Movies Like Detroit 9000

If you liked Detroit 9000 (1973), a action and crime movie directed by Arthur Marks, 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
Run All Night (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also action and crime
Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon has seen better days. Longtime best friend of a mob boss, Jimmy is haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police detective who’s been one step behind…
2
The Killers (1964)
★ 6.9/10Also crime
A hit man and his partner try to find out why their latest victim, a former race-car driver, did not try to get away.
3
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.
4
Murder by Contract (1958)
★ 6.8/10Also crime
Claude is a ruthless and efficient contract killer. His next target, a woman, is the most difficult.
5
Heat (1995)
★ 7.9/10Also crime and action
Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the…
6
Foxy Brown (1974)
★ 6.3/10Also action and crime
A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.
7
Who Is Cletis Tout? (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also action and crime
With a hitman’s gun aimed at him, Finch tells the story of how he broke out of jail, fell in love, and took the identity of a man wanted by the Mafia.
8
Code of Silence (1985)
★ 6/10Also action and crime
A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.
9
Keanu (2016)
★ 6/10Also action and crime
Friends hatch a plot to retrieve a stolen cat by posing as drug dealers for a street gang.
10
RocknRolla (2008)
★ 7/10Also action and crime
When a Russian mobster sets up a real estate scam that generates millions of pounds, various members of London's criminal underworld pursue their share of the fortune. Various shady characters, including Mr One-Two…
11
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
★ 6.4/10Also action and crime
Jack Spade returns from the army in his old ghetto neighbourhood when his brother, June Bug, dies. Jack declares war on Mr. Big, powerful local crimelord. His army is led by John Slade, his childhood idol who used to…
12
Black Caesar (1973)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and action
Raised in Harlem, Tommy Gibbs becomes a successful mob boss but he clashes with the rival Mafia and his old enemy, dirty cop McKinney.
13
By Any Means (2026)
★ 6.6/10Also crime
In 1960s Mississippi, a young Black FBI agent is forced to partner with a notorious mafia hitman to investigate a wave of brutal civil rights murders.
14
Shaft (1971)
★ 6.4/10Also crime and action
Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
15
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
The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)
★ 7/10Also crime
A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.
17
Parker (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also action and crime
A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of…
18
Bugsy (1991)
★ 6.3/10Also crime
New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies…
19
The Gentlemen (2020)
★ 7.7/10Also crime
American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an…
20
John Wick (2014)
★ 7.5/10Also action
Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.