Movies Like Shark: The Beginning
If you liked Shark: The Beginning (2021), a action and drama movie directed by Johnny Chae, 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.
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Beast (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also action and dramaMMA legend Patton James, now a commercial fisherman, is pulled back into the cage when his brother is in danger. Reuniting with his old coach Sammy, he commits to one final fight in one championship against the brutal…
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Embattled (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also action and dramaThe eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.
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The Five (2013)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaEun-a, who was living a happy life with her family, loses everything to a psychopath serial killer. After the tragic incident, she gathers four people with different talents who are in need of organ transplants to…
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The Old Woman with the Knife (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also action and dramaAging assassin Hornclaw has seen it all, but she never expected to mentor a reckless rookie like Bullfight. As their unlikely bond deepens, cracks form in the underworld they navigate together. When Hornclaw discovers…
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Welcome to Sudden Death (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also action and dramaJesse Freeman is a former special forces officer and explosives expert now working a regular job as a security guard in a state-of-the-art basketball arena. Trouble erupts when a tech-savvy cadre of terrorists kidnap…
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Jawbone (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also action and dramaA 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…
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Mexicali (2026)
★ 7.7/10Also action and dramaA 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.
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Only the Strong (1993)
★ 6.9/10Also action and dramaFormer 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…
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Code 8 Part II (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also actionIn a world where superpowered people are heavily policed by robots, an ex-con teams up with a drug lord he despises to protect a teen from a corrupt cop.
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The System (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also actionWhen 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.
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The Last Days of American Crime (2020)
★ 6.4/10Also actionIn the not-too-distant future, as a final response to crime and terrorism, the U.S. government plans to broadcast a signal that will make it impossible for anyone to knowingly break the law.
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The Enforcer (2022)
★ 7/10Also action and dramaA 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…
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Run (1991)
★ 6/10Also action and dramaWhen a law student accidentally kills the son of a mob boss in a fight, he finds himself relentlessly pursued by the mob and the police.
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Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006)
★ 7.4/10Also action and dramaHeavyweight Champ George "Iceman" Chambers is sent to a Russian jail on trumped-up drug charges. In order to win his freedom he must fight against the jailhouse fighting champ Uri Boyka in a battle to the death. This…
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Convict (2014)
★ 6.5/10Also action and dramaSet 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…
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Suburbicon (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaIn the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect…
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Moss (2010)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaA city boy visits a remote village to find out the reason behind his father's strange death. The locals are watching his every move and are eager to see him leave. As he starts to investigate, the village's sinister…
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Never Back Down: Revolt (2021)
★ 6.3/10Also actionAn 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.
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In the Blood (2014)
★ 5.8/10Also actionWhen her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
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Not Without Hope (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaA group of friends' fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Mexico and they're left alone stranded at sea and struggling for survival.