If You Liked Die Hard, Watch These Next
Finished Die Hard (1988) and want more of the same? These 20 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Die Hard, most of them are action, thriller.
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20 titles · updated 3rd October 2026
1.Gangster Squad(2013)
6.4CrimeDramaActionAlso action and thriller
Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and — if he has his way — every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it all with the protection of not only his own paid goons, but also the…
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2.Lethal Weapon(1987)
7.3ActionThrillerCrimeAlso action and thriller
A veteran cop and an unstable detective become partners who must put their differences aside in order to bring down a heroin-smuggling ring run by ex-Special Forces.
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3.The Specialist(1994)
6.0ActionThrillerAlso action and thriller
May Munro is a woman obsessed with getting revenge on the people who murdered her parents when she was still a girl. She hires Ray Quick, a retired explosives expert, to kill her parents' killers. When Ned Trent, embittered ex-partner of Quick's, is assigned to protect one of Quick's potential victims, a deadly game…
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4.The Best Man(2023)
6.0ActionThrillerAlso action and thriller
Mercenaries seize control of a remote resort hotel during a wedding and it's up to the best man, the groom and their drunken best friend to stop the terrorists and save the hostages.
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5.Detective Knight: Rogue(2022)
6.0ActionCrimeThrillerAlso action and thriller
As Los Angeles prepares for Halloween, mask-wearing armed robbers critically wound detective James Knight’s partner in a shootout following a heist. With Knight in hot pursuit, the bandits flee L.A. for New York, where the detective’s dark past collides with his present case and threatens to tear his world…
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6.Death Wish(2018)
6.2ActionCrimeThrillerAlso action and thriller
A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.
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7.A Working Man(2025)
6.7ActionCrimeThrillerAlso action and thriller
Levon Cade left behind a decorated military career in the black ops to live a simple life working construction. But when his boss's daughter, who is like family to him, is taken by human traffickers, his search to bring her home uncovers a world of corruption far greater than he ever could have imagined.
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8.Tango & Cash(1989)
6.5ActionCrimeComedyAlso action and thriller
Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are two successful narcotics detectives who can't stand each other. Crime lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income they have caused him, plots an elaborate revenge against them.
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9.Beverly Hills Cop(1984)
7.2ComedyCrimeActionAlso action
Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time, but when his best friend is murdered, he heads to sunny Beverly Hills to work the case like only he can.
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10.Criss Cross(1949)
7.1CrimeThrillerAlso thriller
An armored-car guard must join a robbery after being caught with his ex-wife by her gangster husband.
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11.Smokin' Aces(2006)
6.5ActionComedyCrimeAlso action and thriller
When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.
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12.The Pickup(2025)
6.4ActionComedyCrimeAlso action
A routine cash pickup takes a wild turn when mismatched armored truck drivers Russell and Travis are ambushed by ruthless criminals led by savvy mastermind Zoe.
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14.2 Days in the Valley(1996)
6.2ComedyCrimeThrillerAlso thriller
In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by two hit men sets into motion a chain of events that puts the mundane lives of a dozen residents on a collision course. This clever tale tells the story of two hit men, a mistress, a nurse, a vindictive ex-wife, a…
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15.To Live and Die in L.A.(1985)
7.1CrimeThrillerActionAlso thriller and action
When his longtime partner on the force is killed, reckless U.S. Secret Service agent Richard Chance vows revenge, setting out to nab dangerous counterfeit artist Eric Masters.
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16.Fast Charlie(2023)
6.2ActionCrimeDramaAlso action
When his aging mob boss is whacked, Charlie Swift, a loyal friend and hired gun, will stop at nothing to destroy the upcoming crew that took him out.
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17.Lethal Weapon 4(1998)
6.6ActionCrimeThrillerAlso action and thriller
With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with a deadly Chinese crime lord trying to get his brother out of prison.
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18.Point Blank(2019)
6.0ActionThrillerAlso action and thriller
A nurse is forced to spring a wounded murder suspect from the hospital when the man’s brother kidnaps his pregnant wife and wants to make a trade.
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20.The Long Kiss Goodnight(1996)
6.6CrimeActionMysteryAlso action and thriller
Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her past, she discovers she used to be a deadly CIA assassin. Teaming up with a wisecracking private investigator, Samantha…
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