Movies Like The Exterminator
If you liked The Exterminator (1980), a action and crime movie directed by James Glickenhaus, 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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Death Wish II (1982)
★ 6.2/10Also action and crimePaul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles.
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The Corruptor (1999)
★ 6.1/10Also action and crimeDanny is a young cop partnered with Nick, a seasoned but ethically tainted veteran. As the two try to stop a gang war in Chinatown, Danny relies on Nick but grows increasingly uncomfortable with the way Nick gets…
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The Substitute (1996)
★ 7/10Also action and crimeWhen 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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Death Wish 3 (1985)
★ 6.2/10Also action and crimeArchitect/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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The Born Losers (1967)
★ 6.4/10Also action and crimeA biker gang incites a reign of terror in a California coastal town that culminates in four teenage girls being raped. Vietnam veteran Billy Jack has had enough, however, and takes on the depraved bikers…
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The Brave One (2007)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and dramaA woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge.
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Out for Justice (1991)
★ 6.2/10Also action and crimeGino 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.
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We Die Young (2019)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and actionLucas, a 14-year-old boy inducted into the gang life in Washington D.C., is determined that his 10-year-old brother won't follow the same path. When an Afghanistan war veteran comes into the neighborhood, an…
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Foxy Brown (1974)
★ 6.3/10Also action and crimeA voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.
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The Rookie (1990)
★ 5.9/10Also action and crimeVeteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help…
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Taxi Driver (1976)
★ 8.1/10Also crime and dramaSuffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.
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Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and actionA vigilante homeless man pulls into a new city and finds himself trapped in urban chaos, a city where crime rules and where the city's crime boss reigns. Seeing an urban landscape filled with armed robbers, corrupt…
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Rise of the Footsoldier 3 (2017)
★ 6.4/10Also action and crimeIn the late 1980s, Pat Tate journeys from peddling pills in Marbella to his time in prison, where he solidifies his power before his release to reclaim his turf.
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The Protector (1985)
★ 5.9/10Also action and crimeBilly Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is…
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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 Crew (2008)
★ 6/10Also drama and actionHoping to raise enough capital to finance a legitimate business and leave behind his life of crime, Liverpool underworld boss Ged Brennan sends his brother Ratter and a crew to pull a daring final heist. But when…
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Coffy (1973)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and thrillerAfter 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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Al Capone (1959)
★ 6.6/10Also action and crimeIn 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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Hard to Kill (1990)
★ 6/10Also action and dramaMason 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…
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John Doe: Vigilante (2014)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and crimeWhen John Doe is convicted of being a vigilante serial killer, a vigilante group named 'Speak for the Dead' emerges in support of John's cause—elevating the debate about justice versus vengeance.