
Movies that feel likeA History of Violence (2005)
If you loved A History of Violence, the closest films we have are Eastern Promises (2007), Phone Booth (2003) and Killing Them Softly (2012). All three share A History of Violence's tense and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Yellow Sea (2010).
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If A History of Violence hit the spot, these will too

David Cronenberg working the same nerve twice
The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than A History of Violence does

Both land tension and grit at once
The difference: Easier on the stillness than A History of Violence


Both lean on stillness more than on drama

Thriller with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Tense crime, and it commits to that
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair


Drama built on stillness, twice over

Both lean on tension more than on crime

Drama built on grit, twice over


The crime is handled with the same confidence
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