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Movies that feel like 12 (2007)

If you loved 12, the closest films we have are The Third Murder (2017), Anatomy of a Murder (1959) and After Dark, My Sweet (1990). All three share 12's gritty and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Film Movement Plus and IndieFlix and others, checked against today's data.

A loose remake of “12 Angry Men”, “12” is set in contemporary Moscow where 12 very different men must unanimously decide the fate of a young Chechen accused of murdering his step-father, a Russian army officer. Consigned to a makeshift jury room in a school gymnasium, one by one each man takes center stage to confront, connect, and confess while the accused awaits a verdict and revisits his heartbreaking journey through war in flashbacks.

🍅 76% Rotten Tomatoes7.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Nikita Mikhalkovgrittycontemplativetwisty

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The Third Murder
2017 · dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
🍅 87%6.7drama · mystery · crime

Common ground: courtroom drama

A lawyer tasked with defending a robbery-and-murder suspect begins developing doubts about what truly happened.

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Anatomy of a Murder
1959 · dir. Otto Preminger
🍅 100%8crime · drama · mystery

Two things both keep coming back to: court case and jurors

The difference: 48 years apart, and the 1950s show

Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. Over the course of an extensive trial, Biegler parries with District Attorney Lodwick and out-of-town prosecutor Claude Dancer to set his client free, but his case rests on the victim's mysterious business partner, who's hiding a dark secret.

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After Dark, My Sweet
1990 · dir. James Foley
🍅 80%6.5crime · drama · mystery

Gritty and contemplative in the same breath

Three desperados try to kidnap a wealthy child in hope of turning their lives around.

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Brick
2006 · dir. Rian Johnson
🍅 79%7.1drama · mystery · crime

Crime with a pulse of twists, in both cases

A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.

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Mother
2009 · dir. Bong Joon Ho
🍅 96%7.7crime · drama · mystery

Drama built on grit, twice over

A mother lives quietly with her son. One day, a girl is brutally killed, and the boy is charged with the murder. Now, it's his mother's mission to prove him innocent.

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Estômago: A Gastronomic Story
2008 · dir. Marcos Jorge
7.8drama · comedy · mystery

Both lean on stillness more than on mystery

The difference: Leans harder into comedy than 12 does

In a dog-eat-dog world, Raimundo Nonato has found an alternative way to move ahead: he cooks. No matter what social strata this deceptively innocent young man inhabits, he hones his skills and sharpens his knives—and then he falls in love. Jorge's nimble comic fable provides a smartly constructed gastronomic allegory for ambition and survival.

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Drishyam
2015 · dir. Nishikant Kamat
🍅 75%8.2mystery · thriller · drama

Twisty crime, and it commits to that

The difference: Sits closer to thriller than 12 does

When his family stares down the barrel of criminal charges, a commoner channels his street smarts and knowledge of action films to tie the long arm of the law into an investigative Gordian knot.

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The Imposter
2012 · dir. Bart Layton
🍅 95%7.4documentary · mystery · crime

Gritty mystery in both cases

The difference: None of the stillness 12 is built on

In 1994, a 13-year-old boy disappeared without a trace from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three-and-a-half years later, he is found alive in a village in southern Spain with a horrifying story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home. But all is not quite as it seems.

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And Then There Were None
1945 · dir. René Clair
🍅 100%7.3crime · drama · mystery

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island and while they are waiting for the mysterious host to appear, a recording levels serious accusations at each of the guests. Soon they start being murdered, one by one. As the survivors try to keep their wits, they reach a disturbing conclusion: one of them must be the killer.

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Innocence
2005 · dir. Lucile Hadžihalilović
🍅 71%6.8drama · mystery

Twisty drama in both cases

At a peculiar all-girls academy, new arrivals, including Iris, are delivered in coffins. Guided by enigmatic teachers, the students dance through enchanted woods by day, while the night unveils sinister lessons that blur innocence and awakening.

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Changeling
2008 · dir. Clint Eastwood
🍅 61%7.7crime · drama · mystery

The crime is handled with the same confidence

Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. Five months later, the police reunite mother and son. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child, her quest for truth exposes a world of corruption.

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The Return
2003 · dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev
7.9drama · mystery

Both working the same mystery territory

Two young brothers in contemporary Russia are reunited with a father they know only from an old photograph after his sudden return from a long absence. With their mother’s reluctant consent, they set out on a remote trip that quickly becomes an uneasy test of authority, trust, and masculinity. As the journey moves deeper into the wilderness, the fragile bonds between father and sons are pushed to their limits.

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