Movies like Hafta Bandh (1991)
The best movies like Hafta Bandh (1991) are The Protector (1985), Mexicali (2026) and Never Back Down: Revolt (2021). If Hafta Bandh hooked you with its action, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Hafta Bandh
Quick picks
- Highest ratedKILL (2024)7.2/10 from 559 votes
- NewestMexicali (2026)Released 2026
- In HindiKILL (2024)Also in Hindi
The Protector (1985)
Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is kidnapped. The Federal authorities suspect that Laura's father is involved with Mr. Ko, a Hong Kong drug kingpin, so the NYC police commissioner sends the two cops to Hong Kong to investigate.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisMexicali (2026)
A former special forces contractor is forced out of retirement as an avocado farmer in Mexico when local gangsters try to force him and his family off their farm.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Worth the HypeMovies 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 thisState Property (2002)
A Philadelphia gang member becomes a drug kingpin and starts a feud with vicious rivals in his quest for the American Dream.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKILL (2024)
When an army commando finds out his true love is engaged against her will, he boards a New Dehli-bound train in a daring quest to derail the arranged marriage. But when a gang of knife-wielding thieves begin to terrorize innocent passengers on his train, the commando takes them on, one by one.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Worth the HypeMovies 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 thisShowdown (1993)
Ken has just moved from Kansas with his mother. He talks to a girl named Julie, not knowing that her boyfriend Tom is very possessive of her. Tom is learning karate from Lee, a sensei whose brother was killed by a rookie cop named Billy. Billy has since then become the janitor of the school that Ken, Julie and Tom go to. When Ken gets beaten up by Tom for talking to Julie again, Billy helps Ken by teaching him how to defend himself, which eventually leads to a battle between student vs. student, and sensei vs. sensei.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStretch (2014)
A hard-luck limo driver struggling to go straight and pay off a debt to his bookie takes on a job with a crazed passenger whose sought-after ledger implicates some seriously dangerous criminals.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Crew (2008)
Hoping to raise enough capital to finance a legitimate business and leave behind his life of crime, Liverpool underworld boss Ged Brennan sends his brother Ratter and a crew to pull a daring final heist. But when Ratter kills a drug kingpin during the job, Brennan must turn to rival crook Franner to avert an all-out gangland war.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRise of the Footsoldier (2007)
Carlton Leach rises from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late '80s and early '90s.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEl Gringo (2012)
A man crossing into Mexico with a satchel of $2,000,000—and a bloody past—finds himself under sudden attack in the sleepy town of El Fronteras.
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 thisVaastav (1999)
Raghu, a simpleton, and his best friend decide to run a food stall to get rid of their unemployment. However, Raghu's life takes a drastic turn after he accidentally kills one of their customers and he is pushed into a life of crime.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNo Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers (1990)
Two feuding brothers of differing political views, one a policeman, the other a martial artist, join forces to avenge the death of their father, a retired agent who was brutally murdered by the mafia.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSarfarosh (1999)
When terrorists kill a cop's brother and disable his father, he fights back against the smuggling of guns and drugs which plagues his country.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both 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
SnoozefestMovies like thisRaees (2017)
Set in the early ’80s and ’90s in Gujarat, India, ‘Raees’ is a fictitious story of a crime lord named Raees, who builds an entire empire from scratch, and a police officer who is determined to bring him down.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Substitute (1996)
When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk. Soon he discovers a conspiracy of criminals at work, and must reassemble his team from his last jungle raid to stop them.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHard to Die (1990)
While doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorized by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange janitor, who witnessed another series of killings six months previously, is at the bottom of the whole thing. Little do they know the real horror that they face in the end.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAccident Man (2018)
Mike Fallon, the Accident Man, is a stone cold killer. When a loved one is murdered by his own crew, Fallon is forced to avenge the one person who actually meant something to him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTaqdeer Ka Tamasha (1990)
A single mother, Geeta, must deal with her two sons, the elder a Police Inspector Suryapratap; while the younger, Satya, a hoodlum, when both get into conflicts. Things only get worse after Satya gets arrested, arguments ensue and he leaves. He gets hired by Sheshnaag for the sole purpose of exacting vengeance against his rival, Deva. Both brothers are fated to meet again when Suryapratap decides to accumulate evidence to arrest Deva. Neither of the brothers know that Deva has an alias. What will the details of his past life reveal?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Payback (2010)
A man decides to re-pay a good Samaritan but regrets doing so after he finds out that he is an assassin.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Article 370 (2024)
Ahead of a major constitutional decision which rendered the Article 370 of the Indian state ineffective, special agent Zooni Haksar is tasked with a secret mission to quell violence in the conflict-ridden region.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAanchal (1980)
Hearts collide when the conniving Jaggan (Prem Chopra) convinces Kishan (Amol Palekar) that his wife, Shanti (Rakhee Gulzar), is having an affair with his brother Shambhu (Rajesh Khanna). Of course, all this is done so that Kishan will marry Jaggan's cousin Tulsi (Rekha) according to Jaggan's master plan … even though Tulsi would much rather marry Shambhu. Confused? Don't worry. So are these weary lovers!
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Asmaan Se Ooncha (1989)
A longstanding feud between bitter rivals yields an unexpected friendship in this tale of ambition, violence and love starring Jeetendra and Raj Babbar. Engaged in an ongoing dispute with his archenemy, Nagraj, a man named King sets out to kill the police officer who's interfered in his affairs. But through a remarkable twist of fate, King and the cop end up friends. Now, the two must face the formidable Nagraj -- who wants them both dead.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Ajab Gajab Dhamal (2024)
Two prisoners, Jarnail Singh and Tarsem Lal, escape from prison on the day of Baisakhi. However, their troubles increase when they learn that they were to be pardoned by the jail minister.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Agni (2024)
In a city plagued by a strange rise in fires, fireman Vithal and his policeman brother-in-law Samit reluctantly team up to solve the escalating crisis. Battling personal conflicts, they race against time to crack the case and save Mumbai.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Muqabla (1993)
Govinda and Aditya Pancholi star in this powerful tale about two brothers whose love for each is greater than any other bond. While manipulative orphan Karisma (Karisma Kapoor) falls for Suraj (Govinda) and tricks him into marrying her, his sibling, Deepak (Pancholi), is busy with a love of his own. In the meantime, scheming underworld kingpin Khanna (Shakti Kapoor) is doing his best to tear Suraj and Deepak apart.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Akshardham: Operation Vajra Shakti (2025)
NSG commando Hanut Singh, scarred by a past mission, defies orders during a temple siege in Gujarat. He leads a risky operation against terrorists demanding a militant's release, while confronting personal demons.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Chor Police (1983)
Inspector Sunil Rana thwarts a hijacking, but instead of earning praise, he ends up suspended from the force. Depressed about the unchecked corruption in the police department, Rana seeks solace in a bottle. But when his best friend in the department is murdered, he realizes he must stand up for what is right. He may be suspended, but Rana has still sworn to uphold the law.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Hafta Bandh?
The closest matches to Hafta Bandh are The Protector (1985), Mexicali (2026) and Never Back Down: Revolt (2021). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Hafta Bandh?
Start with The Protector (1985), the closest match to Hafta Bandh.
What is the highest-rated movie like Hafta Bandh?
KILL (2024), rated 7.2/10 by 559 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Hafta Bandh?
Mexicali (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Hindi movies like Hafta Bandh?
Yes: KILL (2024), Vaastav (1999) and Sarfarosh (1999).
How are movies similar to Hafta Bandh chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Hafta Bandh, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.