feelsalike.comSign in
Deliverance poster

Movies that feel likeDeliverance (1972)

Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.

If you loved Deliverance, the closest films we have are Operation Condor (1991), Caliber 9 (1972) and The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973). All three share Deliverance'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 Across 110th Street (1972).

🍅 90% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. John Boormancontemplativeepictensegritty
7 of 12 streaming nowHBO Max · Amazon Prime Video · Paramount Plus Premium

Can't choose? Answer three questions and get one movie for tonight.

Not on subscription streaming right now. Rent or buy below.

See it on the Mood Map

If Deliverance hit the spot, these will too

Operation Condor poster
Operation Condor
1991 · dir. Jackie Chan
🍅 71%★ 7.2action · adventure · crime

Both are built on the same subject: wilderness

The difference: Trades the stillness of Deliverance for an angle of its own

Hired by a Spanish baron, Hong Kong treasure hunter Jackie, a.k.a. "Asian Hawk" and his entourage seek WWII Nazi gold buried in the Sahara Desert.

Caliber 9 poster
Caliber 9
1972 · dir. Fernando Di Leo
★ 7.4crime · thriller

Tense and gritty in the same breath

The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than Deliverance does

Just out of prison, ex-con Ugo Piazza meets his former employer, a psychopathic gangster Rocco who enjoys sick violence and torture. Both the gangsters and the police believe Ugo has hidden $300,000 that should have gone to an American drug syndicate boss.

The Friends of Eddie Coyle poster
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
1973 · dir. Peter Yates
🍅 98%★ 7.4crime · drama · thriller

Contemplative drama in both cases

The difference: Leans harder into crime than Deliverance does

An aging hood is about to go back to prison. Hoping to escape his fate, he supplies information on stolen guns to the feds, while simultaneously supplying arms to his bank robbing chums.

Across 110th Street poster
Across 110th Street
1972 · dir. Barry Shear
🍅 85%★ 7crime · drama · thrillerPrime Video

Both lean on stillness more than on thriller

In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as are two policemen. Lt. Pope and Capt. Mattelli are two New York City cops trying to break the case. Three small-time criminals are on the run with the money. Will the mafia catch them first, or will the police?

True Grit poster
True Grit
1969 · dir. Henry Hathaway
🍅 87%★ 7.4western · drama · adventure

Adventure with a pulse of scale, in both cases

The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of getting the job done.

Point Blank poster
Point Blank
1967 · dir. John Boorman
🍅 93%★ 7.2crime · thriller · drama

John Boorman working the same nerve twice

After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.

The Untouchables poster
The Untouchables
1987 · dir. Brian De Palma
🍅 83%★ 7.8crime · history · thrillerParamount+

Epic thriller, and it commits to that

Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he forms a group given the nickname “The Untouchables”.

Andrei Rublev poster
Andrei Rublev
1966 · dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
🍅 96%★ 8drama · history

Both keep coming back to the same thing: rape

An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses a brutal battle and unintentionally becomes involved, he takes a vow of silence and spends time away from his work. As he begins to ease his troubled soul, he takes steps towards becoming a painter once again.

A Streetcar Named Desire poster
A Streetcar Named Desire
1951 · dir. Elia Kazan
🍅 97%★ 7.9drama · thrillerMax

The same preoccupation in both: rape

The difference: 21 years apart, and the 1950s show

A disturbed, aging Southern belle moves in with her sister for solace — but being face-to-face with her brutish brother-in-law accelerates her downward spiral.

Serpico poster
Serpico
1973 · dir. Sidney Lumet
🍅 93%★ 7.7crime · drama · history

Drama built on grit, twice over

New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.

All the Money in the World poster
All the Money in the World
2017 · dir. Ridley Scott
🍅 79%★ 6.8crime · history · thrillerRent or buy

Tense adventure, and it commits to that

The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.

Blood Simple poster
Blood Simple
1985 · dir. Joel Coen
🍅 94%★ 7.5crime · drama · thrillerMax

Drama built on stillness, twice over

The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.

In the mood for more contemplative?

all contemplative movies →

The best-reviewed films that share Deliverance’s defining feeling.