Movies like The System (2022)
The best movies like The System (2022) are Paradise City (2022), Below Zero (2021) and Black Site (2022). If The System hooked you with its action and crime, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedSicario (2015)7.4/10 from 10,086 votes
- NewestHigh Ground (2025)Released 2025
Paradise City (2022)
Renegade bounty hunter Ryan Swan must carve his way through the Hawaiian crime world to wreak vengeance on the kingpin who murdered his father.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisBelow Zero (2021)
When a prisoner transfer van is attacked, the cop in charge must fight those inside and outside while dealing with a silent foe: the icy temperatures.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlack Site (2022)
A group of officers based in a labyrinthine top-secret prison must fight for their lives against Hatchet, a brilliant and infamous high-value detainee. When he escapes, his mysterious and deadly agenda has far reaching and dire consequences.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWire Room (2022)
New recruit Justin Rosa must monitor arms-smuggling cartel member Eddie Flynn — and keep him alive at all costs. When a SWAT team descends on Flynn’s home, Rosa breaks protocol and contacts the gangster directly to save his life. As gunmen break into the Wire Room and chaos erupts, Mueller and Rosa make a final, desperate stand against the corrupt agents and officials who seek to destroy evidence and kill them both.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhite Elephant (2022)
An ex-marine enforcer must battle his conscience and code of honor when he is forced to do things for the mob.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Brave (2019)
In an Albanian town known for drug production and trafficking an elite group of cops set out to end the war waged against the local police.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Out of Exile (2023)
Recently paroled thief Gabriel Russell tries to balance his life and mend a troubled family as an FBI agent hunts him down, along with his crew after a botched armored car robbery.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisConfidential Informant (2023)
During a crack epidemic two narcotics agents hunting for a cop killer. Hoping for leads, Moran and Thorton pay off a junkie informant. To provide for his wife and son, Moran involves the stool pigeon in a deadly scheme. This causes the partners to come under the scrutiny of a suspicious internal affairs agent.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Last Deal (2023)
A blackmarket cannabis dealer gets squeezed out of the business when marijuana becomes legal, and is forced to make one last deal with the people he should trust the least.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Den of Thieves (2018)
A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHigh Ground (2025)
When a mysterious prisoner lands in jail, a border town sheriff faces the wrath of a brutal cartel.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Best Man (2023)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Silencing (2020)
A reformed hunter becomes involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse when he and the local sheriff set out to track a vicious killer who may have kidnapped his daughter years ago.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like this211 (2018)
Inspired by one of the longest and bloodiest real-life events in police history, Officer Mike Chandler and a young civilian passenger find themselves under-prepared and outgunned when fate puts them squarely in the crosshairs of a daring bank heist in progress by a fearless team of highly-trained and heavily-armed men.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisSleepless (2017)
Undercover Las Vegas police officer Vincent Downs, who has a lot of enemies, is caught in a high stakes web of corrupt cops and the mob-controlled casino underground. When a heist goes wrong, a crew of homicidal gangsters kidnap Downs’ teenage son T. In one sleepless night, Downs will have to rescue his son, evade an internal affairs investigation, and bring the kidnappers to justice.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisSicario (2015)
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLocked In (2021)
A single mother must protect her daughter and herself during a heist gone wrong at a high-tech storage facility.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNight of the Sicario (2021)
Taylor is forced to hide the young daughter of a Colombian woman in witness protection who will be testifying against a powerful drug cartel in Federal Court, as ruthless sicarios aim to hunt them down.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisWrong Place (2022)
A methamphetamine cook hunts down the former police chief of a small town in order to silence him before he can deliver eyewitness testimony against his family, but ultimately finds himself up against more than he had bargained for.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Island (2023)
When his brother is killed, LAPD officer Mark leaves the city to return to the island he grew up on. Seeking answers and ultimately vengeance, he soon finds himself in a bloody battle with the corrupt tycoon who's taken over the island paradise.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLine of Duty (2019)
Frank Penny is a disgraced cop looking for a shot at redemption. When the police chief's 11-year-old daughter is abducted, Frank goes rogue to try and save her. But to find the girl, Frank will need the help of Ava Brooks, whose live-streaming news channel is broadcasting Frank's every move.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisAgent Game (2022)
Harris, a CIA interrogator at an Agency black site, finds himself the target of a rendition operation after being scapegoated for an interrogation gone horribly wrong. As the team tasked to bring Harris in begins to question their orders -- and each other --Olsen, a senior intelligence officer, and his subordinate, Visser, raise the stakes. Now, it's up to Harris and some newfound allies to uncover the truth and turn the tables.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisTom Clancy's Without Remorse (2021)
An elite Navy SEAL uncovers an international conspiracy while seeking justice for the murder of his pregnant wife.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDragged Across Concrete (2019)
Two policemen, one an old-timer, the other his volatile younger partner, find themselves suspended when a video of their strong-arm tactics becomes the media's cause du jour. Low on cash and with no other options, these two embittered soldiers descend into the criminal underworld to gain their just due, but instead find far more than they wanted awaiting them in the shadows.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisActs of Violence (2018)
When his fiancee is kidnapped by human traffickers, Roman and his ex-military brothers set out to track her down and save her before it is too late. Along the way, Roman teams up with Avery, a cop investigating human trafficking and fighting the corrupt bureaucracy that has harmful intentions.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisAll Souls (2023)
A young confidential informant is sent on a dangerous undercover operation. It's a no-holds-barred look at the vulnerable foot soldiers of the War on Drugs, young criminals who are pressured to work for the police.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCentauro (2022)
Rafa's hooked on the pure, fiery feelings he gets from speed racing, but when his kid's mom gets mixed up with drug dealers, he burns rubber to save her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Last Victim (2022)
Set in the American Southwest, Sheriff Hickey tries to solve the worst case he has seen in his small town, likely caused by a violent local gang led by a fearsome criminal.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Death in Texas (2022)
Recently released from prison, Billy will do whatever it takes to save the only person who has stuck by him, his mother Grace who desperately needs a liver transplant and she is all out of legal options.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Darc (2018)
To bring down a global human trafficking ring, an Interpol agent recruits the help of a brutal criminal with inside knowledge of the yakuza.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The System?
The closest matches to The System are Paradise City (2022), Below Zero (2021) and Black Site (2022). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The System?
People who watched The System most often go on to Paradise City (2022), Below Zero (2021) and Black Site (2022).
What is the highest-rated movie like The System?
Sicario (2015), rated 7.4/10 by 10,086 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The System?
High Ground (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The System?
Yes: Paradise City (2022), Black Site (2022) and Wire Room (2022).
How are movies similar to The System chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The System, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.