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10 Best Movies Like The Machine Gun Dragon

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

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#1
American Yakuza

American Yakuza

1993★ 5.8

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

When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitairy, he is hired to operate a forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese Yakuza patriarch Isshin Tendo. The p...

#2
The Yakuza

The Yakuza

1974★ 7.2

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

When George Tanner does business with high-ranking Yakuza Tono, Tono kidnaps his daughter, and George summons his old friend, private eye Harry Kilmer, to Japan to investigate....

#3
Bad City

Bad City

2022★ 6.9

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

Kensuke Sonomura directs the legendary Hitoshi Ozawa in this ultimate V-Cinema actioner. Kaiko City is plagued with poverty and crime. When a corrupt businessman decides to run fo...

#4
Crows Zero

Crows Zero

2007★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Machine Gun Dragon for fans of Action & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The students of Suzuran High compete for the King of School title. An ex-graduate yakuza is sent to kill the son of a criminal group, but he can't make himself do it as he reminds ...

#5
Dead or Alive

Dead or Alive

1999★ 6.4

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

Ryūichi and his small gang of Triad vie for control of the Japanese underworld in a crime-ridden Shinjuku quarter while Detective Jojima tries to bring it down....

#6
Beyond Outrage

Beyond Outrage

2012★ 7.0

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

As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of the East and Hanabishi of the West. What started as an in...

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