Movies Like Bricked Up

If you liked Bricked Up (2025), a comedy and action movie directed by Max James Walker, 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
The Principal (1987)
★ 6.4/10Also action and drama
Burglary. Drugs. Assault. Rape. The students at Brandel High are more than new Principal Rick Latimer bargained for. Gangs fight to control the school using knives - even guns - when they have to. When Latimer and the…
2
21 Jump Street (2012)
★ 6.9/10Also action and comedy
When cops Schmidt and Jenko join the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go undercover as high school students. They trade in their guns and badges for backpacks, and set out to shut down a…
3
We Die Young (2019)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and action
Lucas, a 14-year-old boy inducted into the gang life in Washington D.C., is determined that his 10-year-old brother won't follow the same path. When an Afghanistan war veteran comes into the neighborhood, an…
4
Rapid Fire (1992)
★ 6.4/10Also action and drama
College student Jake Lo is pursued by smugglers, mobsters and crooked federal agents after he witnesses a murder by a Mafia kingpin.
5
Tango & Cash (1989)
★ 6.5/10Also action and comedy
Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are two successful narcotics detectives who can't stand each other. Crime lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income they have caused him, plots an elaborate revenge against them.
6
The Baker (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also action and drama
A quiet, stoic man, lives a monk-like existence in self-imposed exile. When his estranged son is killed in a drug deal gone bad, he is left to look after a granddaughter he never knew existed, and he is forced back…
7
The Substitute (1996)
★ 7/10Also action and drama
When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk. Soon…
8
Paid in Full (2002)
★ 6.9/10Also action and drama
Ace is an impressionable young man working for a dry cleaning business. His friend, drug dealer Mitch, goes to prison. In an unrelated incident, he finds some cocaine in a pants pocket. Soon, Ace finds himself dealing…
9
22 Jump Street (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and action
After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team…
10
The 51st State (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also action and comedy
An American master chemist plans to score big on a once in a lifetime drug deal. All does not go as planned and he is soon entangled in a web of deceit.
11
What Doesn't Kill You (2008)
★ 6/10Also action and drama
Two childhood friends from South Boston turn to crime as a way to get by, ultimately causing a strain in their personal lives and their friendship.
12
CHiPs (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also action and comedy
The adventures of two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers as they make their rounds on the freeways of Los Angeles.
13
Rush Hour 3 (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also action and comedy
After a botched assassination attempt, the mismatched duo finds themselves in Paris, struggling to retrieve a precious list of names, as the murderous crime syndicate's henchmen try their best to stop them. Once more…
14
Baywatch (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and action
Devoted lifeguard Mitch Buchannon butts heads with a brash new recruit. Together, they uncover a local criminal plot that threatens the future of the Bay.
15
Dope (2015)
★ 7/10Also drama and comedy
Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure…
16
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and action
An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. Two cops partner to find and stop the fiends before they can dope the nation by distributing their wares via the…
17
Braven (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and action
A logger defends his family from a group of dangerous drug runners.
18
Gringo (2018)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and action
An American businessman with a stake in a pharmaceutical company that's about to go public finds his life is thrown into turmoil by an incident in Mexico.
19
Scarface (1983)
★ 8.2/10Also action and drama
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes…
20
Havoc (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also action and drama
When a drug heist swerves lethally out of control, a jaded cop fights his way through a corrupt city's criminal underworld to save a politician's son.