Top 10 awesome movies like Self Defense that you will enjoy watching

You just finished watching Self Defense and you can't get over how good this movie was. Now you want to watch more of such masterpieces. We have curated a list of similar movies which are created by the likes of Paul Donovan, Tom Nardini and Brenda Bazinet . Here goes the list -

Brown's Requiem

Dirty

The Peace Killers

Jackson County Jail

Shor in the City

Headhunters

Sleeping Dogs

Tokyo Fist

Death Valley

Hickey & Boggs

Brown's Requiem
Recovering alcoholic, ex-LAPD, private detective Fritz Brown, is hired by caddie "Fat Dog" to follow his kid sister, who is holed up with an old sugar daddy. The trail leads to his old police boss Cathcart, and the bodies start to pile up.
This movie, created by Jason Freeland, Michael Rooker and Big Daddy Wayne, scores 5.8 on IMDb.
Genres - Thriller | Crime | Drama
Dirty
Two gangbangers-turned-cops try and cover up a scandal within the LAPD.
This movie, created by Chris Fisher, Frank Alvarez and Clifton Collins Jr., scores 5.6 on IMDb.
Genres - Thriller | Crime | Drama
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The Peace Killers
Siblings Kristy and Jeffrey are buying supplies at a remote desert gas station when some members of a biker gang come cruising in. The bikers recognize Kristy, who used to be the main squeeze of the gang's leader before she ran away. The pair get away, but the bikers find out that they're living in a nearby commune, and start making their battle plans to bring Kristy back.
This movie, created by Douglas Schwartz, Clint Ritchie and Jess Walton, scores 5.5 on IMDb.
Genres - Action | Crime | Drama

You can watch this on Vudu and Amazon Video.
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Jackson County Jail
This is a powerful drama about a young woman who stumbles into a nightmare land of hijacking and humiliation while driving cross-country from California to New York.
This movie, created by Michael Miller, Yvette Mimieux and Tommy Lee Jones, scores 6.1 on IMDb.
Genres - Action | Crime | Drama

You can watch this on Tubi Tv.
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Shor in the City
Various residents and career-criminals face challenges in crime-laden Mumbai.
This movie, created by Krishna D.K., Sendhil Ramamurthy and Tusshar Kapoor, scores 7.2 on IMDb.
Genres - Crime | Drama
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Headhunters
An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.
This movie, created by Morten Tyldum, Aksel Hennie and Synnøve Macody Lund, scores 7.5 on IMDb.
Genres - Thriller | Crime | Drama

You can watch this on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla and Tubi Tv.
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Sleeping Dogs
A New Zealand man recently estranged from his family gets unwittingly caught up in a revolution.
This movie, created by Roger Donaldson, Sam Neill and Nevan Rowe, scores 6.4 on IMDb.
Genres - Action | Thriller | Drama

You can watch this on Amazon Prime Video and Tubi Tv.
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Tokyo Fist
Suspecting that his childhood friend, a professional boxer, is having an affair with his fiancee, a businessman starts training rigorously himself in order to take him down.
This movie, created by Shinya Tsukamoto, Kaori Fujii and Shinya Tsukamoto, scores 7.1 on IMDb.
Genres - Thriller | Action | Drama
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Death Valley
Four friends head to the desert to attend a winter rave. Instead, it turns into the trip to hell when they meet up with a couple of bad locals.
This movie, created by David Kebo, Eric Christian Olsen and Dash Mihok, scores 5.6 on IMDb.
Genres - Action | Thriller | Drama
Hickey & Boggs
Bill Cosby and Robert Culp ("I Spy") are united again as private eyes in this Walter Hill-scripted "film noir." Searching for a missing girl, they find themselves involved with vicious criminals and precipitating a string of deaths.
This movie, created by Robert Culp, Bill Cosby and Robert Culp, scores 6.4 on IMDb.
Genres - Thriller | Crime | Drama

You can watch this on Directv.
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