20 movies like Above the Law, ordered by similarity : The Expatriate(2012), The Foreigner(2017), Die Hard(1988), John Wick: Chapter 2(2017), Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit(2014), Beverly Hills Cop(1984), American Dragons(1997), Vendetta(2013), Shagird(2011), Pork Pie(2017), Anna(2019), Dabangg 2(2012) ...
Action
USA
1988
99 Minutes
Steven Seagal Pam Grier Henry Silva Sharon Stone Ron Dean Daniel Faraldo Thalmus Rasulala Miguel Nino
police officer cia agent partner villain wife drug dealer engaging gritty thrilling chicago police station on the run big city cia investigation corruption showdown conspiracy drug trafficking revenge
A former Special Operations Vietnam vet works as a Chicago cop, and uncovers C.I.A. wrongdoing.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
2012
104 Minutes
Aaron Eckhart Olga Kurylenko Liana Liberato Neil Napier Garrick Hagon Alexander Fehling Kate Linder Eric Godon David Bark-Jones
cia agent daughter father government agent thrilling tense suspenseful rousing gripping engaging antwerp office city street house on the run assassination father/daughter relationship cover-up shoot out
A former agent (Aaron Eckhart) of the CIA and his estranged daughter (Liana Liberato) go on the run after his employers target them for assassination.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK|China|USA|India
2017
114 Minutes
Jackie Chan Pierce Brosnan Ray Fearon Orla Brady Tao Liu Charlie Murphy David Pearse Rufus Jones Niall McNamee Rory Fleck-Byrne Stephen Hogan
businessman teen girl terrorist government official daughter shocking fiery gripping engaging thrilling suspenseful london street office car house big city murder grief terrorism
A humble businessman with a buried past seeks justice when his daughter is killed in an act of terrorism. A cat-and-mouse conflict ensues with a government official, whose past may hold clues to the killers' identities.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
1988
131 Minutes
Bruce Willis Alan Rickman Bonnie Bedelia Reginald VelJohnson Alexander Godunov Paul Gleason William Atherton Hart Bochner
police officer hostage terrorist rival wealthy man thrilling gritty suspenseful intense office los angeles car elevator christmas party skyscraper robbery party christmas showdown explosion
An NYPD officer tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by German terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|Italy|Hong Kong|Canada
2017
122 Minutes
Keanu Reeves Common Laurence Fishburne Riccardo Scamarcio Ruby Rose Lance Reddick Peter Stormare Bridget Moynahan Franco Nero John Alberto Leguizamo Ian McShane
assassin widower dog enemy crime boss murderer soldier guard criminal thrilling tense suspenseful engaging gripping intense united states italy art museum city catacombs
After returning to the criminal underworld to repay a debt, John Wick discovers that a large bounty has been put on his life.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|Russia
2014
105 Minutes
Chris Pine Kevin Costner Kenneth Branagh Keira Knightley Gemma Chan Karen David Nonso Anozie Colm Feore
executive cia agent russian fiancée handler cia analyst brooding chilling suspenseful thrilling intense cia office house russia office wall street big city cia global finances spying
Jack Ryan, as a young covert C.I.A. analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
Action, Comedy
USA
1984
105 Minutes
Eddie Murphy Judge Reinhold John Ashton Lisa Eilbacher Ronny Cox Steven Berkoff James Russo Jonathan Banks Stephen Elliott Paul Reiser
cop friend lieutenant businessman victim police officer thrilling amusing cool witty detroit beverly hills, calif. police station art gallery beverly hills big city murder investigation culture clash race relations
A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.
Action
Canada|USA
1997
96 Minutes
Dean Choe Lorena Gale Michael Biehn Byron Mann Joong-Hoon Park Don Stark Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Benjamin Ratner
detective mobster partner gang member assassin gritty thrilling spirited korea new york city police station office street culture clash murder investigation gang war organized crime justice partnership rivalry
Murders in Seoul, Korea and in America pair two cops from each of the countries together to solve the crimes. The investigation leads to a gang war between the Mafia and the Yakuza, but one... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK
2013
106 Minutes
Danny Dyer Roxanne McKee Vincent Regan Bruce Payne Simona Roman Ricci Harnett Josef Altin
son special agent police officer criminal murderer enemy thrilling tense gripping brooding brutal london city england big city revenge vendetta death crime violence
Special ops interrogation officer Jimmy Vickers tracks down a gang who slaughtered his parents. With police closing in & his old unit on his trail, he has to to evade capture long enough to complete his gruesome crusade.
Crime, Drama, Action
India
2011
128 Minutes
Nana Patekar Mohit Ahlawat Rimi Sen Anurag Kashyap Zakir Hussain
inspector police officer wife son journalist media personality intense gripping powerful inspiring profound india city police station house corruption corrupt police fighting corruption bribery political corruption
A rookie cop questions the tactics of his superior, and attempts to track the abductors of his girlfriend.
