Movies like Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020)
The best movies like Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020) are Death Wish (2018), Kick-Ass (2010) and Batman: Year One (2011). If Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) 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 ratedProtector (2026)8.4/10 from 648 votes
- NewestThe Punisher: One Last Kill (2026)Released 2026
Death 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKick-Ass (2010)
Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBatman: Year One (2011)
A wealthy playboy named Bruce Wayne and a Chicago cop named Jim Gordon both return to Gotham City where their lives unexpectedly intersect.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDeath Wish 3 (1985)
Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Punisher: One Last Kill (2026)
As Frank Castle searches for meaning beyond revenge, an unexpected force pulls him back into the fight.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisPunisher: War Zone (2008)
Waging his one-man war on the world of organized crime, ruthless vigilante-hero Frank Castle sets his sights on overeager mob boss Billy Russoti. After Russoti is left horribly disfigured by Castle, he sets out for vengeance under his new alias: Jigsaw. With the "Punisher Task Force" hot on his trail and the FBI unable to take Jigsaw in, Frank must stand up to the formidable army that Jigsaw has recruited before more of his evil deeds go unpunished.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisHavoc (2025)
When a drug heist swerves lethally out of control, a jaded cop fights his way through a corrupt city's criminal underworld to save a politician's son.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBatman: The Long Halloween Deluxe Edition (2022)
Atrocious serial killings on holidays in Gotham City send The World's Greatest Detective into action - confronting both organized crime and a unified front of classic DC Super-Villains - while attempting to stop the mysterious murderer.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCode of Silence (1985)
A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisWire Room (2022)
New recruit Justin Rosa must monitor arms-smuggling cartel member Eddie Flynn — and keep him alive at all costs. When a SWAT team descends on Flynn’s home, Rosa breaks protocol and contacts the gangster directly to save his life. As gunmen break into the Wire Room and chaos erupts, Mueller and Rosa make a final, desperate stand against the corrupt agents and officials who seek to destroy evidence and kill them both.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCode 8 Part II (2024)
In a world where superpowered people are heavily policed by robots, an ex-con teams up with a drug lord he despises to protect a teen from a corrupt cop.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShaft (2019)
JJ, aka John Shaft Jr., may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death, he needs an education only his dad can provide. Absent throughout JJ’s youth, the legendary locked-and-loaded John Shaft agrees to help his progeny navigate Harlem’s heroin-infested underbelly.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDiablo (2025)
Ex-con Kris Chaney seizes the daughter of a Colombian gangster to fulfill a noble promise to the young girl's mother. When her father enlists both the criminal underworld and a psychotic killer to exact his revenge, Kris relies on everything he's ever learned to stay alive and keep his word.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOut for Justice (1991)
Gino Felino is an NYPD detective from Brooklyn who knows everyone and everything in his neighborhood. Killing his partner was someone's big mistake... because he's now out for justice.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like this2 Guns (2013)
A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTransporter 3 (2008)
Frank Martin puts the driving gloves on to deliver Valentina, the kidnapped daughter of a Ukrainian government official, from Marseilles to Odessa on the Black Sea. En route, he has to contend with thugs who want to intercept Valentina's safe delivery and not let his personal feelings get in the way of his dangerous objective.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDeadpool 2 (2018)
Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a boy's life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDeadpool & Wolverine (2024)
A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life with his days as the morally flexible mercenary, Deadpool, behind him. But when his homeworld faces an existential threat, Wade must reluctantly suit-up again with an even more reluctant Wolverine.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisProtector (2026)
Nikki's life is shattered when her daughter is kidnapped. Thrust into the criminal underworld while hunted by cops and military, she must fight to rescue her child.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisJCVD (2008)
Between his tax problems and his legal battle with his wife for the custody of his daughter, these are hard times for the action movie star who finds that even Steven Seagal has pinched a role from him! This fictionalized version of Jean-Claude Van Damme returns to the country of his birth to seek the peace and tranquility he can no longer enjoy in the United States, but inadvertently gets involved in a bank robbery with hostages.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisState Property: Blood on the Streets (2005)
Three gangsters vie for control of the streets of Philadelphia.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime & action
RocknRolla (2008)
When a Russian mobster sets up a real estate scam that generates millions of pounds, various members of London's criminal underworld pursue their share of the fortune. Various shady characters, including Mr One-Two, Stella the accountant, and Johnny Quid, a druggie rock-star, try to claim their slice.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
Jacques Mesrine, a loyal son and dedicated soldier, is back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Soon he is seduced by the neon glamour of sixties Paris and the easy money it presents. Mentored by Guido, Mesrine turns his back on middle class law-abiding and soon moves swiftly up the criminal ladder.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Dead Girl (2006)
The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated women begin to intersect.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMukham (1990)
A police officer tries to uncover and stop an unknown serial killer who sniped three victims and plans for a fourth one.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime
Ca$h (2008)
A man meets up with two "good guys" to recover what is unlawfully his, taking them on his whirlwind ride, doing things they never would have imagined, just to survive.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisH.H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer (2004)
Torture chambers, acid vats, greased chutes and gassing rooms were just some of the devices of death designed by the Torture Doctor, H.H. Holmes in his castle of horrors. Follows Holmes' entire life as a criminal mastermind.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMechamato Movie (2022)
After a mysterious spaceship crash landed on Earth, a boy named Amato came across a powerful robot named MechaBot. By outsmarting MechaBot and becoming its master, Amato can now utilize MechaBot’s unique ability to Mechanize everyday objects into high-tech devices. Unknown to him, MechaBot is being hunted by a cybernetic alien called Grakakus who will do whatever it takes to acquire MechaBot for his own evil plans.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Mue Prab 2 Paen Din (1984)
Thai action film starring Sorapong Chatree. The Thai title is "มือปราบ 2 แผ่นดิน", not to be confused with "มือปราบสองแผ่นดิน", which is another film altogether. They are often mistaken for one another, but this film uses the numeral "2", rather than "two".
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)?
The closest matches to Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) are Death Wish (2018), Kick-Ass (2010) and Batman: Year One (2011). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)?
Start with Death Wish (2018), the closest match to Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn).
What is the highest-rated movie like Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)?
Protector (2026), rated 8.4/10 by 648 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)?
The Punisher: One Last Kill (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)?
Yes: Death Wish (2018), Kick-Ass (2010) and Batman: Year One (2011).
How are movies similar to Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.