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Movies Like Masters of Killing

If you liked Masters of Killing (2006), a crime and drama movie directed by Makoto Shinozaki, 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. 1Siberian Education

    Siberian Education (2013)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and crime

    The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The only law it obeys… is its own. Against…

  2. 2Belly

    Belly (1998)

    ★ 6.4/10Also crime and drama

    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…

  3. 3Winged Creatures

    Winged Creatures (2009)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime and drama

    A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts his own instincts and elects to use an…

  4. 4Panic

    Panic (2000)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and drama

    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…

  5. 5The Enforcer

    The Enforcer (2022)

    ★ 7/10Also crime and drama

    A noir thriller set in Miami, the film follows an enforcer who discovers his femme fatale boss has branched out into cyber sex trafficking, putting a young runaway he’s befriended at risk. He sacrifices everything to…

  6. 6True Believer

    True Believer (1989)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and drama

    Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases and now wants to learn at his feet…

  7. 7Inside Man

    Inside Man (2023)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and drama

    Based on true events. A disgraced police detective seeking redemption goes undercover to expose a violent crime syndicate. But as he sinks deeper into the mob, the price for absolution may be higher than he can afford.

  8. 8Black Site

    Black Site (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also crime and drama

    A group of officers based in a labyrinthine top-secret prison must fight for their lives against Hatchet, a brilliant and infamous high-value detainee. When he escapes, his mysterious and deadly agenda has far reaching…

  9. 9The Perfect Weapon

    The Perfect Weapon (1991)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and crime

    Jeff, a young delinquent, is enrolled by his father in a kenpo school, in the hopes of teaching the boy some self-discipline. Years later, Jeff's mentor, Kim, is being threatened by one of the Korean mafia families…

  10. 10Best of the Best 2

    Best of the Best 2 (1993)

    ★ 6/10Also crime and drama

    In an underground fight club, blackbelt Travis Brickley is killed after losing to the evil martial arts master Brakus. Travis' death is witnessed by Walter Grady, the son of his best friend Alex Grady. Alex and his…

  11. 11The Virtuoso

    The Virtuoso (2021)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime

    Danger, deception and murder descend upon a sleepy town when a professional assassin accepts a new assignment from his enigmatic boss.

  12. 12Suburbicon

    Suburbicon (2017)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime and drama

    In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect…

  13. 13Blindfire

    Blindfire (2020)

    ★ 6.8/10Also crime and drama

    A police officer who while responding to a violent hostage call, kills the African American suspect only to later learn of his innocence. Sensing this was a set-up, and facing repercussions, he must track down the…

  14. 14Ava

    Ava (2020)

    ★ 5.8/10Also crime

    A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.

  15. 15King Ivory

    King Ivory (2025)

    ★ 7/10Also crime and drama

    Based on extensive research involving law enforcement and gang members, a never-before-seen, authentic look inside the underworld of fentanyl trafficking from gangs inside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlester…

  16. 16Fast Charlie

    Fast Charlie (2023)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and drama

    When his aging mob boss is whacked, Charlie Swift, a loyal friend and hired gun, will stop at nothing to destroy the upcoming crew that took him out.

  17. 17Mechanic: Resurrection

    Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime

    Arthur Bishop thought he had put his murderous past behind him when his most formidable foe kidnaps the love of his life. Now he is forced to travel the globe to complete three impossible assassinations, and do what he…

  18. 18The Killer

    The Killer (2023)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime

    After a fateful miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.

  19. 19RE:BORN

    RE:BORN (2016)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime and drama

    A former special forces operative struggling to contain the destructive impulses of his past goes on a rampage against a squad of ruthless assassins.

  20. 20Wire Room

    Wire Room (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also crime

    New recruit Justin Rosa must monitor arms-smuggling cartel member Eddie Flynn — and keep him alive at all costs. When a SWAT team descends on Flynn’s home, Rosa breaks protocol and contacts the gangster directly to…

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