Movies like Election 2 (2006)
The best movies like Election 2 (2006) are Election (2005), New World (2013) and The Departed (2006). If Election 2 hooked you with its drama and crime, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Departed (2006)8.2/10 from 16,899 votes
- NewestThe Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon (2023)Released 2023
- Same seriesElection (2005)Election
Election (2005)
After losing an election to become chairman of the Wo Lin Shing triad, a gang leader lashes out and tries to seize the dragon-head baton, the official symbol of a chairman's authority.
Why it matches: Same series: Election · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNew World (2013)
An undercover cop has his loyalties tested when the boss of the corporate gang he's spent years infiltrating dies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Departed (2006)
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisInfernal Affairs II (2003)
In this prequel to the original, a bloody power struggle among the Triads coincides with the 1997 handover of Hong Kong, setting up the events of the first film.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLife Without Principle (2011)
A criminal, a bank clerk and a police officer find their destinies entwined when a loan shark gets assaulted after having withdrawn $10 million from the bank in the midst of the world financial crisis.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAs Tears Go By (1988)
Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOne Nite in Mongkok (2004)
A gangster's son is accidentally killed during a drunken dispute with a rival gang, and Officer Milo's task force is assigned to the case. He soon learns that a hitman has been hired to take out the rival gang leader. While Milo and his crew desperately try to find and stop the hired gun, fearing all-out war in the streets, Lai Fu, a smart but inexperienced killer from a small town in the mainland, arrives in Hong Kong to do his job.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBreaking News (2004)
After a disastrous failure to stop a robber gang, the police attempt to redeem themselves through a series of publicity stunts and shootouts.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies 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: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSPL: Kill Zone (2005)
Chan, an articulate senior detective nearing the end of his career, is taking care of the daughter of a witness killed by ruthless crime lord Po. Martial arts expert Ma is set to take over as head of the crime unit, replacing Chan who wants an early retirement.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPTU (2003)
Follows a police tactical unit during one dangerous night on the streets of Hong Kong as they try to recover a cop's stolen gun. Things turn deadly when they run into a web of gangland crimes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDrug War (2012)
A drug cartel boss is arrested in a raid and coerced into betraying his former accomplices as part of an undercover operation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhere the Wind Blows (2023)
The decades spanning story of two very different policemen who rise to power in Hong Kong during British rule, and end up at odds with both organised crime groups and the anti-corruption unit vowing to bring them down.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Running Out of Time (1999)
Police inspector and excellent hostage negotiator Ho Sheung-Sang finds himself in over his head when he is pulled into a 72 hour game by a cancer suffering criminal out for vengeance on Hong Kong's organized crime syndicates.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisInfernal Affairs (2002)
Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midst.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDead or Alive (1999)
Ryūichi and his small gang of Triad vie for control of the Japanese underworld in a crime-ridden Shinjuku quarter while Detective Jojima tries to bring it down.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVengeance (2009)
A French chef swears revenge after a violent attack on his daughter's family in Macau, during which her husband and her two children are murdered. To help him find the killers, he hires three local hit-men working for the mafia.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Better Tomorrow II (1987)
A restauranteur teams up with a police officer and his ex-con brother to avenge the death of a friend's daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Mobfathers (2016)
The godfather of the triad Jing Hing and his senior bosses need to select a new boss to run the daily operations of the five gangs under their control. Chuck, a lifelong member of the triad, dreams of being the elected one, but his wife wants him to leave the criminal life and spend time with their child. Wulf, a former cop, also wants take over the seat. Both will try to achieve their goal by any means necessary.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
The White Storm (2013)
An operation in Thailand against a notorious drug lord changes the destiny of a Hong Kong Police Department narcotic team. Five years later, a drug dealing brings them together again.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Stool Pigeon (2010)
Policeman Don often works with informants but numerous too-close calls and failed missions cause him to see the world as one betrayal after another. Then, he meets Ghost, Jr, and is given a new chance to change his views.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisJiang Hu (2004)
When Triad leader Hung considers leaving the world of the gangsters, a brutal war begins in the world of jiang-hu. Meanwhile, an internal conflict begins between Hung and his best man, Left-Hand.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
The Mission (1999)
Triad boss Lung, who has just escaped being killed in an assassination attempt hires the killers Curtis, James, Mike, Roy and Shin for his protection.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDog Bite Dog (2006)
A young Cambodian man who has been trained to fight for money in his country is hired to kill someone in Hong Kong. He performs the hit and then flees from Hong Kong police, who are wrestling with internal problems of a model cop and his son, who is also on the force and who was told by his dad not to become a police officer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShinjuku Incident (2009)
A simple Chinese immigrant wages a perilous war against one of the most powerful criminal organizations on the planet.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe White Storm 2: Drug Lords (2019)
A financial tycoon, once a triad member, tries to eradicate the drug market while an old accomplice aims to be Hong Kong's first drug lord.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisProtégé (2007)
A special agent has for 8 years been deep undercover in Asia's lucrative organized crime trade as he plays protégé to one of the key players, Banker. Now, Nick has but he has started to feel loyalty to his new environment and to the money.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon (2023)
The arrogant, third most-wanted criminal in Taiwan, decides to get rid of the top two competitors and crowns himself the most-wanted criminal before dying.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992)
Following the release of Part III in 1990, Coppola, Barry Malkin, and Walter Murch edited the three films into chronological order to create this nearly ten-hour epic, incorporating scenes not part of the theatrical releases.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Corruptor (1999)
Danny is a young cop partnered with Nick, a seasoned but ethically tainted veteran. As the two try to stop a gang war in Chinatown, Danny relies on Nick but grows increasingly uncomfortable with the way Nick gets things done.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Election 2?
The closest matches to Election 2 are Election (2005), New World (2013) and The Departed (2006). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Election 2?
People who watched Election 2 most often go on to New World (2013), The Departed (2006) and Infernal Affairs II (2003).
What is the highest-rated movie like Election 2?
The Departed (2006), rated 8.2/10 by 16,899 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Election 2?
The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Election 2 part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Election, which includes Election (2005).
How are movies similar to Election 2 chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Election 2, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.