Movies Like The Swindlers

If you liked The Swindlers (2017), a crime and action movie directed by Jang Chang-won, 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
Cold Eyes (2013)
★ 7.5/10Also crime and action
Ha Yoon-ju becomes the newest member of a unit within the Korean Police Forces Special Crime Department that specializes in surveillance activities on high-profile criminals. She teams up with Hwang Sang-jun, the…
2
Hostile Takeover (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also action and thriller
Follows 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.
3
Overdrive (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and action
Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.
4
The Seven-Ups (1973)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and crime
A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.
5
Thick as Thieves (2009)
★ 6/10Also action and thriller
A master thief recruits a notorious thief to help him steal two famous Faberge eggs from an impenetrable vault in an effort to pull off one final job and repay his debt to the Russian mob.
6
The Glass Key (1942)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and thriller
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
7
The 355 (2022)
★ 6/10Also action and thriller
A group of top female agents from American, British, Chinese, Colombian, and German government agencies are drawn together to try and stop an organization from acquiring a deadly weapon to send the world into chaos.
8
LaRoy, Texas (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and thriller
Broke and depressed, Ray is mistaken for a dangerous hitman and given an envelope of cash. Along with his P.I. friend Skip, he must escape the actual hitman to make it out of LaRoy alive.
9
The Parts You Lose (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and thriller
An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm.
10
The Independent (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and crime
It's the final weeks of the most consequential presidential election in history. America is poised to elect either its first female president or its first viable independent candidate. Reporting history as it's made…
11
A Better Tomorrow (2010)
★ 6/10Also action and thriller
An idealistic policeman must bring down his estranged older brother, now a powerful gangster in a South Korean port city.
12
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and thriller
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
13
Children... (2011)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and thriller
On March 26, 1991, five boys set off to the mountain to go frog hunting and never come back to their family. While a documentary producer, detective and professor try to solve the mystery of the incident, one of the…
14
How to Rob a Bank (2007)
★ 5.8/10Also action and crime
Caught in the middle of a bank robbery, a slacker and a bank employee become the ones who arbitrate the intense situation.
15
Ordinary People (2018)
★ 7.5/10Also action and crime
A gym teacher and his female student look for her missing friend. But as they investigate, they find that her disappearance is a part of a larger conspiracy.
16
Islands (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and crime
In this twisty thriller, a tennis coach at a tropical resort finds himself at the center of a missing persons mystery. Tom teaches tennis during the day and parties at night. When an enigmatic tourist arrives, Tom is…
17
Gotcha! (1985)
★ 6/10Also action and thriller
A student on a trip to France is tricked into smuggling secrets across the Iron Curtain by a sexy spy.
18
Poker Night (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and action
When a new detective is caught by a vicious psychopath and locked in a basement, he must use the knowledge he learned from some of the best detectives at Poker Night, then match wits against his captor.
19
The Chronicles of Evil (2015)
★ 7.2/10Also thriller and crime
A detective accidentally kills a man and disposes of the body to protect his career. The next day he sees that someone has hanged the corpse from a crane for all to see. He takes charge of the murder investigation to…
20
The Chase (2017)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and crime
After people in his town start turning up dead, a grumpy landlord is visited by a man who recounts an unsolved serial murder case from 30 years ago that may hold the clue to what is happening now.