Movies like Police Story 2 (1988)
The best movies like Police Story 2 (1988) are Police Story 3: Super Cop (1992), Police Story (1985) and New Police Story (2004). If Police Story 2 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 ratedPolice Story (1985)7.6/10 from 1,130 votes
- NewestNew Police Story (2004)Released 2004
- Same seriesPolice Story 3: Super Cop (1992)Police Story
Police Story 3: Super Cop (1992)
A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.
Why it matches: Same series: Police Story · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPolice Story (1985)
Officer Chan Ka Kui manages to put a major Hong Kong drug dealer behind the bars practically alone, after a shooting and an impressive chase inside a slum. Now, he must protect the boss' secretary, Selina, who will testify against the gangster in court.
Why it matches: Same series: Police Story · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNew Police Story (2004)
Sent into a drunken tailspin when his entire unit is killed by a gang of thrill-seeking punks, disgraced Hong Kong police inspector Wing needs help from his new rookie partner, with a troubled past of his own, to climb out of the bottle and track down the gang and its ruthless leader.
Why it matches: Same series: Police Story · both action & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThunderbolt (1995)
In order to release his kidnapped sisters, sports car mechanic, Chan Foh To, has to defeat a super-criminal street racer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRumble in the Bronx (1995)
Keung comes from Hong Kong to visit New York for his uncle's wedding. His uncle runs a market in the Bronx and Keung offers to help out while Uncle is on his honeymoon. During his stay in the Bronx, Keung befriends a neighbour kid and beats up some neighbourhood thugs who cause problems at the market. One of those petty thugs in the local gang stumbles into a criminal situation way over his head.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPolice Story 4: First Strike (1996)
Hong Kong cop Chan Ka-Kui returns, working with Interpol to track down and arrest an illegal weapons dealer. Chan later realises that things are not as simple as they appear and soon finds himself to be a pawn of an organisation posing as Russian intelligence.
Why it matches: Same series: Police Story · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisProject A (1983)
In late 19th century Hong Kong, the British may rule the land, but the pirates rule the waters. Coast Guard officer Dragon Ma is determined that his beloved Coast Guard will not be made a fool of.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRoyal Warriors (1986)
When a tough policewoman learns about a group of violent terrorists, she, along with her partner and a Japanese detective, does everything it takes to take them down.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDragons Forever (1988)
A hot-shot lawyer is hired by a Hong Kong chemical plant to dispose of opposition to their polluting ways. But when he falls for a beautiful woman out to stop the plant, he is torn in a conflict of interest and asks his trusty friends Samo and Biao to help out at least until they discover the true purpose of the plant.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGen-X Cops (1999)
Four young officers of the Hong Kong Police are joined together to fight against organised crime using all possible means, even if this would lead them to break the law… Their first assignment is to eliminate a gang of criminals who have stolen a shipload of explosives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisSkinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon (1990)
Fatty and Baldy, a pair of undercover detectives, infiltrate a Triad drug syndicate but are put on a leave of absence after apprehending the kingpin, Tak, in the middle of the police commander's wedding. They return to find that Tak has been bailed out and has hired a team of assassins to exact revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
My Lucky Stars (1985)
Two Hong Kong cops are sent to Tokyo to catch an ex-cop who stole a large amount of money in diamonds. After one is captured by the Ninja-gang protecting the rogue cop, the other one gets his old Orphanage gang, dubbed the "Five Lucky Stars," to help him. They don't like this much, but they do it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTiger Cage (1988)
Something fishy is going on in the anti-Drug Trafficking Unit of the HK Police, and only a few honest cops know that the corruption goes all the way to the top. However, they must prove their case quickly, and by unconventional means, after they are framed for murder and drug-trafficking themselves. Dodging bullets from cops and criminals alike, the race is on to clear their names, protect their loved ones, and bring their corrupt colleagues to justice.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKnock Off (1998)
A fashion designer and his CIA agent business partner must join forces to stop a group of terrorists from smuggling explosives in counterfeit jeans during the handover of Hong Kong.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisHard Boiled (1992)
A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Way of the Dragon (1972)
After a Chinese restaurant in Rome is threatened by the mafia, who will stop at nothing to acquire the property, the owner recruits a family friend in Hong Kong, kung fu expert Tang Lung, to help them defend their business.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRighting Wrongs (1986)
