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Movies that feel likeHannibal (2001)

After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make contact with now disgraced Agent Clarice Starling, who is suffering the wrath of a malicious FBI rival as well as the media.

If you loved Hannibal, the closest films we have are Panic Room (2002), The Chaser (2008) and Nightcrawler (2014). All three share Hannibal'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 The Silence (2010).

πŸ… 39% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Ridley Scottgrittycontemplativetenseunsettling
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If Hannibal hit the spot, these will too

Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Β· Red Dragon (2002)

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Panic Room
2002 Β· dir. David Fincher
πŸ… 76%β˜… 6.8crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Both are built on the same subject: psychological thriller

The difference: Reviewed even better

Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul and Junior - during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.

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The Chaser
2008 Β· dir. Na Hong-jin
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.8crime Β· thriller Β· action

One thread runs through both: serial killer

The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than Hannibal does

Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp, who's in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by the same client, whom one of his girls is meeting with right now.

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Nightcrawler
2014 Β· dir. Dan Gilroy
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.8crime Β· drama Β· thrillerNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: serial killer

When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.

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Dog Day Afternoon
1975 Β· dir. Sidney Lumet
πŸ… 94%β˜… 8crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Common ground: fbi

The difference: 26 years apart, and the 1970s show

Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.

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All the Money in the World
2017 Β· dir. Ridley Scott
πŸ… 79%β˜… 6.8crime Β· history Β· thrillerRent or buy

The same hand behind both of them: Ridley Scott

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

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.

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American Psycho
2000 Β· dir. Mary Harron
πŸ… 69%β˜… 7.6thriller Β· drama Β· crimePrime VideoHulu

The same preoccupation in both: psychological thriller

A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.

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The Call
2013 Β· dir. Brad Anderson
πŸ… 43%β˜… 6.7crime Β· thrillerStarz

The same mix in both: grit, then tension

Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and quick thinking to help Casey escape, and not just to save her, but to make sure the man is brought to justice.

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The Silence
2010 Β· dir. Baran bo Odar
πŸ… 87%β˜… 6.9crime Β· thriller Β· drama

One thread runs through both: child molester

13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past.

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Cape Fear
1991 Β· dir. Martin Scorsese
πŸ… 77%β˜… 7.3drama Β· crime Β· thrillerPrime Video

Contemplative where it counts, unsettling underneath

Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.

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Compliance
2012 Β· dir. Craig Zobel
πŸ… 89%β˜… 6.4drama Β· thriller

Contemplative drama in both cases

On a particularly busy day at a suburban Ohio fast food restaurant, manager Sandra receives a phone call from a police officer saying that an employee has stolen money from a customer.

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Joker
2019 Β· dir. Todd Phillips
πŸ… 68%β˜… 8.3crime Β· thriller Β· dramaMax

Gritty crime, and it commits to that

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

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American Gangster
2007 Β· dir. Ridley Scott
πŸ… 81%β˜… 7.8drama Β· crimeApple TV+Starz

Ridley Scott working the same nerve twice

Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.

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