Movies Like Death Wish 4: The Crackdown

If you liked Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987), a crime and action movie directed by J. Lee Thompson, 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
Death Wish 3 (1985)
★ 6.2/10Also action and crime
Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.
2
Death Wish II (1982)
★ 6.2/10Also action and crime
Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles.
3
Death Wish (1974)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and drama
After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad, prowling the streets for would-be muggers after dark.
4
Out for Justice (1991)
★ 6.2/10Also action and crime
Gino Felino is an NYPD detective from Brooklyn who knows everyone and everything in his neighborhood. Killing his partner was someone's big mistake... because he's now out for justice.
5
Code of Silence (1985)
★ 6/10Also 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.
6
Hard to Kill (1990)
★ 6/10Also action and drama
Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is secretly taken to a hospital where he spends several years in a coma…
7
Cobra (1986)
★ 6.2/10Also action and crime
A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans.
8
Unleashed (2005)
★ 7/10Also action and crime
Raised as a slave, Danny is used to fighting for his survival. In fact, his "master," Bart, thinks of him as a pet and goes as far as leashing him with a collar so they can make money in fight clubs, where Danny is the…
9
Coffy (1973)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and thriller
After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her…
10
In Hell (2003)
★ 6.7/10Also action and drama
A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the warden's entertainment.
11
Absolution (2024)
★ 5.9/10Also action and crime
An aging ex-boxer gangster working as muscle for a Boston crime boss receives an upsetting diagnosis. Despite a faltering memory, he attempts to rectify the sins of his past and reconnect with his estranged children…
12
Walking Tall (2004)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and action
A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.
13
Run All Night (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also action and crime
Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon has seen better days. Longtime best friend of a mob boss, Jimmy is haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police detective who’s been one step behind…
14
The Equalizer (2014)
★ 7.3/10Also thriller and action
McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand…
15
Death Warrant (1990)
★ 6.3/10Also action and crime
Canadian policeman Louis Burke is assigned in a jail to investigate the murders of prisoners and jailors. While there, Louis, using his outstanding martial arts skills, is able to save his life and make himself…
16
Code 8 Part II (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also action and crime
In a world where superpowered people are heavily policed by robots, an ex-con teams up with a drug lord he despises to protect a teen from a corrupt cop.
17
Seeking Justice (2011)
★ 5.9/10Also action and drama
After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score.
18
Black Lotus (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also action and crime
An ex-special forces operative wages a one man war through the streets of Amsterdam to rescue his friend's daughter from the local crime syndicate.
19
Diablo (2025)
★ 7.3/10Also action and thriller
Ex-con Kris Chaney seizes the daughter of a Colombian gangster to fulfill a noble promise to the young girl's mother. When her father enlists both the criminal underworld and a psychotic killer to exact his revenge…
20
In Too Deep (1999)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and action
Drug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold on the city is undercover cop Jeffrey Cole. But as Cole takes on an…