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Movies that feel likeThe Devil All the Time (2020)

In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family.

If you loved The Devil All the Time, the closest films we have are You Were Never Really Here (2017), Side Effects (2013) and Hard Candy (2006). All three share The Devil All the Time'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 Charley Varrick (1973).

🍅 65% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Antonio Camposgrittycontemplativetensemelancholy
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You Were Never Really Here
2017 · dir. Lynne Ramsay
🍅 89%★ 6.7crime · drama · thrillerPrime Video

The same preoccupation in both: murder

A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered—leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.

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Side Effects
2013 · dir. Steven Soderbergh
🍅 82%★ 7thriller · crime · dramaPrime VideoParamount+

One thread runs through both: murder

A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.

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Hard Candy
2006 · dir. David Slade
🍅 67%★ 7drama · thriller

Common ground: suicide

Hayley’s a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff’s a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff’s place. Jeff thinks it’s his lucky night. He’s in for a surprise.

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Charley Varrick
1973 · dir. Don Siegel
🍅 82%★ 7.5crime · thriller · drama

Both are working the same pair: small town life, sheriff

The difference: 47 years apart, and the 1970s show

Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends, but instead of obtaining a small amount of money, they discover they stole a very large amount of money belonging to the mob. Charley must now come up with a plan to not only evade the police but the mob as well.

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21 Grams
2003 · dir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
🍅 80%★ 7.6drama · crime · thriller

Both land grit and stillness at once

Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of two girls; and Jack Jordan, a born-again ex-con, are brought together by a terrible accident that changes their lives.

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Hell or High Water
2016 · dir. David Mackenzie
🍅 97%★ 7.6western · crime · dramaMax

Tense where it counts, melancholy underneath

The difference: Reviewed even better

A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.

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Death Wish
2018 · dir. Eli Roth
🍅 18%★ 6.3action · crime · thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: gun

The difference: Sits closer to action than The Devil All the Time does

A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.

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Frailty
2002 · dir. Bill Paxton
🍅 76%★ 7.2drama · thriller · crime

Both are built on the same subject: sheriff

A mysterious man arrives at the offices of an FBI agent and recounts his childhood: how his religious fanatic father received visions telling him to kill people who were in fact "demons."

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Thief
1981 · dir. Michael Mann
🍅 80%★ 7.4crime · thriller · dramaPrime Video

Gritty crime, and it commits to that

Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he signs on with a top gangster for a big score.

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Lilya 4-ever
2002 · dir. Lukas Moodysson
🍅 84%★ 7.8drama · crime

Both keep coming back to the same thing: suicide

The difference: Trades the tension of The Devil All the Time for an angle of its own

In a struggling post-Soviet community, Lilya a teenage girl is abandoned when her mother moves to the United States with her boyfriend. Facing neglect and poverty, she meets Andrei, who offers her a job in Sweden, giving her hope for a better life — and a journey that will change everything.

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Short Term 12
2013 · dir. Destin Daniel Cretton
🍅 98%★ 7.9dramaPrime Video

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.

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Elle
2016 · dir. Paul Verhoeven
🍅 91%★ 7.1drama · thriller

Both lean on tension more than on thriller

When Michèle, the CEO of a gaming software company, is attacked in her home by an unknown assailant, she refuses to let it alter her precisely ordered life. She manages crises involving family, all the while becoming engaged in a game of cat and mouse with her stalker.

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