Movies Like The Loan Shark

If you liked The Loan Shark (2011), a action and thriller movie directed by C.L. Hor, 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
Dangerous (2021)
★ 6/10Also action and thriller
A reformed sociopath heads to a remote island after the death of his brother. Soon after his arrival, the island falls under siege from a deadly gang of mercenaries, and when he discovers their role in his brother’s…
2
Exit Protocol (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also action and thriller
An assassin whose specialty is killing other assassins trying to get out of the business decides to try to get out himself and must then team up with his former mark to escape the hired killers now gunning for them both.
3
Border Hunters (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also action and thriller
After his police officer brother is killed by a drug dealer who flees to the protection of his cartel-connected uncle in Mexico, an American man with a diverse law enforcement/military background goes south of the…
4
The Inspector Wears Skirts (1988)
★ 6.2/10Also action
The film revolves around a crack squad of female police officers who have to deal with harassment and a lack of respect from their male colleagues, personal issues, as well as some serious criminals.
5
The Hit List (2011)
★ 6/10Also action and thriller
A disgruntled man creates a hit list with a stranger during a drunken night out and must then race to try to save those he marked for extermination as the bodies begin to pile up and all fingers point to him.
6
Fast Track: No Limits (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also action and thriller
Four young thrill-seekers race cars on the streets of Germany.
7
Dragon Tiger Gate (2006)
★ 6.7/10Also action and thriller
Three young martial arts masters emerge from the back streets of Hong Kong to help the powerless fight injustice.
8
PTU (2003)
★ 7/10Also thriller
Follows a police tactical unit during one dangerous night on the streets of Hong Kong as they try to recover a cop's stolen gun. Things turn deadly when they run into a web of gangland crimes.
9
King of Killers (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also action and thriller
Garan is a part of a group of international hitmen who are contracted to take out the most dangerous killer in the world, only to find out that they're the ones being hunted.
10
Hounds of War (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also action and thriller
After a mission goes wrong, only one of a group of mercenaries is left alive to avenge his fallen brothers.
11
God of Gamblers II (1990)
★ 6.9/10Also action
Sing finds Michael "Dagger" Chan in order to become Ko Chun's next disciple, but the two must put aside their differences when they discover that a gang boss is bent on ruining the God of Gamblers' name.
12
Section 8 (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also action and thriller
After avenging the murder of his family, a former soldier is sprung from prison and recruited by a shadowy government agency.
13
Lights Out (2024)
★ 7.1/10Also action and thriller
A drifting ex-soldier turns underground fighter with the help of a just-released ex-con, pitting him against corrupt cops and hired killers now gunning for him and all those he cares about.
14
Chief of Station (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also action and thriller
After learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he…
15
Born to Defence (1988)
★ 6.4/10Also action and thriller
Jet, a young soldier at the end of the Second World War must overcome some abusive Americans who are bullying him as well as the Chinese people.
16
Wake of Death (2004)
★ 6.1/10Also action and thriller
Ben Archer, an ex-mob enforcer, seeks revenge against a ruthless Chinese kingpin responsible for his wife's brutal murder. When Archer joins forces with his old underworld friends, an all-out war is waged against the…
17
Cold War (2012)
★ 6.6/10Also action and thriller
After five specially trained officers and a van full of firearms fall off the grid, the Hong Kong police start receiving calls from the hijackers.
18
Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
★ 6.4/10Also action and thriller
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.
19
Run (1991)
★ 6/10Also action and thriller
When a law student accidentally kills the son of a mob boss in a fight, he finds himself relentlessly pursued by the mob and the police.
20
Year of the Dragon (1985)
★ 6.8/10Also action and thriller
In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an unauthorized…