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10 Best Movies Like Breaking News

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

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#1
PTU

PTU

2003★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Breaking News for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Follows a police tactical unit during one dangerous night on the streets of Hong Kong as they try to recover a cop's stolen gun. Things turn deadly when they run into a web of gang...

#2
Election 2

Election 2

2006★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Breaking News for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

As election time nears, current Triad chairman Lok faces competition from his godsons. At the same time, Jimmy looks to increase his business relations with mainland China....

#3
The Bride with White Hair

The Bride with White Hair

1993★ 6.5

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

The sensitive swordsman Cho Yi-Hang is tired of his life. He is the unwilling successor to the Wu-Tang clan throne and the unsure commander of the clan's forces in a war against fo...

#4
The Friends of Eddie Coyle

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

1973★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Breaking News for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An aging hood is about to go back to prison. Hoping to escape his fate, he supplies information on stolen guns to the feds, while simultaneously supplying arms to his bank robbing ...

#5
Cold War

Cold War

2012★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Breaking News for fans of Action & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Five police officers in Hong Kong are kidnapped. The police commissioner is on a business trip overseas. Two vice commissioners, Sean Rau and M.B. Lee, then take over the case. The...

#6
Island in the Sky

Island in the Sky

1953★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Breaking News for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastelands of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly con...