Movies like Joy Bangla (2023)
The best movies like Joy Bangla (2023) are Mujib: The Making of a Nation (2023), Red Scorpion (1988) and Act of Violence (1949). If Joy Bangla hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedExtraction (2020)7.3/10 from 6,891 votes
- NewestPeaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (2026)Released 2026
- In BengaliMujib: The Making of a Nation (2023)Also in Bengali
Mujib: The Making of a Nation (2023)
Biopic on the father of the nation of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The film will showcase his growing up as a child to his standing up against all injustice in his youth to fighting for the independence of his country. How he led a country to it's independence with his inspirational presence and fight for the justice.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRed Scorpion (1988)
A Soviet commando is sent to eliminate a rebel leader in Africa. Soon he finds himself doubting his mission.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAct of Violence (1949)
A former prisoner of war, Frank Enley is hailed as a hero in his California town. However, Frank has a shameful secret that comes back to haunt him when fellow survivor Joe Parkson emerges, intent on making Frank pay for his past deeds.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisExtraction (2020)
A hardened gun-for-hire's latest mission becomes a soul-searching race to survive when he's sent into Bangladesh to rescue a drug lord's kidnapped son.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRio Lobo (1970)
After the Civil War, a former Union colonel searches for the two traitors whose perfidy led to the loss of a close friend.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPeaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (2026)
After his estranged son gets embroiled in a Nazi plot, self-exiled gangster Tommy Shelby must return to Birmingham to save his family — and his nation.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Secrets We Keep (2020)
In post-World War II America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDead Man's Shoes (2004)
A soldier returns to his small town and exacts a deadly revenge on the thugs who tormented his disabled brother while he was away.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFear Is the Key (1972)
A deep-sea salvage expert enacts an elaborate plan to infiltrate and take revenge on a criminal organization that dealt him a foul misdeed.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisMarco Polo: One Hundred Eyes (2015)
A defiant warrior-monk arrives at Kublai Khan's court in chains and soon earns his tragic nickname in this 30-minute origin story.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSavior (1998)
A hardened mercenary in the Foreign Legion begins to find his own humanity when confronted with atrocities during the fighting in Bosnia.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHome (2021)
An ex-felon returns home from prison and must confront the demons of his past.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe MacKintosh Man (1973)
A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor; only, someone finds him out and exposes him to the gang...
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
A German soldier home on leave falls in love with a girl, then returns to World War II.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisVendetta (2022)
When his daughter is murdered, William Duncan takes the law into his own hands, setting out on a quest for retribution. After killing the street thug responsible for her death, he finds himself in the middle of a war with the thug's brother, father, and their gang, who are equally hell-bent on getting even. What ensues is a tense back-and-forth game of vengeance. By the end, William comes to find that the quest for revenge never has a winner.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEraser (1996)
Eraser, an elite federal marshal who "erases" the pasts of jeopardized informers and relocates them into safe anonymity, must protect a moving target who stands to uncover a conspiracy that could shift the balance of power in the world forever.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMirror Game (2016)
Ayna is an actor, and the prison is his stage. Unable to pursue his passion in a rigid society, he turns real life into his theater—taking money from the powerful to serve their prison sentences in their place. Everything changes when he falls for the girl next door, inspiring him to pull off one final swap and leave the dark trade forever. But his last performance plunges him deep into a treacherous rabbit hole. To survive a merciless system and break free from a criminal game he helped build, this underdog must execute the ultimate escape.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisNighthawks (1981)
When one of Europe's most lethal terrorists shows up in New York, an elite undercover cop is assigned to take him down by any means necessary.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRolling Thunder (1977)
A recently-returned Vietnam POW loses his family and his right hand during a violent home invasion, and seeks retribution against those responsible.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJoe (1970)
After murdering his daughter's drug-dealing boyfriend, a wealthy ad executive stumbles into a bar and strikes up an uneasy alliance with Joe Curran, a drunken bigot with a bloodlust who works at a local factory.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Joy Bangla?
The closest matches to Joy Bangla are Mujib: The Making of a Nation (2023), Red Scorpion (1988) and Act of Violence (1949). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Joy Bangla?
Start with Mujib: The Making of a Nation (2023), the closest match to Joy Bangla.
What is the highest-rated movie like Joy Bangla?
Extraction (2020), rated 7.3/10 by 6,891 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Joy Bangla?
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Bengali movies like Joy Bangla?
Yes: Mujib: The Making of a Nation (2023) and Mirror Game (2016).
How are movies similar to Joy Bangla chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Joy Bangla, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.