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Movies Like Lethal Cop

If you liked Lethal Cop (2002), a crime movie directed by Wong Chow-Yue, 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. 1PTU

    PTU (2003)

    ★ 7/10Also crime

    Follows a police tactical unit during one dangerous night on the streets of Hong Kong as they try to recover a cop's stolen gun. Things turn deadly when they run into a web of gangland crimes.

  2. 2Yes, Madam!

    Yes, Madam! (1985)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime

    Two unlucky thieves break into a just murdered man's hotel room and steal his passport, with a hidden microfilm, wanted by a triad boss. Two ass-kicking women cops—one Chinese, one British—are on the case.

  3. 3The Protector

    The Protector (1985)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime

    Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is…

  4. 4Plunder Road

    Plunder Road (1957)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime

    A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.

  5. 5Miracles: The Canton Godfather

    Miracles: The Canton Godfather (1989)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime

    A country boy becomes the head of a gang through the purchase of some lucky roses from an old lady. He and a singer at the gang's nightclub try to do a good deed for the old lady when her daughter comes to visit.

  6. 6As Tears Go By

    As Tears Go By (1988)

    ★ 7/10Also crime

    Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.

  7. 7Voyeur

    Voyeur (2017)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime

    Legendary journalist Gay Talese unmasks a motel owner who spied on his guests for decades. But his bombshell story soon becomes a scandal of its own.

  8. 8Wrong Cops

    Wrong Cops (2013)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime

    A group of bad cops look to dispose of a body that one of them accidentally shot.

  9. 9Special ID

    Special ID (2013)

    ★ 6/10Also crime

    A career-long undercover Hong Kong cop is sent to Mainland China when his former protégé becomes the primary suspect in a murder.

  10. 10Thick as Thieves

    Thick as Thieves (1999)

    ★ 6/10Also crime

    Two master thieves go at odds with one another as one sets the other up for a crime. The first, a suave pro who does his job and then hides in his own privacy, listening to old jazz records and caring for his ailing…

  11. 11Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

    Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime

    Set in a gritty and decadent 1970s America, American Boogeyman follows the elusive and charming killer and the manhunt that brought him to justice involving the detective and the FBI rookie who coined the phrase…

  12. 12Across 110th Street

    Across 110th Street (1972)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime

    In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as are two policemen. Lt. Pope and Capt. Mattelli are two New York City cops trying to break the case. Three small-time…

  13. 13Al Capone

    Al Capone (1959)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime

    In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder…

  14. 14Master Z: Ip Man Legacy

    Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (2018)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime

    Following his defeat by Master Ip, Cheung Tin Chi tries to make a life with his young son in Hong Kong, waiting tables at a bar that caters to expats. But it's not long before the mix of foreigners, money, and triad…

  15. 15The Organization

    The Organization (1971)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime

    After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for…

  16. 16The Brothers Rico

    The Brothers Rico (1957)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime

    Eddie Rico, the erstwhile bookkeeper for a big Mafia boss, is now making a living as an honest merchant in Florida with his family. Things go sour when the police start a search for his syndicate-linked brothers who…

  17. 17SPL: Kill Zone

    SPL: Kill Zone (2005)

    ★ 7/10Also crime

    Chan, an articulate senior detective nearing the end of his career, is taking care of the daughter of a witness killed by ruthless crime lord Po. Martial arts expert Ma is set to take over as head of the crime unit…

  18. 18Infernal Affairs

    Infernal Affairs (2002)

    ★ 7.8/10Also crime

    Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and…

  19. 19Belly

    Belly (1998)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime

    Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in on them and new players are looking…

  20. 20The Untold Story

    The Untold Story (1993)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime

    Macau cops begin to suspect a man running a pork buns restaurant of murder, after tracing the origin of a case full of chopped up human remains that washed ashore, which leads them to him.

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