Movies Like Assault with a Deadly Weapon
If you liked Assault with a Deadly Weapon (1982), a action movie directed by Arthur Kennedy, 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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Code of Silence (1985)
★ 5.9/10Also actionA 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.
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Trap House (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also actionAn undercover DEA agent and his partner embark on a game of cat and mouse with an audacious, and surprising group of thieves – their own rebellious teenagers, who have begun robbing from a dangerous cartel, using their…
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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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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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Wake of Death (2004)
★ 6.1/10Also actionBen Archer, an ex-mob enforcer, seeks revenge against a ruthless Chinese kingpin responsible for his wife's brutal murder. When Archer joins forces with his old underworld friends, an all-out war is waged against the…
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12 Rounds 3: Lockdown (2015)
★ 6/10Also actionDetective Shaw returns to active duty after the death of his partner. When he uncovers evidence linking his fellow officers to a murder, they frame him for a homicide he didn't commit. Trapped in his own precinct, Shaw…
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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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Death Wish 3 (1985)
★ 6.2/10Also actionArchitect/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.
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Border Hunters (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also actionAfter his police officer brother is killed by a drug dealer who flees to the protection of his cartel-connected uncle in Mexico, an American man with a diverse law enforcement/military background goes south of the…
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One Mile: Chapter Two (2026)
★ 6.6/10Also actionFormer special forces operative Danny is forced back onto a remote island when a violent, secretive community takes revenge by abducting his daughter Alex, launching a relentless hunt against enemies prepared for his…
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In the Grey (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also actionA covert team of elite operatives are living in the shadows. When a ruthless despot steals a billion-dollar fortune, they're sent to take it back—an impossible heist that erupts into a deadly game of strategy…
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Run All Night (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also actionBrooklyn 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…
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The Specialist (1994)
★ 6/10Also actionMay Munro is a woman obsessed with getting revenge on the people who murdered her parents when she was still a girl. She hires Ray Quick, a retired explosives expert, to kill her parents' killers. When Ned Trent…
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S.W.A.T.: Under Siege (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also actionWhen a D.E.A. and S.W.A.T. cartel takedown ends in a shootout, S.W.A.T. Agent Travis Hall seizes a mysterious prisoner taking him into custody. Before long, the S.W.A.T. compound is under siege by wave-after-wave of…
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Fight or Flight (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also actionA mercenary takes on the job of tracking down a target on a plane but must protect that target when they're surrounded by people trying to kill both of them.
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Fast Charlie (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also actionWhen his aging mob boss is whacked, Charlie Swift, a loyal friend and hired gun, will stop at nothing to destroy the upcoming crew that took him out.
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Al Capone (1959)
★ 6.6/10Also actionIn this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder…
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Shade (2003)
★ 6.2/10Also actionTiffany, Charlie and Vernon are con artists looking to up the ante from their typical scams. They figure a good way of doing this is taking down Dean "The Dean" Stevens, a well-known cardsharp, in a rigged game…
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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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Hounds of War (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also actionAfter a mission goes wrong, only one of a group of mercenaries is left alive to avenge his fallen brothers.