Movies Like Red Heat

If you liked Red Heat (1988), a action and crime movie directed by Walter Hill, 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
Havoc (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also action and crime
When a drug heist swerves lethally out of control, a jaded cop fights his way through a corrupt city's criminal underworld to save a politician's son.
2
Code of Silence (1985)
★ 5.9/10Also 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.
3
Training Day (2001)
★ 7.5/10Also action and crime
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
4
Triple 9 (2016)
★ 6/10Also action and crime
A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
5
Rapid Fire (1992)
★ 6.4/10Also action and crime
College student Jake Lo is pursued by smugglers, mobsters and crooked federal agents after he witnesses a murder by a Mafia kingpin.
6
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
★ 6.6/10Also action and crime
With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with a deadly Chinese crime lord trying to get his brother out of prison.
7
American Gangster (2007)
★ 7.6/10Also crime
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being…
8
Sleepless (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also action and crime
Undercover Las Vegas police officer Vincent Downs, who has a lot of enemies, is caught in a high stakes web of corrupt cops and the mob-controlled casino underground. When a heist goes wrong, a crew of homicidal…
9
Cobra (1986)
★ 6.2/10Also action and crime
A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans.
10
Dragged Across Concrete (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and action
Two policemen, one an old-timer, the other his volatile younger partner, find themselves suspended when a video of their strong-arm tactics becomes the media's cause du jour. Low on cash and with no other options…
11
Debt Collectors (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also action and crime
A pair of debt collectors are thrust into an explosively dangerous situation, chasing down various lowlifes while also evading a vengeful kingpin.
12
We Die Young (2019)
★ 6.8/10Also action and crime
Lucas, a 14-year-old boy inducted into the gang life in Washington D.C., is determined that his 10-year-old brother won't follow the same path. When an Afghanistan war veteran comes into the neighborhood, an…
13
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.
14
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
★ 6.7/10Also action and crime
Riggs and Murtaugh pursue a former officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies to steal and sell confiscated guns and ammunition to local street gangs.
15
Welcome to the Punch (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also action and crime
When notorious criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London, it gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.
16
End of Watch (2012)
★ 7.4/10Also crime
Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop.
17
Year of the Dragon (1985)
★ 6.8/10Also action and crime
In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an unauthorized…
18
Raw Deal (1986)
★ 5.9/10Also action and crime
Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief Harry Shannon, whose son has been killed by a mobster named…
19
Deep Cover (1992)
★ 6.8/10Also action and crime
Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA—the Colombian foreign minister's nephew. Russell works his way up from the bottom…
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Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
★ 7.1/10Also action and crime
Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.