Films like Desperate Measures (1998)

Desperate Measures (1998) is action, crime, drama, thriller. These 24 films share its genres, ordered by how much overlap they have and how well they are rated.

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The Shadow's Edge (2025)

Also action and crime. 8.3/10

Macau Police brings the tracking expert police officer out of retirement to help catch a dangerous group of professional thieves.
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Also action and crime. 7.8/10

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the…
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011)

Also action and crime. 8.1/10

A former assassin, known simply as The Bride, wakes from a coma four years after her jealous ex-lover Bill attempts to murder her on her wedding day. Fueled by an insatiable…
Jack Reacher (2012)

Also action and crime. 6.7/10

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…
Infernal Affairs (2002)

Also action and crime. 7.8/10

Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their…
Cloud (2024)

Also action and crime. 6.7/10

Ryōsuke Yoshii, an ordinary reseller, carelessly earns grudges by people and becomes entangled in a life-threatening struggle.
xXx (2002)

Also action and crime. 6.0/10

Xander Cage is your standard adrenaline junkie with no fear and a lousy attitude. When the US Government "recruits" him to go on a mission, he's not exactly thrilled. His mission…
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)

Also action and crime. 6.0/10

Years after resigning command of an elite military police unit, the nomadic, righter-of-wrongs Reacher is drawn back into the life he left behind when his friend and successor…
Patriots Day (2016)

Also action and crime. 7.1/10

In the aftermath of an unspeakable act of terror, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders joins courageous survivors, first responders and investigators in a race against the clock to hunt…
The Negotiator (1998)

Also action and crime. 7.1/10

The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking…
Ambulance (2022)

Also action and crime. 6.6/10

Decorated veteran Will Sharp, desperate for money to cover his wife's medical bills, asks for help from his adoptive brother Danny. A charismatic career criminal, Danny instead…
Death Wish (2018)

Also action and crime. 6.2/10

A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.
Boyka: Undisputed IV (2016)

Also action and crime. 7.2/10

In the fourth installment of the fighting franchise, Boyka is shooting for the big leagues when an accidental death in the ring makes him question everything he stands for. When…
Need for Speed (2014)

Also action and crime. 6.5/10

The film revolves around a local street-racer who partners with a rich and arrogant business associate, only to find himself framed by his colleague and sent to prison. After he…
Havoc (2025)

Also action and crime. 6.4/10

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.
Street Kings (2008)

Also action and crime. 6.7/10

Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow…
Hackers (1995)

Also action and crime. 6.4/10

Along with his new friends, a teenager who was arrested by the US Secret Service and banned from using a computer for writing a computer virus discovers a plot by a nefarious…
Colombiana (2011)

Also action and crime. 6.6/10

After witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, Cataleya Restrepo grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal…
Rebel Ridge (2024)

Also action and crime. 7.0/10

A former Marine confronts corruption in a small town when local law enforcement unjustly seizes the bag of cash he needs to post his cousin's bail.
Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006)

Also action and crime. 7.4/10

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…
Mercury Rising (1998)

Also action and crime. 6.3/10

Renegade FBI agent Art Jeffries protects a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked the government's new "unbreakable" code.
The Killer (1989)

Also action and crime. 7.6/10

Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, when beautiful nightclub…
Patriot Games (1992)

Also action and crime. 6.7/10

When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.
Gangster Squad (2013)

Also action and crime. 6.4/10

Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and — if he has…