Movies Like Executive Protection (2001)

Executive Protection is a 2001 action, crime, thriller film from Anders Nilsson with a MovieMagicScore of 6.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Zero Tolerance and The Third Wave.

Action Crime Thriller

Zero Tolerance

1999

Johan is a two-fisted Gothenburg cop who finds himself in a shoot-out with jewel robbers. After the smoke has cleared, one robber, shot by his accomplice, and an innocent bystander, are dead. Three witnesses, including Helen, identify thug extraordinaire Leo Gaut as being the dead crook's trigger-happy colleague. Gaut soon threatens the three witnesses, and only Johan, the badge-wearing hero, can save them.

6.2

MagicScore

The Third Wave

2003

Johan Falk hasn't been working for over a year since he resigned from the police. Most of all he wants to move out to the countryside, but fate has a different thought.

6.1

MagicScore

Johan Falk: GSI - Gruppen för särskilda insatser

2009

Johan works in tandem with the GSI organized crime unit to bring in a cadre of armored car robbers

6.6

MagicScore

Johan Falk: Vapenbröder

2009

John Falk is on a routine mission with the Gothenburg police special unit GSI. With the help of a Norwegian undercover police and a civilian infiltrator in one of Gothenburg's heaviest criminal gangs, the GSI are trying buy six assault rifles and thus get them off the street. But suddenly everything changes when a new unknown player suddenly and immediately wants to buy not only those weapons but even more, including armor-piercing shells. GSI realizes that this can not be any ordinary robbers. Someone will start a war on the streets of Gothenburg. At the same time as the situation gets more and more complicated for John Falk's infiltrator Frank Wagner when the leader of the gang he infiltrated realize that one of his own leaking to the police.

6.5

MagicScore

Johan Falk: National Target

2009

Frank Wagner goes deeper undercover to infiltrate Europe's most dangerous Mafia, the Russian-est, consisting of ex - KGB officers.

6.6

MagicScore

Johan Falk: Leo Gaut

2009

A car explodes in front of a primary school where GSI boss Patrick Agrell has just left his children. The event reunites Johan Falk with Leo Gaut, a former criminal restaurant owner who Johan put behind bars a decade ago.

6.1

MagicScore

Johan Falk: Operation Näktergal

2009

Johan Falk and his colleagues at the GSI go after sex traffickers importing young women from the East and forcing them into prostitution.

6.1

MagicScore

Johan Falk: The Outlaws

2009

6.5

MagicScore

Johan Falk: Spelets regler

2012

It's been two years since John Falk and Frank Wagner broke their cooperation and Frank started working undercover with the police. Frank's search for Kevin crosses Johan's investigation and opens up a new collaboration between them - with the big difference that this time it's personal for Frank.

6.4

MagicScore

#10

Johan Falk: De 107 patrioterna

2012

It's a beautiful day in Slottsskogen, Gothenburg idyllic city park, when suddenly the unthinkable happens - gunfire amidst all people. Two gangsters shooting game against each other and a large police operation starts. The conflict grows rapidly to involve several gangs from Gothenburg underworld. GSI switched to try to identify a new thread which proves to be both larger and better armed than any other. The only clue is a tattoo on one of the killed gang members.

6.4

MagicScore

#11

Johan Falk: Alla råns moder

2012

GSI second in command, Sophie Nordh, flips gangster leader Seth Rydell and convinces him to infiltrate a rogue military group. For the first time GSI Chief Patrick Agrell realizes that he is using a ruthless psychopath as an infiltrator. Can Seth be trusted or does he have his own agenda?

6.7

MagicScore

#12

Johan Falk: Organizatsija Karayan

2012

Johan Falk's stepdaughter Nina has gotten in contact with her biological father, Orjan, discovering that he is in debt to an Estonian construction company in Gothenburg, leading to Nina's kidnapping.

6.7

MagicScore

#13

Johan Falk: Barninfiltratören

2012

A group of young robbers, specializing in robbing shopping center security guards, are raging through out Gothenburg. A robbery goes awry when an innocent passerby is killed. Ricky, the gang's young leader, tries to quickly find an expert who can clean the money of the dye pack that exploded while Johan Falk, and his colleagues at GSI, accelerate their hunt.

6.5

MagicScore

#14

Johan Falk: Kodnamn: Lisa

2013

Five men break into Frank Wagner's apartment. Frank is able to escape and seeks out the help of Johan Falk. Has someone leaked that Frank is working with the police? Frank and John don't know who knows what and whom to trust.

7.1

MagicScore

#15

Johan Falk: From the Ashes into the Fire

2015

Falk is blackmailed into smuggling a truckload of guns from Latvia.

6.5

MagicScore

#16

Johan Falk: Silent Diplomacy

2015

When Johan and his colleagues are watching Seth and his gang member Jack, they stumble on a larger case than they expected. Seth is selling arms to terrorists, but without Jack's knowledge, in a car where Johan's old colleague Pernilla mysterious appears. While Johan begin researching what Pernilla and SÄPO is doing, Jack suspects that everything is not right with Seth and that he's working with the police.

6.2

MagicScore

#17

Johan Falk: Blood Diamonds

2015

GSI follow up a weapon trail that leads right into Kavkaz mafia headquarters on the west coast. GSI member Niklas Saxlid is the one in the group who is specialized in undercover operations, and he has penetrated Kavkaz' activities. But suddenly something happens and Niklas disappears.

6.8

MagicScore

#18

Johan Falk: Lockdown

2015

The police station is locked down. A snitch is compromised. Drastic and unexpected events take place. Both inside and outside the police station.

7.4

MagicScore

#19

Johan Falk: The End

2015

The unknown, large mafia organization is now showing its true face. The pressure that GSI and John Falk and his family have put on the organization, makes them fight back on all fronts. The rule book is thrown out. But to go after Johan Falk's family and trying to kill his wife could be the biggest mistake the organization has ever made. GSI closes up around Johan's family and the final battle begins ...

8.0

MagicScore

#20

7 Seconds

2005

When an experienced thief accidentally makes off with a Van Gogh, his partner is kidnapped by gangsters in pursuit of the painting, forcing the criminal to hatch a rescue plan.

5.5

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Executive Protection?

The top films similar to Executive Protection by MovieMagicScore are Zero Tolerance (6.2), The Third Wave (6.1), Johan Falk: GSI - Gruppen för särskilda insatser (6.6). Each shares action/crime/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Executive Protection worth watching?

Executive Protection holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.2/10 from 54 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Executive Protection?

Executive Protection (2001) is a action, crime, thriller film directed by Anders Nilsson, starring Jakob Eklund, Samuel Fröler, Alexandra Rapaport.

Where can I find more recommendations like Executive Protection?

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About movies like Executive Protection

This ranked list pairs Executive Protection (2001), a action and crime and thriller film from Anders Nilsson, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Jakob Eklund take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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