
Movies that feel likeThe Yards (2000)
If you loved The Yards, the closest films we have are We Own the Night (2007), A Simple Plan (1998) and Pusher 3 (2005). All three share The Yards' gritty and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Hyena (2015).
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If The Yards hit the spot, these will too

Both are James Gray's work, and they rhyme
The difference: Easier on the warmth than The Yards

Gritty and contemplative in the same breath
The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Both land tension and warmth at once
The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than The Yards does

Crime with a pulse of grit, in both cases

The same two preoccupations: murder, and criminal

Drama built on stillness, twice over

Tense thriller in both cases

Gritty crime, and it commits to that

Both lean on warmth more than on drama
The difference: 21 years apart, and the 2020s show

The same preoccupation in both: murder

One thread runs through both: criminal

Thriller with a pulse of stillness, in both cases
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