
Movies that feel likeA Time to Kill (1996)
If you loved A Time to Kill, the closest films we have are Phone Booth (2003), Falling Down (1993) and Primal Fear (1996). All three share A Time to Kill's gritty and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Silence (2010).
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If A Time to Kill hit the spot, these will too

The same hand behind both of them: Joel Schumacher
The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than A Time to Kill does

Joel Schumacher working the same nerve twice

The same two preoccupations: court, and lawyer

Common ground: murder
The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Both are built on the same subject: court

One thread runs through both: rape

Both keep coming back to the same thing: rape

Gritty and contemplative in the same breath

The same preoccupation in both: blackmail
The difference: 24 years apart, and the 1970s show

The same preoccupation in both: murder

Drama built on tension, twice over

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