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Movies Like The Bodyguard

If you liked The Bodyguard (1992), a action and drama movie directed by Mick Jackson, 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. 1Newness

    Newness (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and drama

    In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.

  2. 2The Edge of Love

    The Edge of Love (2008)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and romance

    When the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and his flirtatious wife Caitlin sweep into war-torn London, the last thing they expect is to bump into Dylan's childhood sweetheart Vera. Despite her joy at seeing Dylan after so many…

  3. 3Crazy/Beautiful

    Crazy/Beautiful (2001)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance

    At Pacific Palisades High, a poor Latino falls hard for a troubled girl from the affluent neighborhood.

  4. 4Marked Men: Rule + Shaw

    Marked Men: Rule + Shaw (2025)

    ★ 6.7/10Also romance and drama

    Shaw Landon has loved Rule Archer from the moment she laid eyes on him. Rule, a fiery-tempered rebel tattoo artist, doesn’t have time for a good girl pre-med student like Shaw — even if she’s the only one who can see…

  5. 5Tuff Turf

    Tuff Turf (1985)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and action

    The new guy in a Los Angeles high school, Morgan, does some singing and fights hotshot Nick over disco dancer Frankie.

  6. 6Someone to Watch Over Me

    Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and romance

    Claire Gregory, an upper class New York personality, witnesses a murder in a luxurious nightclub. Detective Mike Keegan, recently promoted, is assigned to protect her.

  7. 7The Rookie

    The Rookie (1990)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action and drama

    Veteran 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…

  8. 8Home from the Hill

    Home from the Hill (1960)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and romance

    The wealthiest man in a Texas town decides to teach his teenage son how to hunt to make a man out of him.

  9. 9Blue Story

    Blue Story (2019)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and romance

    Blue Story is a tragic tale of a friendship between Timmy and Marco, two young boys from opposing postcodes. Timmy, a shy, smart, naive and timid young boy from Deptford, goes to school in Peckham where he strikes up a…

  10. 10Gangster Squad

    Gangster Squad (2013)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and action

    Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and — if he has his way — every wire bet placed west…

  11. 11Wicker Park

    Wicker Park (2004)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and romance

    Matthew, a young advertising executive in Chicago, puts his life and a business trip to China on hold when he thinks he sees Lisa, the love of his life who left him without a word two years earlier, walking out of a…

  12. 12The 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…

  13. 13Asylum

    Asylum (2005)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance

    A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.

  14. 14Thrashin'

    Thrashin' (1986)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and drama

    Corey and his band of skater buddies sometimes make mischief, but they're more interested in girls and having fun on their boards than in getting into any real trouble. Notorious enemy crew the Daggers, led by Tommy…

  15. 15Scarface

    Scarface (1932)

    ★ 7.4/10Also action and drama

    In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.

  16. 16Fire with Fire

    Fire with Fire (1986)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and romance

    A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison…

  17. 17Inventing the Abbotts

    Inventing the Abbotts (1997)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and romance

    In the 1950s, brothers Jacey and Doug Holt, who come from the poorer side of their sleepy Midwestern town, vie for the affections of the wealthy, lovely Abbott sisters. Lady-killer Jacey alternates between Eleanor and…

  18. 18Young at Heart

    Young at Heart (1954)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and drama

    The lives and romances of three sisters in a musical family; the youngest daughter's life is complicated by the subsequent arrival of a charming composer and a cynical music arranger.

  19. 19Rumble Fish

    Rumble Fish (1983)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and romance

    Absent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days of gang warfare.

  20. 20Killer Heat

    Killer Heat (2024)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama and romance

    An expat PI is hired to investigate a suspicious death in Crete, Greece, where jealousies run deep amongst the victim's powerful family.

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