
Movies that feel likePublic Enemies (2009)
If you loved Public Enemies, the closest films we have are Snowden (2016), The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008) and Donnie Brasco (1997). All three share Public Enemies' gritty and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Room 237 (2012).
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If Public Enemies hit the spot, these will too

Common ground: biography
The difference: Leans harder into thriller than Public Enemies does

Both keep coming back to the same thing: prison escape
The difference: Sits closer to action than Public Enemies does

Two things both keep coming back to: gangster and surveillance
The difference: Easier on the scale than Public Enemies

Both land grit and stillness at once

Both are built on the same subject: biography
The difference: 29 years apart, and the 1980s show

Drama with a pulse of paranoia, in both cases
The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

The same preoccupation in both: surveillance

Epic crime, and it commits to that

Gritty history in both cases

Both lean on scale more than on drama

Crime built on stillness, twice over

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