20 movies like VFW, ordered by similarity : Predators(2010), Bushwick(2017), The Domestics(2018), Blood Father(2016), John Wick: Chapter 2(2017), BuyBust(2018), Get the Gringo(2012), The Bouncer(2018), Braven(2018), Destroyer(2018), Cold Pursuit(2019), Lucy(2014) ...
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.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action, Adventure
USA
2010
107 Minutes
Adrien Brody Topher Grace Alice Braga Walton Goggins Oleg Taktarov Laurence Fishburne Danny Trejo Louis Ozawa Changchien Mahershala Ali
mercenary fighter hunter alien soldier murderer brutal intense gritty thrilling jungle outer space spaceship alien planet camp hunting aliens mutiny survival assassination
A group of elite warriors parachute into an unfamiliar jungle and are hunted by members of a merciless alien race.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Adventure
USA
2017
94 Minutes
Dave Bautista Jonathan Milott Brittany Snow Angelic Zambrana Jeremie Harris Christian Navarro Arturo Castro Alex Breaux Myra Lucretia Taylor Quincy Chad Jeff Lima
young woman militia member veteran reporter friend gripping intense brutal brooklyn new york city subway apartment apartment building roof invasion violence guns evacuation escape pursuit
When a U.S. based military force invades their Brooklyn neighborhood, 20-year-old Lucy and war veteran Stupe must depend on each other to survive.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
2018
95 Minutes
Kate Bosworth Tyler Hoechlin Sonoya Mizuno Lance E. Nichols Lance Reddick Jeff Chase David Dastmalchian Laura Cayouette Dana Gourrier Brad Leland Thomas Francis Murphy
gang member traveler murderer gang leader partner survivor brutal thrilling gripping unrestrained wild suspenseful post-apocalyptic wasteland house car store road suburb post-apocalypse travel
In the weeks following an apocalyptic event, a husband and wife venture across the countryside inhabited by deadly factions in search of safety, and must work together as they are pushed to the breaking point in order to survive.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
France
2016
88 Minutes
Mel Gibson Erin Moriarty Diego Luna William H. Macy Michael Parks Thomas Mann Elisabeth Röhm Ryan Dorsey
father ex-convict daughter drug dealer thrilling tense dark gritty new mexico united states drugs estrangement father/daughter relationship reunion escape on the run violence escape revenge 21st century
An ex-con reunites with his estranged wayward 17-year old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her.
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
Philippines
2018
126 Minutes
Anne Curtis Brandon Vera AJ Muhlach Alex Calleja Victor Neri Nonie Buencamino Joross Gamboa Nafa Hilario-Cruz
drug enforcement agent drug dealer villager gang leader gang member intense brooding confident gritty manila, philippines carnival apartment slum street drug cartel drug bust corrupt police violence pursuit rivalry
An anti-drug enforcement agency stages a massive drug bust in the slums of Manila.
Action, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Mexico
2012
96 Minutes
Mel Gibson Daniel Giménez Cacho Jesús Ochoa Roberto Sosa Dolores Heredia Kevin Hernandez Peter Stormare Dean Norris Bob Gunton Scott Cohen Patrick Bauchau
bank robber american mexican border patrol officer gangster young boy engaging gripping moving amusing playful brutal mexico prison robbery bank robbery relationships gangsters organ harvesting fear
A career criminal nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a young boy.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
France|Belgium
2018
82 Minutes
Jean-Claude Van Damme Sveva Alviti Sami Bouajila Sam Louwyck Kaaris Kevin Janssens Alice Verset Dimitri Thivaios Laurent D'Elia Cécilia Ngô
bodyguard bouncer daughter strip-club owner police detective stripper thrilling engaging suspenseful gripping brutal intense nightclub strip club investigation undercover operations working undercover father/daughter relationship fighting danger
A nightclub bouncer in his fifties who's taken punches, literally and figuratively, struggles to raise his 8-year-old daughter.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
USA
2018
123 Minutes
Nicole Kidman Toby Kebbell Tatiana Maslany Sebastian Stan Scoot McNairy Bradley Whitford Toby Huss James Jordan Beau Knapp Jade Pettyjohn Shamier Anderson
police officer gang member gang leader criminal detective brash brutal bleak gripping intense california desert restaurant police station murder revenge police work undercover operations gangs pursuit
A police detective reconnects with people from an undercover assignment in her distant past in order to make peace.
