Movies like Payment in Blood (2000)
The best movies like Payment in Blood (2000) are Criminal Activities (2015), In the Grey (2026) and Miss Bala (2019). If Payment in Blood hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Payment in Blood
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- Highest ratedReservoir Dogs (1992)8.1/10 from 16,032 votes
- NewestIn the Grey (2026)Released 2026
Criminal Activities (2015)
Four young men make a risky investment together that gets them into trouble with the mob.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisIn the Grey (2026)
A covert team of elite operatives are living in the shadows. When a ruthless despot steals a billion-dollar fortune, they're sent to take it back—an impossible heist that erupts into a deadly game of strategy, deception and survival.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMiss Bala (2019)
Gloria finds a power she never knew she had when she is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness, and strength.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCastle Falls (2021)
Rival gangs seek out millions of dollars hidden inside a luxury condominium that's scheduled to be demolished, but first they have to deal with the demolition prep crewman who found the loot first.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKill Shot (2023)
Posing as hunters, a group of terrorists are in search of $100 million that was stolen and lost in a plane crash en route from Afghanistan.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisKnockaround Guys (2001)
Four sons of well-known New York mobsters must retrieve a bag of cash from a small Montana town ruled by a corrupt sheriff.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGolden Job (2018)
A group of former mercenaries reunite to plan an epic heist: boosting a truck full of medicine held by a foreign intelligence agency to supply a refugee camp in need. But when they find the truck is actually filled with stolen gold, the band of brothers realize they’ve been double-crossed by one of their own - and putting the situation right will be all out war.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLionheart (1990)
Lyon Gaultier is a deserter in the Foreign Legion arriving in the USA entirely hard up. He finds his brother between life and death and his sister-in-law without the money needed to heal her husband and to maintain her child. To earn the money needed, Gaultier decides to take part in some very dangerous clandestine fights.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShort Circuit 2 (1988)
Robot Johnny 5 moves to the city to help his friend Ben Jahrvi with his toy manufacturing enterprise, only to be manipulated by criminals who want to use him for their own nefarious purposes.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Gentlemen (2020)
American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organise a daring new heist.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLift (2024)
An international heist crew, led by Cyrus Whitaker, race to lift $500 million in gold from a passenger plane at 40,000 feet.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisParker (2013)
A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew's latest heist.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe League of Gentlemen (1960)
Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboard, is short of money, and is a service-trained expert in his field. The job is a bank robbery, and military discipline and planning are imposed by Hyde and second-in-command Race on the team, although civilian irritations do start getting in the way.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPhantom Halo (2014)
Two brothers barely scrape by as their father continues to gamble and drink away the money they do bring home. They hatch a plan for a robbery but at what price?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisReservoir Dogs (1992)
A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie -- unravel.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisBelly (1998)
Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in on them and new players are looking for a come up, will their reign last?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Debt Collector (2018)
A classically-trained martial artist goes to work as a debt collector for the mob. The job seems easy enough, until one “client” pulls him into a situation deeper than could ever be expected.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisFoolproof (2003)
Kevin, Sam and Rob have an unusual hobby: planning foolproof heists, without intending to actually perform them. The game goes wrong when their latest plan is stolen and carried out. Things get even worse when a mysterious man approaches them with an offer: plan a heist for him, or go to jail. As the clock ticks, they find that the risk might be higher than just their freedom.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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What are the best movies like Payment in Blood?
The closest matches to Payment in Blood are Criminal Activities (2015), In the Grey (2026) and Miss Bala (2019). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Payment in Blood?
Start with Criminal Activities (2015), the closest match to Payment in Blood.
What is the highest-rated movie like Payment in Blood?
Reservoir Dogs (1992), rated 8.1/10 by 16,032 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Payment in Blood?
In the Grey (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
How are movies similar to Payment in Blood chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Payment in Blood, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.