Movies Like My Samurai
If you liked My Samurai (1992), a action movie directed by Fred Dresch, 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.
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The Marine 5: Battleground (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also actionWhile working as an EMT back stateside Jake Carter after responding to a distress call, finds himself caught up protecting a person of interest from a biker gang ruthlessly hunting them down.
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The Paper Tigers (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also actionThree middle aged men polish their martial arts skills to avenge their fallen master.
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Hostile Takeover (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also actionFollows Pete, a professional hitman, as he faces a group of assassins after the boss of a crime syndicate suspects disloyalty due to his attendance at Workaholics Anonymous meetings.
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Lion Fist (2026)
★ 7.2/10Also actionMartial arts fighter Joe goes to prison for four years and takes his wife's blame for a drug bust. After his release, he learns that his son needs expensive surgery because of a life-threatening tumor. Joe's only…
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Beast (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also actionMMA 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…
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In the Blood (2014)
★ 5.8/10Also actionWhen her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
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Run (1991)
★ 6/10Also actionWhen 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.
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Showdown (1993)
★ 6.3/10Also actionKen has just moved from Kansas with his mother. He talks to a girl named Julie, not knowing that her boyfriend Tom is very possessive of her. Tom is learning karate from Lee, a sensei whose brother was killed by a…
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The Perfect Weapon (1991)
★ 6.4/10Also actionJeff, 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…
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Only the Strong (1993)
★ 6.9/10Also actionFormer 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…
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Section 8 (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also actionAfter avenging the murder of his family, a former soldier is sprung from prison and recruited by a shadowy government agency.
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Dangerous (2021)
★ 6/10Also actionA 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…
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The System (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also actionWhen a young soldier, newly returned from war, gets caught up in a drug bust, he is recruited by the authorities to go undercover in a notoriously dangerous prison in order to figure out what is really going on.
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Gladiator Underground (2025)
★ 7.7/10Also actionTwo brothers compete in the world's deadliest underground fighting tournament, where they must decide whether to play by the rules or to cast their honor aside and team up to bring down the dark syndicate running the…
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King of Killers (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also actionGaran 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.
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Absolution (2024)
★ 5.9/10Also actionAn 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…
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The Big Brawl (1980)
★ 5.9/10Also actionA young Asian American martial artist is forced to participate in a brutal formal street-fight competition.
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Embattled (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also actionThe eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.
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Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also actionCarlton 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.
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Art of Eight Limbs (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also actionFour canisters of deadly VX nerve gas have fallen into the hands of an international arms dealer in Myanmar. A CIA recruit delivers a high-tech detection device to an agent already on the ground.