50 Movies Like The Raid 2 (2014) You Need to Watch Next
Updated August 2026
View The Raid 2 details →If you loved The Raid 2 (2014) by Gareth Evans, here are 50 movies that share its content DNA. iRankMovies measures real similarity using cosine similarity across eight weighted dimensions — genre (50%), tone (12%), pace (10%), structure (8%), era (7%), theme (6%), audience (4%) and narrative perspective (3%) — not just the rating. The closest matches according to our analysis are New Police Story, Police Story 2, The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil. Every title is ranked by how closely it matches and backed by the iRank Score, a composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb across 12,000+ analysed titles.
The Best Movies Similar to The Raid 2
Selected for their real similarity in content, these are the movies that share the most with The Raid 2 in terms of theme, narrative tone, and cinematic style. Every recommendation goes beyond genre — we evaluate the type of conflict, pacing, dramatic context, and the experience they create for viewers.
New Police Story
2004 · Benny Chan Muk-Sing
Sent into a drunken tailspin when his entire unit is killed by a gang of thrill-seeking punks, disgraced Hong Kong police inspector Wing needs help from his new rookie partner, with a troubled past of
In common: Action · Crime
Police Story 2
1988 · Jackie Chan
The Hong Kong super-cop must stop a group of blackmailing bombers at the same time that the villains of the first Police Story are out for revenge.
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil
2019 · Lee Won-tae
After barely surviving a brutal attack by a sadistic serial killer, crime boss Jang Dong-su is left humiliated. Determined to catch the killer known as K, he forms an uneasy alliance with Jung Tae-seo
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
Police Story 3: Super Cop
1992 · Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai
A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
Transporter 3
2008 · Olivier Megaton
Frank Martin puts the driving gloves on to deliver Valentina, the kidnapped daughter of a Ukrainian government official, from Marseilles to Odessa on the Black Sea. En route, he has to contend with th
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
Kiss of the Dragon
2001 · Chris Nahon
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.
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
The Raid
2012 · Gareth Evans
Deep in the heart of Jakarta's slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world's most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the run-down apartment block has been considered untouchable to ev
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
The Equalizer
2014 · Antoine Fuqua
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 gangster
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
The Way of the Dragon
1972 · Bruce Lee
After a Chinese restaurant in Rome is threatened by the mafia, who will stop at nothing to acquire the property, the owner recruits a family friend in Hong Kong, kung fu expert Tang Lung, to help them
In common: Action · Crime
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
2019 · Chad Stahelski
Super-assassin John Wick returns with a $14 million price tag on his head and an army of bounty-hunting killers on his trail. After killing a member of the shadowy international assassin’s guild, the
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
The Transporter
2002 · Corey Yuen
Former Special Forces officer Frank Martin will deliver anything to anyone for the right price, and his no-questions-asked policy puts him in high demand. But when he realizes his latest cargo is aliv
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004 · Quentin Tarantino
The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her former associates one-by-one, ch
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
Ong-Bak
2003 · Prachya Pinkaew
When the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen, a young martial artist goes to the big city and finds himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it.
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
Transporter 2
2005 · Louis Leterrier
Professional driver, and former Special Forces officer, Frank Martin is living in Miami, where he is temporarily filling in for a friend as the chauffeur for a government narcotics control policy dire
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
The Mechanic
2011 · Simon West
Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code requiring professional perfection and total detachment. One of an elite group of assassins, Bishop may be the best in the business
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
Hard Target
1993 · John Woo
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 r
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
The Foreigner
2017 · Martin Campbell
Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage daughter – dies in an Irish Republican Army car b
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
Lethal Weapon 4
1998 · Richard Donner
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.
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
Lethal Weapon 2
1989 · Richard Donner
Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
Bullitt
1968 · Peter Yates
Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny, who is in protective custody in San Francisco under the watch o
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
Lethal Weapon 3
1992 · Richard Donner
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.
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
Red Heat
1988 · Walter Hill
A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
In common: Action · Crime
The Rip
2026 · Joe Carnahan
Trust frays when a team of Miami cops discovers millions in cash inside a run-down stash house, calling everyone — and everything — into question.
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
The Outlaws
2017 · Kang Yun-sung
In Chinatown, law and order is turned upside down when a trio of feral Chinese gangsters arrive, start terrorizing civilians, and usurping territory. The beleaguered local gangsters team up with the p
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
Lethal Weapon
1987 · Richard Donner
A veteran cop and an unstable detective become partners who must put their differences aside in order to bring down a heroin-smuggling ring run by ex-Special Forces.