Crime, Comedy, Drama, Action
2017
105 Minutes
Dean O'Gorman James Rolleston Ashleigh Cummings Antonia Prebble Matt Whelan Ben Mitchell Milo Cawthorne Siobhan Marshall
outlaw cop friend boyfriend girlfriend driver amusing engaging endearing thrilling heartwarming new zealand vehicle barn road on the run big city on the run road trip protest
Accidental outlaws travel New Zealand in a yellow mini, protesting conformity and chasing lost love, with the cops and the media hot on their tail.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
2019
119 Minutes
Sasha Luss Luke Evans Cillian Murphy Helen Mirren Lera Abova Sasha Petrov Nikita Pavlenko Anna Krippa Aleksey Maslodudov Eric Godon Ivan Franek
model female assassin crime boss cia agent agent russian brutal gory suspenseful thrilling brooding profound russia criminal underworld catwalk cia office big city paris undercover operations russia
Beneath a woman's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the most feared assassins on the planet.
Musical, Comedy, Action, Drama
India
2012
114 Minutes
Salman Khan Kareena Kapoor Sonakshi Sinha Prakash Raj Vinod Khanna Malaika Arora Deepak Dobriyal
police officer wife father brother criminal henchman gripping engaging powerful inspiring melodramatic hilarious india city town house police station wedding reception police work family relationships
Chulbul Pandey invites a fresh trouble when he kills the brother of a notorious politician and the former swears to wreak havoc in his life.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
India
2015
123 Minutes
Varun Dhawan Nawazuddin Siddiqui Huma Qureshi Yami Gautam Divya Dutta Vinay Pathak Radhika Apte
mother son father partner wife robber brash confident dark emotional gritty intense india house car apartment police station vengeance tragic death bank robbery
An innocent man turns brutal when his family gets killed in a bank robbery and one of the perpetrators escapes. 15 years later, he begins his deadly game of vengeance.
Action
India
2012
174 Minutes
Hrithik Roshan Rishi Kapoor Sanjay Dutt Om Puri Priyanka Chopra Zarina Wahab Chetan Pandit Arish Bhiwandiwala Inaamulhaq Rajesh Tandon Madhurjeet Sarghi
young man young woman mother sister villain criminal gripping intense powerful engaging emotional disheartening india village city town house police station death of father family relationships
A young boy's father is lynched before his eyes; fifteen years later he returns home for revenge.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|Germany|Canada
2002
118 Minutes
Ben Affleck Morgan Freeman James Cromwell Liev Schreiber Bridget Moynahan Alan Bates Ciarán Hinds Philip Baker Hall Ron Rifkin Bruce McGill Colm Feore
cia agent president scientist partner secret agent cia analyst thrilling suspenseful gripping intense washington, d.c. baltimore white house government building cia office big city espionage war terrorism nuclear attack
CIA analyst Jack Ryan must stop the plans of a Neo-Nazi faction that threatens to induce a catastrophic conflict between the United States and Russia's President by detonating a nuclear weapon at a football game in Baltimore, Maryland.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|UK|China
2014
101 Minutes
Keanu Reeves Michael Nyqvist Alfie Allen Willem Dafoe Dean Winters Adrianne Palicki Omer Barnea Toby Leonard Moore Bridget Moynahan John Alberto Leguizamo Ian McShane
assassin wife mobster thug puppy fat person brooding dark intense thrilling suspenseful sad house car club office street apartment retirement murder
An ex-hit-man comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that killed his dog and took everything from him.
Action, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Japan
2012
135 Minutes
Jeremy Renner Rachel Weisz Edward Norton Stacy Keach Dennis Boutsikaris Oscar Isaac Joan Allen Albert Finney David Strathairn Scott Glenn Donna Murphy
cia agent spy scientist cia director doctor assassin crafty tense thrilling intense suspenseful cia office city philippines united states new york city alaska espionage assassination on the run
An expansion of the universe from Robert Ludlum's novels, centered on a new hero whose stakes have been triggered by the events of the previous three films.
Action, Crime, Drama
USA
2012
109 Minutes
Jake Gyllenhaal Michael Peña Natalie Martinez Anna Kendrick David Harbour Frank Grillo America Ferrera Cle Sloan Jaime Fitzsimons Cody Horn
police officer partner police captain criminal wife drug dealer gritty intense thrilling moving los angeles apartment street crime scene wedding inner city law enforcement inner-city life friendship drug trade
Shot documentary-style, this film follows the daily grind of two young police officers in LA who are partners and friends, and what happens when they meet criminal forces greater than themselves.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
India
2005
132 Minutes
Udita Goswami Emraan Hashmi Shamita Shetty Sameer Kochhar Vishwajeet Pradhan
young man young woman police officer husband wife thrilling intense gripping melodramatic india city house bungalow police station restaurant death murder loss of money husband/wife relationship investigation
Siddharth and Sonia are happily married to each other until Anna walks into Siddharth's life. Things takes a worst turn, when Anna gets killed and Siddharth finds himself in deep trouble.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|Germany
2004
108 Minutes
Matt Damon Franka Potente Brian Cox Julia Stiles Karl Urban Gabriel Mick Joan Allen Marton Csokas Karel Roden Tomas Arana Tom Gallop
cia agent director russian girlfriend technician assassin intricate frenetic suspenseful india berlin naples, italy moscow cia office new york city chase framed cia theft murder
When Jason Bourne is framed for a CIA operation gone awry, he is forced to resume his former life as a trained assassin to survive.