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Movies Like China O'Brien II

If you liked China O'Brien II (1990), a action and crime movie directed by Robert Clouse, 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. 1Ninja: Shadow of a Tear

    Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013)

    ★ 6.8/10Also action and crime

    Fight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial-arts master Casey Bowman after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence. Vowing revenge, the fearless American…

  2. 2The Substitute

    The Substitute (1996)

    ★ 7/10Also action and crime

    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…

  3. 3El padrino: The Latin Godfather

    El padrino: The Latin Godfather (2004)

    ★ 7.2/10Also action and crime

    In the streets of East Los Angeles, Manny is a formidable drug dealer. Impressed by his extravagant lifestyle and prowess, his young son, Kilo, yearns to follow in his footsteps. Kilo resolves to learn how to prosper…

  4. 4Al Capone

    Al Capone (1959)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action and 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…

  5. 5Rise of the Footsoldier

    Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action and crime

    Carlton Leach rises from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late '80s and early '90s.

  6. 6In the Blood

    In the Blood (2014)

    ★ 5.8/10Also action and crime

    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.

  7. 7Undisputed II: Last Man Standing

    Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006)

    ★ 7.4/10Also action and crime

    Heavyweight Champ George "Iceman" Chambers is sent to a Russian jail on trumped-up drug charges. In order to win his freedom he must fight against the jailhouse fighting champ Uri Boyka in a battle to the death. This…

  8. 8Kiss of the Dragon

    Kiss of the Dragon (2001)

    ★ 6.9/10Also action and crime

    Liu Jian, an elite Chinese police officer, comes to Paris to arrest a Chinese drug lord. When Jian is betrayed by a French officer and framed for murder, he must go into hiding and find new allies.

  9. 9Convict

    Convict (2014)

    ★ 6.5/10Also action and crime

    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…

  10. 10Assassination Games

    Assassination Games (2011)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and crime

    Brazil is a contract killer, willing to take any job if the price is right. Flint left the assassin game when a ruthless drug dealer’s brutal attack left his wife in a coma. When a contract is put out on the same…

  11. 11The Protector

    The Protector (1985)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action and 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…

  12. 12The Shepherd: Border Patrol

    The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and crime

    A Texas cop battles ex-navy seals who are trying to traffic drugs from Mexico into the USA.

  13. 13Coffy

    Coffy (1973)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime and drama

    After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her…

  14. 14Ninja

    Ninja (2009)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action and crime

    A westerner named Casey, studying Ninjutsu in Japan, is asked by the Sensei to return to New York to protect the legendary Yoroi Bitsu, an armored chest that contains the weapons of the last Koga Ninja.

  15. 15Revenge of the Ninja

    Revenge of the Ninja (1983)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action and crime

    A peaceful ex-ninja's life shatters when his son's kidnapping forces him back into violence amid an American-Japanese criminal drug war.

  16. 16Jawbone

    Jawbone (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and drama

    A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the only family he has left: gym owner…

  17. 17Hard Target

    Hard Target (1993)

    ★ 6.5/10Also action and crime

    When a woman's father goes missing, she enlists a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of recreation.

  18. 18Mexicali

    Mexicali (2026)

    ★ 7.7/10Also action and drama

    A former special forces contractor is forced out of retirement as an avocado farmer in Mexico when local gangsters try to force him and his family off their farm.

  19. 19Red Heat

    Red Heat (1988)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action and crime

    A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.

  20. 20Out for Justice

    Out for Justice (1991)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action and crime

    Gino Felino is an NYPD detective from Brooklyn who knows everyone and everything in his neighborhood. Killing his partner was someone's big mistake... because he's now out for justice.

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