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Movies Like Yakuza Ambition

If you liked Yakuza Ambition (2016), a crime movie directed by Takeshi Miyasaka, 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. 1Ichi the Killer

    Ichi the Killer (2001)

    ★ 7/10Also crime

    As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.

  2. 2Branded to Kill

    Branded to Kill (1967)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime

    After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.

  3. 3Outrage

    Outrage (2010)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime

    When a tough yakuza gangster is betrayed by his bosses, it means all out war. Bodies pile up as he takes out everyone in his way to the top in a brutal quest for revenge.

  4. 4Baby Assassins

    Baby Assassins (2021)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime

    Two high school girls who are about to graduate also happen to be highly-skilled assassins. When the organization they work for orders them to share a room, their relationship quickly sours. But when they become…

  5. 5The Yakuza

    The Yakuza (1974)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime

    When George Tanner does business with high-ranking Yakuza Tono, Tono kidnaps his daughter, and George summons his old friend, private eye Harry Kilmer, to Japan to investigate.

  6. 6The Garden of Sinners: Remaining Sense of Pain

    The Garden of Sinners: Remaining Sense of Pain (2008)

    ★ 7/10Also crime

    July 1998 - After a group of delinquents is found dead in their hangout place with all their limbs twisted and torn off, Aozaki Touko receives a request to find the murderer and asks Shiki for help. The main suspect is…

  7. 7Ted 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…

  8. 8Panic

    Panic (2000)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime

    Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for his family has become the most stressful…

  9. 9Crows Zero

    Crows Zero (2007)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime

    The students of Suzuran High compete for the King of School title. An ex-graduate yakuza is sent to kill the son of a criminal group, but he can't make himself do it as he reminds him of his youth.

  10. 10Lupin the 3rd

    Lupin the 3rd (2014)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime

    Interpol Inspector Zenigata begins a world-wide hunt for the infamous thief Arsène Lupin III, who, with his cavalcade of collaborators infiltrate a highly secured fortress-like safe named the 'Ark of Navarone' to claim…

  11. 11Lady Snowblood

    Lady Snowblood (1973)

    ★ 7.5/10Also crime

    A strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.

  12. 12Sex and Fury

    Sex and Fury (1973)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime

    Sex & Fury chronicles Ocho's exploits as she searches for her father's killers, each identified by unique tattoos on their backs (a deer, a boar, and a butterfly). Along the way, she also crosses paths with Shunosuke…

  13. 13Ca$h

    Ca$h (2010)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime

    A stroke of good luck turns lethal for Sam Phelan and his wife Leslie when they are faced with a life-changing decision that brings strange and sinister Pyke Kubic to their doorstep. As Pyke leads Sam and Leslie on a…

  14. 14Belly

    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…

  15. 15The International

    The International (2009)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime

    An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their…

  16. 16No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers

    No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers (1990)

    ★ 6.8/10Also crime

    Two feuding brothers of differing political views, one a policeman, the other a martial artist, join forces to avenge the death of their father, a retired agent who was brutally murdered by the mafia.

  17. 17The 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…

  18. 18The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill

    The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill (2021)

    ★ 7/10Also crime

    Akira is the legendary killer known as the Fable. Following the order of his boss and due to being overworked, he lives peacefully with his partner, Yoko, as ordinary siblings. Akira still works part-time at design…

  19. 19Beyond Outrage

    Beyond Outrage (2012)

    ★ 7/10Also crime

    As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of the East and Hanabishi of the West. What started as an internal strife in Outrage has now…

  20. 20Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

    Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981)

    ★ 7/10Also crime

    A high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes under her leadership.

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