Movies like Hard Target
If Hard Target's mix of martial arts, showdown and psychopath stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Hard Target's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Death Warrant
1990 · Directed by Deran Sarafian · 89 min6.3
Why you'll like itWith Jean-Claude Van Damme · Shares: martial arts, showdown, psychopath · Also action and crime · From the same decade (1990s)
Canadian policeman Louis Burke is assigned in a jail to investigate the murders of prisoners and jailors. While there, Louis, using his outstanding martial arts skills, is able to save his life and make himself…
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John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
2019 · Directed by Chad Stahelski · 131 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: martial arts, organized crime, one man army · Also action and thriller
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 High Table, John…
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Unleashed
2005 · Directed by Louis Leterrier · 103 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: martial arts, organized crime, one against many · Also action and crime
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, where Danny is the…
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Undisputed
2002 · Directed by Walter Hill · 96 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: martial arts, showdown, fistfight · Also action and crime
Monroe Hutchens is the heavyweight champion of Sweetwater, a maximum security prison. He was convicted to a life sentence due to a passionate crime.
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John Wick: Chapter 4
2023 · Directed by Chad Stahelski · 170 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: martial arts, organized crime · Also action and thriller
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 across the globe and…
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Lethal Weapon
1987 · Directed by Richard Donner · 110 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: showdown, action hero · Also action and thriller
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.
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Sexy Beast
2001 · Directed by Jonathan Glazer · 89 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: psychopath, money · Also crime and thriller
Ex-safecracker Gal Dove has served his time behind bars and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa paradise with a wife he adores. The idyll is shattered by the arrival of his nemesis Don Logan, intent on persuading…
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Hard Times
1975 · Directed by Walter Hill · 93 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: martial arts, new orleans, louisiana · Also action and crime
In the depression, Chaney, a strong silent streetfighter, joins with Speed, a promoter of no-holds-barred street boxing bouts. They go to New Orleans where Speed borrows money to set up fights for Chaney, but Speed…
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Avengement
2019 · Directed by Jesse V. Johnson · 88 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: martial arts, fistfight · Also crime and action
While on a prison furlough, a lowly criminal evades his guards and returns to his old stomping ground to take revenge on the people who turned him into a cold blooded killer.
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Lethal Weapon 4
1998 · Directed by Richard Donner · 127 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: showdown, action hero · Also action and crime · From the same decade (1990s)
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.
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Triple Threat
2019 · Directed by Jesse V. Johnson · 96 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: martial arts, organized crime · Also thriller and action
A crime syndicate places a hit on a billionaire's daughter, making her the target of an elite assassin squad. A small band of down-and-out mercenaries protects her, fighting tooth and nail to stop the assassins from…
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The Silence of the Lambs
1991 · Directed by Jonathan Demme · 119 min8.3
Why you'll like itWith Kasi Lemmons · Shares: psychopath · Also crime and thriller · From the same decade (1990s)
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for…