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Movies that feel likeDeath Wish (2018)

A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.

If you loved Death Wish, the closest films we have are The Devil All the Time (2020), You Were Never Really Here (2017) and Side Effects (2013). All three share Death Wish'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 Charley Varrick (1973).

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The Devil All the Time
2020 · dir. Antonio Campos
🍅 65%★ 7.1crime · drama · thrillerNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: gun

The difference: Reviewed even better

In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family.

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You Were Never Really Here
2017 · dir. Lynne Ramsay
🍅 89%★ 6.7crime · drama · thrillerPrime Video

Gritty and tense in the same breath

The difference: Easier on the momentum than Death Wish

A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered—leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.

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Side Effects
2013 · dir. Steven Soderbergh
🍅 82%★ 7thriller · crime · dramaPrime VideoParamount+

Contemplative where it counts, melancholy underneath

A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.

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Hard Candy
2006 · dir. David Slade
🍅 67%★ 7drama · thriller

Thriller built on grit, twice over

Hayley’s a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff’s a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff’s place. Jeff thinks it’s his lucky night. He’s in for a surprise.

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Hell or High Water
2016 · dir. David Mackenzie
🍅 97%★ 7.6western · crime · dramaMax

Common ground: criminal

The difference: Sits closer to western than Death Wish does

A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.

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Lethal Weapon 2
1989 · dir. Richard Donner
🍅 82%★ 7.3action · thriller · crime

One thread runs through both: police

The difference: Made in the 1980s, in a different era of the craft

Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.

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21 Grams
2003 · dir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
🍅 80%★ 7.6drama · crime · thriller

Crime with a pulse of tension, in both cases

Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of two girls; and Jack Jordan, a born-again ex-con, are brought together by a terrible accident that changes their lives.

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Cell 211
2009 · dir. Daniel Monzón
🍅 98%★ 7.6action · thriller · dramaNetflix

Both lean on momentum more than on action

The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.

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Thief
1981 · dir. Michael Mann
🍅 80%★ 7.4crime · thriller · dramaPrime Video

Contemplative drama in both cases

Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he signs on with a top gangster for a big score.

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Charley Varrick
1973 · dir. Don Siegel
🍅 82%★ 7.5crime · thriller · drama

Melancholy crime, and it commits to that

Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends, but instead of obtaining a small amount of money, they discover they stole a very large amount of money belonging to the mob. Charley must now come up with a plan to not only evade the police but the mob as well.

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The Outlaws
2017 · dir. Kang Yun-sung
🍅 92%★ 7.2action · crime · thrillerPrime Video

Both are built on the same subject: detective

In Chinatown, law and order is turned upside down when a trio of feral Chinese gangsters arrive, start terrorizing civilians, and usurping territory. The beleaguered local gangsters team up with the police, lead by the badass loose cannon Ma Seok-do, to bring them down. Based on a true story.

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Frailty
2002 · dir. Bill Paxton
🍅 76%★ 7.2drama · thriller · crime

Different title, same corner of the shelf

A mysterious man arrives at the offices of an FBI agent and recounts his childhood: how his religious fanatic father received visions telling him to kill people who were in fact "demons."

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