Movies like Violent City (1970)
The best movies like Violent City (1970) are Foxy Brown (1974), Mr. Majestyk (1974) and Hit Man (1972). If Violent City 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 ratedThe Day of the Jackal (1973)7.5/10 from 729 votes
- NewestAssassination (1987)Released 1987
- In ItalianKidnap Syndicate (1975)Also in Italian
Foxy Brown (1974)
A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMr. Majestyk (1974)
A melon farmer battles organized crime and a hit man who wants to kill him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHit Man (1972)
Bernie Casey portrays Tyrone and Pamela Grier plays a sultry skin-flick star in this first Americanized remake of the iconic Michael Caine action film Get Carter. From Watts to the West Side, from porno parlors to a high-rise, from motel dives to a crime kingpin’s sprawling pleasure dome, from corner hangouts to a wildlife preserve, Tyrone covers a lot of real estate, busts a lot of heads.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Cold Sweat (1970)
During the Korean War, Joe Moran, is convicted for striking a colonel. Imprisoned in Germany he encounters his former company commander Captain Ross, jailed for black marketeering. Together with Ross' cohorts Joe agrees to escape with them, but things go wrong and a policeman is killed. An appalled Joe escapes by himself, abandoning the others, who are recaptured. Years later Joe has a boat rental business where he is found by Ross. Now a wanted drug smuggler he wants the use of Joe's boats and to ensure his cooperation, they kidnap his wife and daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Killer Elite (1975)
Mike Locken is one of the principal members of a group of freelance spies. A significant portion of their work is for the CIA, and while on a case for them one of his friends turns on him and shoots him in the elbow and knee. His assignment, to protect someone, goes down in flames. He is nearly crippled, but with braces is able to again become mobile. For revenge as much as anything else, Mike goes after his ex-friend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisChrome and Hot Leather (1971)
A Green Beret returns home from the Vietnam war to find that a gang of murderous bikers has killed his fiancee. He calls on several of his Green Beret buddies to come and help him take revenge on the gang.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Kidnap Syndicate (1975)
After his son is kidnapped, a millionaire industrialist seeks revenge, in spite of the potential danger that his rash actions will bring about for his child and another kidnapped boy, the son of a poor mechanic.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Framed (1975)
Joe Don Baker plays a gambler who is framed for a crime he did not commit. A corrupt legal system leads him into a plea bargain and four years behind bars. By the time he gets out of prison, he's determined to put together the pieces of his frame-up and dole out the justice he was denied to those responsible.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
The Evil That Men Do (1984)
A former assassin (Charles Bronson) comes out of retirement to avenge the brutal murder of his friend at the hands of a sadistic torturer (Joseph Maher) employed by an oppressive foreign dictatorship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Mechanic (1972)
Arthur Bishop is a veteran hit man who, owing to his penchant for making his targets' deaths seem like accidents, thinks himself an artist. It's made him very rich, but as he hits middle age, he's so depressed and lonely that he takes on one of his victim's sons, Steve McKenna, as his apprentice. Arthur puts him through a rigorous training period and brings him on several hits. As Steven improves, Arthur worries that he'll discover who killed his father.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStreet Law (1974)
Carlo Antonelli, an engineer from Genoa, gets mugged and decides to take justice into his own hands. At first the muggers seem to get the upper hand, but then he's helped by Tommy, a young robber who takes his side.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSt. Ives (1976)
A dabbler-in-crime and his assistant hire an ex-police reporter to recover some stolen papers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Stone Killer (1973)
A Los Angeles detective is sent to New York where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTony Arzenta (1973)
A mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications - and many bloody shootouts - ensue.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Italian Connection (1972)
When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen are dispatched from New York to find him, but the real thieves want to get rid of him before the New York killers get to him to eliminate any chance of them finding out he's the wrong man.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Farmer (1977)
Decorated soldier Kyle Martin returns home after WW2 to discover his family farm is in foreclosure. With only a silver star to his name, Kyle is in dire straits until gambler Johnny O' offers to give him money in exchange for killing a gangster.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Murphy's Law (1986)
A tough police detective escapes from custody after being framed and arrested for the murder of his ex-wife, and must now find the real killer and prove his innocence.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Day of the Jackal (1973)
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBreakout (1975)
A bush pilot is hired for $50,000 to go to Mexico to free an innocent prisoner.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAssassination (1987)
Jay Killon is the bodyguard of the recently elected US president, but he is assigned to the first lady (Lara Royce). Lara hates Killon so she does all she can to escape. The story complicates when someone tries to kill Lara.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Eiger Sanction (1975)
A classical art professor and collector, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChato's Land (1972)
In 1870s New Mexico, a half-breed kills a bigoted sheriff in self-defense but the posse that eventually hunts him finds itself in dangerous territory.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Big Racket (1976)
Nico Palmieri is a police inspector who battles a criminal gang terrorizing a sleepy Italian town, extorting cash from the local merchants. With the threat of violence, no one dares to act, except for a restaurant owner who is forced by Palmieri to tell the truth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisViolent Naples (1976)
Inspector Betti (Maurizio Merli) is transferred to Naples and immediately after his arrival receives a warm welcome from The Commandante (Barry Sullivan), the city's crime lord. Betti then goes on a personal mission against corruption and organized crime, and tries to force the syndicate out of town with any means necessary.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Gauntlet (1977)
Phoenix cop Ben Shockley is well on his way to becoming a derelict when he is assigned to transport a witness from Las Vegas. The witness turns out to be a belligerent prostitute with mob ties—and incriminating information regarding a high-ranking official.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Professional (1981)
Josselin Beaumont, a French secret agent, is tasked with assassinating Njala, the president for life of Malawi in Africa. A shift in French policy means that assassinating Njala is no longer an option. But instead of recalling their agent, high-ranking officials deliberately sacrifice Beaumont by handing him over to the Malawian authorities. Arrested, tried, and imprisoned, he nevertheless manages to escape. Back in Paris after a two-year absence, he informs his superiors through Colonel Martin that he will fulfill his contract during Njala’s upcoming official visit to Paris between the 12th and 15th of this month, and that he has a few scores to settle with the D.G.S.E. The question is, should Beaumont be stopped or not?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Boss (1973)
A hitman finds himself embroiled in the middle of a Mafia war between the Sicilians and the Calabrians.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDanger: Diabolik (1968)
International man of mystery Diabolik and his sensuous lover Eva Kant pull off heist after heist, all while European cops led by Inspector Ginko and envious mobsters led by Ralph Valmont are closing in on them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRider on the Rain (1970)
Melancolie Mau is a lonely woman on the French seaside who falls victim to a horrific rape, but she manages to turn the tables and kill her attacker. She chooses not to tell anyone and dumps the body, but it comes back to haunt her when a U.S. colonel arrives, mysteriously armed with full knowledge about her ordeal. However, he seems to have his own agenda, and it may concern Melancolie's absent husband.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlack Samurai (1976)
When the daughter of the royal family is held hostage, an agent for "D.R.A.G.O.N." will stop at nothing to destroy the evil organisation which abducted her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Violent City?
The closest matches to Violent City are Foxy Brown (1974), Mr. Majestyk (1974) and Hit Man (1972). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Violent City?
People who watched Violent City most often go on to Foxy Brown (1974), Mr. Majestyk (1974) and Hit Man (1972).
What is the highest-rated movie like Violent City?
The Day of the Jackal (1973), rated 7.5/10 by 729 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Violent City?
Assassination (1987) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Italian movies like Violent City?
Yes: Kidnap Syndicate (1975), Street Law (1974) and Tony Arzenta (1973).
How are movies similar to Violent City chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Violent City, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.