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Movies Like Joshilaay

If you liked Joshilaay (1989), a action and drama movie directed by Sibte Hassan Rizvi, 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. 1El Gringo

    El Gringo (2012)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and action

    A man crossing into Mexico with a satchel of $2,000,000—and a bloody past—finds himself under sudden attack in the sleepy town of El Fronteras.

  2. 2Jubal

    Jubal (1956)

    ★ 6.9/10Also western and drama

    Jubal Troop is a cowboy who is found in a weakened condition, without a horse. He is given shelter at Shep Horgan's large ranch, where he quickly makes an enemy in foreman Pinky, a cattleman who accuses Jubal of…

  3. 3Mexicali

    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.

  4. 4Polar

    Polar (2019)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action and drama

    When a retiring assassin realizes that he is the target of a hit, he winds up back in the game going head to head with a gang of younger, ruthless killers.

  5. 5Deadwood: The Movie

    Deadwood: The Movie (2019)

    ★ 6.7/10Also western and drama

    Follow the 10-year reunion of the Deadwood camp to celebrate South Dakota's statehood. Former rivalries are reignited, alliances are tested and old wounds are reopened, as all are left to navigate the inevitable…

  6. 6No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers

    No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers (1990)

    ★ 6.8/10Also action and drama

    Two feuding brothers of differing political views, one a policeman, the other a martial artist, join forces to avenge the death of their father, a retired agent who was brutally murdered by the mafia.

  7. 7In Hell

    In Hell (2003)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action and drama

    A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the warden's entertainment.

  8. 8Brimstone

    Brimstone (2016)

    ★ 7.1/10Also western and drama

    In the menacing inferno of the old North-American West, Liz is a genuine survivor who is hunted by a vengeful preacher for a crime she didn’t commit.

  9. 9Assassination Games

    Assassination Games (2011)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and drama

    Brazil is a contract killer, willing to take any job if the price is right. Flint left the assassin game when a ruthless drug dealer’s brutal attack left his wife in a coma. When a contract is put out on the same…

  10. 10Agneepath

    Agneepath (1990)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action and drama

    A young boy's father is lynched before his eyes; fifteen years later he returns home for revenge.

  11. 11Hard to Kill

    Hard to Kill (1990)

    ★ 6/10Also action and drama

    Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is secretly taken to a hospital where he spends several years in a coma…

  12. 12The Dead Pool

    The Dead Pool (1988)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and drama

    Dirty Harry Callahan returns for his final film adventure. Together with his partner Al Quan, he must investigate the systematic murder of prominent figures. By the time Harry learns that the murders are part of a sick…

  13. 13Convict

    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…

  14. 14Extreme Prejudice

    Extreme Prejudice (1987)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and drama

    Lean, mean Texas Ranger Jack Benteen locks horns with a former friend, Cash Bailey, now a ruthless drug kingpin. Though they're on opposite sides of the law, they share a love interest in the sensual Sarita. When a…

  15. 15The Proposition

    The Proposition (2005)

    ★ 7/10Also western and drama

    In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hunt down and kill his older brother, who is wanted for rape and…

  16. 16Sonchiriya

    Sonchiriya (2019)

    ★ 8/10Also action and drama

    A legion of warring bandits terrorizes India's Chambal Valley.

  17. 17Walking Tall: Lone Justice

    Walking Tall: Lone Justice (2007)

    ★ 5.8/10Also action and drama

    In Dallas, witnesses against a drug-lord are murdered in a safe-house.The testimony of FBI agents becomes the only chance to keep him in prison. They are lodged in another safe-house, but the place is invaded and the…

  18. 18Jawbone

    Jawbone (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and drama

    A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the only family he has left: gym owner…

  19. 19Blind Fury

    Blind Fury (1989)

    ★ 6.5/10Also action and drama

    A blind Vietnam vet, trained as a swordfighter, comes to America and helps to rescue the son of a fellow soldier.

  20. 20Revenge of the Ninja

    Revenge of the Ninja (1983)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action and drama

    A peaceful ex-ninja's life shatters when his son's kidnapping forces him back into violence amid an American-Japanese criminal drug war.

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