swap_horiz Drug War Alternatives

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Carlos

Carlos is a 2010 crime thriller by Olivier Assayas about Venezuelan militant Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, known as Carlos the...

French True Crime Biographical 2010S

8.0 Great

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Election 2

Election 2 is Johnnie To's 2006 Hong Kong triad film, a sequel also released as Triad Election and selected for the Cann...

Gangster 2000S Sequel Hong Kong

7.9 Good

3

Blue Ruin

Blue Ruin is Jeremy Saulnier's 2013 American revenge thriller, a Kickstarter-backed independent film that won a FIPRESCI...

INDIE Crime Drama Revenge Thriller

7.8 Good

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Infernal Affairs II

Infernal Affairs II is a 2003 Hong Kong crime drama by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, a prequel tracing the moles before Infer...

2000S Prequel Hong Kong Undercover

7.7 Good

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Ash Is Purest White

Ash Is Purest White is a 2018 Chinese crime drama by Jia Zhangke about a woman's loyalty to a gangster across years of s...

Romance Crime Drama Gangster Chinese

7.7 Good

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The Traitor

The Traitor is a 2019 Italian crime drama by Marco Bellocchio about Mafia turncoat Tommaso Buscetta, a key witness in th...

Italian True Crime Biographical 2010S

7.6 Good

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A Hard Day

A Hard Day is a 2014 South Korean crime thriller by Kim Seong-hun about a detective who hides a fatal accident and faces...

Korean Police Thriller Cover Up

7.6 Good

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Miss Bala

Miss Bala is a 2011 Mexican crime drama by Gerardo Naranjo about a beauty pageant contestant trapped inside cartel viole...

Crime Drama Mexican 2010S Kidnapping

7.5 Good

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Exiled

Exiled is Johnnie To's 2006 Hong Kong action crime film set in 1998 Macau, where hitmen confront loyalty before the hand...

Gangster 2000S Hong Kong Hitman

7.4 Good

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The Outlaws

The Outlaws is a 2017 South Korean crime action film by Kang Yoon-sung, inspired by Garibong-dong gang cases and launchi...

Korean Action Police Gangster

7.3 Good

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Running Out of Time

Running Out of Time is Johnnie To's 1999 Hong Kong thriller, a 72-hour duel between a dying criminal and a police negoti...

Police 1990S Hong Kong Heist

7.3 Good

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Suburra

Suburra is Stefano Sollima's 2015 Italian neo-noir crime film, based on a Bonini-De Cataldo novel about organized crime...

Italian 2010S Corruption Mafia

7.2 Good

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PTU

PTU is Johnnie To's 2003 Hong Kong neo-noir crime film, set over one night as police search for a sergeant's missing rev...

Police Gangster 2000S Hong Kong

7.1 Good

14

The Connection

The Connection is a 2014 French crime thriller by Cedric Jimenez about magistrate Pierre Michel and the Marseille heroin...

French True Crime 2010S Marseille

7.1 Good

15

Infernal Affairs III

Infernal Affairs III is Andrew Lau and Alan Mak's 2003 Hong Kong crime drama, completing the trilogy by intercutting seq...

2000S Sequel Hong Kong Undercover

7.0 Good

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SPL: Kill Zone

SPL: Kill Zone is Wilson Yip's 2005 Hong Kong action crime film, starring Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung, Simon Yam, and Wu Jing...

Action Police 2000S Hong Kong

7.0 Good

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The Wild Goose Lake

The Wild Goose Lake is a 2019 Chinese neo-noir by Diao Yinan about a fugitive gangster, selected for Cannes main competi...

Gangster Neo Noir Chinese 2010S

7.0 Good

18

The French Connection II

French Connection II is John Frankenheimer's 1975 sequel, sending Gene Hackman's Popeye Doyle to Marseille to pursue Ala...

Police 1970S Sequel Marseille

6.7 Fair

19

Believer

Believer is Lee Hae-young's 2018 South Korean action crime film, a remake of Johnnie To's Drug War and Kim Joo-hyuk's fi...

Korean Crime Thriller Undercover 2010S

6.5 Fair

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The Drug King

The Drug King is Woo Min-ho's 2018 South Korean crime drama starring Song Kang-ho as Lee Doo-sam, a 1970s Busan narcotic...

Korean Gangster Biographical 2010S

6.1 Fair