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The Mule (2018)

Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases exponenti

🍅 69%7dir. Clint Eastwoodgrittycontemplativetensecozy

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A History of Violence
2005 · dir. David Cronenberg
🍅 88%7.4drama · thriller · crime

shares that gritty feel

An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.

Falling Down
1993 · dir. Joel Schumacher
🍅 77%7.6crime · drama · thriller

shares that contemplative feel

An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.

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

shares that tense feel

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.

The Accountant
2016 · dir. Gavin O'Connor
🍅 53%7.3crime · thriller · drama

same gritty energy

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.

The Town
2010 · dir. Ben Affleck
🍅 92%7.5crime · drama · thriller

same contemplative energy

A proficient group of thieves rob a bank and hold the manager hostage. Things begin to get complicated when one of the crew members falls in love with her.

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

same tense energy

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.

Lord of War
2005 · dir. Andrew Niccol
🍅 62%7.6crime · drama · thriller

both about based on true story · just as gritty

Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer and, through some of the deadliest war zones, he struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals and even some of his customers who include many of the world's most notorious dictators. Finally, he must also face his own

Collateral
2004 · dir. Michael Mann
🍅 86%7.5drama · crime · thriller

just as contemplative

Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.

The Departed
2006 · dir. Martin Scorsese
🍅 91%8.5drama · thriller · crime

just as tense

To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's

Memories of Murder
2003 · dir. Bong Joon Ho
8.1crime · drama · thriller

both about based on true story

A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.

Sleepers
1996 · dir. Barry Levinson
🍅 76%7.5crime · drama · thriller

kindred crime spirit

Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.

Primal Fear
1996 · dir. Gregory Hoblit
🍅 77%7.7crime · drama · thriller

kindred drama spirit

Defense attorney Martin Vail takes on jobs for money and prestige rather than any sense of the greater good. His latest case involves an altar boy, accused of brutally murdering the archbishop of Chicago. Vail finds himself up against his ex-pupil and ex-lover, but as the case progresses and the Chu

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