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10 Best Movies Like Mad Detective

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

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#1
Election

Election

2005★ 7.2

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

After losing an election to become chairman of the Wo Lin Shing triad, a gang leader lashes out and tries to seize the dragon-head baton, the official symbol of a chairman's author...

#2
Vengeance

Vengeance

2009★ 6.6

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

A French chef swears revenge after a violent attack on his daughter's family in Macau, during which her husband and her two children are murdered. To help him find the killers, he ...

#3
Running Out of Time

Running Out of Time

1999★ 7.3

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

Police inspector and excellent hostage negotiator Ho Sheung-Sang finds himself in over his head when he is pulled into a 72 hour game by a cancer suffering criminal out for vengean...

#4
The Mission

The Mission

1999★ 7.5

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

Triad boss Lung, who has just escaped being killed in an assassination attempt hires the killers Curtis, James, Mike, Roy and Shin for his protection....

#5
Decalogue IV

Decalogue IV

1989★ 7.8

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

A father and daughter, Michał and Anka, have a unique intimacy, which the college-aged Anka is beginning to feel conflicted about. When she finds an unopened letter from her deceas...

#6
Typhoon Club

Typhoon Club

1985★ 6.4

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

Offering a caustic immersion into the lives of disaffected junior high students on the cusp of adulthood, the film takes place over the 5-day period before, during, and after a fer...