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Movies that feel likeThe Accountant (2016)

As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.

If you loved The Accountant, the closest films we have are Law Abiding Citizen (2009), Good Time (2017) and Legend (2015). All three share The Accountant'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 Mystery Road (2013).

🍅 53% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Gavin O'Connorgrittytensecontemplative
8 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · Amazon Prime Video · Peacock Premium

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Law Abiding Citizen
2009 · dir. F. Gary Gray
🍅 26%★ 7.4drama · crime · thrillerNetflix

One brilliant man dismantles the system with cold, planned violence

The difference: Trades quiet character study for lurid revenge spectacle

A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.

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Good Time
2017 · dir. Benny Safdie
🍅 91%★ 7.3crime · thriller · dramaRent or buy

Another off-grid loner in constant motion through a criminal underworld

The difference: No action-hero polish — pure jittery street-level panic

After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City's underworld to get his brother Nick out of jail.

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Legend
2015 · dir. Brian Helgeland
🍅 60%★ 6.9crime · thriller

Gritty and tense in the same breath

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

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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Phone Booth
2003 · dir. Joel Schumacher
🍅 72%★ 7.1thriller · crimePrime Video

Both keep coming back to the same thing: sniper

A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.

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Suburra
2015 · dir. Stefano Sollima
🍅 90%★ 7.4crime · drama · thriller

Cold planners and violent money moving through a corrupt system

The difference: Sprawling Italian mob politics with no lone hero to root for

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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El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019 · dir. Vince Gilligan
🍅 92%★ 7.3crime · drama · thrillerNetflix

A hunted man uses careful planning to buy himself a way out

The difference: It leans on Breaking Bad — cold viewing without the series

In the wake of his dramatic escape from captivity, Jesse Pinkman must come to terms with his past in order to forge some kind of future.

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The Guilty
2018 · dir. Gustav Möller
🍅 98%★ 7.5thriller · drama · crimePrime Video

One tightly wound professional working a crisis with pure focus

The difference: No action at all — one room, one phone, Danish audio

Police officer Asger Holm, demoted to desk work as an alarm dispatcher, answers a call from a panicked woman who claims to have been kidnapped. Confined to the police station and with the phone as his only tool, Asger races against time to get help and find her.

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Killing Them Softly
2012 · dir. Andrew Dominik
🍅 74%★ 6.2crime · thriller

Gritty crime, and it commits to that

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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The Unjust
2010 · dir. Ryoo Seung-wan
★ 6.5crime · thrillerNetflix

Thriller built on tension, twice over

An honest cop has to compromise with his principles when he is told to find a scapegoat for a high-profile serial killer case in exchange for a big promotion.

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The Traitor
2019 · dir. Marco Bellocchio
🍅 86%★ 7.1drama · crime · thrillerRent or buy

A man who knows the organization's secrets becomes its biggest threat

The difference: A long, talky Italian courtroom epic, not an action picture

Palermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different clans of the criminal organization. But when, after living several misfortunes, he is forced to return to Italy, he makes a bold decision that will change his life and the destiny of Cosa Nostra forever.

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Mystery Road
2013 · dir. Ivan Sen
🍅 91%★ 6.7thriller · crime · dramaPrime VideoPeacock

One thread runs through both: sniper rifle

The difference: Reviewed even better

A murdered girl is found under a bridge on a remote road and indigenous detective Jay Swan gets the case. Jay finds that no-one is that interested in solving the murder of an indigenous teenager and he is forced to work alone.

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Neighboring Sounds
2012 · dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho
🍅 91%★ 7.1thriller · drama · crime

Unease built from watchfulness — security men, money and quiet threat

The difference: Slow-burn Brazilian art film — atmosphere over plot

An independent private security firm arrives at a middle-class neighborhood in Recife, Brazil.

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