Best Movies like Suicide Squad (2016)

The Dirty Dozen follows a group of convicted criminals recruited for a deadly military mission, paralleling Suicide Squad's central idea of imprisoned antiheroes offered a shot at redemption by undertaking high-risk operations for authority figures.

12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, agree to the mission and the possible commuting of their sentences. The Dirty Dozen is a movie from United Kingdom in English, with a total 2h 29m runtime, released in 1967 with an average rating of 7.6 by 1,346 people. The movie made an estimated total of $45,300,000 in the box office.

Guardians of the Galaxy assembles a ragtag team of misfits and outlaws who are forced together for a mission, echoing Suicide Squad's dynamics of reluctant collaboration among unconventional, morally gray characters within a high-stakes action adventure context.

Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser. Guardians of the Galaxy is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 2h 1m runtime, released in 2014 with an average rating of 7.9 by 30,030 people. The movie made an estimated total of $772,776,600 in the box office.

The Losers centers on a disavowed unit of operatives engaging in covert missions after being betrayed, sharing Suicide Squad's structure of assembling damaged but skilled individuals to complete dangerous assignments under dubious governmental oversight.

On a mission deep in the Bolivian jungle, a team of elite commandos finds itself on the receiving end of a lethal betrayal. Now presumed dead, the men join forces with a mysterious operative named Aisha to hunt down their enemy and even the score. The Losers is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 37m runtime, released in 2010 with an average rating of 6.3 by 2,023 people. The movie made an estimated total of $23,580,000 in the box office.

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), like Suicide Squad, features DC Comics antiheroes and continues the narrative of Harley Quinn, focusing on outcast women forming an alliance for their own chaotic mission.

Harley Quinn joins forces with a singer, an assassin and a police detective to help a young girl who had a hit placed on her after she stole a rare diamond from a crime lord. Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 49m runtime, released in 2020 with an average rating of 6.9 by 10,906 people. The movie made an estimated total of $205,537,933 in the box office.

Deadpool spotlights an irreverent antihero operating outside conventional morality, offering meta humor and subversive takes on superhero tropes—elements also found in Suicide Squad's blend of dark comedy, violent action, and morally ambiguous protagonists.

The origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who, after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life. Deadpool is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 48m runtime, released in 2016 with an average rating of 7.6 by 33,030 people. The movie made an estimated total of $782,837,347 in the box office.

Watchmen draws from DC Comics source material to interrogate the ethical complexities of costumed vigilantes, exploring themes of government manipulation, moral ambiguity, and the consequences of unchecked power, much like the setup in Suicide Squad.

In a gritty and alternate 1985, the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown. But after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so they uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger. Watchmen is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 2h 43m runtime, released in 2009 with an average rating of 7.4 by 10,137 people. The movie made an estimated total of $185,258,983 in the box office.

Miniforce X involves a team embarking on action-laden adventures, comparable in structure to the ensemble missions in Suicide Squad where diverse team members join forces for greater challenges than they could undertake alone.

Zenos, who once made whole universe feared, has returned to Earth to take back his power. He exploits sadness of humans as his source of power. Zenos and his underlings, Dandandan trio bring all weird aliens to the earth. In order to defeat the annoying enemies, Miniforce is reborn as Miniforce X, armed with new “X Power” and “X bot”. Both old and new characters appear for a new season and support Miniforce, including Ray an ex-Miniforce member, and Jacky a monkey who admires Volt. Would Miniforce X can complete their mission this time too, against Zenos and the aliens? Go and watch! Miniforce X is a movie from South Korea in Korean, with a total 1h 6m runtime, released in 2018 with an average rating of 3.5 by 2 people.

Kick-Ass features self-made superheroes who defy norms and grapple with the consequences of violence, mirroring themes of unconventional justice and morally conflicted crime-fighters as seen in the assembly and exploits of the Suicide Squad.

Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so. Kick-Ass is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 58m runtime, released in 2010 with an average rating of 7.1 by 12,513 people. The movie made an estimated total of $96,188,903 in the box office.

The Magnificent Seven tells of a disparate group banding together to face overwhelming odds for a cause larger than themselves, reflecting the ensemble-driven narrative and redemption-seeking motivations seen in Suicide Squad.

Looking to mine for gold, greedy industrialist Bartholomew Bogue seizes control of the Old West town of Rose Creek. With their lives in jeopardy, Emma Cullen and other desperate residents turn to bounty hunter Sam Chisolm for help. Chisolm recruits an eclectic group of gunslingers to take on Bogue and his ruthless henchmen. With a deadly showdown on the horizon, the seven mercenaries soon find themselves fighting for more than just money once the bullets start to fly. The Magnificent Seven is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 2h 12m runtime, released in 2016 with an average rating of 6.5 by 6,492 people. The movie made an estimated total of $162,400,000 in the box office.

