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Movies Like The House of Cards

If you liked The House of Cards (2013), a action and drama movie directed by Ian Chinsee, 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. 1Exit Protocol

    Exit Protocol (2025)

    ★ 6.8/10Also action

    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.

  2. 2Welcome to Sudden Death

    Welcome to Sudden Death (2020)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and drama

    Jesse Freeman is a former special forces officer and explosives expert now working a regular job as a security guard in a state-of-the-art basketball arena. Trouble erupts when a tech-savvy cadre of terrorists kidnap…

  3. 3Mexicali

    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.

  4. 444 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out

    44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action and drama

    After a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for 44 minutes.

  5. 5Beast

    Beast (2026)

    ★ 7.5/10Also action and drama

    MMA legend Patton James, now a commercial fisherman, is pulled back into the cage when his brother is in danger. Reuniting with his old coach Sammy, he commits to one final fight in one championship against the brutal…

  6. 6Only the Strong

    Only the Strong (1993)

    ★ 6.9/10Also action and drama

    Former Green Beret Louis Stevens returns to his hometown of Miami after completing military service in Brazil, only to learn that his old high school has become a haven for gangs and drug dealers. After Stevens uses…

  7. 7The Virtuoso

    The Virtuoso (2021)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action

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

  8. 8The Enforcer

    The Enforcer (2022)

    ★ 7/10Also action 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…

  9. 9Hounds of War

    Hounds of War (2024)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action

    After a mission goes wrong, only one of a group of mercenaries is left alive to avenge his fallen brothers.

  10. 10Hellhound

    Hellhound (2024)

    ★ 6.8/10Also action

    Ready to leave his profession behind, Loreno, an assassin, lends help to an old friend, Cetan, and taking one last job in Thailand seeking out a local kingpin. A lapse in judgment means Loreno crosses paths with old…

  11. 11The Double

    The Double (2011)

    ★ 5.8/10Also action and drama

    The mysterious murder of a US senator bearing the distinctive trademark of the legendary Soviet assassin 'Cassius', forces retired CIA operative, Paul Shepherson to team with rookie FBI agent, Ben Geary to solve the…

  12. 12The Perfect Weapon

    The Perfect Weapon (1991)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action and drama

    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…

  13. 13In Full Bloom

    In Full Bloom (2019)

    ★ 6.8/10Also action and drama

    Set shortly after the end of World War II, a philosophical boxing drama of two fighters from opposite worlds (USA and Japan) who are pulled together for a questionable fight arranged by their unscrupulous managers and…

  14. 14Stowaway

    Stowaway (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also action

    A tenacious party girl fights to survive after three thieves commandeer her luxury yacht. Unable to escape and trapped on the yacht at high seas, the prey becomes the hunter as she turns the tables on the intruders and…

  15. 15Seized

    Seized (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action

    Hiding out with his son Taylor on the Mexican coast, Nero hopes to put his violent Special Forces career behind him. But after Nero’s home is attacked and Taylor is abducted, the mysterious Mzamo orders Nero to…

  16. 16Best of the Best 2

    Best of the Best 2 (1993)

    ★ 6/10Also action 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…

  17. 17Trigger Point

    Trigger Point (2021)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action

    Nicolas Shaw is a retired U.S. special operative who becomes part of an elite 'invisible' team that quietly takes out the worst villains around the world.

  18. 18Mechanic: Resurrection

    Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action

    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…

  19. 19Dangerous

    Dangerous (2021)

    ★ 6/10Also action

    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…

  20. 20Wire Room

    Wire Room (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also action

    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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