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Movies Like The Firing Line

If you liked The Firing Line (1988), a action movie directed by Jun Gallardo, 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. 1Hunting Grounds

    Hunting Grounds (2025)

    ★ 6.9/10Also action

    Desperate to find refuge for her children, Chloe Marvino runs away from her Mafia tied husband, and finds shelter in a cabin with a recluse drifter named Jake. But as her husband's henchmen draw closer to her, it turns…

  2. 2Never Back Down: Revolt

    Never Back Down: Revolt (2021)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action

    An amateur fighter is lured by a trafficking syndicate specializing in elite underground fighting where her brutal captor forces her to fight or face certain death.

  3. 3The System

    The System (2022)

    ★ 7.3/10Also 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.

  4. 4Chief of Station

    Chief of Station (2024)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action

    After learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he…

  5. 5Lights Out

    Lights Out (2024)

    ★ 7/10Also action

    A drifting ex-soldier turns underground fighter with the help of a just-released ex-con, pitting him against corrupt cops and hired killers now gunning for him and all those he cares about.

  6. 6Section 8

    Section 8 (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action

    After avenging the murder of his family, a former soldier is sprung from prison and recruited by a shadowy government agency.

  7. 7Trap House

    Trap House (2025)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action

    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…

  8. 8Mexicali

    Mexicali (2026)

    ★ 7.7/10Also action

    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.

  9. 9Border Hunters

    Border Hunters (2025)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action

    After his police officer brother is killed by a drug dealer who flees to the protection of his cartel-connected uncle in Mexico, an American man with a diverse law enforcement/military background goes south of the…

  10. 10Dangerous

    Dangerous (2021)

    ★ 6/10Also action

    A reformed sociopath heads to a remote island after the death of his brother. Soon after his arrival, the island falls under siege from a deadly gang of mercenaries, and when he discovers their role in his brother’s…

  11. 11Only the Strong

    Only the Strong (1993)

    ★ 6.9/10Also action

    Former Green Beret Louis Stevens returns to his hometown of Miami after completing military service in Brazil, only to learn that his old high school has become a haven for gangs and drug dealers. After Stevens uses…

  12. 12The Shipment

    The Shipment (2021)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action

    A former U.S. Navy Seal is forced to become the international criminal he once fought against when a powerful and violent drug cartel kidnaps his wife and daughter.

  13. 13Shade

    Shade (2003)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action

    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…

  14. 14The Best Man

    The Best Man (2023)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action

    Mercenaries seize control of a remote resort hotel during a wedding and it's up to the best man, the groom and their drunken best friend to stop the terrorists and save the hostages.

  15. 15The Virtuoso

    The Virtuoso (2021)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action

    Danger, deception and murder descend upon a sleepy town when a professional assassin accepts a new assignment from his enigmatic boss.

  16. 16Red Right Hand

    Red Right Hand (2024)

    ★ 6.6/10Also 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. 17Seeking Justice

    Seeking Justice (2011)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action

    After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score.

  18. 18Beckman

    Beckman (2020)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action

    A contract killer, becomes the reverend of a LA church, until a cult leader and his minions kidnap his daughter. Blinded by vengeance, he cuts a bloody path across the city. The only thing that can stop him is his…

  19. 19Fast Charlie

    Fast Charlie (2023)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action

    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 November Man

    The November Man (2014)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action

    An ex-CIA operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect.

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