Movies Like The Assault
If you liked The Assault (1998), a thriller and action movie directed by Jim Wynorski, 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.
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Ava (2020)
★ 5.8/10Also action and thrillerA black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.
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The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
★ 6.6/10Also action and thrillerSamantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her past, she discovers…
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Dirty Harry (1971)
★ 7.5/10Also action and thrillerWhen a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath.
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Skincare (2024)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerFamed aesthetician Hope Goldman is about to take her career to the next level by launching her very own skin care line. However, she soon faces a new challenge when a rival opens a boutique directly across from her…
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Code of Silence (1985)
★ 5.9/10Also action and thrillerA Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.
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Havoc (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also action and thrillerWhen 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.
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The Black Book (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also action and thrillerAfter his son is wrongly accused of kidnapping, a deacon who has just lost his wife takes matters into his own hands and fights a crooked police gang to clear him.
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Righteous Kill (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerTwo veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the…
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Jolt (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also action and thrillerA bouncer with an anger management problem goes on a furious and resentful rampage after the murder of a friend.
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Deep Cover (1992)
★ 6.8/10Also action and thrillerBlack police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA—the Colombian foreign minister's nephew. Russell works his way up from the bottom…
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Black and Blue (2019)
★ 6.8/10Also action and thrillerRookie cop Alicia West, an Army veteran, inadvertently captures the murder of a young drug dealer on her body cam. After realizing that the murder was committed by corrupt cops, she teams up with the one person from…
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Blue Steel (1990)
★ 5.8/10Also thrillerRookie cop Megan Turner orders a burglar to drop his gun. He whirls to shoot. Too late. Turner fires, killing him instantly. When someone lifts the assailant's gun from the crime scene, the police hold Turner…
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Copshop (2021)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and actionOn the run from a lethal assassin, a wily con artist devises a scheme to hide out inside a small-town police station. However, when the hit man turns up at the precinct, an unsuspecting rookie cop finds herself caught…
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Bad Boys for Life (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and actionMarcus and Mike are forced to confront new threats, career changes, and midlife crises as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami police department to take down the ruthless Armando Armas, the vicious…
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In Too Deep (1999)
★ 6.4/10Also action and thrillerDrug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold on the city is undercover cop Jeffrey Cole. But as Cole takes on an…
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Hanna (2011)
★ 6.6/10Also action and thrillerRaised by her father, an ex-CIA agent, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna's upbringing has been geared to making her the perfect assassin. Sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys across Europe…
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Wake Up (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and actionA group of young activists set out to make an environmental statement by vandalizing a home superstore as it closes. But their plan goes terribly wrong when they become trapped inside and must face a deranged security…
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Destroyer (2018)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and actionWhen Erin Bell was a young cop, she was given an undercover assignment that ended badly and destroyed her life. Years later, she must face her demons in order to make peace with her past.
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My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2010)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerBrad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends and neighbours, the cops piece together the strange tale of how this nice young man arrived at such a dark place.
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Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
★ 6.7/10Also action and thrillerRiggs and Murtaugh pursue a former officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies to steal and sell confiscated guns and ammunition to local street gangs.