
Movies that feel likeTraffic (2000)
If you loved Traffic, the closest films we have are Layer Cake (2004), Ocean's Eleven (2001) and Red Rock West (1993). All three share Traffic's tense and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is 36th Precinct (2004).
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If Traffic hit the spot, these will too

Both are working the same pair: drug smuggling, drug trafficking

Both are Steven Soderbergh's work, and they rhyme
The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than Traffic does

Tense and gritty in the same breath
The difference: Trades the stillness of Traffic for an angle of its own

The same hand behind both of them: Steven Soderbergh

Thriller with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Tense drama in both cases
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Crime built on stillness, twice over

Gritty thriller, and it commits to that

Both lean on tension more than on drama

Gritty crime, and it commits to that

Both are thriller through and through

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that
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