Movies like Harry Brown
Harry Brown (2009) is a thriller movie directed by Daniel Barber. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Jack Reacher (2012)
★ 6.7 · 7,922 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
One morning in an ordinary town, five people are shot dead in a seemingly random attack. All evidence points to a single suspect: an ex-military sniper who is quickly brought into custody. The interrogation yields one written note: 'Get Jack Reacher!'. Reacher, an enigmatic ex-Army investigator, believes the authorities have the right man but agrees to help the sniper's defense attorney. However, the more Reacher delves into the case, the less clear-cut it appears. So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth, pitting Jack Reacher against an unexpected enemy, with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.
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2. The Equalizer (2014)
★ 7.3 · 10,286 votes · Thriller, Action, Crime
McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by – he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.
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3. Taxi Driver (1976)
★ 8.1 · 13,892 votes · Crime, Drama
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.
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4. The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
★ 6.8 · 19,233 votes · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A teenage Peter Parker grapples with both high school and amazing super-human crises as his alter-ego Spider-Man.
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5. Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020)
★ 6.9 · 11,049 votes · Action, Crime
Harley Quinn joins forces with a singer, an assassin and a police detective to help a young girl who had a hit placed on her after she stole a rare diamond from a crime lord.
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6. The Crow (1994)
★ 7.5 · 4,710 votes · Fantasy, Action, Thriller
Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven, watched over by a hypnotic crow, returns from the grave to exact revenge.
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7. The Mask of Zorro (1998)
★ 6.6 · 4,477 votes · Action, Adventure
It has been twenty years since Don Diego de la Vega fought Spanish oppression in Alta California as the legendary romantic hero, Zorro. Having escaped from prison he transforms troubled bandit Alejandro into his successor, in order to foil the plans of the tyrannical Don Rafael Montero who robbed him of his freedom, his wife and his precious daughter.
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8. Prisoners (2013)
★ 8.1 · 13,629 votes · Drama, Thriller, Crime
After his six-year-old daughter is abducted, a desperate father takes justice into his own hands when he loses faith in the detective leading the investigation, setting both men on a collision course as the search descends into obsession and moral compromise.
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9. John Wick (2014)
★ 7.5 · 21,471 votes · Action, Thriller
Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
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10. Se7en (1995)
★ 8.4 · 23,980 votes · Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Somerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.
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11. Zodiac (2007)
★ 7.5 · 12,005 votes · Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Police conduct a manhunt for the Zodiac Killer, a serial killer who terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area during the late 1960s and early 1970s, taunting police with letters, bloodstained clothing, and ciphers mailed to newspapers.
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12. The Salton Sea (2002)
★ 6.6 · 385 votes · Crime, Drama, Mystery
After the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriends slacker Jimmy "The Finn", becomes involved in rescuing his neighbor Colette from her own demons, and gets entangled in a web of deceit full of unexpected twists and turns.
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13. Citizen Vigilante (2026)
★ 6.5 · 432 votes · Thriller, Action, Crime
A man takes justice into his own hands, hunting down criminals. His vigilante crusade makes him a social media star but puts him at odds with the local police chief.
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14. Coffy (1973)
★ 6.6 · 324 votes · Crime, Thriller, 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 path.
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15. The Substitute (1996)
★ 7.0 · 610 votes · Action, Crime, Drama
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 he discovers a conspiracy of criminals at work, and must reassemble his team from his last jungle raid to stop them.
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16. The Replacement Killers (1998)
★ 6.3 · 608 votes · Action, Crime, Thriller
Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, but his conscience gets the better of him, and he spares the child's life. Afraid that Wei will take revenge on his family in China, Lee seeks out expert forger Meg Coburn to obtain the passport he needs to get out of the country, but a band of replacement killers is soon on his trail.
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17. Kiss of the Dragon (2001)
★ 6.9 · 1,428 votes · Action, Crime, 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.
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18. Hard Target (1993)
★ 6.5 · 1,403 votes · Action, Thriller, 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.
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