# Movies like The Protector

> Films most similar to The Protector (1985) — director DNA, mood, and decade spread.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/like/the-protector-1985/>

## 12 films in this list

- **[Above the Law](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/above-the-law-1988/)** (1988) — ★ 6.1 · 788 votes · neon-soaked, raw, unhinged
- **[No Retreat, No Surrender](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/no-retreat-no-surrender-1986/)** (1986) — ★ 6.3 · 630 votes · 3am-cult, playful
- **[A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/a-better-tomorrow-iii-love-and-death-in-saigon-1989/)** (1989) — ★ 6.4 · 155 votes · neon-soaked, raw, unhinged
- **[Cobra](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/cobra-1986/)** (1986) — ★ 6.1 · 1,938 votes · neon-soaked, playful, raw
- **[Red Heat](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/red-heat-1988/)** (1988) — ★ 6.2 · 1,599 votes · playful, uplifting
- **[The Dead Pool](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-dead-pool-1988/)** (1988) — ★ 6.3 · 940 votes · raw
- **[The Punisher](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-punisher-1989/)** (1989) — ★ 5.8 · 675 votes · raw, unhinged
- **[Death Wish II](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/death-wish-ii-1982/)** (1982) — ★ 6.2 · 527 votes · raw, unhinged
- **[The Big Easy](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-big-easy-1986/)** (1986) — ★ 6.2 · 211 votes · bittersweet, raw, tender
- **[8 Million Ways to Die](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/8-million-ways-to-die-1986/)** (1986) — ★ 5.5 · 145 votes · neon-soaked, outsider, raw
- **[The Mighty Quinn](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-mighty-quinn-1989/)** (1989) — ★ 6.0 · 133 votes · neon-soaked, paranoid, tender
- **[Vigilante](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/vigilante-1983/)** (1983) — ★ 6.2 · 113 votes · dread, raw

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