
Movies that feel likeBad Education (2004)
If you loved Bad Education, the closest films we have are Talk to Her (2002), 21 (2008) and A Simple Plan (1998). All three share Bad Education's contemplative and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Pusher 3 (2005).
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If Bad Education hit the spot, these will too

Both are Pedro Almodóvar's work, and they rhyme
The difference: Leans harder into romance than Bad Education does

Common ground: friendship
The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

The same preoccupation in both: friendship
The difference: Sits closer to thriller than Bad Education does

The same mix in both: stillness, then grit

Drama with a pulse of warmth, in both cases


Contemplative crime, and it commits to that


Both lean on warmth more than on crime

Both keep coming back to the same thing: drug abuse

Drama built on stillness, twice over
The difference: 35 years apart, and the 1960s show

Crime with a pulse of grit, in both cases
The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than Bad Education does
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