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Movies Like Circle of Fear

If you liked Circle of Fear (1989), a action movie directed by Clark Henderson, 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 Marine 5: Battleground

    The Marine 5: Battleground (2017)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action

    While working as an EMT back stateside Jake Carter after responding to a distress call, finds himself caught up protecting a person of interest from a biker gang ruthlessly hunting them down.

  2. 2Trap 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…

  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. 4The Island

    The Island (2023)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action

    When his brother is killed, LAPD officer Mark leaves the city to return to the island he grew up on. Seeking answers and ultimately vengeance, he soon finds himself in a bloody battle with the corrupt tycoon who's…

  5. 5Fast 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.

  6. 6Absolution

    Absolution (2024)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action

    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…

  7. 7Until Death

    Until Death (2007)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action

    Anthony Stowe is a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin—and everyone hates him. After a serious accident, he is placed into an induced coma, but emerges from it a better person who wants to put things right.

  8. 8Gladiator Underground

    Gladiator Underground (2025)

    ★ 7.7/10Also action

    Two brothers compete in the world's deadliest underground fighting tournament, where they must decide whether to play by the rules or to cast their honor aside and team up to bring down the dark syndicate running the…

  9. 9War

    War (2007)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action

    FBI agent Jack Crawford is out for revenge when his partner is killed and all clues point to the mysterious assassin Rogue. But when Rogue turns up years later to take care of some unfinished business, he triggers a…

  10. 10Hellhound

    Hellhound (2024)

    ★ 6.8/10Also action

    Ready to leave his profession behind, Loreno, an assassin, lends help to an old friend, Cetan, and taking one last job in Thailand seeking out a local kingpin. A lapse in judgment means Loreno crosses paths with old…

  11. 11Overdrive

    Overdrive (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action

    Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.

  12. 12Hostile Takeover

    Hostile Takeover (2025)

    ★ 6.9/10Also action

    Follows Pete, a professional hitman, as he faces a group of assassins after the boss of a crime syndicate suspects disloyalty due to his attendance at Workaholics Anonymous meetings.

  13. 13The Black Book

    The Black Book (2023)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action

    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.

  14. 14Empire

    Empire (2002)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action

    Big time drug dealer Victor Rosa is looking to get out of the game and sees his chance with a big deal with a new friend who happens to be a Wall St. stockbroker. Thinking this will be his chance to go out on top…

  15. 15The Enforcer

    The Enforcer (2022)

    ★ 7/10Also action

    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…

  16. 16The 355

    The 355 (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also action

    A group of top female agents from American, British, Chinese, Colombian, and German government agencies are drawn together to try and stop an organization from acquiring a deadly weapon to send the world into chaos.

  17. 17Shade

    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…

  18. 18Lion Fist

    Lion Fist (2026)

    ★ 7.1/10Also action

    Martial arts fighter Joe goes to prison for four years and takes his wife's blame for a drug bust. After his release, he learns that his son needs expensive surgery because of a life-threatening tumor. Joe's only…

  19. 19Wanted Man

    Wanted Man (2024)

    ★ 6.5/10Also action

    Follows a police officer who must retrieve an eyewitness and escort her after a cartel shooting leaves several DEA agents dead, but then he must decide who to trust when they discover that the attack was executed by…

  20. 20Wake of Death

    Wake of Death (2004)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action

    Ben Archer, an ex-mob enforcer, seeks revenge against a ruthless Chinese kingpin responsible for his wife's brutal murder. When Archer joins forces with his old underworld friends, an all-out war is waged against the…

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