Movies like Nameless Gangster (2012)
The best movies like Nameless Gangster (2012) are The Outlaws (2017), The Roundup: No Way Out (2023) and The Roundup (2022). If Nameless Gangster hooked you with its crime and thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedMemories of Murder (2003)8.1/10 from 4,939 votes
- NewestNocturnal (2025)Released 2025
- In KoreanThe Outlaws (2017)Also in Korean
The Outlaws (2017)
In Chinatown, law and order is turned upside down when a trio of feral Chinese gangsters arrive, start terrorizing civilians, and usurping territory. The beleaguered local gangsters team up with the police, lead by the badass loose cannon Ma Seok-do, to bring them down. Based on a true story.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Roundup: No Way Out (2023)
Detective Ma Seok-do changes his affiliation from the Geumcheon Police Station to the Metropolitan Investigation Team, in order to eradicate Japanese gangsters who enter Korea to commit heinous crimes.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Roundup (2022)
The 'Beast Cop' Ma Seok-do heads to a foreign country to extradite a suspect, but soon after his arrival, he discovers additional murder cases and hears about a vicious killer who has been committing crimes against tourists for several years.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMemories of Murder (2003)
A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & thriller
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisGangnam Blues (2015)
Jong-dae and Yong-ki make a living by picking up paper and empty bottles. Both then join different gangster clan and becomes involved in a struggle of political interests over development in Gangnam, Seoul.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNew World (2013)
An undercover cop has his loyalties tested when the boss of the corporate gang he's spent years infiltrating dies.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAsura: The City of Madness (2016)
A shady cop finds himself in over his head when he gets caught between Internal Affairs and the city’s corrupt mayor.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019)
After barely surviving a brutal attack by a sadistic serial killer, crime boss Jang Dong-su is left humiliated. Determined to catch the killer known as K, he forms an uneasy alliance with Jung Tae-seok, a relentless and incorruptible detective who often disrupts his illegal business. However, while Jang Dong-su wants K dead, Jung Tae-suk is determined to bring him to justice. With a deal in place—whoever finds K first will decide his fate—the hunt begins, blurring the lines between crime and law.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & thriller
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Chaser (2008)
Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp, who's in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by the same client, whom one of his girls is meeting with right now.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNowhere to Hide (1999)
Detective Woo is on the trail of the mysterious gangster Sungmin, a master of disguise who always manages to elude his pursuers. Eventually, the cop tracks down and confronts the master-criminal in the suburbs of a coal-mining town.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Big Heat (1953)
After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBloody Tie (2006)
A crystal meth dealer with a tragic past is forced to team up with a renegade cop to take down a powerful crime lord.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Yellow Sea (2010)
A Korean man in China takes an assassination job in South Korea to make money and find his missing wife. But when the job is botched, he is forced to go on the run from the police and the gangsters who paid him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe City of Violence (2006)
Tae-su, a detective fighting organized crime, returns to his hometown for his high school friend Wang-jae's funeral. There, he meets his old friends Pil-ho, Dong-hwan and Seok-hwan and they reminisce. Suspecting something fishy about Wang-jae's death, Tae-su and Seok-hwan start investigating it, each in his own way. Their investigations lead to a land development project that Pil-ho is directing.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFriend (2001)
Despite their different family backgrounds, four friends grew up together in the wearisome years of the 70s. But as time goes by, each of them takes a different life path.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisInside Men (2015)
A disgruntled henchman teams up with an ambitious prosecutor to bring down a leading presidential candidate and the news editor behind him who is truly pulling the strings.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Better Tomorrow (2010)
An idealistic policeman must bring down his estranged older brother, now a powerful gangster in a South Korean port city.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNocturnal (2025)
Min-tae, a once-notorious gangster who now leads a peaceful retired life, discovers the bloody corpse of his only next of kin: his younger brother Seok-tae. With his brother’s missing wife Moon-young as the prime suspect, Min-tae uncovers a suspicious last phone call between her and a mysterious novelist, sparking a vicious hunt for the truth despite his seemingly deceitful former crime syndicate and the police in hot pursuit.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBelly (1998)
Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in on them and new players are looking for a come up, will their reign last?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI, the Executioner (2024)
The veteran detective Seo Do-cheol and his team at Major Crimes, relentless in their pursuit of criminals, join forces with rookie cop Park Sun-woo to track down a serial killer who has plunged the nation into turmoil.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCochin Express (1967)
Rajan, a police officer, is in charge of the investigation regarding a murder that took place on a train. He tries by hook or by crook to find the culprit as he has only one witness.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime & thriller
Best Seller (1987)
Hit man Cleve approaches writer/cop Dennis about a story for his next book: How Cleve made a living, working for one of the most powerful politicians in the country. To get the story right, they travel around the country to gather statements and evidence, while strong forces use any means they can to keep the story untold.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDark Blue (2002)
Set during the Rodney King riots, a robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his tactics.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLayer Cake (2004)
When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Bullet for Pretty Boy (1970)
A biography of Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, a gangster who started his career at a young age after seeking revenge for his father's murder.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime & thriller
Robo en el cine Capitol (1996)
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
The Kingdom (2007)
A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGone Baby Gone (2007)
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons—they're not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHot Fuzz (2007)
Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning oaf for a partner. However, when a series of grisly accidents rocks Sandford, Angel smells something rotten in the idyllic village.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTwo Men in Town (1973)
A former bank robber is released after 10 years in prison. He gets help from a social-worker, but gets harassed by an old cop from his past.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Nameless Gangster?
The closest matches to Nameless Gangster are The Outlaws (2017), The Roundup: No Way Out (2023) and The Roundup (2022). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Nameless Gangster?
Start with The Outlaws (2017), the closest match to Nameless Gangster.
What is the highest-rated movie like Nameless Gangster?
Memories of Murder (2003), rated 8.1/10 by 4,939 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Nameless Gangster?
Nocturnal (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Korean movies like Nameless Gangster?
Yes: The Outlaws (2017), The Roundup: No Way Out (2023) and The Roundup (2022).
How are movies similar to Nameless Gangster chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Nameless Gangster, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.