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10 Best Movies Like Elite Squad

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

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#1
Deep Cover

Deep Cover

1992★ 6.8

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

Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA—the Colombian foreign minister's nephew. Russell...

#2
The Equalizer 3

The Equalizer 3

2023★ 7.3

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

Robert McCall finds himself at home in Southern Italy but he discovers his friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to d...

#3
City of God

City of God

2002★ 8.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Elite Squad for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related vio...

#4
The Principal

The Principal

1987★ 6.5

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

Burglary. Drugs. Assault. Rape. The students at Brandel High are more than new Principal Rick Latimer bargained for. Gangs fight to control the school using knives - even guns - wh...

#5
Year of the Dragon

Year of the Dragon

1985★ 6.8

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

In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthles...

#6
City of Men

City of Men

2007★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Elite Squad for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between ...

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