Wanted centers on an underdog protagonist recruited into a secret society of assassins for high-stakes missions, paralleling Suicide Squad's focus on training unlikely candidates for deadly tasks under the command of shadowy organizations.

Doormat Wesley Gibson is an office worker whose life is going nowhere. He meets an attractive woman named Fox and discovers that his recently murdered father - whom Wesley never knew - belonged to the Fraternity, a secret society of assassins which takes its orders from Fate itself. Fox and Sloan, the Fraternity's leader, teach Wesley, through intense training, to tap into dormant powers and hone his innate killing skills. Though he enjoys his newfound abilities, he begins to suspect that there is more to the Fraternity than meets the eye. Wanted is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 50m runtime, released in 2008 with an average rating of 6.5 by 7,695 people. The movie made an estimated total of $342,463,063 in the box office.

The Expendables unites a team of skilled outcasts to undertake high-risk operations for influential handlers, closely matching Suicide Squad's motif of assembling misfit action specialists for covert or dangerous government-sanctioned assignments.

Barney Ross leads a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, a martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road, and a loose-cannon sniper Gunner Jensen. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church to assassinate the dictator of a small South American island, Barney and Lee visit the remote locale to scout out their opposition and discover the true nature of the conflict engulfing the city. The Expendables is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 43m runtime, released in 2010 with an average rating of 6.3 by 8,386 people. The movie made an estimated total of $274,470,394 in the box office.

Escobar: Paradise Lost portrays a descent into the criminal underworld and forced complicity with dangerous figures, connecting with Suicide Squad's themes of criminality and the tightrope between personal survival and moral compromise.

For Pablo Escobar family is everything. When young surfer Nick falls for Escobar's niece, Maria, he finds his life on the line when he's pulled into the dangerous world of the family business. Escobar: Paradise Lost is a movie from France in English, with a total 2h 0m runtime, released in 2014 with an average rating of 6.3 by 823 people. The movie made an estimated total of $3,758,328 in the box office.

Sin City adapts a graphic novel world filled with violent antiheroes and morally ambiguous actions, much like Suicide Squad's comic book origin, visual style, and focus on criminals navigating treacherous allegiances.

Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust after redemption, and then there are those hoping for a little of both. A universe of unlikely and reluctant heroes still trying to do the right thing in a city that refuses to care. Sin City is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 2h 4m runtime, released in 2005 with an average rating of 7.5 by 8,960 people. The movie made an estimated total of $158,733,820 in the box office.

Blade II revolves around an uneasy partnership between the protagonist and a team of former enemies to defeat a common, greater threat, drawing clear parallels to the antagonistic but necessary alliances in Suicide Squad.

Blade forms an uneasy alliance with the vampire council in order to combat the Reapers, who are feeding on vampires. Blade II is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 57m runtime, released in 2002 with an average rating of 6.6 by 5,304 people. The movie made an estimated total of $155,010,032 in the box office.

Smokin' Aces features a multitude of criminal characters maneuvering toward intersecting violent agendas, reminiscent of Suicide Squad's array of villainous individuals compelled by dangerous missions and unpredictable alliances.

When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing. Smokin' Aces is a movie from United Kingdom in English, with a total 1h 49m runtime, released in 2006 with an average rating of 6.5 by 1,862 people. The movie made an estimated total of $57,103,895 in the box office.

The A-Team gathers a group of framed operatives using their unconventional skills to confront formidable odds, echoing the pattern in Suicide Squad of rogue experts executed dangerous missions as a means of redemption or survival.

A man who loves when a plan comes together, Col. Hannibal Smith leads a close-knit team of elite operatives and Iraq War veterans. Framed for a crime they didn't commit, Smith and his men, Capt. H.M. ‘Howling Mad’ Murdock , Sgt. Bosco ‘B.A.’ Baracus, and Lt. Templeton ‘Faceman’ Peck, break out and go rogue, using their special talents to clear their names and find the perpetrator. Hot on their trail is Capt. Charissa Sosa, who was once involved with a member of Smith's team and has sworn to capture them, no matter what it takes. The A-Team is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 57m runtime, released in 2010 with an average rating of 6.4 by 5,061 people. The movie made an estimated total of $177,238,796 in the box office.

Escape from New York centers on a criminal protagonist coerced by officials into a perilous rescue operation, resonating with Suicide Squad's central theme: dangerous missions undertaken by antiheroes in exchange for freedom.

In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back. Escape from New York is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 39m runtime, released in 1981 with an average rating of 7.0 by 3,578 people. The movie made an estimated total of $50,244,700 in the box office.

Mystery Men assembles an offbeat team of underdog superheroes whose questionable abilities and outsider status lead to unorthodox heroics, comparable to the unlikely and dysfunctional group dynamic at the heart of Suicide Squad.

