see his son again.

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