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10 Best Movies Like The Successor

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

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#1
Lionheart

Lionheart

1990โ€ขโ˜… 6.6

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

Lyon Gaultier is a deserter in the Foreign Legion arriving in the USA entirely hard up. He finds his brother between life and death and his sister-in-law without the money needed t...

#2
Bloodsport

Bloodsport

1988โ€ขโ˜… 7.0

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

An American Army Major goes AWOL to Hong Kong for an outlawed martial arts contest called the Kumite....

#3
Rough Cut

Rough Cut

2008โ€ขโ˜… 6.9

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

Gang-pae is #2 gangster in his organization who longs to become an actor. Su-ta is a superstar actor who takes on the role of a gangster in an action movie called Rough Cut. When a...

#4
The Big Brawl

The Big Brawl

1980โ€ขโ˜… 5.9

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

A young Asian American martial artist is forced to participate in a brutal formal street-fight competition....

#5
Shootfighter: Fight to the Death

Shootfighter: Fight to the Death

1993โ€ขโ˜… 6.4

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

Nick and Ruben are hoodwinked into a "shootfighter" (no-holds-barred, to the death) martial arts match by the evil Mr. Lee, who has a grudge against world shootfighter champ(and te...

#6
Fists of Legend

Fists of Legend

2013โ€ขโ˜… 7.1

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

Three men who share a past participate in a mixed martial arts reality show where they have to fight against other contestants to win the prize money....

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