Movies Like Free as Love
If you liked Free as Love (2004), a action and drama movie directed by Alice Wang Yu Ya, 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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Only the Strong (1993)
★ 6.9/10Also action and dramaFormer Green Beret Louis Stevens returns to his hometown of Miami after completing military service in Brazil, only to learn that his old high school has become a haven for gangs and drug dealers. After Stevens uses…
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Eye for an Eye 2 (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also action and dramaThe blind swordsman, skilled in martial arts, named Cheng Xiazi (Xie Miao), accidentally saves Zhang Xiaoyu (Yang Enyou), who has suffered from the destruction of his family. Under the persuasion of the orphan Xiaoyu…
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In Full Bloom (2019)
★ 6.8/10Also action and dramaSet shortly after the end of World War II, a philosophical boxing drama of two fighters from opposite worlds (USA and Japan) who are pulled together for a questionable fight arranged by their unscrupulous managers and…
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Mexicali (2026)
★ 7.8/10Also action and dramaA former special forces contractor is forced out of retirement as an avocado farmer in Mexico when local gangsters try to force him and his family off their farm.
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Crippled Avengers (1978)
★ 6.8/10Also action and dramaA group of martial artists seek revenge after being crippled by Tu Tin-To, a martial arts master, and his son.
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Beast (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also action and dramaMMA legend Patton James, now a commercial fisherman, is pulled back into the cage when his brother is in danger. Reuniting with his old coach Sammy, he commits to one final fight in one championship against the brutal…
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The Final Master (2015)
★ 6.9/10Also action and dramaDetermined to pass down his art, the Final Master of Wing Chun is caught in a power struggle with malicious local officials and ultimately must choose between personal honor and his master’s dying wish.
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Clan of the White Lotus (1980)
★ 6.6/10Also action and dramaThe Qing emperor releases all detained Shaolin disciples, but the vindictive White Lotus clan decides to exterminate all the disciples. One martial artist survives the onslaught, and constantly trains while in hiding…
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44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003)
★ 6.6/10Also action and dramaAfter a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for 44 minutes.
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A World Without Thieves (2004)
★ 7.3/10Also action and dramaA con-team couple head west after taking a city businessman for his BMW. But an encounter with a naive young carpenter traveling home with his life savings challenges their fate as thieves.
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Welcome to Sudden Death (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also action and dramaJesse Freeman is a former special forces officer and explosives expert now working a regular job as a security guard in a state-of-the-art basketball arena. Trouble erupts when a tech-savvy cadre of terrorists kidnap…
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Ip Man: Kung Fu Master (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also action and dramaIp Man’s promising career as a Policeman is ruined after he is framed for murder and targeted by a mob boss’s daughter.
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Rev (2020)
★ 6/10Also action and dramaA young thief with a history of grand theft auto becomes an informant and helps police bring down a criminal enterprise involved in the smuggling of hundreds of exotic super cars.
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The Chinese Boxer (1970)
★ 6.2/10Also action and dramaLei Ming, a noble young martial arts student who doesn't know the meaning of giving up. He faces a treacherous, blood-thirsty Japanese karate expert, which leads to many memorable battles as well as several…
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Stowaway (2022)
★ 6/10Also actionA tenacious party girl fights to survive after three thieves commandeer her luxury yacht. Unable to escape and trapped on the yacht at high seas, the prey becomes the hunter as she turns the tables on the intruders and…
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Blood Brothers (1973)
★ 6.4/10Also action and dramaSet in the waning years of the Ching Dyansty, this dramatic, tragic, romantic, blood-soaked martial arts tale of betrayal and revenge explores one of the most sensational scandals in Chinese history and marked the true…
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Run (1991)
★ 6/10Also action and dramaWhen a law student accidentally kills the son of a mob boss in a fight, he finds himself relentlessly pursued by the mob and the police.
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Eye for an Eye (2022)
★ 7.1/10Also action and dramaA highly trained and exceptionally deadly swordsman looks for revenge after being caught in the middle of a power struggle that results in the assassination of an innocent woman's family.
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Invincible Shaolin (1978)
★ 6.5/10Also action and dramaThree North Shaolin teachers are called on by the Manchus to teach their soldiers and are urged to challenge the current South Shaolin teachers. They defeat the South Shaolin teachers and, that night, the head general…
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Police Story: Lockdown (2013)
★ 6.2/10Also action and dramaA man looking for the release of a long-time prisoner takes a police officer, his daughter, and a group of strangers hostage.