20 movies like French Connection II, ordered by similarity : Black and Blue(2019), Sharknado(2013), Bucktown(1975), The Connection(2014), Mardaani(2014), Lucy(2014), Date Night(2010), Sleepless(2017), 48 HRS.(1982), Miami Vice(2006), Mea Culpa(2014), VFW(2019) ...
Action
USA
1975
119 Minutes
Gene Hackman Fernando Rey Bernard Fresson Jean-Pierre Castaldi Charles Millot Cathleen Nesbitt Pierre Collet Alexandre Fabre Philippe Léotard Jacques Dynam Raoul Delfosse
cop drug trafficker henchman gritty tense raw marseilles, france police station bar street drugs smuggling culture clash justice pursuit discovery escape 1970s
"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseille to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler who eluded him in New York.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
USA
2019
108 Minutes
Naomie Harris Tyrese Gibson Frank Grillo Mike Colter Reid Scott Beau Knapp Nafessa Williams Deneen Tyler Michael Papajohn James Moses Black Nelson Bonilla
rookie cop policewoman drug dealer murder victim corrupt cop criminal confident brooding gritty intense suspenseful frightening new orleans crime scene police station street neighborhood on the run security camera footage corrupt police
A rookie New Orleans police officer is forced to balance her identity as a black woman after she witnesses two corrupt cops committing murder.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Comedy, Action, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
2013
90 Minutes
Tara Reid Ian Ziering John Heard Cassie Scerbo Jaason Simmons Alex Arleo Neil H. Berkow Heather Jocelyn Blair
man daughter ex-wife drunk police officer shark campy emotional intense los angeles house bar street truck helicopter tornado shark attack danger survival stress
Action
USA
1975
94 Minutes
Fred Williamson Pam Grier Thalmus Rasulala Tony King Bernie Hamilton Art Lund Tierre Turner Morgan Upton Carl Weathers Jim Bohan Robert Burton
man police officer love interest old friend brother cop tense brash intense nightclub small town the south police station street family friendship police corruption bribery racism death
After being hassled by The Man in a southern town, a cool operator asks some violent friends for help. After all, if you can't trust another brother, who can you trust?
Action, Crime, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France|Belgium
2014
135 Minutes
Jean Dujardin Gilles Lellouche Céline Sallette Mélanie Doutey Benoît Magimel Guillaume Gouix Bruno Todeschini Féodor Atkine Moussa Maaskri Pierre Lopez Eric Collado
cop mobster witness drug lord criminal chemist emotional tense suspenseful gritty ring france new york city big city 1970s fighting mafia justice extortion police corruption
A French police magistrate spends years trying to take down one of the country's most powerful drug rings.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
India
2014
152 Minutes
Rani Mukherji Sanjay Taneja Tahir Bhasin
young woman detective police officer trafficker child gritty gripping intense disturbing india city police station forest street police work police pursuit child exploitation sex trade quest pursuit
A story of Shivani Shivaji Roy, Crime Branch, who sets out to confront the mastermind behind a child trafficking mafia.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action
France|Germany|Taiwan|Canada|USA|UK
2014
88 Minutes
Scarlett Johansson Morgan Freeman Min-sik Choi Amr Waked Julian Rhind-Tutt Pilou Asbæk Analeigh Tipton Nicolas Phongpheth Jan Oliver Schroeder Luca Angeletti
boyfriend drug smuggler student thug captor neurologist confident cool intense apartment bedroom car cell airplane street drug trafficking super powers brain tissue survival escape
A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.
Action, Romance
USA
2010
88 Minutes
Steve Carell Tina Fey Mark Wahlberg Taraji P. Henson Jimmi Simpson Common William Fichtner Leighton Meester JB Smoove Kristen Wiig Mark Ruffalo
husband wife cop mobster hunk couple amusing madcap engaging tense intense outlandish new jersey new york city boathouse suburb police station city apartment mistaken identity crooked cops
In New York City, a case of mistaken identity turns a bored married couple's attempt at a glamorous and romantic evening into something more thrilling and dangerous.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
2017
95 Minutes
Jamie Foxx Michelle Monaghan Tip "T.I." Harris Dermot Mulroney Gabrielle Union David Harbour Scoot McNairy Sala Baker Octavius J. Johnson
undercover cop corrupt cop gangster teen boy brooding brutal dark gripping intense las vegas desert police station kidnapping corrupt police organized crime criminal justice system discovery escape fall love
A cop with a connection to the criminal underworld scours a nightclub in search of his kidnapped son.
