Movies like Yamakasi (2001)
The best movies like Yamakasi (2001) are Go Fast (2008), Gun Crazy: Episode 3 — Traitor's Rhapsody (2003) and 30 Days Max (2020). If Yamakasi 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 ratedLéon: The Professional (1994)8.3/10 from 16,782 votes
- NewestLast Bullet (2025)Released 2025
- In FrenchGo Fast (2008)Also in French
Go Fast (2008)
Marek, a crime squad officer, sets out to avenge the death of his partner and best friend, who was killed by drug traffickers. He asks for a posting to a new undercover unit created to infiltrate a drug gang that imports hashish from Morocco using the "Go Fast" method. A fleet of high-powered speedboats and cars races across the Mediterranean to Spain and then France, loaded with drugs.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisGun Crazy: Episode 3 — Traitor's Rhapsody (2003)
Aki Fukase is a rookie detective looking to make a name for herself in the field of law enforcement. Unfortunately, her inexperience contributes to the death of her partner when a trap is set by Galhowk, an international terrorist group. Overcome with guilt, Aki is ordered to take some time off until she recovers from the ordeal. However, she's more determined than ever and decides to disobey those orders and sets out to track down Galhowk in order to clear her conscience and her name.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
30 Days Max (2020)
Rayane is a scared and clumsy young cop who is constantly mocked by other cops. The day his doctor wrongly tells him that he has only thirty days to live, he understands that this is his last chance to become a hero within his police station and impress his colleague Stéphanie. The eternal fearful man then turns into a real hothead who will take all the risks to catch a big drug lord...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisMea Culpa (2014)
Franck and Simon are both good cops. They work as partners. But their lives take a tailspin when Simon, driving drunk, causes a tragic car wreck. A few years later, out of the police, he is forced to take matters into his own hands when his family is in danger.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCradle 2 the Grave (2003)
Gang leader Tony pulls off a major diamond heist with his crew, but cop-turned-criminal Ling knows who has the loot and responds by kidnapping Tony's daughter and holding her for ransom. Unfortunately, Tony's lost the diamonds as well. As he frantically searches for his daughter and the jewels, Tony pairs with a high-kicking government agent who once worked with Ling and seeks revenge on him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAntigang (2015)
As a rowdy team of detectives clashes with their disciplined new boss, they must catch a vicious band of robbers who are wreaking havoc on their city.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisChaos (2005)
In Seattle, detective Quentin Conners is unfairly suspended and his partner Jason York leaves the police force after a tragic shooting on Pearl Street Bridge, when the hostage and the criminal die. During a bank heist with a hostage situation, Conners is assigned in charge of the operation with the rookie Shane Dekker as his partner. The thieves, lead by Lorenz, apparently do not steal a penny from the bank. While chasing the gangsters, the police team disclose that they planted a virus in the system, stealing one billion dollars from the different accounts, using the principle of the Chaos Theory. Further, they find that Lorenz is killing his accomplices.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNothing to Declare (2010)
During the elimination of the Belgian/French border in the 90s, a Belgian customs officer is forced to team up with one of his French counterparts.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
SnoozefestMovies like thisInitial D (2005)
After winning his first competition, Takumi focuses his attention on drift racing, a sport he has unknowingly perfected while delivering tofu in his father's Toyota AE86.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBon Cop Bad Cop (2006)
When the body of the executive of hockey Benoit Brisset is found on the billboard of the border of Quebec and Ontario, the jurisdiction of the crime is shared between the two police forces and detectives David Bouchard from Montreal and Martin Ward from Toronto are assigned to work together. With totally different styles, attitudes and languages.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like this12 Rounds (2009)
When New Orleans Police Detective Danny Fisher stops a brilliant thief from getting away with a multimillion-dollar heist, the thief's girlfriend is accidentally killed. After escaping from prison, the criminal mastermind enacts his revenge, taunting Danny with 12 rounds of near-impossible puzzles and tasks that he must somehow complete to save the life of the woman he loves.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisTaxi (1998)
In Marseilles a skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector who can't drive, on the track of German bank robbers, so he doesn't lose his license and his dream job.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLupin the 3rd (2014)
Interpol Inspector Zenigata begins a world-wide hunt for the infamous thief Arsène Lupin III, who, with his cavalcade of collaborators infiltrate a highly secured fortress-like safe named the 'Ark of Navarone' to claim the "Crimson Heart of Cleopatra".
