20 best movies like The Departed (2006)

List of the best movies like The Departed (2006): End of Watch, Pride and Glory, Mean Streets, In the Shadows, A Better Way to Die, Hard to Kill, The Package, Catch.44, Payback, Fled.

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Markimdb: 7.6
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:49

    Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, Germany
    Duration02:10

    A saga centered on a multi-generational family of New York City Police officers. The family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney, investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his own brother-in-law. For Ray, the truth is revelatory, a Pandora's Box that threatens to upend not only the Tierney legacy but the entire NYPD.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:52

    A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA

    When a stunt man dies in Miami, his uncle, a New York mob boss, sends a hit man to tail the stunt coordinator, whom the boss wants dead. The hit man, Eric O'Bryne, gets close to his mark's daughter, and through her he asks her dad to teach him to do stunts. While waiting for the word to kill this mentor, Eric discovers the joy of stunt work and of being part of a family. Meanwhile, several people are looking for the dead man's briefcase of money and a cloth bag of illegal drugs that he stole from an undercover FBI agent now desperate to get the borrowed drugs back to the bureau. The stunt coordinator says that 'we dance in the shadows of death.' Can Eric step out into the sun?

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:45

    Boomer (Wiper) is a rookie cop based in the urban hellhole that is downtown Chicago. After his involvement in a drug bust operation which results in the death of Carlos (Carmen Argenziano), his mentor and father figure, Boomer becomes disillusioned with the brutal and inhumane nature of his job. Consequently, he decides to hand in his resignation to the Chicago Police Department and return to his home town of Joliet, where his fiancé, Kelly (Natasha Henstridge), awaits.While en route back to Joliet, however, Boomer makes a grievous error in judgment when he stops for, and assists, an unfortunate motorist whose vehicle appears to have broken down; the naive ex-cop is swiftly attacked and rendered unconscious. Boomer awakes to find that his car and wallet have been stolen, and that he has become involved in a dangerous game of mistaken identity.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:36

    Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is secretly taken to a hospital where he spends several years in a coma. His son meanwhile is growing up thinking his father is dead. When Mason wakes up, everyone is in danger - himself, his son, his best friend, his nurse - but most of all those who arranged for his death

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:35

    A courier for a local crime lord must deliver a mysterious package while being chased by a horde of unusual gangsters.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:34

    The lives of three female assassins take a sudden turn when their charming boss lures them into one last job. They soon find themselves thrust into a bizarre situation involving a psychotic hit man, a grizzled trucker and a delusional line cook.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

    With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genreaction, melodrama, drama, adventure, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:45

    During a routine prison work detail, convict Piper is chained to Dodge, a cyberhacker, when gunfire breaks out. Apparently, the attack is related to stolen money that the Mafia is after, and some computer files that somebody wants desperately to bury. The pair, who don't exactly enjoy each other's company, escape and must work together if they are to reach Atlanta alive. Luckily, they meet a woman who may be willing to help them.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, Germany
    Duration01:53

    When a mafia accountant is taken hostage on his beat, a police officer – wracked by guilt from a prior stint as a negotiator – must negotiate the standoff, even as his own family is held captive by the mob.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrethriller, drama, western, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:21

    Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryIndia
    Duration02:05

    ACP Vishnu is sent on a mission to investigate and clean the underbelly of Goa. During his investigation, he uncovers a huge racket and discovers the involvement of various politicians.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryItaly, USA
    Duration01:35

    A Los Angeles detective is sent to New York where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

    Reynolds plays an ex-soldier-of-fortunish character in Vegas, taking "Chaperone" jobs, fighting with the mob, and trying to get enough money together to move to Venice, Italy.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:45

    The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:54

    Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:10

    On the run from a dogged internal affairs agent, a corrupt cop reluctantly teams up with a defiant teen to unravel a conspiracy -- before it's too late.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

    Three teenage friends get in way over their head when they cross a down-home crime syndicate. They hope to make a break for it and escape their dead-end existence in a cotton-mill town but get sucked into the seedy underbelly of organized crime when one of them steals from the wrong man.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryFrance, Belgium, Italy
    Duration01:29

