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10 Best Movies Like Dirty War

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

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#1
The Substitute

The Substitute

1996★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dirty War for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

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...

#2
Gridlocked

Gridlocked

2016★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dirty War for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Former SWAT leader David Hendrix and hard-partying movie star Brody Walker must cut their ride-along short when a police training facility is attacked by a team of mercenaries....

#3
Al Capone

Al Capone

1959★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dirty War for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

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...

#4
Never Back Down: Revolt

Never Back Down: Revolt

2021★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dirty War for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

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....

#5
Malone

Malone

1987★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dirty War for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Erstwhile C.I.A. assassin Richard Malone hopes for a tranquil retirement in the placid Pacific Northwest, but what he gets is a rumble with a right-wing extremist plotting a secret...

#6
The Collection

The Collection

2012★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dirty War for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Arkin escapes with his life from the vicious grips of "The Collector" during an entrapment party where he adds beautiful Elena to his "Collection." Instead of recovering from the t...

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