Movies Like The Punisher

If you liked The Punisher (1989), a action and crime movie directed by Mark Goldblatt, 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
Death Wish 3 (1985)
★ 6.2/10Also action and crime
Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.
2
Hard to Kill (1990)
★ 6/10Also action and drama
Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is secretly taken to a hospital where he spends several years in a coma…
3
Out for Justice (1991)
★ 6.2/10Also action and crime
Gino Felino is an NYPD detective from Brooklyn who knows everyone and everything in his neighborhood. Killing his partner was someone's big mistake... because he's now out for justice.
4
In Hell (2003)
★ 6.7/10Also action and drama
A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the warden's entertainment.
5
Death Wish (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also action and crime
A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.
6
Death Wish II (1982)
★ 6.2/10Also action and crime
Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles.
7
Punisher: War Zone (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also action and crime
Waging his one-man war on the world of organized crime, ruthless vigilante-hero Frank Castle sets his sights on overeager mob boss Billy Russoti. After Russoti is left horribly disfigured by Castle, he sets out for…
8
The Punisher: One Last Kill (2026)
★ 8.3/10Also action and drama
As Frank Castle searches for meaning beyond revenge, an unexpected force pulls him back into the fight.
9
Hard Target (1993)
★ 6.5/10Also action and crime
When a woman's father goes missing, she enlists a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of recreation.
10
Magnum Force (1973)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and crime
"Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only…
11
Walking Tall (1973)
★ 6.6/10Also action and crime
Ex-wrestler and Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser walks tall and carries a big stick as he tussles with county-wide corruption and moonshining thugs.
12
Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013)
★ 6.8/10Also action and crime
Fight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial-arts master Casey Bowman after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence. Vowing revenge, the fearless American…
13
Assassination Games (2011)
★ 6.3/10Also action and crime
Brazil is a contract killer, willing to take any job if the price is right. Flint left the assassin game when a ruthless drug dealer’s brutal attack left his wife in a coma. When a contract is put out on the same…
14
In the Blood (2014)
★ 5.8/10Also action and crime
When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
15
Coffy (1973)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and drama
After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her…
16
Revenge of the Ninja (1983)
★ 6.4/10Also action and crime
A peaceful ex-ninja's life shatters when his son's kidnapping forces him back into violence amid an American-Japanese criminal drug war.
17
Al Capone (1959)
★ 6.6/10Also action and crime
In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder…
18
Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
★ 6.4/10Also action and crime
Carlton Leach rises from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late '80s and early '90s.
19
The Corruptor (1999)
★ 6.1/10Also action and crime
Danny is a young cop partnered with Nick, a seasoned but ethically tainted veteran. As the two try to stop a gang war in Chinatown, Danny relies on Nick but grows increasingly uncomfortable with the way Nick gets…
20
Convict (2014)
★ 6.5/10Also action and crime
Set 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…