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Movies that feel likeThelma & Louise (1991)

Taking a break from their dreary lives, close friends Thelma and Louise embark on a short weekend trip that ends in unforeseen incriminating circumstances. As fugitives, both women rediscover the strength of their bond and their newfound resilience.

If you loved Thelma & Louise, the closest films we have are Bad Education (2004), The Last Duel (2021) and Spring Breakers (2013). All three share Thelma & Louise's contemplative and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Pleasure (2021).

πŸ… 87% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Ridley Scottcontemplativegrittywarm
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Bad Education
2004 Β· dir. Pedro AlmodΓ³var
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.4drama Β· crime

Both land stillness and grit at once

When an old friend brings filmmaker Enrique Goded a semi-autobiographical script chronicling their adolescence, Enrique is forced to relive his youth spent at a Catholic boarding school. Weaving through past and present, the script follows a transvestite performer who reconnects with a grade school sweetheart. Spurred on by this chance encounter, the character reflects on her childhood sexual victimization and the trauma of closeting her sexual orientation.

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The Last Duel
2021 Β· dir. Ridley Scott
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.3drama Β· historyRent or buy

The same hand behind both of them: Ridley Scott

The difference: Sits closer to history than Thelma & Louise does

King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire, Jacques Le Gris, by challenging him to a duel.

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Spring Breakers
2013 Β· dir. Harmony Korine
πŸ… 67%β˜… 5.3drama Β· crimeMax

The same two preoccupations: robbery, and female friendship

The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

After four college girls rob a restaurant to fund their spring break in Florida, they get entangled with a weird dude with his own criminal agenda.

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21
2008 Β· dir. Robert Luketic
πŸ… 36%β˜… 6.8drama Β· crime

Warm drama, and it commits to that

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent student at M.I.T. who strives to succeed. Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine to become a doctor, Ben learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 tuition as he comes from a poor, working-class background. But one evening, Ben is introduced by his unorthodox math professor to a small but secretive club of five students, Jill, Choi, Kianna, and Fisher, who are being trained by Professor Rosa to count cards at blackjack.

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Trainspotting
1996 Β· dir. Danny Boyle
πŸ… 93%β˜… 8.1drama Β· crime

Crime with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969 Β· dir. George Roy Hill
πŸ… 89%β˜… 8western Β· crime Β· drama

Both lean on grit more than on drama

As the west rapidly becomes civilized, a pair of outlaws in 1890s Wyoming find themselves pursued by a posse and decide to flee to South America in hopes of evading the law.

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Midnight Cowboy
1969 Β· dir. John Schlesinger
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.8drama

Warm crime in both cases

Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.

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A Simple Plan
1998 Β· dir. Sam Raimi
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.5crime Β· drama Β· thrillerParamount+

Drama built on stillness, twice over

Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over $4 million in cash is discovered at the remote site of a downed small airplane. Their simple plan to retain the money while avoiding detection opens a Pandora's box when the fear of getting caught triggers panicked behavior and leads to virulent consequences.

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Pleasure
2021 Β· dir. Ninja Thyberg
πŸ… 88%β˜… 6.3dramaRent or buy

Both are built on the same subject: female friendship

Bella Cherry arrives in Los Angeles with dreams of becoming an adult film star, but she soon learns that fame won't come easy as she harnesses her ambition and cunning to rise to the top of this mesmerizing and singular world.

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American Gangster
2007 Β· dir. Ridley Scott
πŸ… 81%β˜… 7.8drama Β· crimeApple TV+Starz

Both are Ridley Scott's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Easier on the warmth than Thelma & Louise

Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.

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Dogville
2003 Β· dir. Lars von Trier
πŸ… 70%β˜… 8crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Gritty crime in both cases

A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town, she learns that their support has a price.

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The Yards
2000 Β· dir. James Gray
πŸ… 64%β˜… 6.4crime Β· drama Β· thrillerParamount+

Both work the same warmth

In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big contractors; he's battling with a minority-owned firm for contracts.

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