Movies like Hit! (1973)
The best movies like Hit! (1973) are Malibu High (1979), Foxy Brown (1974) and The Amsterdam Kill (1977). If Hit! hooked you with its drama and action, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Getaway (1972)7.2/10 from 709 votes
- NewestMs .45 (1981)Released 1981
Malibu High (1979)
When a high school senior is dumped by her boyfriend, her grades fall drastically...to avoid failing, she begins seducing her male teachers. Thus begins her downward spiral into drug addiction and prostitution, and ultimately assassinations for a kingpin mob boss.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Foxy Brown (1974)
A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Amsterdam Kill (1977)
Former DEA Agent Quinlan, removed from the force some years earlier for stealing confiscated drug money, is hired by Chung Wei, a leader in the Amsterdam drug cartel, who wants out of the business. Quinlan's job is to use Chung's information to tip DEA agents to drug busts, thereby destroying the cartel. But when the first two "tips" go awry, resulting in murdered DEA officers, the feds must decide whether to trust Quinlan further...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThat Man Bolt (1973)
Fred Williamson chop-sockeys his way through this popular blaxploitation adventure as Jefferson Bolt, a Kung Fu expert assigned to deliver a cool $1 million to Mexico City from Hong Kong with a stop in Los Angeles. When Bolt discovers the cash is dirty mob money and his gal has been killed, he heads back to the Far East to get even.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
Super Fly (1972)
Priest, a New York City drug kingpin, devises a scheme to get out of the business and retire with a big payday, but his plans are complicated when a street dealer rats him out to the police.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHit Man (1972)
Bernie Casey portrays Tyrone and Pamela Grier plays a sultry skin-flick star in this first Americanized remake of the iconic Michael Caine action film Get Carter. From Watts to the West Side, from porno parlors to a high-rise, from motel dives to a crime kingpin’s sprawling pleasure dome, from corner hangouts to a wildlife preserve, Tyrone covers a lot of real estate, busts a lot of heads.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
The Laughing Policeman (1973)
When a gunman opens fire on a crowded city bus in San Francisco, Detective Dave Evans is killed, along with the man he'd been following in relation to a murder. Evans' partner, Sgt. Jake Martin, becomes obsessed with solving the case.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCleopatra Jones (1973)
After federal agent Cleopatra Jones orders the burning of a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug lord Mommy vows to destroy her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisMr. Majestyk (1974)
A melon farmer battles organized crime and a hit man who wants to kill him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Killer Elite (1975)
Mike Locken is one of the principal members of a group of freelance spies. A significant portion of their work is for the CIA, and while on a case for them one of his friends turns on him and shoots him in the elbow and knee. His assignment, to protect someone, goes down in flames. He is nearly crippled, but with braces is able to again become mobile. For revenge as much as anything else, Mike goes after his ex-friend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisSlaughter (1972)
Slaughter, a former Green Beret, avenges the killing of loved ones by the Mob, and after being blackmailed by the feds, is forced to head to South America to finish the mobsters off.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Tony Arzenta (1973)
A mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications - and many bloody shootouts - ensue.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBonnie's Kids (1973)
After killing their repulsive stepfather, emboldened sisters Myra and Ellie set out to become career criminals. While enjoying the freedom of being bad, the new lawbreakers stumble into a stash of mob money, which they’ll stop at nothing to keep.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
Fight for Your Life (1977)
A minister dispenses justice on three convicts who take his family hostage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Enforcer (1976)
Dirty Harry Callahan returns again, this time saddled with a rookie female partner. Together, they must stop a terrorist group consisting of angry Vietnam veterans.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMagnum Force (1973)
"Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only Dirty Harry can stop them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCold Sweat (1970)
During the Korean War, Joe Moran, is convicted for striking a colonel. Imprisoned in Germany he encounters his former company commander Captain Ross, jailed for black marketeering. Together with Ross' cohorts Joe agrees to escape with them, but things go wrong and a policeman is killed. An appalled Joe escapes by himself, abandoning the others, who are recaptured. Years later Joe has a boat rental business where he is found by Ross. Now a wanted drug smuggler he wants the use of Joe's boats and to ensure his cooperation, they kidnap his wife and daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisDeath Wish (1974)
After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad, prowling the streets for would-be muggers after dark.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Getaway (1972)
A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDeath Journey (1976)
Fearful that their star witness might be murdered, two attorneys hire a protector to bring him from Los Angeles to New York. Jesse Crowder (Fred Williamson) is a no-nonsense tough guy. He buddies up with the witness, an accountant, and they hit the road. Outwitting their foes means taking all manner of conveyance, including automobile, train, and airplane.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & action
Ms .45 (1981)
After being attacked and raped twice in one day, a timid, mute seamstress becomes a violent agent of revenge for wronged women.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe New Centurions (1972)
An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctrinated by a seasoned veteran. As time goes on, he loses his ambitions and family as police work becomes his entire life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWho'll Stop the Rain (1978)
John, a disillusioned Vietnam War journalist, turns to heroin smuggling. He cons Ray, an equally burnt out veteran into delivering the drugs stateside to his wife. Everything soon falls apart and Ray ends up on the run with John's wife trying to evade crooked narcotics agents.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like this'Gator Bait (1974)
Desirée lives deep in the swamp and supports herself and her siblings by poaching. After an accident involving Deputy Billy and a friend, the Sheriff, Deputy and a family of locals go after Desirée. Soon the hunters become the hunted as she exacts her revenge for their violence against her family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
Klute (1971)
A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a psychopath.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Street Fighter's Last Revenge (1974)
Terry Sugury is hired to recover one of two tapes containing a formula for making heroin for a price of 200 dollars a pound. But he gets double crossed. So he wants the tape back.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisFriday Foster (1975)
Friday Foster, a magazine photographer, goes to Los Angeles International airport to photograph the arrival of Blake Tarr, the richest black man in America. Three men attempt to assassinate Tarr. Foster photographs the melee and is plunged into a web of conspiracy involving the murder of her childhood friend, a US senator, and a shadowy plan called "Black Widow".
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLast Embrace (1979)
Secret agent Harry Hannan suffers a mental breakdown when a botched mission in Mexico results in the death of his wife. He is sent to a mental asylum, after which he eventually returns to work. But, once again, he begins to doubt his sanity when he receives a bizarre death threat written in Hebrew. Not knowing which of his colleagues wants to kill him, Hannan teams up with pretty young college student Ellie Fabian to attempt to unravel the mystery.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
SnoozefestMovies like thisBrannigan (1975)
A hard-nosed Chicago cop is sent to London to bring back an American mobster being held for extradition. Brannigan in his Irish-American way brings American law to the people of Scotland Yard but has to contend with a stuffy old London first.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Hit!?
The closest matches to Hit! are Malibu High (1979), Foxy Brown (1974) and The Amsterdam Kill (1977). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Hit!?
People who watched Hit! most often go on to Malibu High (1979), Foxy Brown (1974) and The Amsterdam Kill (1977).
What is the highest-rated movie like Hit!?
The Getaway (1972), rated 7.2/10 by 709 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Hit!?
Ms .45 (1981) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Hit!?
Yes: Malibu High (1979), Foxy Brown (1974) and The Amsterdam Kill (1977).
How are movies similar to Hit! chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Hit!, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.