Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Guardian

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

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#1
Havoc

Havoc

2025★ 6.4

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

When a drug heist swerves lethally out of control, a jaded cop fights his way through a corrupt city's criminal underworld to save a politician's son....

#2
Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy

1990★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Guardian for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob....

#3
Code of Silence

Code of Silence

1985★ 5.9

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

A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down....

#4
Serpico

Serpico

1973★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Guardian for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him....

#5
Out for Justice

Out for Justice

1991★ 6.1

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

Gino Felino is an NYPD detective from Brooklyn who knows everyone and everything in his neighborhood. Killing his partner was someone's big mistake... because he's now out for just...

#6
Until Death

Until Death

2007★ 5.9

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

Anthony Stowe is a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin—and everyone hates him. After a serious accident, he is placed into an induced coma, but emerges from it a better person who wa...

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