Movies like The Dead Pool: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Dead Pool (1988) — a action, crime and drama film directed by Buddy Van Horn — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Dead Pool most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like prison, police and hitman. 7 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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The Corruptor 1999★ 6.1
Shares: Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama
Danny is a young cop partnered with Nick, a seasoned but ethically tainted veteran. As the two try to stop a gang war in Chinatown, Danny relies on Nick but grows increasingly uncomfortable with the way Nick gets things done.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Avengement 2019★ 6.9
Shares: Crime, Action, Thriller
While on a prison furlough, a lowly criminal evades his guards and returns to his old stomping ground to take revenge on the people who turned him into a cold blooded killer.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, VI movies and tv
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Out for Justice 1991★ 6.2
Shares: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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 justice.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Hard to Kill 1990★ 6.0
Shares: Action, Drama, Crime, Thriller
Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is secretly taken to a hospital where he spends several years in a coma. His son meanwhile is growing up thinking his father is dead. When Mason wakes up, everyone is in danger - himself, his son, his best friend, his nurse - but most of all those who arranged for his death
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Revenge of the Ninja 1983★ 6.3
Shares: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
A peaceful ex-ninja's life shatters when his son's kidnapping forces him back into violence amid an American-Japanese criminal drug war.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Protector 1985★ 5.9
Shares: Action, Crime
Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is kidnapped. The Federal authorities suspect that Laura's father is involved with Mr. Ko, a Hong Kong drug kingpin, so the NYC police commissioner sends the two cops to Hong Kong to investigate.
Stream in India on Tencent Video
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Death Wish II 1982★ 6.2
Shares: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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The Born Losers 1967★ 6.4
Shares: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
A biker gang incites a reign of terror in a California coastal town that culminates in four teenage girls being raped. Vietnam veteran Billy Jack has had enough, however, and takes on the depraved bikers single-handedly. He rescues young Vicky Barrington from their clutches, but then has to contend with not only the thugs, but also the ineffectual and racist local lawmen, who have it out for the half-Native American Billy.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Death Wish 2018★ 6.2
Shares: Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama
A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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Al Capone 1959★ 6.6
Shares: Action, Crime, Drama
In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder, extortion, and political fraud. He becomes head of Chicago's biggest "business," but moves inexorably toward his downfall and ignominious end.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Rookie 1990★ 5.9
Shares: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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 the rookie who's been assigned to help Nick bust a carjacking ring is almost as hotheaded as he is … and when Nick gets kidnapped, his newbie partner is his only hope.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Rise of the Footsoldier 3 2017★ 6.4
Shares: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
In the late 1980s, Pat Tate journeys from peddling pills in Marbella to his time in prison, where he solidifies his power before his release to reclaim his turf.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Hit 1984★ 6.5
Shares: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.
Stream in India on Plex
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Assassination Games 2011★ 6.3
Shares: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Brazil is a contract killer, willing to take any job if the price is right. Flint left the assassin game when a ruthless drug dealer’s brutal attack left his wife in a coma. When a contract is put out on the same coldblooded drug dealer, both Brazil and Flint want him dead – one for the money, the other for revenge. With crooked Interpol agents and vicious members of the criminal underworld hot on their trail, these two assassins reluctantly join forces to quickly take out their target before they themselves are terminated.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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In the Blood 2014★ 5.8
Shares: Action, Crime, Thriller
When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Gangster No. 1 2000★ 6.4
Shares: Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
An old gangster is advised that Freddie Mays would leave jail after thirty years in prison. His mood changes and he recalls when he was a young punk and who joined Freddie's gang—a man he both envied and ultimately betrayed.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Death Wish 3 1985★ 6.2
Shares: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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The Substitute 1996★ 7.0
Shares: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk. Soon he discovers a conspiracy of criminals at work, and must reassemble his team from his last jungle raid to stop them.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Stone Killer 1973★ 6.3
Shares: Crime, Action
A Los Angeles detective is sent to New York where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Undisputed II: Last Man Standing 2006★ 7.4
Shares: Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama
Heavyweight Champ George "Iceman" Chambers is sent to a Russian jail on trumped-up drug charges. In order to win his freedom he must fight against the jailhouse fighting champ Uri Boyka in a battle to the death. This time he is not fighting for a title, he is fighting for his life!
Stream in India on Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel, Lionsgate Play Amazon Channel