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
The Protector
2005 · Prachya Pinkaew
A young fighter named Kham must go to Australia to retrieve his stolen elephant. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on all comers, including a gang led by an evil woman
In common: Action · Crime
Double Impact
1991 · Sheldon Lettich
Jean Claude Van Damme plays a dual role as Alex and Chad, twins separated at the death of their parents. Chad is raised by a family retainer in Paris, Alex becomes a petty crook in Hong Kong. Seeing a
In common: Action · Crime
Undisputed III: Redemption
2010 · Isaac Florentine
Russian inmate Boyka, now severely hobbled by the knee injury suffered at the end of Undisputed 2. No longer the feared prison fighter he was, he has declined so far that he is now good only for clean
In common: Action · Crime
Undisputed II: Last Man Standing
2006 · Isaac Florentine
Heavyweight Champ George "Iceman" Chambers is sent to a Russian jail on trumped-up drug charges. In order to win his freedom he must fight against the jailhouse fighting champ Uri Boyka in a battle to
In common: Action · Crime
Blood and Bone
2009 · Ben Ramsey
In Los Angeles, an ex-con takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.
In common: Action · Crime
Rumble in the Bronx
1995 · Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai
Keong comes from Hong Kong to visit New York for his uncle's wedding. His uncle runs a market in the Bronx and Keong offers to help out while Uncle is on his honeymoon. During his stay in the Bronx, K
In common: Action · Crime
The Man from Nowhere
2010 · Lee Jeong-beom
A reclusive pawnshop owner goes on a brutal rampage to rescue a young girl kidnapped by a criminal organization.
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
Police Story
1985 · Jackie Chan
Officer Chan Ka Kui manages to put a major Hong Kong drug dealer behind the bars practically alone, after a shooting and an impressive chase inside a slum. Now, he must protect the boss' secretary, Se
In common: Action · Crime
John Wick: Chapter 4
2023 · Chad Stahelski
With the price on his head ever increasing, John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances ac
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017 · Chad Stahelski
John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
Under Siege
1992 · Andrew Davis
A disgruntled ex-CIA operative, his assistant and their assembled group of terrorists seize a battleship with nuclear blackmail in mind. They've planned for every contingency but ignore the ship's coo
In common: Action · Thriller
Desperado
1995 · Robert Rodriguez
El Mariachi plunges headfirst into the dark border underworld when he follows a trail of blood to the last of the infamous Mexican drug lords, Bucho, for an action-packed, bullet-riddled showdown. Wit
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
Hard Boiled
1992 · John Woo
A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
Unleashed
2005 · Louis Leterrier
Raised as a slave, Danny is used to fighting for his survival. In fact, his "master," Bart, thinks of him as a pet and goes as far as leashing him with a collar so they can make money in fight clubs,
In common: Action · Crime
The Warriors
1979 · Walter Hill
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warr
In common: Action · Thriller
John Wick
2014 · Chad Stahelski
Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
In common: Action · Thriller
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003 · Quentin Tarantino
An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.
In common: Action · Crime
Legend
2015 · Brian Helgeland
Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orche
In common: Crime · Thriller
Shelter
2026 · Ric Roman Waugh
A man living in self-imposed exile on a remote island rescues a young girl from a violent storm, setting off a chain of events that forces him out of seclusion to protect her from enemies tied to his
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
A Working Man
2025 · David Ayer
Levon Cade left behind a decorated military career in the black ops to live a simple life working construction. But when his boss's daughter, who is like family to him, is taken by human traffickers,
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
The Beekeeper
2024 · David Ayer
One man's campaign for vengeance takes on national stakes after he is revealed to be a former operative of a powerful and clandestine organization known as Beekeepers.
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
Ballerina
2025 · Len Wiseman
Taking place during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, Eve Macarro begins her training in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma.
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
The Equalizer 3
2023 · Antoine Fuqua
Robert McCall finds himself at home in Southern Italy but he discovers his friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friend
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
From Paris with Love
2010 · Pierre Morel
James Reese has a good job as an ambassador's aid in France, but his real passion is a side gig—working in a minor role in the CIA. He would love to be a full-fledged agent and can't believe his luck
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
The Equalizer 2
2018 · Antoine Fuqua
Robert McCall, who serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, embarks on a relentless, globe-trotting quest for vengeance when his former partner is murdered.
In common: Action · Crime · Thriller
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