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Movies that feel likeExtremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)

A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.

If you loved Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, the closest films we have are R (2010), Molly's Game (2017) and Monster (2003). All three share Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile'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 Black Souls (2014).

🍅 54% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Joe Berlingercontemplativegritty
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R
2010 · dir. Tobias Lindholm
🍅 91%★ 7.1crime · drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: prison

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Imprisoned for violent assault, Rune is placed in the hardcore ward, where his survival depends on quickly learning the prison's parallel world of rules, honor, and obligations.

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Molly's Game
2017 · dir. Aaron Sorkin
🍅 82%★ 7.4drama · crimeParamount+

Two things both keep coming back to: biography and a true story

Molly Bloom, a young skier and former Olympic hopeful becomes a successful entrepreneur (and a target of an FBI investigation) when she establishes a high-stakes, international poker game.

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Monster
2003 · dir. Patty Jenkins
🍅 81%★ 7.3crime · drama

Both are built on the same subject: serial killer

In 1989, prostitute Aileen Wuornos befriends and enters a relationship with a young woman named Selby. Determined to straighten out her life, Aileen's limited education lands her back on the corner. She's raped by a trick, who she kills. A string of murder and robbery follows that ultimately leads Aileen to becoming America's first female serial killer.

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A Touch of Sin
2013 · dir. Jia Zhangke
🍅 95%★ 7.1crime · drama

The same preoccupation in both: a true story

Four people in different provinces are driven to violent ends: An angry miner is enraged by corruption in his village. A migrant discovers the possibilities of owning a firearm. A receptionist is pushed beyond her limits by an abusive client. A young factory worker goes from one job to the next.

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Freedom Writers
2007 · dir. Richard LaGravenese
🍅 69%★ 7.6crime · drama

One thread runs through both: biography

A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.

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The Mule
2018 · dir. Clint Eastwood
🍅 69%★ 7crime · drama

Both land stillness and grit at once

Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates.

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Loving Pablo
2017 · dir. Fernando León de Aranoa
🍅 33%★ 6.4crime · drama

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

The film chronicles the rise and fall of the world's most feared drug lord Pablo Escobar and his volatile love affair with Colombia's most famous journalist Virginia Vallejo throughout a reign of terror that tore a country apart.

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7 Prisoners
2021 · dir. Alexandre Moratto
🍅 98%★ 7.1drama · crimeNetflix

Both lean on grit more than on crime

An impoverished teen seeking to escape the clutches of a human trafficker must weigh living up to his moral code against his struggle to survive.

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A Prophet
2009 · dir. Jacques Audiard
🍅 96%★ 7.8crime · drama

Common ground: prison

Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls under the sway of a group of Corsicans who enforce their rule in the prison. As the 'missions' go by, he toughens himself and wins the confidence of the Corsican group.

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Black Souls
2014 · dir. Francesco Munzi
🍅 89%★ 6.8crime · drama

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

A former narcotics smuggler, now living peaceably in the Calabrian hills, is drawn back into his family’s drug-trade dynasty by his impetuous teenage son.

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The Drop
2014 · dir. Michaël R. Roskam
🍅 88%★ 7drama · crime

Gritty crime in both cases

Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.

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3096 Days
2013 · dir. Sherry Hormann
★ 6.5drama

Both working the same drama territory

A young Austrian girl is kidnapped and held in captivity for eight years. Based on the real-life case of Natascha Kampusch.

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