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Movies Like One of the People

If you liked One of the People (2006), a drama and action movie directed by Ahmed Nader Galal, 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. 1Dirt

    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.

  2. 2The 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…

  3. 3Cairo Station

    Cairo Station (1958)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama

    Qinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo train station, is obsessed with Hanuma, an attractive young woman who sells drinks. While she jokes with him about a…

  4. 4In the Blood

    In the Blood (2014)

    ★ 5.8/10Also action

    When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.

  5. 5Overdrive

    Overdrive (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action

    Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.

  6. 6Black Site

    Black Site (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also action and drama

    A group of officers based in a labyrinthine top-secret prison must fight for their lives against Hatchet, a brilliant and infamous high-value detainee. When he escapes, his mysterious and deadly agenda has far reaching…

  7. 7Convict

    Convict (2014)

    ★ 6.5/10Also action and drama

    Set in the dark and old Parramatta prison built by the original convicts our lead character Ray a war veteran finds himself serving 18 months for manslaughter after defending his fiance. He soon realizes that the…

  8. 8Beast

    Beast (2026)

    ★ 7.5/10Also action and drama

    MMA 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…

  9. 9The Island

    The Island (2023)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action

    When his brother is killed, LAPD officer Mark leaves the city to return to the island he grew up on. Seeking answers and ultimately vengeance, he soon finds himself in a bloody battle with the corrupt tycoon who's…

  10. 10The System

    The System (2022)

    ★ 7.4/10Also action

    When a young soldier, newly returned from war, gets caught up in a drug bust, he is recruited by the authorities to go undercover in a notoriously dangerous prison in order to figure out what is really going on.

  11. 1140 Acres

    40 Acres (2025)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action and drama

    Hailey Freeman and her family are the last descendants of African American farmers who settled in rural Canada after the Civil War. In a famine-decimated near future, they now struggle to safeguard their farm, as they…

  12. 12The Killer

    The Killer (2024)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action

    Zee is a feared contract killer known as "the Queen of the Dead," but when she refuses to murder a young blind woman, she finds herself hunted both by criminal colleagues and a determined police detective.

  13. 13Stowaway

    Stowaway (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also action

    A 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…

  14. 14Rogue Agent

    Rogue Agent (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.

  15. 15Suburbicon

    Suburbicon (2017)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect…

  16. 16Welcome 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…

  17. 17The Parts You Lose

    The Parts You Lose (2019)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    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.

  18. 18Icefall

    Icefall (2025)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action

    A young Indigenous game warden arrests an infamous poacher only to discover that the poacher knows the location of a plane carrying millions of dollars that has crashed in a frozen lake. When a group of criminals and…

  19. 19Fast 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.

  20. 20The Last Days of American Crime

    The Last Days of American Crime (2020)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action

    In the not-too-distant future, as a final response to crime and terrorism, the U.S. government plans to broadcast a signal that will make it impossible for anyone to knowingly break the law.

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