Comedy, Action
USA
1982
97 Minutes
Nick Nolte Eddie Murphy Annette O'Toole Frank McRae James Remar David Patrick Kelly Sonny Landham Brion James Kerry Sherman Jonathan Banks James Keane
police officer prisoner bank robber henchman girlfriend confident raw san francisco country road prison bar police station apartment crime murder robbery investigation culture clash mystery pursuit
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
Action, Crime, Drama
USA|Germany
2006
135 Minutes
Colin Farrell Jamie Foxx Gong Li Naomie Harris Ciarán Hinds Justin Theroux Barry Shabaka Henley Tom Towles Eddie Marsan Elizabeth Rodriguez Isaach De Bankolé
detective informant fbi agent lieutenant drug trafficker drug lord suspenseful fiery thrilling gritty miami boat street police station highway port chase conspiracy murder drugs
Based on the 1980s TV action/drama, this update focuses on vice detectives Crockett and Tubbs as their respective personal and professional lives become dangerously intertwined.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
France|Belgium|USA
2014
86 Minutes
Vincent Lindon Gilles Lellouche Nadine Labaki Gilles Cohen Max Baissette de Malglaive Medi Sadoun Velibor Topic Cyril Lecomte Gilles Bellomi
cop best friend murder suspect murder victim son serb tense intense south of france redemption city france threats drunk driving crime syndicate shoot out investigation haunted by the past discovery pursuit
Franck and Simon are both good cops and partners. Simon has been troubled since he killed three in a drunk driving accident, but when Simons son witnesses a murder, and is hunted by ruthless killers, he's efficiently back.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
2019
92 Minutes
Stephen Lang William Sadler Martin Kove Fred Williamson David Patrick Kelly George Wendt Sierra McCormick Dora Madison
veteran teenager gang member soldier dark gripping brutal gritty bar parking lot alley roof jeep survival drugs protection gunfight war on drugs escape pursuit
A group of old war veterans put their lives on the line to defend a young woman taking shelter in their local VFW post, who's running from a deranged drug dealer and his relentless army of drug addled punks.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
Canada
2018
94 Minutes
Jason Momoa Jill Wagner Zahn McClarnon Garret Dillahunt Stephen Lang Brendan Fletcher Sala Baker Teach Grant Sasha Rossof James Harvey Ward Fraser Aitcheson
father son logger drug trafficker family bleak engaging fascinating gritty intense raw cabin woods wilderness protection shoot out drug trade escape rivalry pursuit
A logger defends his family from a group of dangerous drug runners.
Action
2015
100 Minutes
Lambert Wilson Guillaume Gouix Franck Gastambide François Arnaud Laurent Lucas Gabrielle Lazure Pierre Lebeau Hedi Rian Virginie Ledoyen
gang members hostage child young woman gang leader bleak brash brutal chilling confident dark frenetic frightening gripping intense melodramatic shocking suspenseful tense thrilling
After a bank job goes wrong, three desperate criminals take a young woman and a father and child hostage.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Action
Hong Kong
1987
108 Minutes
Jackie Chan Maggie Cheung Rosamund Kwan Carina Lau David Lam Bill Tung Sam Lui Regina Kent
corrupt cop commander undercover agent police officer henchman criminal thrilling wild frenetic amusing hong kong police station hideout street organized crime police corruption undercover operations daunting task frame-up pursuit
Dragon is now transferred to be the police head of Sai Wan district, and has to contend with a gangster kingpin, anti-Manchu revolutionaries, some runaway pirates, Manchu Loyalists and a corrupt Police Superintendent.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Comedy, Action, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
2017
90 Minutes
Ian Ziering Tara Reid Cassie Scerbo Olivia Newton-John Chris Kattan Masiela Lusha Cody Linley Fabio Charo Gilbert Gottfried Clay Aiken
man shark police officer wildlife victim daughter campy intense frightening chilling creepy brutal house helicopter car street paris london survival animal attack
Fin and his wife April travel around the world to save their young son who's trapped inside a sharknado.
Action, Crime, Drama
France|Canada|USA|Spain
2014
90 Minutes
Paul Walker David Belle RZA Goûchy Boy Catalina Denis Carlo Rota Robert Maillet Ayisha Issa Bradshaw Anderson
criminal undercover cop killer ex-convict father police officer bleak brutal chilling thrilling intense gritty detroit house police station car street warehouse dystopia crime
An undercover Detroit cop navigates a dangerous neighborhood that's surrounded by a containment wall with the help of an ex-con in order to bring down a crime lord and his plot to devastate the entire city.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK|USA
1984
108 Minutes
Arnold Schwarzenegger Linda Hamilton Michael Biehn Paul Winfield Lance Henriksen Rick Rossovich Bess Motta Earl Boen Dick Miller Shawn Schepps Bruce Kerner
good guy woman android murder victim roommate cyborg gory suspenseful intense tense thrilling los angeles alternate reality police station club city apartment motel room violence robots time travel
A human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.
War, Action
1978
93 Minutes
Bo Svenson Fred Williamson Ian Bannen Peter Hooten Jackie Basehart Michel Constantin Debra Berger Raimund Harmstorf Michael Pergolani
soldier deserter thief assassin prisoner lieutenant intense confident gutsy thrilling dark patriotic france world war ii prison break dangerous mission captivity nazism friendship adventure
Two officers (Bo Svenson, Ian Bannen) lead military misfits on a mission to steal a Nazi V-2 rocket gyroscope.
Crime, Drama, Action
France
2004
105 Minutes
Daniel Auteuil Gérard Depardieu André Dussollier Roschdy Zem Valeria Golino Daniel Duval Catherine Marchal Francis Renaud Guy Lecluyse Alain Figlarz Vincent Moscato
police officer partner boss criminal gangster suspenseful emotional intense paris police station france street car apartment promotion robbery investigation sabotage competition crime
2 cops are promised by the retiring chief of the Paris police that the one, getting the violent gang robbing armored trucks, will get his job. The 2 will do whatever it takes to get the promotion, even if it means breaking the law.