If You Liked The Protector, Watch These Next
Finished The Protector (1985) and want more of the same? These 19 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like The Protector, most of them are action, crime.
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19 titles · updated 3rd October 2026
1.In the Blood(2014)
5.8ActionCrimeThrillerAlso action and crime
When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
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2.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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3.Al Capone(1959)
6.6ActionAdventureCrimeAlso action and crime
In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder, extortion, and political fraud. He becomes head of Chicago's biggest "business," but moves inexorably…
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4.Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday(2022)
6.8ActionComedyCrimeAlso action and crime
The Accident Man is back, and this time he must best the top assassins in the world to protect the ungrateful son of a mafia boss, save the life of his only friend and rekindle his relationship with his maniacal father figure.
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5.State Property(2002)
6.4CrimeActionDramaAlso crime and action
A Philadelphia gang member becomes a drug kingpin and starts a feud with vicious rivals in his quest for the American Dream.
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6.Until Death(2007)
6.0ActionThrillerCrimeAlso action and crime
Anthony Stowe is a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin—and everyone hates him. After a serious accident, he is placed into an induced coma, but emerges from it a better person who wants to put things right.
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7.Ninja: Shadow of a Tear(2013)
6.8ActionCrimeThrillerAlso action and crime
Fight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial-arts master Casey Bowman after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence. Vowing revenge, the fearless American stealthily tracks the killer from Osaka to Bangkok to Rangoon with the help of a wise and crafty…
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8.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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9.Blindfire(2020)
6.8CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime
A police officer who while responding to a violent hostage call, kills the African American suspect only to later learn of his innocence. Sensing this was a set-up, and facing repercussions, he must track down the person responsible while examining his own accountability and the ingrained racism which brought him to…
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10.Rampage: Capital Punishment(2014)
6.0ActionCrimeThrillerAlso action and crime
A man takes over a TV station and holds a number of hostages as a political platform to awaken humanity, instead of money.
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11.Close Range(2015)
6.5ActionCrimeThrillerAlso action and crime
A rogue soldier turned outlaw is thrust into a relentless fight with a corrupt sheriff, his obedient deputies, and a dangerous drug cartel in order to protect his sister and her young daughter.
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12.War(2007)
6.4ActionCrimeThrillerAlso action and crime
FBI agent Jack Crawford is out for revenge when his partner is killed and all clues point to the mysterious assassin Rogue. But when Rogue turns up years later to take care of some unfinished business, he triggers a violent clash of rival gangs. Will the truth come out before it's too late? And when the dust settles,…
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13.One Night in Bangkok(2020)
6.6ActionThrillerAlso action
A hit man named Kai flies into Bangkok, gets a gun, and orders a cab. He offers a professional female driver big money to be his all-night driver. But when she realizes Kai is committing brutal murders at each stop, it's too late to walk away. Meanwhile, an offbeat police detective races to decode the string of…
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14.Accident Man(2018)
6.3ActionCrimeThrillerAlso action and crime
Mike Fallon, the Accident Man, is a stone cold killer. When a loved one is murdered by his own crew, Fallon is forced to avenge the one person who actually meant something to him.
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15.The Born Losers(1967)
6.4ActionCrimeDramaAlso action and crime
A biker gang incites a reign of terror in a California coastal town that culminates in four teenage girls being raped. Vietnam veteran Billy Jack has had enough, however, and takes on the depraved bikers single-handedly. He rescues young Vicky Barrington from their clutches, but then has to contend with not only the…
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16.Rise of the Footsoldier(2007)
6.3ActionCrimeThrillerAlso action and crime
Carlton Leach rises from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late '80s and early '90s.
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17.Money Train(1995)
5.9ActionComedyCrimeAlso action and crime
When a vengeful New York transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares, his foster brother—a fellow cop—tries to protect him.
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19.Convict(2014)
6.5ActionCrimeDramaAlso action and crime
Set in the dark and old Parramatta prison built by the original convicts our lead character Ray a war veteran finds himself serving 18 months for manslaughter after defending his fiance. He soon realizes that the prison boss has it in for him and does everything possible to break Ray even going after his fiance.
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