
Movies that feel likeHeat (1995)
If you loved Heat, the closest films we have are Thief (1981), Taxi Driver (1976) and Batman Begins (2005). All three share Heat'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 Crumb (1995).
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If Heat hit the spot, these will too

Mann's first master thief — craft, codes and the cost of the life
The difference: Leaner and colder — no detective mirror to play against

A lonely man's obsession curdling on night-time city streets
The difference: Feverish interior spiral — no heists, no code of honor

Both land grit and stillness at once
The difference: Takes it somewhere less obsessive than Heat does


A virtuoso predator perfecting his craft beyond all morality
The difference: Macabre period fable — sensual, not procedural


The same preoccupation in both: obsession
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Both are working the same pair: robbery, detective
The difference: Sits closer to thriller than Heat does


Both keep coming back to the same thing: gangster

Common ground: murder

Both are built on the same subject: suicide attempt
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