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10 Best Movies Like Training Day

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

#1
Man on Fire

Man on Fire

2004★ 7.5

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

Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnap...

#2
Inside Man

Inside Man

2006★ 7.4

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

When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations preoccupied with corruption ...

#3
The Hurricane

The Hurricane

1999★ 7.4

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

The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence....

#4
American Gangster

American Gangster

2007★ 7.6

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

Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from...

#5
Unstoppable

Unstoppable

2010★ 6.6

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

When a massive, unmanned locomotive roars out of control, the threat is more ominous than just a derailment. The train is laden with toxic chemicals, and an accident would decimate...

#6
Malcolm X

Malcolm X

1992★ 7.5

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

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then ...