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Movies Like Fists Of Steel

If you liked Fists Of Steel (1989), a action movie directed by Jerry Schaefer, 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. 1The Equalizer 2

    The Equalizer 2 (2018)

    ★ 6.8/10Also action

    Robert McCall, who serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, embarks on a relentless, globe-trotting quest for vengeance when his former partner is murdered.

  2. 2Once Upon a Time in Mexico

    Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action

    A corrupt CIA agent Sands hires hitman El Mariachi to assassinate a Mexican general hired by a drug kingpin attempting a coup d'état of the President of Mexico.

  3. 3Malone

    Malone (1987)

    ★ 6/10Also action

    Erstwhile C.I.A. assassin Richard Malone hopes for a tranquil retirement in the placid Pacific Northwest, but what he gets is a rumble with a right-wing extremist plotting a secret revolution.

  4. 4Dark Angel

    Dark Angel (1990)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action

    Jack Caine is a Houston vice cop who's forgotten the rule book. His self-appointed mission is to stop the drugs trade and the number one supplier Victor Manning. While involved in an undercover operation to entrap…

  5. 5Sicario: Day of the Soldado

    Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)

    ★ 6.9/10Also action

    Agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the United States border.

  6. 6The Replacement Killers

    The Replacement Killers (1998)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action

    Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, but his conscience gets the better of him, and he spares the child's…

  7. 7War

    War (2007)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action

    FBI agent Jack Crawford is out for revenge when his partner is killed and all clues point to the mysterious assassin Rogue. But when Rogue turns up years later to take care of some unfinished business, he triggers a…

  8. 8The Gray Man

    The Gray Man (2022)

    ★ 6.9/10Also action

    When a shadowy CIA agent uncovers damning agency secrets, he's hunted across the globe by a sociopathic rogue operative who's put a bounty on his head.

  9. 9Canary Black

    Canary Black (2024)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action

    Top level CIA agent Avery Graves is blackmailed by terrorists into betraying her own country to save her kidnapped husband. Cut off from her team, she turns to her underworld contacts to survive and help locate the…

  10. 10Sicario

    Sicario (2015)

    ★ 7.4/10Also action

    An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

  11. 11Year of the Dragon

    Year of the Dragon (1985)

    ★ 6.8/10Also action

    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…

  12. 12The Baker

    The Baker (2023)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action

    A quiet, stoic man, lives a monk-like existence in self-imposed exile. When his estranged son is killed in a drug deal gone bad, he is left to look after a granddaughter he never knew existed, and he is forced back…

  13. 13The Shipment

    The Shipment (2021)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action

    A former U.S. Navy Seal is forced to become the international criminal he once fought against when a powerful and violent drug cartel kidnaps his wife and daughter.

  14. 14Mutiny

    Mutiny (2026)

    ★ 7.6/10Also action

    After witnessing his billionaire boss' murder and being framed for the crime, Cole Reed boards a cargo ship on a one-man crusade to avenge his boss' death only to discover an international conspiracy.

  15. 15The November Man

    The November Man (2014)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action

    An ex-CIA operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect.

  16. 16The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

    The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)

    ★ 6.8/10Also action

    Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, Nick Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative…

  17. 17Erased

    Erased (2012)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action

    A former agent of the CIA and his estranged daughter go on the run after his employers target them for assassination.

  18. 18Face/Off

    Face/Off (1997)

    ★ 7.1/10Also action

    In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.

  19. 19Assassin Club

    Assassin Club (2023)

    ★ 6/10Also action

    In this world of contract killers, Morgan Gaines is the best of the best. When Morgan is hired to kill six people around the world, he soon discovers all the targets are also assassins unknowingly hired to kill each…

  20. 20Assassins

    Assassins (1995)

    ★ 6.5/10Also action

    Assassin Robert Rath arrives at a funeral to kill a prominent mobster, only to witness a rival hired gun complete the job for him -- with grisly results. Horrified by the murder of innocent bystanders, Rath decides to…

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