Jason Chan, a Hong Kong lawyer, is angry at the way the law protects criminals and decides to take the law into his own hands, dishing out vigilante justice when a key witness and his entire family are murdered. But hotshot cop Cindy Si is soon on Chan's case, and the situation unravels into a fight that only a few will survive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRush Hour (1998)
When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the sidelines, Lee and Carter form an unlikely partnership and investigate the case themselves.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCity on Fire (1987)
Ko Chow is an undercover cop who is under pressure from all sides. His boss, Inspector Lau, wants him to infiltrate a gang of ruthless jewel thieves; his girlfriend wants him to commit to marriage or she will leave Hong Kong with another lover; and he is being pursued by other cops who are unaware that he is a colleague. Chow would rather quit the force, feeling guilty about betraying gang members who have become his friends.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNaked Killer (1992)
A young woman is trained by a professional assassin to become her partner in crime.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWheels on Meals (1984)
Cousins Thomas and David, owners of a mobile restaurant, team up with their friend Moby, a bumbling private detective, to save the beautiful Sylvia, a pickpocket.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Bodyguard from Beijing (1994)
A corrupt businessman commits a murder and the only witness is the girlfriend of another businessman with close connections to the Chinese government, so a bodyguard from Beijing is dispatched to help two Hong Kong cops protect the witness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Killer (1989)
Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, when beautiful nightclub chanteuse Jennie is blinded in the crossfire of his most recent hit, Jeffrey chooses to retire after one last job to pay for his unintended victim's sight-restoring operation. But when Jeffrey is double-crossed, he reluctantly joins forces with a rogue policeman to make things right.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSupercop 2 (1993)
As a crime wave sweeps through Hong Kong, the police call Jessica Yang, a rising star in the ranks, to help stop a notorious gang of thieves! What Jessica doesn't realize is that her boyfriend – recently discharged from the force – is the leader of this ruthless crime ring!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisYes, Madam! (1985)
Two unlucky thieves break into a just murdered man's hotel room and steal his passport, with a hidden microfilm, wanted by a triad boss. Two ass-kicking women cops—one Chinese, one British—are on the case.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Legend of Drunken Master (1994)
Returning home with his father after a shopping expedition, Wong Fei-hung is unwittingly caught up in the battle between foreigners who wish to export ancient Chinese artifacts and loyalists who don't want the pieces to leave the country. Fei-hung must fight against the foreigners using his Drunken Boxing style, and overcome his father's antagonism as well.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLucky Stars Go Places (1986)
Lucky Stars Go Places, also known as The Luckiest Stars, is a 1986 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Eric Tsang. It is the fourth film in the Lucky Stars series. It was an attempt to combine the original Lucky Stars troupe with the similar action comedy ensemble from the Aces Go Places series.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
The Protector (1985)
Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is kidnapped. The Federal authorities suspect that Laura's father is involved with Mr. Ko, a Hong Kong drug kingpin, so the NYC police commissioner sends the two cops to Hong Kong to investigate.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Man from Hong Kong (1975)
Australian authorities arrest a man believed to be connected to the Sydney criminal underworld and send for Inspector Fang Sing Leng from Hong Kong to question him. After the alleged criminal is assassinated, Inspector Leng and the Sydney police try to hunt down those responsible and hope to solve their case along the way.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHigh Risk (1995)
After failing to save his wife from 'The Doctor', Kit Li is working as a bodyguard and secret stunt double for the cowardly martial arts film star Frankie Lane. Frankie attends an exhibition of the crown jewels of Russia at a Hong Kong hotel, and when the Doctor's gang take over the building in attempt to steal them, Kit is the only thing standing in their way. Will Frankie regain his courage? Will romance blossom between Kit and the nosy reporter? Who has the best Kung-Fu?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Police Story 2?
The closest matches to Police Story 2 are Police Story 3: Super Cop (1992), Police Story (1985) and New Police Story (2004). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Police Story 2?
People who watched Police Story 2 most often go on to Thunderbolt (1995), Rumble in the Bronx (1995) and Project A (1983).
What is the highest-rated movie like Police Story 2?
Police Story (1985), rated 7.6/10 by 1,130 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Police Story 2?
New Police Story (2004) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Police Story 2 part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Police Story, which includes Police Story 3: Super Cop (1992), Police Story (1985), New Police Story (2004) and Police Story 4: First Strike (1996).
How are movies similar to Police Story 2 chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Police Story 2, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.