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10 Best Movies Like The Guard

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

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#1
The Rookie

The Rookie

1990★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Guard for fans of Action & Thriller & 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...

#2
Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story

Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story

2017★ 6.2

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

Notorious gangster, Pat Tate, rises through the ranks of Essex's criminal underworld. A prequel to the 'Rise of the Footsoldier' franchise....

#3
Calm with Horses

Calm with Horses

2020★ 6.3

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

In darkest rural Ireland, ex-boxer Douglas 'Arm' Armstrong has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying to be a good father to his autistic...

#4
Kill the Irishman

Kill the Irishman

2011★ 6.8

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

Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged between Irish mobster Danny Greene and the Italian mafia. Based on a true story,...

#5
Money Talks

Money Talks

1997★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Guard for fans of Action & Comedy & Thriller & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Sought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection....

#6
Gringo

Gringo

2018★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Guard for fans of Action & Comedy & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An American businessman with a stake in a pharmaceutical company that's about to go public finds his life is thrown into turmoil by an incident in Mexico....

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