Movies Like Tunguska Butterfly
If you liked Tunguska Butterfly (2019), a action and crime movie directed by Akira Nobi, 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

The Rookie (1990)
★ 5.9/10Also action and crimeVeteran 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…
- 2

Return of the Street Fighter (1974)
★ 6.1/10Also action and crimeMartial artist Takuma Tsurugi returns to take on a Yakuza family that may be embezzling money from charities to finance their own operations. Both the police and the Yakuza find themselves battling Tsurugi, but…
- 3

Trap House (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also action and crimeAn undercover DEA agent and his partner embark on a game of cat and mouse with an audacious, and surprising group of thieves – their own rebellious teenagers, who have begun robbing from a dangerous cartel, using their…
- 4

The Getaway (1972)
★ 7.2/10Also action and crimeA recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.
- 5

Ninja (2009)
★ 6.2/10Also action and crimeA westerner named Casey, studying Ninjutsu in Japan, is asked by the Sensei to return to New York to protect the legendary Yoroi Bitsu, an armored chest that contains the weapons of the last Koga Ninja.
- 6

Female Yakuza Tale (1973)
★ 6.1/10Also action and crimeOcho is accidentally captured by a drug trafficking cartel who use Chinese women to smuggle drugs into Japan by hiding it in their vaginas. She is tortured, and manages to escape, fighting both the male yakuzas and a…
- 7

A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and dramaMartin, an I.R.A. hitman, is seen by a Catholic priest while carrying out a hit. He grows a bond with the priest and his niece. But his past and his former employers put all their lives in danger.
- 8

The Substitute (1996)
★ 7/10Also action and crimeWhen 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…
- 9

Heist (2001)
★ 6.3/10Also action and crimeJoe Moore has a job he loves. He's a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman, reneges on the money he's owed, and his wife may be betraying him with the fence's young…
- 10

Empire (2002)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and actionBig 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…
- 11

The Enforcer (2022)
★ 7/10Also action and crimeA 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

I Am All Girls (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and thrillerA special crimes investigator forms an unlikely bond with a serial killer to bring down a global child sex trafficking syndicate.
- 13

McQ (1974)
★ 6.1/10Also action and crimePolice Lieutenant Lon McQ investigates the killing of his best friend and uncovers corrupt elements of the police department dealing in confiscated drugs.
- 14

Absolution (2024)
★ 5.9/10Also action and crimeAn 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…
- 15

The Born Losers (1967)
★ 6.4/10Also action and crimeA biker gang incites a reign of terror in a California coastal town that culminates in four teenage girls being raped. Vietnam veteran Billy Jack has had enough, however, and takes on the depraved bikers…
- 16

They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and actionA police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.
- 17

The Parts You Lose (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and crimeAn 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

Misdirection (2026)
★ 6.2/10Also action and crimeA 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…
- 19

Rise of the Footsoldier 3 (2017)
★ 6.4/10Also action and crimeIn the late 1980s, Pat Tate journeys from peddling pills in Marbella to his time in prison, where he solidifies his power before his release to reclaim his turf.
- 20

No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers (1990)
★ 6.9/10Also action and crimeTwo 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.