Movies like Tagaru (2018)
The best movies like Tagaru (2018) are Gladiator Underground (2025), Toxic (2026) and The System (2022). If Tagaru hooked you with its action, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedBeast (2026)7.5/10 from 227 votes
- NewestToxic (2026)Released 2026
- In KannadaToxic (2026)Also in Kannada
Gladiator Underground (2025)
Two brothers compete in the world's deadliest underground fighting tournament, where they must decide whether to play by the rules or to cast their honor aside and team up to bring down the dark syndicate running the tournament.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisToxic (2026)
A powerful drug cartel pulls the strings behind a facade of sun-soaked beaches as a gritty, violent underworld power struggle emerges during the crumbling of Portuguese colonial rule.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe System (2022)
When a young soldier, newly returned from war, gets caught up in a drug bust, he is recruited by the authorities to go undercover in a notoriously dangerous prison in order to figure out what is really going on.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBeast (2026)
MMA legend Patton James, now a commercial fisherman, is pulled back into the cage when his brother is in danger. Reuniting with his old coach Sammy, he commits to one final fight in one championship against the brutal champion Xavier Grau.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Shipment (2021)
A former U.S. Navy Seal is forced to become the international criminal he once fought against when a powerful and violent drug cartel kidnaps his wife and daughter.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAbsolution (2024)
An aging ex-boxer gangster working as muscle for a Boston crime boss receives an upsetting diagnosis. Despite a faltering memory, he attempts to rectify the sins of his past and reconnect with his estranged children. He is determined to leave a positive legacy for his grandson, but the criminal underworld isn’t done with him and won’t loosen their grip willingly.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisNever Back Down: Revolt (2021)
An amateur fighter is lured by a trafficking syndicate specializing in elite underground fighting where her brutal captor forces her to fight or face certain death.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRun (1991)
When a law student accidentally kills the son of a mob boss in a fight, he finds himself relentlessly pursued by the mob and the police.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDouble Threat (2022)
With ruthless mobsters on her tail, a young woman with a split personality becomes entangled with a man on a pilgrimage across the country to scatter his brother's ashes.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAl Capone (1959)
In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder, extortion, and political fraud. He becomes head of Chicago's biggest "business," but moves inexorably toward his downfall and ignominious end.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTrouble Man (2025)
Jaxen, a former cop turned Atlanta PI, is hired to find missing R&B star Jahari. His investigation uncovers her disappearance is connected to a larger conspiracy, forcing him to question those around him and his own past.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHow to Rob a Bank (2007)
Caught in the middle of a bank robbery, a slacker and a bank employee become the ones who arbitrate the intense situation.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisWake of Death (2004)
Ben Archer, an ex-mob enforcer, seeks revenge against a ruthless Chinese kingpin responsible for his wife's brutal murder. When Archer joins forces with his old underworld friends, an all-out war is waged against the Chinese Triad.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMan with No Past (2025)
Waking up in an unfamiliar city, a man with no memory must confront the mysteries of his own identity. However, his desperate search to uncover the past pits him against a powerful enemy, leading to a showdown that ultimately reveals the truth.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Black Book (2023)
After his son is wrongly accused of kidnapping, a deacon who has just lost his wife takes matters into his own hands and fights a crooked police gang to clear him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVendetta (2022)
When his daughter is murdered, William Duncan takes the law into his own hands, setting out on a quest for retribution. After killing the street thug responsible for her death, he finds himself in the middle of a war with the thug's brother, father, and their gang, who are equally hell-bent on getting even. What ensues is a tense back-and-forth game of vengeance. By the end, William comes to find that the quest for revenge never has a winner.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIn the Blood (2014)
When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisEmbattled (2020)
The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStowaway (2022)
A tenacious party girl fights to survive after three thieves commandeer her luxury yacht. Unable to escape and trapped on the yacht at high seas, the prey becomes the hunter as she turns the tables on the intruders and takes matters into her own hands.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFemale Fight Squad (2017)
A former fighter reluctantly returns to the life she abandoned in order to help her sister survive the sadistic world of illegal fighting and the maniac who runs it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBirugaali (2009)
Hacchi is an orphan who lives in a slum and works for a gangster. Trouble ensues when he tries to change himself for the woman he loves, while his employer's daughter also falls in love with him.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Roshagni (2027)
Roshagni is an action revenge drama featuring breathtaking real stunts. The film's protagonist is driven by a quest for vengeance, navigating a story filled with intense action and drama.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Coming SoonMovies like thisOndanondu Kaladalli (1979)
After Gandugali, a mercenary, rescues a band of soldiers, their chieftain asks him to train them in order to fight the chieftain's rival brother.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Sagutha Doora Doora (2020)
Saagutha Doora Doora is a Kannada movie starring Mahesh Siddu and Apeksha Pavan Wadeyar in prominent roles. It is a drama directed by Ravi Teja.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Sunday - A Kannada Short Film (2020)
Every generation has its own entry and exit. They have their own crisis and celebrations. This is an attempt to bring and connect the dotted lines between the generations. The collectively carefree voyage of everyone's day is "Sunday."
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Please Turn Over (2016)
A young, cricketer turned teacher, has to overcome a big challenge in his personal life; and teach a motley bunch of kids what it means to play hard but fair.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Sadarame (1935)
The story follows the virtuous and brave Sadarame, whose life takes a sharp turn when she captures the heart of Prince Jayaveera.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Chiranjeevi (1936)
Movie starring Devudu, Sharada, Malavalli Sundaramma, Basavaraju Mansoor and directed by K P Bhave.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Visions of Mookajji (2019)
An 80-year-old widow with extra-sensory perceptions can see the history behind the objects she touches, through which she comments on evolution of culture, concepts of God, religion, relationships, humans and their sexuality, etc.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Raju Kannada Medium (2018)
Raju, a village boy goes to Bangalore in search for a job and finds different meanings to life while dealing with hurdles that the city puts him through.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Tagaru?
The closest matches to Tagaru are Gladiator Underground (2025), Toxic (2026) and The System (2022). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Tagaru?
Start with Gladiator Underground (2025), the closest match to Tagaru.
What is the highest-rated movie like Tagaru?
Beast (2026), rated 7.5/10 by 227 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Tagaru?
Toxic (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Kannada movies like Tagaru?
Yes: Toxic (2026), Birugaali (2009) and Roshagni (2027).
How are movies similar to Tagaru chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Tagaru, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.