Movies like RE:BORN (2016)
The best movies like RE:BORN (2016) are The Bodyguard (2016), A Bittersweet Life (2005) and The Night Comes For Us (2018). If RE:BORN 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 Man from Nowhere (2010)7.7/10 from 1,591 votes
- NewestOscar Shaw (2026)Released 2026
- In JapaneseAgitator (2001)Also in Japanese
The Bodyguard (2016)
A retired bodyguard who has settled into a corner of the world where China, Russia and North Korea meet as he suffers from early dementia finds a new friend in a young girl. When her life is threatened by her father's connection with a local crime lord, the bodyguard must call upon his long forgotten skills to save her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Bittersweet Life (2005)
Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Hee-soo, for fear that she may be cheating on him with a younger man with the mandate that he must kill them both if he discovers their affair.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Night Comes For Us (2018)
After sparing a girl's life during a massacre, an elite Triad assassin is targeted by an onslaught of murderous gangsters.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDeliver Us from Evil (2020)
A retired contract killer goes on a bloody rampage when a young girl finds herself at the mercy of gangland human traffickers and only one man can come to her rescue, with an arsenal of weapons and years of experience in the art of killing.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAgitator (2001)
When a young yakuza torments the customers in a rival crime family's nightclub, it is not long before his dead body is found. Soon, inter-family retaliation follows, resulting in the death for a prominent crime boss. Devastated by this turn of events, the temperamental Kenzaki vows to avenge his boss's death and, as bloody violence ensues, the body count reaches excessive proportions.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHell Dogs (2022)
Bent on revenge, a traumatized ex-police officer must infiltrate a yakuza organization by befriending one of the group's most unhinged members.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDeadly Outlaw: Rekka (2002)
After Kunisada's Yakuza leader and father figure is brutally murdered, he and his best friend go on a two-man mission to avenge his death, killing other Yakuza leaders leading to a final confrontation by the old man's killers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
The Man from Nowhere (2010)
A reclusive pawnshop owner goes on a brutal rampage to rescue a young girl kidnapped by a criminal organization.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisYakuza Apocalypse (2015)
When young protege Akira Kageyama is bitten by his dying vampire boss, Genyo Kamiura, he must get used to his new powers before seeking revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMr. Long (2017)
Long is a Taiwanese killer known for his sword skills. After Long fails a Tokyo mission, he moves to a small town where no one knows about him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDeadman Inferno (2015)
Hiroya Munakata is the leader of the yakuza group Munakata-gumi. After 10 years since the big fight, Hiroya Munakata's non blood-related younger brother Takashi is released from prison, but Takashi’s daughter, Hyuga says she does not want to meet her father and runs away from home. Hiroya, Takashi and Hiroya’s subordinate Shinya go to Zeni Island where Hyuga is headed to. Something they never expected is waiting for them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
The Yellow Sea (2010)
A Korean man in China takes an assassination job in South Korea to make money and find his missing wife. But when the job is botched, he is forced to go on the run from the police and the gangsters who paid him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHard Days (2023)
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 crime & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBaby Assassins 3 (2024)
Teenage assassins Mahiro and Chisato visit the coastal city of Miyazaki for a contract and a vacation, but they unexpectedly cross paths with a legendary, bloodthirsty assassin looking to add to his kill count.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisGARO: Fang of God (2018)
Ryuga Dogai returns to investigate a new mystery - the theft of Makai Knights armour. Among the victims are Ryuga's old comrades from the Volcity crisis, Takeru and Aguri. The three will face off against an enemy previously thought defeated - Zinga.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
The Shadow Strays (2024)
Skilled in the art of killing, a young assassin defies her mentor to save a boy from a ruthless crime syndicate — and she'll destroy anyone in her path.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFireworks (1997)
Beleaguered police detective Nishi takes desperate measures to try and set things right in a world gone wrong. With those close to him suffering their own tribulations, Nishi's methods become increasingly extreme.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBoy Kills World (2024)
When his family is murdered, a deaf-mute named Boy escapes to the jungle and is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIzo (2004)
Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished, his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Tokyo. Here Izo transforms himself into a new, improved killing machine.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRoad To High & Low (2016)
Three inseparable friends are torn apart when one of them joins a criminal syndicate threatening to overpower his old friends' gang.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
The Outsider (2018)
A former American G.I. joins a yakuza family after his release from prison in post-World War II Osaka.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Villainess (2017)
Honed from childhood into a merciless killing machine by a criminal organization, assassin Sook-hee is recruited with the promise of freedom after ten years of service. However, secrets from her past destroy everything she’s worked for and now she embarks on a roaring rampage of revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOutrage (2010)
When a tough yakuza gangster is betrayed by his bosses, it means all out war. Bodies pile up as he takes out everyone in his way to the top in a brutal quest for revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStriking Rescue (2024)
A veteran Muay Thai expert goes on a take-no-prisoners mission of revenge after his wife and daughter are brutally murdered by mysterious forces.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)
Lady Snowblood is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes. As she is sent to the gallows she is rescued by the secret police who offer her a deal to assassinate some revolutionaries.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDetective Conan: Dimensional Sniper (2014)
A rash of sniper attacks leaves the streets of Tokyo empty and the public terrified to go outside. It’s up to Conan and his friends to find the culprit, but the case goes deeper than it seems. Military cover-ups, conspiracies and murder abound in this fast-paced, thrilling mystery!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOscar Shaw (2026)
After retiring from the police force, a relentless detective haunted by the tragic loss of his closest friend sets out on a perilous quest for vengeance, seeking redemption and fighting to restore justice to the streets he once swore to protect.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBatman (1943)
Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American scientists into pliable zombies. The great crime-fighters Batman and Robin, with the help of their allies, are in pursuit.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like RE:BORN?
The closest matches to RE:BORN are The Bodyguard (2016), A Bittersweet Life (2005) and The Night Comes For Us (2018). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after RE:BORN?
People who watched RE:BORN most often go on to The Bodyguard (2016), A Bittersweet Life (2005) and The Night Comes For Us (2018).
What is the highest-rated movie like RE:BORN?
The Man from Nowhere (2010), rated 7.7/10 by 1,591 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like RE:BORN?
Oscar Shaw (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like RE:BORN?
Yes: Agitator (2001), Hell Dogs (2022) and Deadly Outlaw: Rekka (2002).
How are movies similar to RE:BORN chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside RE:BORN, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.