15 Movies Like The Island

Loved The Island? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

7 Dogs
#1

7 Dogs

Interpol agent Khalid Al-Azzazi joins forces with Ghali Abu Dawood from the 7 Dogs crime syndicate to fight drug trafficking.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Island.

Training Day
#2

Training Day

On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Island.

Havoc
#3

Havoc

When a drug heist swerves lethally out of control, a jaded cop fights his way through a corrupt city's criminal underworld to save a politician's son.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Island.

The Voice of Hind Rajab
#4

The Voice of Hind Rajab

January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A five-year old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her. Her name was Hind Rajab.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Island.

Capernaum
#5

Capernaum

After running away from his negligent parents, committing a violent crime and being sentenced to five years in jail, a hardened, streetwise 12-year-old Lebanese boy sues his parents in protest of the life they have given him.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Island.

Miami Vice
#6

Miami Vice

A case involving drug lords and murder in South Florida takes a personal turn for undercover detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs. Unorthodox Crockett gets involved romantically with the Chinese-Cuban wife of a trafficker of arms and drugs, while Tubbs deals with an assault on those he loves.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Island.

Donnie Brasco
#7

Donnie Brasco

An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Island.

Overdrive
#8

Overdrive

Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Island.

The Boondock Saints
#9

The Boondock Saints

Tired of the crime overrunning the streets of Boston, Irish Catholic twin brothers Conner and Murphy are inspired by their faith to cleanse their hometown of evil with their own brand of zealous vigilante justice. As they hunt down and kill one notorious gangster after another, they become controversial folk heroes in the community. But Paul Smecker, an eccentric FBI agent, is fast closing in on their blood-soaked trail.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Island.

Out for Justice
#10

Out for Justice

Gino Felino is an NYPD detective from Brooklyn who knows everyone and everything in his neighborhood. Killing his partner was someone's big mistake... because he's now out for justice.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Island.

Exit Wounds
#11

Exit Wounds

Maverick cop Orin Boyd always brings down the domestic terrorists he tracks, but he ruffles feathers with his unorthodox techniques -- and soon finds himself reassigned to the toughest district in Detroit. When he discovers a group of detectives secretly operating a drug ring, Boyd joins forces with an unlikely ally -- gangster Latrell Walker -- to bring down the rotten cops.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Island.

Eagles of the Republic
#12

Eagles of the Republic

George Fahmy, Egypt's most adored actor, is pressured to star in a film commissioned by the highest authorities. He reluctantly accepts and finds himself thrown into the inner circle of power. Like moth drawn to flame, he begins an affair with the mysterious wife of the general overseeing the project.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Island.

Deep Cover
#13

Deep Cover

Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA—the Colombian foreign minister's nephew. Russell works his way up from the bottom undercover, until he reaches the boss.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Island.

The Substitute
#14

The Substitute

When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk. Soon he discovers a conspiracy of criminals at work, and must reassemble his team from his last jungle raid to stop them.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Island.

Veronica Guerin
#15

Veronica Guerin

In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch with John Traynor, a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan, the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin's nosing.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Island.