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Movies that feel likeSicario (2015)

An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

If you loved Sicario, the closest films we have are Prisoners (2013), No Country for Old Men (2007) and Wind River (2017). All three share Sicario's dread and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Suburra (2015).

πŸ… 91% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Denis Villeneuvedreadtensegrittybleak
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)

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Prisoners
2013 Β· dir. Denis Villeneuve
πŸ… 81%β˜… 8.2drama Β· thriller Β· crime

The same hand behind both of them: Denis Villeneuve

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Sicario does

After his six-year-old daughter is abducted, a desperate father takes justice into his own hands when he loses faith in the detective leading the investigation, setting both men on a collision course as the search descends into obsession and moral compromise.

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No Country for Old Men
2007 Β· dir. Joel Coen
πŸ… 93%β˜… 8.2crime Β· thriller Β· westernParamount+Peacock

The same preoccupation in both: texas

Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.

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Wind River
2017 Β· dir. Taylor Sheridan
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.7crime Β· mystery Β· thrillerNetflix

One thread runs through both: fbi

The difference: Easier on the bleakness than Sicario

An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.

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Sin City
2005 Β· dir. Robert Rodriguez
πŸ… 76%β˜… 8crime Β· thrillerPeacock

Tense where it counts, gritty underneath

The difference: Takes it somewhere less dread-soaked than Sicario does

Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home β€” Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust after redemption, and then there are those hoping for a little of both. A universe of unlikely and reluctant heroes still trying to do the right thing in a city that refuses to care.

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Rambo
2008 Β· dir. Sylvester Stallone
πŸ… 38%β˜… 7action Β· thriller Β· war

Both keep coming back to the same thing: border

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

In Thailand, ex-Green Beret John James Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn neighboring Myanmar to rescue a group of Christian aid workers who have been kidnapped by a ruthless local infantry unit.

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Killing Them Softly
2012 Β· dir. Andrew Dominik
πŸ… 74%β˜… 6.2crime Β· thriller

Common ground: cynicism

Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.

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Black Crab
2022 Β· dir. Adam Berg
πŸ… 53%β˜… 5.7action Β· thrillerNetflix

Both are built on the same subject: mission

To end an apocalyptic war and save her daughter, a reluctant soldier embarks on a desperate mission to cross a frozen sea carrying a top-secret cargo.

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The Hurt Locker
2008 Β· dir. Kathryn Bigelow
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.5drama Β· thriller Β· war

Both lean on bleakness more than on thriller

During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.

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The Crimson Rivers
2000 Β· dir. Mathieu Kassovitz
πŸ… 68%β˜… 6.9crime Β· mystery Β· thriller

Crime built on dread, twice over

Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they start working together, more murders are committed, and the pair begin to discover just what dark secrets are behind the killings.

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Suburra
2015 Β· dir. Stefano Sollima
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.4crime Β· drama Β· thriller

One thread runs through both: corruption

A gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common goal. But peace is not to last long.

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Legend
2015 Β· dir. Brian Helgeland
πŸ… 60%β˜… 6.9crime Β· thriller

Tense action, and it commits to that

Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running nightclubs and protection rackets. With police Detective Leonard "Nipper" Read hot on their heels, the brothers continue their rapid rise to power and achieve tabloid notoriety.

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Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
2023 Β· dir. Guy Ritchie
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.5war Β· action Β· thrillerPrime Video

Bleak action in both cases

After an ambush, Afghan interpreter Ahmed goes to Herculean lengths to save US Army Sergeant John Kinley's life. When Kinley learns that Ahmed and his family were not given safe passage to America as promised, he must return to the war zone and repay his debt.

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