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Movies Like Lord of the City

If you liked Lord of the City (1997), a action and adventure movie directed by Evan Seplow, 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. 1Best of the Best 4: Without Warning

    Best of the Best 4: Without Warning (1998)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action and adventure

    A group of Russian mobsters have stolen a huge supply of paper for printing U.S. currency, and are now flooding the market with conterfeit bills. When one of the mobsters decides to give herself in and hand over a data…

  2. 2Mexicali

    Mexicali (2026)

    ★ 7.7/10Also action and drama

    A 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.

  3. 3Dirt

    Dirt (2018)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and action

    In search of a lifeline for his struggling off road racing team, a man takes on a young car thief looking for a second chance, but as their worlds collide, they must struggle to forge a successful alliance.

  4. 4Seized

    Seized (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action and adventure

    Hiding out with his son Taylor on the Mexican coast, Nero hopes to put his violent Special Forces career behind him. But after Nero’s home is attacked and Taylor is abducted, the mysterious Mzamo orders Nero to…

  5. 5Al Capone

    Al Capone (1959)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action and adventure

    In 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…

  6. 6Interceptor

    Interceptor (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also action and adventure

    A U.S. Army Captain uses her years of tactical training to save humanity from sixteen nuclear missiles launched at the U.S. as a violent attack threatens her remote missile interceptor station.

  7. 744 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out

    44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action and drama

    After a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for 44 minutes.

  8. 8Silverton Siege

    Silverton Siege (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and drama

    After a failed sabotage mission, a trio of anti-apartheid freedom fighters ends up in a tense bank hostage situation. Based on a true story.

  9. 9The Perfect Weapon

    The Perfect Weapon (1991)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action and drama

    Jeff, a young delinquent, is enrolled by his father in a kenpo school, in the hopes of teaching the boy some self-discipline. Years later, Jeff's mentor, Kim, is being threatened by one of the Korean mafia families…

  10. 10Fast Charlie

    Fast Charlie (2023)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and drama

    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.

  11. 11The Enforcer

    The Enforcer (2022)

    ★ 7/10Also action and drama

    A noir thriller set in Miami, the film follows an enforcer who discovers his femme fatale boss has branched out into cyber sex trafficking, putting a young runaway he’s befriended at risk. He sacrifices everything to…

  12. 12Best of the Best 2

    Best of the Best 2 (1993)

    ★ 6/10Also action and drama

    In an underground fight club, blackbelt Travis Brickley is killed after losing to the evil martial arts master Brakus. Travis' death is witnessed by Walter Grady, the son of his best friend Alex Grady. Alex and his…

  13. 13Welcome to Sudden Death

    Welcome to Sudden Death (2020)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and drama

    Jesse 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…

  14. 14El padrino: The Latin Godfather

    El padrino: The Latin Godfather (2004)

    ★ 7.2/10Also action and drama

    In the streets of East Los Angeles, Manny is a formidable drug dealer. Impressed by his extravagant lifestyle and prowess, his young son, Kilo, yearns to follow in his footsteps. Kilo resolves to learn how to prosper…

  15. 15The 355

    The 355 (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also action and adventure

    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.

  16. 16Wake of Death

    Wake of Death (2004)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and adventure

    Ben 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…

  17. 17Empire

    Empire (2002)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action and drama

    Big time drug dealer Victor Rosa is looking to get out of the game and sees his chance with a big deal with a new friend who happens to be a Wall St. stockbroker. Thinking this will be his chance to go out on top…

  18. 18Embattled

    Embattled (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action and drama

    The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.

  19. 19The Double

    The Double (2011)

    ★ 5.8/10Also action and drama

    The mysterious murder of a US senator bearing the distinctive trademark of the legendary Soviet assassin 'Cassius', forces retired CIA operative, Paul Shepherson to team with rookie FBI agent, Ben Geary to solve the…

  20. 20Hunting Season

    Hunting Season (2025)

    ★ 7.4/10Also action and drama

    When a reclusive survivalist and his daughter rescue a mysterious, wounded woman from a river, they become entangled in a deadly web of violence and revenge, forcing them to confront a brutal criminal to survive.

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