Movies Similar to Rats: A Sin City Yarn

Wanted(2008)

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.

A History of Violence(2005)

An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.

Road to Perdition(2002)

Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time looking for revenge on those who wronged him.

Sin City(2005)

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: A Dame to Kill For(2014)

Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.

Demon City(2025)

Framed for his family's murder and left for dead, an ex-hitman will stop at nothing to exact revenge on the masked "demons" who have taken over his city.

Batman: Year One(2011)

A wealthy playboy named Bruce Wayne and a Chicago cop named Jim Gordon both return to Gotham City where their lives unexpectedly intersect.

Extraction 2(2023)

Back from the brink of death, highly skilled commando Tyler Rake takes on another dangerous mission: saving the imprisoned family of a ruthless gangster.

Polar(2019)

When a retiring assassin realizes that he is the target of a hit, he winds up back in the game going head to head with a gang of younger, ruthless killers.

Shurika

A biracial Black Japanese woman, hidden from her Yakuza grandfather by her mother after he had her African American husband killed because of their taboo relationship, seeks her birth mother years later. However, she finds herself caught in a conflict between the ninja clan who raised her and the Japanese underworld.

Killer Bee

A retiring assassin who takes on an underground criminal network after being tasked to kill the man she’s recently fallen in love with.

Penguins Behind Bars(2003)

Penguins Behind Bars is an Adult Swim special, adapted from the graphic novel of the same name by Janet Perlman, that aired only once on July 20th 2003. The Short follows Doris Fairfeather, a female penguin who is framed for robbery by her boyfriend and sent to an all-girl prison.

Tungstênio(2018)

A retired army sergeant, a police officer and his wife and a drug dealer apparently have nothing in common, but they will unite for a greater good. When people start using explosives to fish on the edge of Salvador, Bahia, this group will do everything to end this environmental crime. But in the search for the paths that seem most correct, each one of them will go through more personal and moral conflicts.

Officer Downe(2016)

A rookie cop is tasked with shadowing Officer Downe, a no-nonsense LAPD cop with regenerative powers, as he wages an ultra-violent war against the nefarious villains of Los Angeles.

The Killer(2023)

After a fateful miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.

Batman: The Killing Joke(2016)

As Batman hunts for the escaped Joker, the Clown Prince of Crime attacks the Gordon family to prove a diabolical point mirroring his own fall into madness.

4 Kids Walk Into a Bank(2026)

After losing her mother, Paige's grandfather steps into to become a more responsible guardian. But when a group of criminals show up at their door demanding that Paige's grandpa join them for one last job, she's faced with a decision: let her newly reformed grandpa dip back into his criminal ways, or enlist her three best friends to do the job first.

Jailbait(2014)

A gritty coming of age thriller about a young girl sent to juvenile prison for the murder of her abusive step father. The film follows Anna Nix's journey into the dark world of an all girls jail where she discovers complex relationships, drugs, mental illness and her eventual search for redemption.

Briza(2025)

Psychic Sam

Based on a crowdfunded graphic novel, it centers on a man who knows about murders before they happen, with a voice in his head telling him the name and address of future killers.