Movies like Black Mask (1996)
The best movies like Black Mask (1996) are Heroic Trio 2: Executioners (1993), The Crow: City of Angels (1996) and Thunderbolt (1995). If Black Mask hooked you with its action, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedBatman Begins (2005)7.7/10 from 23,506 votes
- NewestThe Hyperions (2022)Released 2022
Heroic Trio 2: Executioners (1993)
In a post-nuclear world, three superpowered women fight an evil genius controlling the government and the water supply.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Crow: City of Angels (1996)
A murder victim is brought back to life by a mysterious crow. With the help of a beautiful woman, he exacts revenge on his killers – only to realize his enemy has discovered the one weakness that can destroy him forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisThunderbolt (1995)
In order to release his kidnapped sisters, sports car mechanic, Chan Foh To, has to defeat a super-criminal street racer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisElektra (2005)
Elektra the warrior survives a near-death experience, becomes an assassin-for-hire, and tries to protect her two latest targets, a single father and his young daughter, from a group of supernatural assassins.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Heroic Trio (1993)
While one tough woman with an invisible robe has stolen 18 babies for her powerful master, two other tough women and the cops try to stop her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Crow (1994)
Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven, watched over by a hypnotic crow, returns from the grave to exact revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDarkman (1990)
Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental medical procedure, Westlake becomes known as Darkman, assuming alternate identities in his quest for revenge and a new life with a former love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPolice Story 3: Super Cop (1992)
A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHancock (2008)
Hancock is a down-and-out superhero who's forced to employ a PR expert to help repair his image when the public grows weary of all the damage he's inflicted during his lifesaving heroics. The agent's idea of imprisoning the antihero to make the world miss him proves successful, but will Hancock stick to his new sense of purpose or slip back into old habits?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCity Under Siege (2010)
Sunny is a naïve circus performer who dreams of inheriting his father's knife-throwing skills. However, his hostile colleagues continue to bully him, relegating him to a lowly clown. On a tour to Malaysia, Cheung and other performers discover a cave occupied by the Japanese army during World War II. Instead of finding treasure, the performers - including Sunny - are sprayed with a mysterious chemical that turns them into superhuman mutants...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisSuper (2010)
After his wife falls under the influence of a drug dealer, an everyday guy transforms himself into Crimson Bolt, a superhero with the best intentions, though he lacks for heroic skills.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlade (1998)
The Daywalker known as "Blade" - a half-vampire, half-mortal man - becomes the protector of humanity against an underground army of vampires.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRumble in the Bronx (1995)
Keung comes from Hong Kong to visit New York for his uncle's wedding. His uncle runs a market in the Bronx and Keung offers to help out while Uncle is on his honeymoon. During his stay in the Bronx, Keung befriends a neighbour kid and beats up some neighbourhood thugs who cause problems at the market. One of those petty thugs in the local gang stumbles into a criminal situation way over his head.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisProject A (1983)
In late 19th century Hong Kong, the British may rule the land, but the pirates rule the waters. Coast Guard officer Dragon Ma is determined that his beloved Coast Guard will not be made a fool of.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Spirit (2008)
Rookie cop Denny Colt returns from the beyond as The Spirit, a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces from the shadows of Central City. The Octopus, who kills anyone unfortunate enough to see his face, has other plans:g to wipe out the entire city.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisBatman (1989)
Having witnessed his parents' brutal murder as a child, millionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne fights crime in Gotham City disguised as Batman, a costumed hero who strikes fear into the hearts of villains. But when a deformed madman known as 'The Joker' seizes control of Gotham's criminal underworld, Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis ever while protecting both his identity and his love interest, reporter Vicki Vale.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBulletproof Monk (2003)
A mysterious and immortal Tibetan kung fu master, who has spent the last 60 years traveling around the world protecting the ancient Scroll of the Ultimate, mentors a selfish street kid in the ancient intricacies of kung fu.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Shadow (1994)
Based on the 1930s comic strip, The Shadow is put up against his archenemy Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "the power to cloud men's minds", The Shadow comes blazing to the rescue with explosive results.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSpider-Man (2002)
After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to become the superhero known as Spider-Man.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBatman Begins (2005)
Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal underworld - The Batman.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBatman Returns (1992)
The monstrous Penguin, who dwells in the sewers beneath Gotham, joins up with corrupt mayoral candidate Max Shreck to topple the Batman once and for all. But when Shreck's timid assistant Selina Kyle finds out, and Shreck tries to kill her, she's transformed into the sexy Catwoman. She teams up with the Penguin and Shreck to destroy Batman, but sparks fly unexpectedly when she confronts the caped crusader.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMystery Men (1999)
When Champion City's hero Captain Amazing is kidnapped by the recently paroled supervillain Casanova Frankenstein, a trio of average, everyday superheroes -- Mr. Furious, the Shoveler and the Blue Raja -- assemble a new super team to save him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisDrunken Master (1978)
After getting into trouble, a mischievous young man is sent to train under a brutal, but slovenly old beggar, who teaches him the secret of the Drunken Fist.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPolice Story 2 (1988)
The Hong Kong super-cop must stop a group of blackmailing bombers at the same time that the villains of the first Police Story are out for revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Flash (1990)
A laboratory accident endows a police scientist with the ability to move at superhuman speed which he uses to battle a menacing gang as a superhero.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. (1991)
A streetwise New York police officer transforms into the world's most unusual superhuman hero.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
SnoozefestMovies like thisBlack Scorpion (1995)
Darcy is a cop who is also a supehero named Black Scorpion at night who kicks and beats evildoers to a pulp. She soon catches wind of an asthmatic mad scientist who plans on tainting the city's air supply with a toxin. Only Darcy in her superhero garb can stop him with the assistance of a petty thief named Argyle.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Sri Asih (2022)
Alana discover the truth about her origin: she’s not an ordinary human being. She may be the gift for humanity and become its protector as Sri Asih. Or a destruction, if she can’t control her anger.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Hyperions (2022)
In 1960, Professor Ruckus Mandulbaum invented the Titan badge - a device that enables humans to have a particular super power. He took in three down-on-their-luck youths, creating an unusual family of superheroes and they quickly rose to fame and prestige. Over time, however, the commercial family fractured and the Professor replaced the team with a new set of super hero teens. Cut to 1979, when two of the original superheroes are all grown up and wanting their Titan badges back, even if it means robbing the Professor's museum and taking a few hostages accidentally.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
The Debt Collector (2018)
A classically-trained martial artist goes to work as a debt collector for the mob. The job seems easy enough, until one “client” pulls him into a situation deeper than could ever be expected.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Black Mask?
The closest matches to Black Mask are Heroic Trio 2: Executioners (1993), The Crow: City of Angels (1996) and Thunderbolt (1995). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Black Mask?
People who watched Black Mask most often go on to Heroic Trio 2: Executioners (1993), The Crow: City of Angels (1996) and Thunderbolt (1995).
What is the highest-rated movie like Black Mask?
Batman Begins (2005), rated 7.7/10 by 23,506 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Black Mask?
The Hyperions (2022) is the most recent release on this list.
How are movies similar to Black Mask chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Black Mask, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.