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisTaxi 2 (2000)
A cabdriver and a cop race to Paris to rescue a love interest and the Japanese minister of defense from kidnappers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
In order to avoid a jail sentence, Sean Boswell heads to Tokyo to live with his military father. In a low-rent section of the city, Sean gets caught up in the underground world of drift racing
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPoint Blank (2010)
Samuel Pierret is a nurse who saves the wrong guy – a thief whose henchmen take Samuel's pregnant wife hostage to force him to spring their boss from the hospital. A race through the subways and streets of Paris ensues, and the body count rises. Can Samuel evade the cops and the criminal underground and deliver his beloved to safety?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLéon: The Professional (1994)
Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, Mathilda's thoughts turn to revenge, and she considers following in Léon's footsteps.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisTaxi 4 (2007)
Before being extradited to Africa to stand trial, a notorious Belgian criminal is entrusted to the Marseilles police department for less than 24 hours. But the wily crook convinces bumbling policeman Emilien he's a lowly Belgian embassy employee who got railroaded by the brilliant master criminal.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Transporter (2002)
Former Special Forces officer Frank Martin will deliver anything to anyone for the right price, and his no-questions-asked policy puts him in high demand. But when he realizes his latest cargo is alive, it sets in motion a dangerous chain of events. The bound and gagged Lai is being smuggled to France by a shady American businessman, and Frank works to save her as his own illegal activities are uncovered by a French detective.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · 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: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWasabi (2001)
Hubert is a French policeman with very sharp methods. After being forced to take 2 months off by his boss, who doesn't share his view on working methods, he goes back to Japan, where he used to work 19 years ago, to settle the probate of his girlfriend who left him shortly after marriage without a trace.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBrother 2 (2000)
Arriving in Moscow, Chechen War veteran Danila meets Konstantin, an old friend who tells him that his twin brother has been forced into signing a crooked contract with a US ice hockey team. Soon after this meeting, Danila discovers Konstantin dead and he sets out to avenge his death; a journey that leads him to Chicago and a whole new experience.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLast Bullet (2025)
Car genius Lino returns to conclude his vendetta against Areski and the corrupt commander who ruined their lives in this turbo-charged trilogy finale.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 thisParis Express (2010)
From multicultural Paris to designer Paris, Montmartre to the Champs-Elysées, sleazy sidewalks to high-end galleries... Watch out! Sam the courier is a man on a mission! On his scooter, Sam breaks every rule of the road to make good on the "express delivery" promise of the courier service he works for. But however hard he tries, Sam never gets a bonus from his boss, never beats his slicker colleagues and never gets past his Dad, a cop who books him every time. All Sam has up is Nadia, and she will turn on him if he doesn't show up for her sister's wedding. Trouble is, Sam has one more delivery to make and his day has just gone from bad to worse...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisBrother (1997)
Danila goes to his successful brother, Victor, in Petersburg to start a new life. Unknown to Danila, Victor is a contract killer, but is in hiding after asking for too much money to assassinate a Chechen mob boss. To avoid exposure, Victor convinces Danila to kill the boss instead.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOverdose (2022)
Captain Sara Bellaiche, from Toulouse Judiciary Police branch, is investigating a go-fast linked to the murder of two teenagers, an investigation led by Richard Cross, from the Paris Criminal Brigade. Forced to collaborate in order to find the murderer and stop the bloody go-fast, Sara and Richard are both thrown in a breathless race against the clock on the roads of Spain and France.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBob le Flambeur (1956)
In Paris, Bob Montagne is practically synonymous with gambling -- and winning. He is kind, classy and well-liked by virtually everyone in town, including police inspector Ledru. However, when Bob's luck turns sour, he begins to lose friends and makes the most desperate gamble of his life: to rob the Deauville casino during Grand Prix weekend, when the vaults are full. Unfortunately, Bob soon learns that the game is rigged and the cops are on to him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSurviving the Game (1994)
A homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in the mountains, unaware that they are killers who hunt humans for sport, and that he is their new prey.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Organization (1971)
After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for assistance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & action
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Yamakasi?
The closest matches to Yamakasi are Go Fast (2008), Gun Crazy: Episode 3 — Traitor's Rhapsody (2003) and 30 Days Max (2020). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Yamakasi?
People who watched Yamakasi most often go on to Go Fast (2008), Gun Crazy: Episode 3 — Traitor's Rhapsody (2003) and 30 Days Max (2020).
What is the highest-rated movie like Yamakasi?
Léon: The Professional (1994), rated 8.3/10 by 16,782 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Yamakasi?
Last Bullet (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like Yamakasi?
Yes: Go Fast (2008), 30 Days Max (2020) and Mea Culpa (2014).
How are movies similar to Yamakasi chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Yamakasi, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.