Action, Mystery & Thriller
UK|Norway|China|Canada|USA|France
2019
118 Minutes
Liam Neeson Tom Bateman Tom Jackson Emmy Rossum Domenick Lombardozzi Julia Jones John Doman Laura Dern Raoul Trujillo William Forsythe Benjamin Hollingsworth
driver son drug lord henchman vigilante wife tense brutal emotional thrilling confident mountain garage mansion hotel shop revenge mysterious deaths drugs drug trade
A grieving snowplow driver seeks out revenge against the drug dealers who killed his son.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror, Action
2019
100 Minutes
Shayne Ward Bentley Kalu Samantha Schnitzler Alana Wallace Toby Osmond Rachel Warren Simon Meacock Sophie Austin Piotr Baumann Phoebe Robinson-Galvin Spencer Collings
specialist soldier monster zombie demon bleak brutal dark creepy disheartening gory raw staircase zombies curse demons escape escape 2010s
Trapped on a never-ending stairwell, members of a black ops team confront a mysterious and terrifying evil while trying to climb to the top.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
USA|Mexico
2018
122 Minutes
Benicio Del Toro Josh Brolin Isabela Moner Jeffrey Donovan Catherine Keener Manuel Garcia-Rulfo Matthew Modine Shea Whigham Elijah Rodriguez Howard Ferguson Jr. David Castañeda
attorney father hostage drug enforcement agent drug trafficker fbi agent brash gutsy gripping gritty unrestrained mexican-american border mexico office house car truck drug cartel drug trade revenge
The drug war on the U.S.-Mexico border has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border. To fight the war, federal agent Matt Graver re-teams with the mercurial Alejandro.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
2016
103 Minutes
Reza Sixo Safai Helena Mattsson Parviz Sayyad Julian Sands Dominic Rains Laura Harring Nikolai Kinski Nikohl Boosheri David Diaan Gregory Kasyan
mobster real estate agent poker player soldier brooding intense gripping gritty los angeles club apartment street car poker iran--iraq war secrets drug addiction drug trade escape fall
In the Persian and Russian underworld of Los Angeles, an Iranian gangster must hunt down stolen drugs after being wrongly accused of stealing from his former boss.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
UK
2015
104 Minutes
Kit Harington Peter Firth Jennifer Ehle Tim McInnerny Elyes Gabel Tuppence Middleton Eleanor Matsuura Lara Pulver David Harewood Michael Wildman
british intelligence agent terrorist wrongly accused secret agent teamwork gripping tense dark thrilling emotional london big city terrorism manhunt escape redemption conspiracy corruption escape pursuit
When a terrorist escapes custody during a routine handover, Will Holloway must team with disgraced MI5 Intelligence Chief Harry Pearce to track him down before an imminent terrorist attack on London.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|China
2012
119 Minutes
Bruce Willis Joseph Gordon-Levitt Emily Blunt Paul Dano Noah Segan Piper Perabo Jeff Daniels Xu Qing Tracie Thoms Frank Brennan Garret Dillahunt
hit man boss mafioso victim love interest dark gritty suspenseful city time travel contract killing survival organized crime pursuit discovery escape 2070s
In 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent into the past, where a hired gun awaits - someone like Joe - who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by sending back Joe's future self for assassination.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
Czech Republic|Switzerland|UK|USA|France
2017
98 Minutes
Noomi Rapace Orlando Bloom Toni Collette John Malkovich Michael Douglas Matthew Marsh Makram J. Khoury Brian Caspe Philip Brodie Tosin Cole Michael Epp
cia agent terrorist interrogator mentor soldier thrilling rousing brutal dark london office building restaurant car headquarters terrorism biological warfare international conflict survival manhunt pursuit
A CIA interrogator is lured into a ruse that puts London at risk of a biological attack.
Drama, Crime, Action, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2019
112 Minutes
Liam Hemsworth Emory Cohen Diane Guerrero Nickola Shreli Suraj Sharma Mike Moh Zlatko Buric James William Ballard Julia Vasi John Cenatiempo Stivi Paskoski
thief money lender accident victim gang member crooked cop enemy engaging suspenseful thrilling brutal gripping emotional new york new york city street memory loss memory gangs danger fighting
Two NYC money launderers make a quick drug deal. Things go wrong, as dirty cops are involved. One of the friends gets amnesia during their escape with the drugs and money.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|France
2014
103 Minutes
Frank Grillo Carmen Ejogo Zach Gilford Kiele Sanchez Michael Kenneth Williams Zoë Soul Justina Machado John Beasley
government official citizen sergeant stranger vigilante criminal dark intense creepy tense thrilling frightening city street ballroom car apartment alley anarchy murder
Three groups of people intertwine and are left stranded in the streets on Purge Night, trying to survive the chaos and violence that occurs.