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The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019) stuck because it commits to its action premise without apologizing—viewers remember set pieces and momentum as much as plot. Lee Won-tae's control of tone keeps the ride coherent. The action and crime blend is the engine: it lets the film shift registers without feeling like two different movies stitched together.
Runtime 1h 50m · ★ 7.8
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★ 6.7 · Action · Thriller · Crime · 1h 58m
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Fans of The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil who respond to its action will find Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) immediately familiar. Both films share a crime sensibility without ever feeling like carbon copies of each other.
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★ 6.3 · Action · Crime · Thriller · 1h 31m
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There's a reason The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil fans keep landing on The Dead Pool (1988) — the action is unmistakably related even when the plots diverge. Both films operate on the same emotional frequency, especially in their third acts.
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★ 7.2 · Action · Crime · Comedy · 1h 45m
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The Roundup 3: No Way Out draws from the same action well as The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil, channeling crime in ways that feel unmistakably related. The 2023 film makes a natural companion watch — similar in spirit but distinctly its own.
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★ 5.9 · Action · Crime · Thriller · 1h 52m
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Absolution (2024) captures the action appeal of The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil without simply imitating it. The crime streak running through both films is what puts Absolution at the top of any "if you liked…" shortlist.
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★ 7.7 · Action · Crime · Thriller · 1h 35m
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The action appeal of The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil — that dark edge, the crime — translates cleanly into The Killer (2022). Different setting, same essential satisfaction.
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★ 6.6 · Action · Thriller · Crime · 1h 32m
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The filmmakers behind The City of Violence (2006) clearly understood what makes action work — the same quality that keeps The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil rewatchable. Expect the same dark rhythm, executed with a fresh angle.
★ 6.3 · Action · Thriller · Drama · 1h 43m
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The Seven-Ups (1973) is the kind of film The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil fans discover and immediately send to their group chat. The action overlap is real, but it's the dark emotional pull that seals the recommendation.
★ 7.5 · Thriller · History · Drama · 2h 3m
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Hotel Mumbai shares The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil's gift for action — the 2019 film delivers thriller without overstaying its welcome. Consider it required viewing once you've finished rewatching your first pick.
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★ 6.1 · Action · Comedy · Crime · 1h 41m
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Much of what makes The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil compelling — the action, the crime — shows up in CHiPs (2017) in a slightly different form. Both films understand that funny storytelling works best when it trusts the audience.
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★ 7.4 · Thriller · Crime · Drama · 2h 14m
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The crime energy of The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil is alive in New World (2013), filtered through a different story but the same emotional register. It earns its place on this list with a dark payoff that rivals the original pick.
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