When Champion City's hero Captain Amazing is kidnapped by the recently paroled supervillain Casanova Frankenstein, a trio of average, everyday superheroes -- Mr. Furious, the Shoveler and the Blue Raja -- assemble a new super team to save him. Mystery Men is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 2h 1m runtime, released in 1999 with an average rating of 5.9 by 929 people. The movie made an estimated total of $29,762,011 in the box office.

The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission continues the concept of convicts deployed for hazardous military tasks, mirroring Suicide Squad's premise of leveraging the skills of felons for dangerous missions in exchange for leniency.

Major Reisman is "volunteered" to lead another mission using convicted army soldiers, sentenced to either death or long prison terms. This time their mission is to kill a Nazi general who plans to assassinate Hitler. The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 35m runtime, released in 1985 with an average rating of 6.3 by 91 people.

Upgrade thrusts its protagonist into a high-octane, transformative journey involving violence and technological influence over personal agency, aligning with Suicide Squad's exploration of reluctant participants navigating deadly operations beyond their control.

A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now able to walk, Grey finds that he also has superhuman strength and agility — skills he uses to seek revenge against the thugs who destroyed his life. Upgrade is a movie from Australia in English, with a total 1h 40m runtime, released in 2018 with an average rating of 7.5 by 5,127 people. The movie made an estimated total of $16,976,561 in the box office.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story spotlights an improvised team assembled by authorities for a clandestine, almost impossible, mission central to a larger conflict, paralleling Suicide Squad's structure and emphasis on collective sacrifice.

A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 2h 13m runtime, released in 2016 with an average rating of 7.5 by 16,594 people. The movie made an estimated total of $1,056,057,273 in the box office.

Zombieland gathers a mismatched group of survivors navigating a dangerous world, utilizing character-driven banter and unconventional team dynamics—elements crucial to Suicide Squad’s ensemble of lawless individuals thrust into perilous tasks.

Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other. Zombieland is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 28m runtime, released in 2009 with an average rating of 7.3 by 13,342 people. The movie made an estimated total of $102,391,540 in the box office.

Ocean's Eleven showcases the recruitment of quirky specialists for a complex, high-stakes operation packaged as a stylish ensemble piece, much like the strategic assembly of talent and criminal expertise central to Suicide Squad's missions.

Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to score the cash, Danny risks his chances of reconciling with ex-wife, Tess. Ocean's Eleven is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 56m runtime, released in 2001 with an average rating of 7.5 by 12,712 people. The movie made an estimated total of $450,717,150 in the box office.

RED employs ex-operatives deemed dangerous and expendable, who regroup for a deadly adventure orchestrated by secretive handlers; this closely aligns with Suicide Squad’s narrative of misfit agents corralled by the government for black ops assignments.

After surviving an assault from a squad of hit men, retired CIA black ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team for an all-out war. Frank reunites with old Joe, crazy Marvin and wily Victoria to uncover a massive conspiracy that threatens their lives. Only their expert training will allow them to survive a near-impossible mission -- breaking into CIA headquarters. RED is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 51m runtime, released in 2010 with an average rating of 6.7 by 7,223 people. The movie made an estimated total of $199,006,387 in the box office.

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot follows outlaws teaming up for a risky heist, focusing on the uneasy trust and camaraderie formed among criminals during high-stakes exploits, much like the reluctant alliances in Suicide Squad.

With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organise a daring new heist. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 56m runtime, released in 1974 with an average rating of 6.8 by 655 people. The movie made an estimated total of $25,000,000 in the box office.

Out of Sight involves a romanticized view of the criminal underworld and the interplay between fugitives and law enforcement, touching on themes of trust and double-crosses that echo the uneasy partnerships in Suicide Squad.

Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they're willing to risk it all to find out if there's more between them than just the law. Out of Sight is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 2h 3m runtime, released in 1998 with an average rating of 6.7 by 1,432 people. The movie made an estimated total of $77,745,966 in the box office.

The Boondock Saints centers on vigilante justice carried out by outlaws who disregard legal norms, reflecting Suicide Squad's use of criminals as forceful instruments of order when traditional authorities are ineffective or complicit.

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. The Boondock Saints is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 48m runtime, released in 1999 with an average rating of 7.3 by 2,744 people. The movie made an estimated total of $38,256 in the box office.

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man focuses on outlaws teaming up for a dangerous job, emphasizing loyalty, risk, and unconventional heroism in the face of powerful adversaries—themes resonant with the antiheroic camaraderie of Suicide Squad.

It's the lawless future, and renegade biker Harley Davidson and his surly cowboy buddy, Marlboro, learn that a corrupt bank is about to foreclose on their friend's bar to further an expanding empire. Harley and Marlboro decide to help by robbing the crooked bank. But when they accidentally filch a drug shipment, they find themselves on the run from criminal financiers and the mob in this rugged action adventure. Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man is a movie from United States of America in English, with a total 1h 38m runtime, released in 1991 with an average rating of 6.3 by 493 people. The movie made an estimated total of $7,434,726 in the box office.