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10 Best Movies Like Burning Ambition

If you loved Burning Ambition, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Vengeance

Vengeance

2009★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Burning Ambition for fans of Action & Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A French chef swears revenge after a violent attack on his daughter's family in Macau, during which her husband and her two children are murdered. To help him find the killers, he ...

#2
Motorway

Motorway

2012★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Burning Ambition for fans of Action & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Two police pursuit drivers, a hothead rookie and his long-suffering, almost-retired mentor, face off against an escape car driver from the latter's past....

#3
The Protector

The Protector

1985★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Burning Ambition for fans of Action & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

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'...

#4
Dog Bite Dog

Dog Bite Dog

2006★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Burning Ambition for fans of Action & Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A young Cambodian man who has been trained to fight for money in his country is hired to kill someone in Hong Kong. He performs the hit and then flees from Hong Kong police, who ar...

#5
Election

Election

2005★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Burning Ambition for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After losing an election to become chairman of the Wo Lin Shing triad, a gang leader lashes out and tries to seize the dragon-head baton, the official symbol of a chairman's author...

#6
Ninja: Shadow of a Tear

Ninja: Shadow of a Tear

2013★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Burning Ambition for fans of Action & Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Fight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial-arts master Casey Bowman after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence. ...

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