Movies like The Evil That Men Do (1984)
The best movies like The Evil That Men Do (1984) are Violent City (1970), Murphy's Law (1986) and The Stone Killer (1973). If The Evil That Men Do hooked you with its action and adventure, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe French Connection (1971)7.5/10 from 2,253 votes
- NewestDeath Wish (2018)Released 2018
Violent City (1970)
A hitman is double-crossed by his girlfriend and barely escapes a murder attempt. He then sets out to take his revenge on the woman and the gang boss who put her up to it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisMurphy'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 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 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: Fans watch both · both action & crime
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 Exterminator (1980)
When a man's best friend is killed on the streets of New York, he transforms into a violent killer, turning New York into a war zone.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisSharky's Machine (1981)
Police officer Tom Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. Sharky's new 'machine' gathers evidence while Sharky falls in love with a woman he has never met.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRaw Deal (1986)
Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief Harry Shannon, whose son has been killed by a mobster named Patrovina, enlists Kaminsky in a personal vendetta with a promise of reinstatement into the FBI if Patrovina is taken down. To accomplish this, he must go undercover and join Patrovina's gang.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisDeath Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)
After the death of his girlfriend's daughter from a drug overdose, Paul Kersey takes on the local drug cartel.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisAn Eye for an Eye (1981)
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & action
SnoozefestMovies 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 & adventure
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 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 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: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisNighthawks (1981)
When one of Europe's most lethal terrorists shows up in New York, an elite undercover cop is assigned to take him down by any means necessary.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThree the Hard Way (1974)
After his wife is kidnapped by a group of White supremacists, a record producer teams up with a PR man and a martial artist to get her back and put a stop to their plot to poison the water supply with a toxin that only kills Black people.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCold 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 thisKinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)
A brutal Los Angeles police lieutenant is determined to bust up an organization that forces underage girls into prostitution.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisForced Vengeance (1982)
A casino security guard is forced into violence from when the Hong Kong mob threatens his friends.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & adventure
SnoozefestMovies like thisAbove the Law (1988)
Nico Toscani is an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice—expert and thorough bone-crushing.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDeadly Force (1983)
Stoney Cooper, a former Los Angeles police officer, is at a low point in his life. Kicked off the force because of his anti-authority attitude, he now ekes out a living as a freelancer in New York. All this changes when the daughter of an old friend is killed by serial killer terrorizing L.A. Although almost nobody in his old home town is happy to see him back, Cooper pledges to bring the killer to justice before any more innocent people die.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
The Dead Pool (1988)
Dirty Harry Callahan returns for his final film adventure. Together with his partner Al Quan, he must investigate the systematic murder of prominent figures. By the time Harry learns that the murders are part of a sick game to predict such deaths, it may be too late.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe French Connection (1971)
Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Hitman (1991)
After surviving an attempt on his life by his former partner, officer Cliff Garrett (Norris) exacts revenge on those who wronged him by going undercover as a hit man. He works to gain the reputation and trust needed in order to be accepted by the burgeoning Seattle-area criminal underworld, but it is all done in order to take it down from within.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisShaft in Africa (1973)
Detective John Shaft travels incognito to Ethiopia, then France, to bust a human trafficking ring.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNever Too Young to Die (1986)
Secret agent Drew Stargrove is brutally murdered by the ruthless hermaphrodite gang leader Velvet Von Ragnar. The murdered secret agent's son, Lance Stargrove is thrust into the dangerous and intriguing world of secret agents and espionage when he seeks revenge. Danja Deerling teams up with Lance as his sidekick and love interest.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & action
SnoozefestMovies 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 & adventure
SnoozefestMovies like thisDeath 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 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 & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisNinja: Shadow of a Tear (2013)
Fight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial-arts master Casey Bowman after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence. Vowing revenge, the fearless American stealthily tracks the killer from Osaka to Bangkok to Rangoon with the help of a wise and crafty sensei. His only clues: a series of victims whose necks bear the distinctive mark of strangulation by barbed wire. Fighting to avenge as well as to survive, Casey must sharpen his razor-like responses and take his battle skills to the next level, even using deep meditation to fake his own death. His target: the sinister drug lord Goro, who is flooding the streets with deadly meth cooked at his remote jungle factory. To prepare for his ultimate confrontation, Casey must finally become an invisible warrior worthy of the name Ninja. But just when his prey is cornered, an unexpected twist shows Casey that his battle is only beginning: he truly can trust no one.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Evil That Men Do?
The closest matches to The Evil That Men Do are Violent City (1970), Murphy's Law (1986) and The Stone Killer (1973). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Evil That Men Do?
People who watched The Evil That Men Do most often go on to Violent City (1970), Murphy's Law (1986) and The Stone Killer (1973).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Evil That Men Do?
The French Connection (1971), rated 7.5/10 by 2,253 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Evil That Men Do?
Death Wish (2018) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Evil That Men Do?
Yes: Murphy's Law (1986), The Stone Killer (1973) and Death Wish 3 (1985).
How are movies similar to The Evil That Men Do chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Evil That Men Do, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.