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Movies Like The Whistleblower

If you liked The Whistleblower (2019), a action and crime movie directed by Xue Xiaolu, 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. 1The Commuter

    The Commuter (2018)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action and mystery

    A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him.

  2. 2Fast Charlie

    Fast Charlie (2023)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and crime

    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.

  3. 3Absolution

    Absolution (2024)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action and crime

    An 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…

  4. 4The International

    The International (2009)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and crime

    An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their…

  5. 5Trigger Point

    Trigger Point (2021)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action and mystery

    Nicolas Shaw is a retired U.S. special operative who becomes part of an elite 'invisible' team that quietly takes out the worst villains around the world.

  6. 6Welcome to the Punch

    Welcome to the Punch (2013)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action and crime

    When notorious criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London, it gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.

  7. 7The System

    The System (2022)

    ★ 7.3/10Also action and crime

    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.

  8. 8Exit Wounds

    Exit Wounds (2001)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action and crime

    Maverick cop Orin Boyd always brings down the domestic terrorists he tracks, but he ruffles feathers with his unorthodox techniques -- and soon finds himself reassigned to the toughest district in Detroit. When he…

  9. 9One Mile: Chapter Two

    One Mile: Chapter Two (2026)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action and crime

    Former special forces operative Danny is forced back onto a remote island when a violent, secretive community takes revenge by abducting his daughter Alex, launching a relentless hunt against enemies prepared for his…

  10. 10The Enforcer

    The Enforcer (2022)

    ★ 7/10Also action and crime

    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…

  11. 11Wire Room

    Wire Room (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also action and crime

    New recruit Justin Rosa must monitor arms-smuggling cartel member Eddie Flynn — and keep him alive at all costs. When a SWAT team descends on Flynn’s home, Rosa breaks protocol and contacts the gangster directly to…

  12. 12Moscow Mission

    Moscow Mission (2023)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime and action

    Tough Chinese detectives go on a mission to Moscow to hunt down ruthless robbers who have been plaguing the trans-Siberian railway with violence and chaos.

  13. 13Trap House

    Trap House (2025)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action and crime

    An 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…

  14. 14A Working Man

    A Working Man (2025)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action and crime

    Levon Cade left behind a decorated military career in the black ops to live a simple life working construction. But when his boss's daughter, who is like family to him, is taken by human traffickers, his search to…

  15. 15Cotton Comes to Harlem

    Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action and crime

    Harlem's African-American population is being ripped off by the Rev. Deke O'Malley, who dishonestly claims that small donations will secure parcels of land in Africa. When New York City police officers Gravedigger…

  16. 16Red Right Hand

    Red Right Hand (2024)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime and action

    Cash is trying to live a quiet, honest life in a small Appalachian town. When a vicious crime boss forces him back into her services, he soon learns he's capable of anything -- even killing -- to protect his family and…

  17. 17The Protector

    The Protector (1985)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action and crime

    Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is…

  18. 18The Black Book

    The Black Book (2023)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action and mystery

    After his son is wrongly accused of kidnapping, a deacon who has just lost his wife takes matters into his own hands and fights a crooked police gang to clear him.

  19. 19Shade

    Shade (2003)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action and crime

    Tiffany, Charlie and Vernon are con artists looking to up the ante from their typical scams. They figure a good way of doing this is taking down Dean "The Dean" Stevens, a well-known cardsharp, in a rigged game…

  20. 20The Double

    The Double (2011)

    ★ 5.8/10Also action and crime

    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…

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