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10 Best Movies Like Protect and Surf

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

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#1
In Too Deep

In Too Deep

1999★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Protect and Surf for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Drug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold on the city is undercover cop J...

#2
Wrong Cops

Wrong Cops

2013★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Protect and Surf for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A group of bad cops look to dispose of a body that one of them accidentally shot....

#3
The Rookie

The Rookie

1990★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Protect and Surf for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

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 th...

#4
Colors

Colors

1988★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Protect and Surf for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enforced by the colors the members ...

#5
Tony Rome

Tony Rome

1967★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Protect and Surf for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Tony Rome, a tough Miami PI living on a houseboat, is hired by a local millionaire to find jewelry stolen from his daughter, and in the process has several encounters with local ho...

#6
Belly

Belly

1998★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Protect and Surf for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in...

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