The John Wick franchise reshaped modern action filmmaking with its sleek choreography, immersive underground assassin world, and surprisingly emotional core. If you’ve burned through all four films and want more of the same, here’s a direct answer: Nobody, The Raid: Redemption, Atomic Blonde, and Kill Bill are the closest matches in tone, style, and body count.
Below is a full breakdown by category — revenge thrillers, assassin/underground-world films, martial arts and gun-fu action, and neo-noir crime — so you can pick based on exactly what you loved about Wick.
Quick Picks
- Closest match overall: Nobody (2021) — written by John Wick co-creator Derek Kolstad
- Best gun-fu choreography: The Raid: Redemption (2011)
- Best assassin underworld: Atomic Blonde (2017)
- Best revenge saga: Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2 (2003/2004)
- Most fun ensemble chaos: Bullet Train (2022)
Best Revenge-Fueled Action Movies
Nobody (2021)
Bob Odenkirk plays a suburban dad with a buried past as a government operative, dragged back into violence after a home invasion. It’s written by Derek Kolstad, the same writer who created John Wick, and it shows — same slow-burn rage, same brutally efficient violence once the character snaps.
Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2 (2003 / 2004)
Quentin Tarantino’s two-part revenge epic follows The Bride (Uma Thurman) hunting down the assassin squad that betrayed her. It’s stylized, blood-soaked, and structured as a series of escalating one-on-one confrontations — a clear influence on Wick’s own duel-driven structure.
The Equalizer (2014)
Denzel Washington plays a quietly lethal ex-operative who comes out of retirement to dismantle a Russian crime syndicate after befriending a young woman under its control. Less flashy than Wick, but built on the same “quiet professional, don’t push him” foundation.
Best Assassin & Underground-World Films
Atomic Blonde (2017)
Charlize Theron plays an MI6 agent navigating Cold War-era Berlin’s underworld of double agents and hired killers. The fight choreography — long takes, brutal close-quarters combat — draws direct comparisons to Wick’s “gun-fu” style, and the neon-and-shadow visual palette is nearly identical in tone.
Polar (2019)
Mads Mikkelsen plays an aging assassin targeted by his own agency for retirement — a premise that leans even further into the “secret society of killers with rules” world-building Wick fans love.
Gunpowder Milkshake (2021)
An ensemble of assassins, safe houses, and underground rules-based societies, following a hitwoman reconnecting with her estranged mother while being hunted by her own organization.
Best Martial Arts & Gun-Fu Action
The Raid: Redemption (2011)
An Indonesian SWAT team gets trapped in an apartment tower run by a crime lord, fighting floor by floor using pencak silat martial arts. Widely cited as a direct influence on John Wick’s fight choreography — brutal, close-quarters, and relentlessly inventive.
The Man From Nowhere (2010)
A South Korean thriller about a quiet pawnshop owner with a lethal past who goes to war with a trafficking ring to save a young girl. Frequently named alongside The Raid as one of the films that shaped Wick’s action style.
The Night Comes for Us (2018)
An Indonesian action film from Timo Tjahjanto, starring The Raid’s Iko Uwais and Joe Taslim, that pushes the genre’s violence even further — for viewers who want Wick’s intensity turned up several notches.
Best Neo-Noir & Ensemble Crime Thrillers
The Accountant (2016)
Ben Affleck plays a math savant with a hidden combat background, forensic-accounting his way through a criminal underworld that inevitably turns violent. Moodier and more procedural than Wick, but shares its “unassuming man, lethal skill set” DNA.
Bullet Train (2022)
Brad Pitt leads an ensemble of assassins with codenames, competing agendas, and a MacGuffin briefcase, all trapped together on a high-speed train through Japan. It’s more comedic than Wick, but built on the same “everyone here is a professional killer” premise.
How to Choose
If you loved Wick mainly for the fight choreography, start with The Raid: Redemption or Atomic Blonde. If it was the emotional revenge arc that hooked you, Nobody and Kill Bill are the closest matches. If you want the assassin-society world-building without the same lead character, Polar and Gunpowder Milkshake scratch that itch.
More Underrated Picks for 2026
John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
If you haven’t caught up with the mainline series itself, Chapter 4 pushes the choreography further than any prior entry, including a stairway sequence and a long overhead tracking shot through a nightclub that’s since become one of the most referenced action sequences of the decade.
Hardcore Henry (2015)
Shot entirely in first-person, this one trades Wick’s controlled camera work for chaos — useful if you want to feel the hits rather than just watch them choreographed.
Kate (2021)
Mary Elizabeth Winstead plays a poisoned assassin racing the clock through Tokyo’s underworld to find whoever killed her. Similar “professional killer with one night left” urgency to Wick’s own ticking-clock setups.
FAQs
What movie is most similar to John Wick?
Nobody (2021) is the closest match — it’s written by Derek Kolstad, the same writer who created John Wick, and follows a nearly identical “quiet man with a violent past” arc.
Are there Korean or Indonesian movies like John Wick?
Yes — The Man From Nowhere (South Korea) and The Raid: Redemption and The Night Comes for Us (Indonesia) are frequently cited as direct influences on Wick’s action style.
Is Atomic Blonde similar to John Wick?
Very much so — both films share a neon-noir visual style and long-take, brutally choreographed fight sequences.
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