15 Movies Like Hitman in the Hand of Buddha
Loved Hitman in the Hand of Buddha? 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.
#1
Colony
Professor Se-jeong is thrust into a bloody nightmare when a rapidly mutating virus is released during a biotech conference causing authorities to seal the facility. Trapped inside with no escape, Se-jeong along with a small group of survivors must fight to stay alive while the infected undergo horrific transformations.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Hitman in the Hand of Buddha.
#2
OK! Madam
A working class family wins a free vacation to Hawaii. But when their plane takes flight, it gets hijacked by terrorists. To save her family and the other passengers, the wife must reveal her secret past and fight back.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Hitman in the Hand of Buddha.
#3
Hope
In the remote South Korean village of Hope Harbor, police chief Bum-seok and officer Sung-ae are called to investigate a mysterious creature wreaking havoc on the community. But all is not as it seems, and perceptions can be misleading. What begins as ignorance plants the seed of disaster, escalating through human conflict into a tragedy of cosmic proportions.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Hitman in the Hand of Buddha.
#4
Train to Busan
When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Hitman in the Hand of Buddha.
#5
The Witch: Part 2. The Other One
A girl wakes up in a huge secret laboratory, then accidentally meets another girl who is trying to protect her house from a gang. The mystery girl overthrows the gang with her unexpected powers, and laboratory staff set out to find her.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Hitman in the Hand of Buddha.
#6
Humint
A South Korean agent hunts a drug ring in Russia and goes head-to-head with a North Korean operative — pulling both into peril and tangled secrets.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Hitman in the Hand of Buddha.
#7
Peninsula
A soldier and his team battle hordes of post-apocalyptic zombies in the wastelands of the Korean Peninsula.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Hitman in the Hand of Buddha.
#8
The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil
After barely surviving a brutal attack by a sadistic serial killer, crime boss Jang Dong-su is left humiliated. Determined to catch the killer known as K, he forms an uneasy alliance with Jung Tae-seok, a relentless and incorruptible detective who often disrupts his illegal business. However, while Jang Dong-su wants K dead, Jung Tae-suk is determined to bring him to justice. With a deal in place—whoever finds K first will decide his fate—the hunt begins, blurring the lines between crime and law.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Hitman in the Hand of Buddha.
#9
Snowpiercer
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer; a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Hitman in the Hand of Buddha.
#10
The Roundup: No Way Out
Detective Ma Seok-do changes his affiliation from the Geumcheon Police Station to the Metropolitan Investigation Team, in order to eradicate Japanese gangsters who enter Korea to commit heinous crimes.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Hitman in the Hand of Buddha.
#11
Husbands in Action
A detective teams up with his ex-wife's new husband to chase down her kidnappers. Can this unlikely duo put aside their differences for one wild rescue?
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Hitman in the Hand of Buddha.
#12
Project Wolf Hunting
While under heavily armed guard, the dangerous convicts aboard a cargo ship unite in a coordinated escape attempt that soon escalates into a bloody, all-out riot. But as the fugitives continue their brutal campaign of terror, they soon discover that not even the most vicious among them is safe from the horror they unknowingly unleashed from the darkness below deck.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Hitman in the Hand of Buddha.
#13
The Man from Nowhere
A reclusive pawnshop owner goes on a brutal rampage to rescue a young girl kidnapped by a criminal organization.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Hitman in the Hand of Buddha.
#14
The Roundup: Punishment
'Monster Cop' Ma Seok-do investigates an illegal online gambling business led by a former STS Baek and an IT genius CEO Chang. Ma proposes an unexpected alliance to Jang and begins hunting down the criminals.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Hitman in the Hand of Buddha.
#15
The Outlaws
In Chinatown, law and order is turned upside down when a trio of feral Chinese gangsters arrive, start terrorizing civilians, and usurping territory. The beleaguered local gangsters team up with the police, lead by the badass loose cannon Ma Seok-do, to bring them down. Based on a true story.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Hitman in the Hand of Buddha.