    When police is about to apprehend a famous gang of bank robbers, an elite sniper opens fire from a roof, thus facilitating the flee of his accomplices. However, one of them is seriously injured, which compromises the plans of the thieves.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

    When Baton Rouge police detective Bud Carter busts contract killer Jesse Weiland, he convinces Jesse to become an informant and rat out the South's most powerful crime ring.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

    A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:55

    Five different criminals face imminent death after botching a job quite badly.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genreaction, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration02:23

    After a group of Irish mobsters in Hell's Kitchen are sentenced to jail, their wives take their place—and do as good of a job, if not better.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, China, USA
    Duration01:41

    An American backpacker gets involved with a ring of drug smugglers as their driver, and winds up on the run from his employers across Munich's autobahns.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, film noir
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:36

    One night in the New Orleans slums, vicious hoodlum Blackie and his friends kill an illegal immigrant who won too much in a card game. Next morning, Dr. Clint Reed of the Public Health Service confirms the dead man had pneumonic plague. To prevent a catastrophic epidemic, Clint must find and inoculate the killers and their associates, with the reluctant aid of police captain Tom Warren, despite official skepticism, and in total secrecy, lest panic empty the city. Can a doctor turn detective? He has 48 hours to try...

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryGermany
    Duration01:42

    Benjamin, a young German computer whiz, is invited to join a subversive hacker group that wants to be noticed on the world's stage.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:13

    A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:56

    A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, France
    Duration01:41

      After Washington DC detective Alex Cross is told that a family member has been murdered, he vows to track down the killer. He soon discovers that she was not his first victim and that things are not what they seem.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, France
      Duration02:01

      Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA

      The seemingly random killings of an assassin puzzle her former lover, a wealthy Greek crime boss whose organization is jeopardized by his love for her, and the detective following her rising body count

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA, Spain, United Kingdom, France
      Duration02:24

      Eight years after fleeing the Congo following his assassination of that country's minister of mining, former assassin Jim Terrier is back, suffering from PTSD and digging wells to atone for his violent past. After an attempt is made on his life, Terrier flies to London to find out who wants him dead -- and why. Terrier's search leads him to a reunion with Annie, a woman he once loved, who is now married to an oily businessman with dealings in Africa.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:39

      Set ahead of the 2012 London Olympics, the film follows Liam (Sam Claflin), an ex-con trying to win back the love and trust of his family. He has lost everything at the hands of a local crime syndicate run by Clifford Cullen (Spall), who has high-level connections in politics, finance and the police force. Liam's drive for redemption sees him caught up in a web of conspiracy, crime, and corruption.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:09

      Terry Noonan returns home to New York's Hells Kitchen after a ten year absence. He soon hooks up with childhood pal Jackie who is involved in the Irish mob run by his brother Frankie. Terry also rekindles an old flame with Jackie's sister Kathleen. Soon, however, Terry is torn between his loyalty to his friends and his loyalties to others.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrethriller, crime
      CountryItaly, USA
      Duration01:43

      A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
      Duration02:29

      Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running nightclubs and protection rackets. With police Detective Leonard "Nipper" Read hot on their heels, the brothers continue their rapid rise to power and achieve tabloid notoriety.

      Markimdb: 4.3
      Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:05

      After a massive shootout, a mysterious stranger (Van Damme) arrives at a local hospital on the brink of death. Then, a foreign gang brazenly comes to the hospital to hunt him down. His nurse, the sole surviving witness to the follow-up shootout, must face an FBI interrogation that unlocks a plot of international intrigue and revenge. With enough twists and turns, KILL'EM ALL will keep you guessing until the final bullet is fired.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA

      One memorable night in the life of veteran patrol officer Ray Mandel and his trainee, ambitious rookie cop Nick Holland in the LAPD's Olympic Division. With two cop killers on the loose and hunting for more targets, Mandel and Holland must contend with a city about to boil over, as well as Jack VanZandt, an unhinged rogue cop out for payback running wild in their patrol zone.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:29

        With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.

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