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Movies like Training Day (2001)

8 films to watch after Training Day, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.

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.

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    Year of the Dragon (1985)

    Fit 74%

    Shares Action and Crime with Training Day.

    In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an unauthorized investigation, White grows increasingly willing to violate police protocol, resorting to progressively violent measures -- even as his concerned wife, Connie, and his superiors beg him to consider the consequences of his actions.

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    Bad Lieutenant (1992)

    Fit 72%

    Shares Crime and Drama with Training Day.

    While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.

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    Out for Justice (1991)

    Fit 68%

    Shares Action, Crime and Drama with Training Day.

    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.

  4. Sea of Love poster4

    Sea of Love (1989)

    Fit 63%

    Shares Crime and Drama with Training Day.

    Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to investigate a series of murders linked by the lonely hearts columns he finds he is getting seriously and possibly dangerously involved with Helen, one of the main suspects.

  5. Red Heat poster5

    Red Heat (1988)

    Fit 62%

    Shares Action and Crime with Training Day.

    A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.

  6. The Outsider poster6

    The Outsider (1983)

    Fit 59%

    Shares Action and Crime with Training Day.

    Philippe Jordan is a policeman prone to advancing the cause of justice by any means necessary. On his agenda is a powerful drug cartel working out of Paris and Marseilles, with a drug lord who is essentially inaccessible -- but not immortal.

  7. Farewell, My Lovely poster7

    Farewell, My Lovely (1975)

    Fit 42%

    Shares Crime and Drama with Training Day.

    Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled with seductress Helen Grayle and discovers a web of dark secrets that are better left hidden.

  8. The Long Goodbye poster8

    The Long Goodbye (1973)

    Fit 41%

    Shares Crime with Training Day.

    In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.

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