If You Liked McQ, Watch These Next
Finished McQ (1974) and want more of the same? These 18 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like McQ, most of them are action, crime, drama.
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18 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.The Rookie(1990)
5.9ActionCrimeDramaAlso action and crime
Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help Nick bust a carjacking ring is almost as hotheaded as he is … and when Nick gets kidnapped, his…
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2.The Organization(1971)
6.2DramaActionMysteryAlso drama and action
After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for assistance.
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3.Beyond the Law(1993)
6.3ActionCrimeDramaAlso action and crime
Dan Saxon is an undercover cop who infiltrates a biker gang to nail the scum behind a drug-smuggling operation. In order to maintain the trust of the gang's leader, he must commit ever more dangerous and heinous crimes. Just how far 'beyond the law' will Saxon go?
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5.Exit Wounds(2001)
5.9ActionCrimeThrillerAlso action and crime
Maverick cop Orin Boyd always brings down the domestic terrorists he tracks, but he ruffles feathers with his unorthodox techniques -- and soon finds himself reassigned to the toughest district in Detroit. When he discovers a group of detectives secretly operating a drug ring, Boyd joins forces with an unlikely ally…
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6.10th & Wolf(2006)
5.9ActionCrimeDramaAlso action and crime
A former street thug returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with the mob boss who was instrumental in his going off to be a soldier.
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7.In Too Deep(1999)
6.4DramaActionThrillerAlso drama and action
Drug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold on the city is undercover cop Jeffrey Cole. But as Cole takes on an assumed identity to penetrate Gittens' criminal empire, he makes a disturbing discovery -- he kind of…
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8.Desert Dawn(2025)
6.4ActionCrimeMysteryAlso action and crime
A newly appointed small-town sheriff and his begrudging deputy get tangled up in a web of lies and corruption involving shady businessmen and the cartel while investigating the murder of a mysterious woman.
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9.Out for Justice(1991)
6.2ActionCrimeDramaAlso action and crime
Gino Felino is an NYPD detective from Brooklyn who knows everyone and everything in his neighborhood. Killing his partner was someone's big mistake... because he's now out for justice.
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10.They Call Me Mister Tibbs!(1970)
5.9DramaActionThrillerAlso drama and action
A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.
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11.The Substitute(1996)
7.0ActionCrimeDramaAlso action and crime
When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk. Soon he discovers a conspiracy of criminals at work, and must reassemble his team from his last jungle…
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12.Righteous Kill(2008)
5.9CrimeThrillerMysteryAlso crime and thriller
Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars?
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13.Night Falls on Manhattan(1997)
6.4DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.
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14.I Am All Girls(2021)
6.5DramaMysteryThrillerAlso drama and mystery
A special crimes investigator forms an unlikely bond with a serial killer to bring down a global child sex trafficking syndicate.
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15.The Corruptor(1999)
6.1ActionCrimeThrillerAlso action and crime
Danny is a young cop partnered with Nick, a seasoned but ethically tainted veteran. As the two try to stop a gang war in Chinatown, Danny relies on Nick but grows increasingly uncomfortable with the way Nick gets things done.
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16.The Big Easy(1986)
6.2DramaActionCrimeAlso drama and action
Remy McSwain is a New Orleans police lieutenant who investigates the murder of a local mobster. His investigation leads him to suspect that fellow members of the police force may be involved.
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17.Rapid Fire(1992)
6.4ActionThrillerCrimeAlso action and thriller
College student Jake Lo is pursued by smugglers, mobsters and crooked federal agents after he witnesses a murder by a Mafia kingpin.
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18.Gang Related(1997)
6.4ActionCrimeThrillerAlso action and crime
After murdering an undercover DEA agent, two corrupt cops scramble to cover up what they've done.
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