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Movies that feel likeEnd of Watch (2012)

Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop.

If you loved End of Watch, the closest films we have are Dogville (2003), A Simple Plan (1998) and The Yards (2000). All three share End of Watch's gritty and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Pusher 3 (2005).

πŸ… 85% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. David Ayergrittycontemplativetensewarm
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Dogville
2003 Β· dir. Lars von Trier
πŸ… 70%β˜… 8crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Common ground: friendship

A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town, she learns that their support has a price.

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A Simple Plan
1998 Β· dir. Sam Raimi
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.5crime Β· drama Β· thrillerParamount+

One thread runs through both: friendship

Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over $4 million in cash is discovered at the remote site of a downed small airplane. Their simple plan to retain the money while avoiding detection opens a Pandora's box when the fear of getting caught triggers panicked behavior and leads to virulent consequences.

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The Yards
2000 Β· dir. James Gray
πŸ… 64%β˜… 6.4crime Β· drama Β· thrillerParamount+

Gritty where it counts, contemplative underneath

In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big contractors; he's battling with a minority-owned firm for contracts.

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Pusher 3
2005 Β· dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.3action Β· thriller Β· crime

Tense and warm in the same breath

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

Milo is aging, he is planning his daughter's 25th birthday, and his shipment of heroin turns out to be 10,000 pills of ecstasy. When Milo tries to sell the pills anyway, all Hell breaks loose and his only chance is to ask for help from his ex-henchman and old friend Radovan.

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Bad Education
2004 Β· dir. Pedro AlmodΓ³var
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.4drama Β· crime

Gritty crime, and it commits to that

The difference: Takes it somewhere less tense than End of Watch does

When an old friend brings filmmaker Enrique Goded a semi-autobiographical script chronicling their adolescence, Enrique is forced to relive his youth spent at a Catholic boarding school. Weaving through past and present, the script follows a transvestite performer who reconnects with a grade school sweetheart. Spurred on by this chance encounter, the character reflects on her childhood sexual victimization and the trauma of closeting her sexual orientation.

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The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999 Β· dir. Anthony Minghella
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.4thriller Β· crime Β· dramaParamount+Starz

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.

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Spring Breakers
2013 Β· dir. Harmony Korine
πŸ… 67%β˜… 5.3drama Β· crimeMax

The same preoccupation in both: shootout

After four college girls rob a restaurant to fund their spring break in Florida, they get entangled with a weird dude with his own criminal agenda.

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21
2008 Β· dir. Robert Luketic
πŸ… 36%β˜… 6.8drama Β· crime

Both lean on warmth more than on thriller

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent student at M.I.T. who strives to succeed. Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine to become a doctor, Ben learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 tuition as he comes from a poor, working-class background. But one evening, Ben is introduced by his unorthodox math professor to a small but secretive club of five students, Jill, Choi, Kianna, and Fisher, who are being trained by Professor Rosa to count cards at blackjack.

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The Man from Nowhere
2010 Β· dir. Lee Jeong-beom
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.7action Β· thriller Β· crimePrime VideoPeacock

Both keep coming back to the same thing: human trafficking

The difference: Leans harder into action than End of Watch does

A reclusive pawnshop owner goes on a brutal rampage to rescue a young girl kidnapped by a criminal organization.

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Pleasure
2021 Β· dir. Ninja Thyberg
πŸ… 88%β˜… 6.3dramaRent or buy

Gritty drama in both cases

Bella Cherry arrives in Los Angeles with dreams of becoming an adult film star, but she soon learns that fame won't come easy as she harnesses her ambition and cunning to rise to the top of this mesmerizing and singular world.

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Thelma & Louise
1991 Β· dir. Ridley Scott
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.6drama Β· crimePrime VideoHulu

Crime built on stillness, twice over

The difference: 21 years apart, and the 1990s show

Taking a break from their dreary lives, close friends Thelma and Louise embark on a short weekend trip that ends in unforeseen incriminating circumstances. As fugitives, both women rediscover the strength of their bond and their newfound resilience.

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The Girl Who Played with Fire
2009 Β· dir. Daniel Alfredson
πŸ… 69%β˜… 7.1drama Β· action Β· thrillerPrime Video

Tense thriller in both cases

Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with a meticulously researched thesis about sex trafficking in Sweden and those in high office who abuse underage girls, Blomkvist immediately throws himself into the investigation.

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