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Movies Like The Piano Player

If you liked The Piano Player (2002), a action and drama movie directed by Jean-Pierre Roux, 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. 116 Blocks

    16 Blocks (2006)

    ★ 6.5/10Also action and crime

    An aging cop is assigned the ordinary task of escorting a fast-talking witness from police custody to a courthouse, but they find themselves running the gauntlet as other forces try to prevent them from getting there.

  2. 2The Rookie

    The Rookie (1990)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action and crime

    Veteran 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…

  3. 3Fast Charlie

    Fast Charlie (2023)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and crime

    When 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.

  4. 4Run All Night

    Run All Night (2015)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action and crime

    Brooklyn 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…

  5. 5The Getaway

    The Getaway (1972)

    ★ 7.2/10Also action and crime

    A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.

  6. 6Mobsters

    Mobsters (1991)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and crime

    The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime...

  7. 7Triple 9

    Triple 9 (2016)

    ★ 6/10Also action and crime

    A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.

  8. 8McQ

    McQ (1974)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and crime

    Police Lieutenant Lon McQ investigates the killing of his best friend and uncovers corrupt elements of the police department dealing in confiscated drugs.

  9. 9Absolution

    Absolution (2024)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action and crime

    An 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…

  10. 10The International

    The International (2009)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and thriller

    An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their…

  11. 11Lucky Number Slevin

    Lucky Number Slevin (2006)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama and thriller

    Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to…

  12. 12Misdirection

    Misdirection (2026)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action and crime

    A desperate couple have pulled off a string of high-end break-ins to pay off a mob debt. When they attempt to rob their latest victim, they find themselves caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse. The tables are…

  13. 13Out for Justice

    Out for Justice (1991)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action and crime

    Gino 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.

  14. 14Bound

    Bound (1996)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and thriller

    Corky, a tough female ex-convict working on an apartment renovation in a Chicago building, meets a couple living next door, Caesar, a paranoid mobster, and Violet, his seductive girlfriend, who is immediately attracted…

  15. 15The Killing

    The Killing (1956)

    ★ 7.6/10Also crime and thriller

    Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George…

  16. 16Seeking Justice

    Seeking Justice (2011)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action and drama

    After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score.

  17. 17Running Scared

    Running Scared (2006)

    ★ 7/10Also action and crime

    A low-ranking thug is entrusted by his boss to dispose of a gun that killed corrupt cops, but things spiral out of control when the gun ends up in wrong hands.

  18. 18Domino

    Domino (2005)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action and drama

    The story of the life of Domino Harvey, who abandoned her career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter.

  19. 19Payback

    Payback (1999)

    ★ 6.8/10Also action and drama

    With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless…

  20. 20The Substitute

    The Substitute (1996)

    ★ 7/10Also action and crime

    When 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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