
Movies that feel likeIrreversible (2002)
If you loved Irreversible, the closest films we have are The Silence (2010), Memories of Murder (2003) and Phone Booth (2003). All three share Irreversible's tense and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Red Rock West (1993).
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If Irreversible hit the spot, these will too

Both keep coming back to the same thing: rape
The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Both are built on the same subject: police

Tense and gritty in the same breath
The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than Irreversible does

The same preoccupation in both: rape

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

One thread runs through both: police

Contemplative thriller, and it commits to that

Both lean on tension more than on crime


Thriller built on stillness, twice over


Gritty drama, and it commits to that
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