Movies like Ad Vitam (2025)
The best movies like Ad Vitam (2025) are Last Bullet (2025), Lost Bullet 2 (2022) and Man on Fire (2004). If Ad Vitam 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 ratedLéon: The Professional (1994)8.3/10 from 16,782 votes
- NewestDarkness of Man (2025)Released 2025
- In FrenchLast Bullet (2025)Also in French
Last Bullet (2025)
Car genius Lino returns to conclude his vendetta against Areski and the corrupt commander who ruined their lives in this turbo-charged trilogy finale.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLost Bullet 2 (2022)
Having cleared his name, genius mechanic Lino has only one goal in mind: getting revenge on the corrupt cops who killed his brother and his mentor.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMan on Fire (2004)
Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPoint Blank (2010)
Samuel Pierret is a nurse who saves the wrong guy – a thief whose henchmen take Samuel's pregnant wife hostage to force him to spring their boss from the hospital. A race through the subways and streets of Paris ensues, and the body count rises. Can Samuel evade the cops and the criminal underground and deliver his beloved to safety?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSquad 36 (2025)
Forced out of his elite unit, a troubled cop launches his own rogue investigation when mysterious killings claim the lives of his former colleagues.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTaken (2008)
Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim. After reluctantly agreeing with his ex-wife to let Kim go to Paris on vacation with a friend, his worst nightmare comes true. While on the phone with his daughter shortly after she arrives in Paris, she and her friend are abducted by a gang of human traffickers. Working against the clock, Bryan relies on his extensive training and skills to track down the ruthless gang that abducted her and launch a one-man war to rescue his daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Accountant (2016)
As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDue Justice (2023)
An attorney with a military past hunts down the gang who killed his wife and took his daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisElyas (2024)
Elyas, a former Special Forces soldier who has become paranoid since a mission in Afghanistan, is recruited to ensure the safety of Amina and her daughter Nour, 13 years old, both of whom came from the Middle East for the holidays. As he takes office, Elyas senses something is up.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSweet Girl (2021)
A man vows to bring justice to those responsible for his wife's death while protecting the only family he has left, his daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Name Is Vendetta (2022)
After old enemies kill his family, a former mafia enforcer and his feisty daughter flee to Milan, where they hide out while plotting their revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDeath Wish (2018)
A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Equalizer (2014)
McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by – he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCollateral (2004)
Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRestless (2022)
After going to extremes to cover up an accident, a corrupt cop's life spirals out of control when he starts receiving threats from a mysterious witness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 thisSentinelle (2021)
Transferred home after a traumatizing combat mission, a highly trained French soldier uses her lethal skills to hunt down the man who hurt her sister.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisLost Bullet (2020)
A small time delinquent, turned police mechanic for a go fast task force, is forced to defend his innocence when his mentor is killed by dirty cops.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Squad: Home Run (2023)
Former Antigang legend Niels Cartier, known for his muscular and unconventional methods, left the force following an intervention that went wrong and led to the death of his wife. When the gang of bank robbers responsible for her death reappears eight years later, Niels won't let anyone stand in his way to seek revenge. Even if it means forming an explosive duo with his temperamental 14-year-old daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJack Reacher (2012)
One morning in an ordinary town, five people are shot dead in a seemingly random attack. All evidence points to a single suspect: an ex-military sniper who is quickly brought into custody. The interrogation yields one written note: 'Get Jack Reacher!'. Reacher, an enigmatic ex-Army investigator, believes the authorities have the right man but agrees to help the sniper's defense attorney. However, the more Reacher delves into the case, the less clear-cut it appears. So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth, pitting Jack Reacher against an unexpected enemy, with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisColt 45 (2014)
Vincent Miles, a gunsmith and shooting instructor at the National Police, is an expert in combat shooting who stubbornly refuses to join a field brigade, a choice which his colleagues do not understand. When he meets Milo Cardena, a mysterious and skilled cop, his life changes in such way that he cannot ignore his true nature anymore.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Heir Apparent: Largo Winch (2008)
After a powerful billionaire is murdered, his secret adoptive son must race to prove his legitimacy, find his father's killers and stop them from taking over his financial empire.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAgent Zero (2025)
When police officer Ilias is shot and left in a coma, Alma must reconnect with her former identity as Badh, a ruthless intelligence operative and skilled assassin. She brutally eliminates members of the Khoury family one by one, unleashing the fury of their leader Mansour, only to discover that Mansour is working with Joana her former secret service unit officer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisBlack Lotus (2023)
An ex-special forces operative wages a one man war through the streets of Amsterdam to rescue his friend's daughter from the local crime syndicate.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDarkness of Man (2025)
Russell Hatch, an Interpol operative who takes on the role of father figure to Jayden, the son of an informant killed in a routine raid gone wrong. Years later, Hatch finds himself protecting Jayden and his grandfather from a group of merciless gangs in an all-out turf war, stopping at nothing to protect Jayden and fight anyone getting in his way.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
A Line of Fire (2025)
After working as a secret agent in the FBI for ten years, Jack 'Cash' Conry left it all behind after his wife passed in order to dedicate himself to his two daughters. Despite a fulfilling life at home, Cash misses the chance to make an impact and has been considering a return to the force. The decision is made for him when his old partner’s niece Jamie calls him for help, launching Cash right back into a world of danger, corruption and intrigue.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisLéon: The Professional (1994)
Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, Mathilda's thoughts turn to revenge, and she considers following in Léon's footsteps.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisK.O. (2025)
A former fighter must find the missing son of an opponent he accidentally killed years ago, taking on a brutally violent crime gang in Marseille.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAKA (2023)
A steely special ops agent finds his morality put to the test when he infiltrates a crime syndicate and unexpectedly bonds with the boss' young son.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Wages of Fear (2024)
When an explosion at an oil well threatens hundreds of lives, a crack team is called upon to make a deadly desert crossing with nitroglycerine in tow.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Ad Vitam?
The closest matches to Ad Vitam are Last Bullet (2025), Lost Bullet 2 (2022) and Man on Fire (2004). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Ad Vitam?
People who watched Ad Vitam most often go on to Last Bullet (2025), Lost Bullet 2 (2022) and Man on Fire (2004).
What is the highest-rated movie like Ad Vitam?
Léon: The Professional (1994), rated 8.3/10 by 16,782 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Ad Vitam?
Darkness of Man (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like Ad Vitam?
Yes: Last Bullet (2025), Lost Bullet 2 (2022) and Point Blank (2010).
How are movies similar to Ad Vitam chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Ad Vitam, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.