Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Protect and Surf

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

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#1
In Too Deep

In Too Deep

1999★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Protect and Surf for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Drug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold on the city is undercover cop J...

#2
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

2021★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Protect and Surf for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Set in a gritty and decadent 1970s America, American Boogeyman follows the elusive and charming killer and the manhunt that brought him to justice involving the detective and the F...

#3
Wrong Cops

Wrong Cops

2013★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Protect and Surf for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A group of bad cops look to dispose of a body that one of them accidentally shot....

#4
Spenser Confidential

Spenser Confidential

2020★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Protect and Surf for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Spenser, a former Boston patrolman who just got out from prison, teams up with Hawk, an aspiring fighter, to unravel the truth behind the death of two police officers....

#5
Tony Rome

Tony Rome

1967★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Protect and Surf for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Tony Rome, a tough Miami PI living on a houseboat, is hired by a local millionaire to find jewelry stolen from his daughter, and in the process has several encounters with local ho...

#6
The Rookie

The Rookie

1990★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Protect and Surf for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But th...

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