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Movies that feel likeFoxcatcher (2014)

The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.

If you loved Foxcatcher, the closest films we have are Dark Waters (2019), A Hijacking (2012) and The Place (2017). All three share Foxcatcher's contemplative and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Hater (2020).

🍅 88% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Bennett Millercontemplativetense
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If Foxcatcher hit the spot, these will too

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Dark Waters
2019 · dir. Todd Haynes
🍅 89%★ 7.6drama · thrillerRent or buy

Both are working the same pair: biography, a true story

A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything — his future, his family, and his own life — to expose the truth.

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A Hijacking
2012 · dir. Tobias Lindholm
🍅 96%★ 7.1thriller · drama

Both land stillness and tension at once

Tensions are high after a Danish freighter is captured and held for ransom by Somali pirates, leading to weeks of high-stakes negotiations – and an escalating potential for explosive violence.

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The Place
2017 · dir. Paolo Genovese
★ 7drama · thriller

Contemplative drama in both cases

The fates of an apparently random group of strangers who each come into contact with a mysterious figure who they believe possesses the power to grant any wish, in return for which they must carry out a task he assigns them.

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Tunnel
2016 · dir. Kim Seong-hun
🍅 100%★ 6.8thriller · dramaPrime Video

Both lean on tension more than on thriller

A man is on his way home when the poorly constructed tunnel he is driving through collapses, leaving him trapped leaving himself for the unexpected whilst emergency services struggle to help.

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Locke
2014 · dir. Steven Knight
🍅 91%★ 7.1drama · thriller

Drama built on stillness, twice over

Ivan Locke has worked hard to craft a good life for himself. Tonight, that life will collapse around him. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, Ivan receives a phone call that sets in motion a series of events that will unravel his family, job, and soul.

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Who Am I
2014 · dir. Baran bo Odar
★ 7.4thriller

Tense thriller, and it commits to that

The difference: Easier on the stillness than Foxcatcher

Benjamin, a young German computer whiz, is invited to join a subversive hacker group that wants to be noticed on the world's stage.

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To Kill a Man
2014 · dir. Alejandro Fernández Almendras
★ 6.3thriller · drama

Both play drama straight

Jorge is a peaceful hard-working man who seeks a simple, quiet life for himself and his family. One day, he is mugged and humiliated by a gang of thugs led by Kalule, a delinquent from his neighborhood. This event infuriates his son as much for Jorge’s meek acceptance as for the act itself. The son, looking for retribution, ends up getting himself shot. Kalule is sent to jail and when he gets out 18 months later, begins a campaign of terror against Jorge and his family. The authorities do nothing, so Jorge decides to take matters into his own hands.

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The Hater
2020 · dir. Jan Komasa
🍅 87%★ 7.1drama · thrillerRent or buy

The thriller is handled with the same confidence

A duplicitous young man finds success in the dark world of social media smear tactics — but his virtual vitriol soon has violent real-life consequences.

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Money Monster
2016 · dir. Jodie Foster
🍅 58%★ 6.5thriller · dramaNetflix

Drama of the same temperament

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes over their studio.

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We Need to Talk About Kevin
2011 · dir. Lynne Ramsay
🍅 74%★ 7.4drama · thrillerPrime VideoPeacock

Thriller approached the same way

After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.

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The Coldest Game
2019 · dir. Łukasz Kośmicki
🍅 17%★ 6.2drama · thriller

Both are drama through and through

Warsaw, Poland, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. Josh Mansky, a troubled math genius and former US chess champion, is recruited to hold a dangerous public match against the Soviet champion, while playing the deadly game of espionage hidden in the darkest shadows of a hostile territory.

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Juror #2
2024 · dir. Clint Eastwood
🍅 93%★ 7drama · thrillerMax

Both working the same thriller territory

While serving as a juror in a high profile murder trial, family man Justin Kemp finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma…one he could use to sway the jury verdict and potentially convict—or free—the accused killer.

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