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Movies Like The Last Boy Scout

If you liked The Last Boy Scout (1991), a action and thriller movie directed by Tony Scott, 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. 1Rise of the Footsoldier

    Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action and thriller

    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.

  2. 2Farewell, My Lovely

    Farewell, My Lovely (1975)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller

    Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled…

  3. 3Smokin' Aces

    Smokin' Aces (2006)

    ★ 6.5/10Also action and thriller

    When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.

  4. 4Death Wish

    Death Wish (2018)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action and thriller

    A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.

  5. 5The Substitute

    The Substitute (1996)

    ★ 7/10Also action and thriller

    When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk. Soon…

  6. 6Kiss of the Dragon

    Kiss of the Dragon (2001)

    ★ 6.9/10Also action and thriller

    Liu Jian, an elite Chinese police officer, comes to Paris to arrest a Chinese drug lord. When Jian is betrayed by a French officer and framed for murder, he must go into hiding and find new allies.

  7. 7Magnum Force

    Magnum Force (1973)

    ★ 7.1/10Also action

    "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…

  8. 8Hard to Kill

    Hard to Kill (1990)

    ★ 6/10Also action and thriller

    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…

  9. 9Out for Justice

    Out for Justice (1991)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action and thriller

    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.

  10. 10Thursday

    Thursday (1998)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller and action

    A former Los Angeles drug dealer moves far away to Texas, making a new life for himself as a married architect in the suburbs. His old crime partner unexpectedly shows up with heroin and gangster business, attracting a…

  11. 11The Substitute 2: School's Out

    The Substitute 2: School's Out (1998)

    ★ 6.5/10Also action and thriller

    When teacher Randall Thomasson is killed during a carjacking, an unexpected visitor shows up at his funeral - his estranged brother, Karl Thomasson. An ex-Green Beret turned mercenary, Karl signs on as a new substitute…

  12. 12Crank: High Voltage

    Crank: High Voltage (2009)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and thriller

    Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.

  13. 13Above the Law

    Above the Law (1988)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action

    Nico Toscani is an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice—expert and thorough…

  14. 14Walking Tall

    Walking Tall (1973)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action and thriller

    Ex-wrestler and Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser walks tall and carries a big stick as he tussles with county-wide corruption and moonshining thugs.

  15. 15Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

    Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action and thriller

    A trio of thrill-seeking go-go dancers kidnap a young girl and attempt to seduce an old rancher and his two sons out of their small fortune, but their scheme doesn't play out as intended.

  16. 16True Romance

    True Romance (1993)

    ★ 7.5/10Also action

    Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.

  17. 17The Corrupted

    The Corrupted (2019)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    Set ahead of the 2012 London Olympics, the film follows Liam, an ex-con trying to win back the love and trust of his family. He has lost everything at the hands of a local crime syndicate run by Clifford Cullen, who…

  18. 18In the Blood

    In the Blood (2014)

    ★ 5.8/10Also action and thriller

    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.

  19. 19Shoot 'Em Up

    Shoot 'Em Up (2007)

    ★ 6.5/10Also action and thriller

    A man named Mr. Smith delivers a woman's baby during a shootout, and is then called upon to protect the newborn from the army of gunmen.

  20. 20Basic Instinct

    Basic Instinct (1992)

    ★ 7/10Also thriller

    Catherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described in her latest story.

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