Movies Like Merantau
If you liked Merantau (2009), a action and drama movie directed by Gareth Evans, 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 Raid 2 (2014)
★ 7.6/10Also action and thrillerAfter fighting his way through an apartment building populated by an army of dangerous criminals and escaping with his life, SWAT team member Rama goes undercover, joining a powerful Indonesian crime syndicate to…
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Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013)
★ 6.8/10Also action and thrillerFight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial-arts master Casey Bowman after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence. Vowing revenge, the fearless American…
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The Raid (2012)
★ 7.4/10Also action and thrillerDeep in the heart of Jakarta's slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world's most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the run-down apartment block has been considered untouchable to even the bravest of…
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The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008)
★ 6.1/10Also action and thrillerA Texas cop battles ex-navy seals who are trying to traffic drugs from Mexico into the USA.
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Kiss of the Dragon (2001)
★ 6.9/10Also action and thrillerLiu Jian, an elite Chinese police officer, comes to Paris to arrest a Chinese drug lord. When Jian is betrayed by a French officer and framed for murder, he must go into hiding and find new allies.
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Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also action and thrillerCarlton 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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Wake of Death (2004)
★ 6.1/10Also action and thrillerBen 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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The Substitute (1996)
★ 7/10Also action and dramaWhen an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk. Soon…
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In the Blood (2014)
★ 5.8/10Also action and thrillerWhen 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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Coffy (1973)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and dramaAfter 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…
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Stone (1974)
★ 6/10Also action and thrillerAfter one of its members witnesses a political assassination, an outlaw motorbike gang becomes the target of a string of murders, prompting a cop to join their ranks to determine who is responsible.
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Assassination Games (2011)
★ 6.3/10Also action and dramaBrazil is a contract killer, willing to take any job if the price is right. Flint left the assassin game when a ruthless drug dealer’s brutal attack left his wife in a coma. When a contract is put out on the same…
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Band of the Hand (1986)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and dramaAn Indian Vietnam veteran trains five street punks in the Everglades to fight vice in Miami.
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Jawbone (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also action and dramaA former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the only family he has left: gym owner…
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The Night Comes For Us (2018)
★ 7/10Also action and thrillerAfter sparing a girl's life during a massacre, an elite Triad assassin is targeted by an onslaught of murderous gangsters.
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Training Day (2001)
★ 7.5/10Also action and dramaOn his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
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Hard Target (1993)
★ 6.5/10Also action and thrillerWhen a woman's father goes missing, she enlists a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of recreation.
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Year of the Dragon (1985)
★ 6.8/10Also action and thrillerIn New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an unauthorized…
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Crimes of Passion (1984)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and thrillerFashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute who's attracted the attention of a sexually frustrated private detective, and a psychopathic priest in possession of a…
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Exit Wounds (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also action and thrillerMaverick cop Orin Boyd always brings down the domestic terrorists he tracks, but he ruffles feathers with his unorthodox techniques -- and soon finds himself reassigned to the toughest district in Detroit. When he…