Movies like Avenging Angel (1985)
The best movies like Avenging Angel (1985) are Angel III: The Final Chapter (1988), Alley Cat (1984) and Vice Squad (1982). If Avenging Angel hooked you with its action and thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedFoxy Brown (1974)6.3/10 from 276 votes
- NewestThe Killer (2024)Released 2024
- Same seriesAngel III: The Final Chapter (1988)The Angel
Angel III: The Final Chapter (1988)
Molly Stewart is now a successful freelance photographer in New York, and after seeing a familiar woman at an art gallery, begins to suspect that she might be her long missing mother. Following her trail to Los Angeles, Molly finds herself in the center of a major crime syndicate who will stop at nothing to execute their diabolical plans.
Why it matches: Same series: The Angel · both action & thriller
Alley Cat (1984)
After her grandparents are savagely attacked, Billie uses her knowledge of martial arts to begin dishing out her own brand of vigilante justice.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisVice Squad (1982)
An unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSavage Streets (1984)
Brenda, vivacious leader of the "Satins", a fun-loving group of pretty high school girls, searches for deadly vengeance against the gang members who assaulted her deaf-mute sister.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAngel (1984)
Molly Stewart, a teen at the top of her class who survives by working nights as a prostitute on Hollywood Blvd, finds her world beginning to fall apart when a depraved, necrophiliac serial killer begins targeting LA’s streetwalkers.
Why it matches: Same series: The Angel · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRent-a-Cop (1987)
Detective Tony Church is forced to retire and become a store rent-a-cop when his drug sting operation comes to a tragic end by a masked killer. He joins forces with a prostitute, the only one able to identify the killer, to bring him to justice.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
SnoozefestMovies like this10 to Midnight (1983)
Warren Stacy, an office equipment repairman, begins murdering women after they reject his advances. To minimize the evidence, Stacy always kills while naked, wearing nothing but gloves, and further evades the law with his strong alibis. Veteran detective Leo Kessler is convinced of Stacy's guilt and begins using questionable methods to catch him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 thisNight of the Juggler (1980)
When a twisted psychotic kidnaps a young girl, mistaking her for the daughter of a wealthy developer, her father, a hardened ex-cop, doggedly hunts them through New York's seamy streets.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Losin' It (1983)
In 1965, four Los Angeles school friends -- Woody, Dave, Spider and Wendell -- go on a series of misadventures when they head to Tijuana, Mexico, for a night of cruisin', causing trouble, and to lose their virginity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
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 thisDarker Than Amber (1970)
Professional beach bum and 'knight errant' Travis McGee goes up against psychotic body-builder Terry Bartell. McGee pulls out all the stops when he joins a Caribbean cruise to bring the killer to justice.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Hussy (1980)
Beaty, a prostitute, and Emory, a lighting/sound technician, fall in love while working at the same London cabaret, but their relationship isn't easy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
The Banker (1990)
High-priced prostitutes are being systematically murdered, their corpses mutilated, and a bizarre South American symbol painted in blood is found at the scene. The cop investigating is out to solve the crime before his ex wife, a reporter, becomes the next victim.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
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 thisCertain Fury (1985)
Teenage prostitute Scarlet and minor offender Tracy end up on the run together in the wake of a courtroom shoot-out.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Deadly 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 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 thisFatal Beauty (1987)
Detective Rita Rizzoli is accustomed to donning costumes and going undercover to nail crooks. But she'll be required to use all of her get-ups and more when a major cocaine ring is suspected of turning out a potent new strain of the drug, called "Fatal Beauty." With the help of her partner and a former bodyguard for a local cartel, Rita will do whatever it takes to find out who's dealing Fatal Beauty and stop them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Seduction (1982)
A beautiful newscaster is stalked and tormented by a photographer obsessed with her beauty.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisWanted: Dead or Alive (1987)
Nick Randall is a Los Angeles-based bounty hunter and an ex-CIA operative who is asked by a former co-worker to help track down terrorist Malak Al Rahim. However, Malak Al Rahim is also looking for Randall, forcing a showdown on the waterfront.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWho'll Stop the Rain (1978)
John, a disillusioned Vietnam War journalist, turns to heroin smuggling. He cons Ray, an equally burnt out veteran into delivering the drugs stateside to his wife. Everything soon falls apart and Ray ends up on the run with John's wife trying to evade crooked narcotics agents.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFoxy 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Killer (2024)
Zee is a feared contract killer known as "the Queen of the Dead," but when she refuses to murder a young blind woman, she finds herself hunted both by criminal colleagues and a determined police detective.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 & crime
Worth the HypeMovies 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 & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like this6 Bullets (2012)
An ex-mercenary known for finding missing children is hired by a mixed martial arts fighter whose daughter has been kidnapped.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUntil Death (2007)
Anthony Stowe is a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin—and everyone hates him. After a serious accident, he is placed into an induced coma, but emerges from it a better person who wants to put things right.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisNight Train (2023)
Mother Holly McCord is driven to extremes to save the life of her young son. Even if it means hauling black market drugs in her souped-up truck, with the Feds in hot pursuit. With two bounties on her head and her son’s life on the line, Holly climbs behind the wheel of “Night Train,” ready to outrun, out gun, and outlast them all.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like this12 Rounds 3: Lockdown (2015)
Detective Shaw returns to active duty after the death of his partner. When he uncovers evidence linking his fellow officers to a murder, they frame him for a homicide he didn't commit. Trapped in his own precinct, Shaw will do whatever it takes to expose the dirty cops and clear his name. With twelve rounds in the clip and one shot at redemption, nothing will stand in Shaw's way in this action-packed thriller.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Avenging Angel?
The closest matches to Avenging Angel are Angel III: The Final Chapter (1988), Alley Cat (1984) and Vice Squad (1982). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Avenging Angel?
People who watched Avenging Angel most often go on to Alley Cat (1984), Vice Squad (1982) and Savage Streets (1984).
What is the highest-rated movie like Avenging Angel?
Foxy Brown (1974), rated 6.3/10 by 276 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Avenging Angel?
The Killer (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Avenging Angel part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to The Angel, which includes Angel III: The Final Chapter (1988) and Angel (1984).
Are there English movies like Avenging Angel?
Yes: Angel III: The Final Chapter (1988), Alley Cat (1984) and Vice Squad (1982).
How are movies similar to Avenging Angel chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Avenging Angel, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.