Movies Like Black Butterfly

If you liked Black Butterfly (1990), a crime and action movie directed by Liao Ming-Li, 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
SuperFly (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also action and crime
Career criminal Youngblood Priest wants out of the Atlanta drug scene, but as he ramps up sales, one little slip up threatens to bring the whole operation down before he can make his exit.
2
Kung Fu Jungle (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also action and crime
A martial arts instructor working at a police academy gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return…
3
Killing Them Softly (2012)
★ 6/10Also crime
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
4
Copshop (2021)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and action
On 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…
5
Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
★ 7.5/10Also crime
Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to…
6
Dark City (1950)
★ 6.5/10Also crime
War hero Danny Haley fleeces out-of-town dupes in a rigged poker game. He and his pals see Arthur Winant as an easy mark, but they've reckoned without Winant's homicidal brother, who wants revenge after Arthur commits…
7
Ava (2020)
★ 5.8/10Also action and crime
A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.
8
3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also action and crime
It was an ingenious enough plan: rob the Riviera Casino's count room during an Elvis impersonator convention. But Thomas Murphy decided to keep all the money for himself and shot all his partners, including…
9
John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
★ 7.7/10Also action and crime
With the price on his head ever increasing, John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and…
10
Ocean's Eleven (1960)
★ 6.4/10Also crime
Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.
11
Code of Silence (1985)
★ 5.9/10Also action and crime
A 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.
12
High Rollers (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also action and crime
A master thief must pull off a dangerous casino heist when his nemesis kidnaps his lover. Caught between rival criminals and FBI pursuit, he risks all to save her and score big.
13
Triple Threat (2019)
★ 6.4/10Also action
A crime syndicate places a hit on a billionaire's daughter, making her the target of an elite assassin squad. A small band of down-and-out mercenaries protects her, fighting tooth and nail to stop the assassins from…
14
Bugsy (1991)
★ 6.3/10Also crime
New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies…
15
Wild Target (2010)
★ 6.5/10Also action
Victor Maynard is a middle-aged, solitary assassin who lives to please his formidable mother, despite his own peerless reputation for lethal efficiency. His professional routine is interrupted when he finds himself…
16
Triple 9 (2016)
★ 6/10Also action and crime
A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
17
Ballerina (2025)
★ 7.3/10Also action and crime
Taking place during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, Eve Macarro begins her training in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma.
18
Violet & Daisy (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and action
Two teenage assassins accept what they think will be a quick-and-easy job, until an unexpected target throws them off their plan.
19
The Mechanic (1972)
★ 6.7/10Also action and crime
Arthur Bishop is a veteran hit man who, owing to his penchant for making his targets' deaths seem like accidents, thinks himself an artist. It's made him very rich, but as he hits middle age, he's so depressed and…
20
Atlantic City (1980)
★ 6.8/10Also crime
In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger.