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Movies that feel like 7 Prisoners (2021)

If you loved 7 Prisoners, the closest films we have are Frozen River (2008), Lilya 4-ever (2002) and A Touch of Sin (2013). All three share 7 Prisoners' contemplative and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Criterion Channel and ARROW and others, checked against today's data.

An impoverished teen seeking to escape the clutches of a human trafficker must weigh living up to his moral code against his struggle to survive.

πŸ… 98% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.1 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Alexandre Morattocontemplativegritty
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Frozen River
2008 Β· dir. Courtney Hunt
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.1drama Β· crime

Both keep coming back to the same thing: human trafficking

A financially strapped mother joins a Mohawk woman to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States.

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Lilya 4-ever
2002 Β· dir. Lukas Moodysson
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7.8drama Β· crime

Common ground: human trafficking

In a struggling post-Soviet community, Lilya a teenage girl is abandoned when her mother moves to the United States with her boyfriend. Facing neglect and poverty, she meets Andrei, who offers her a job in Sweden, giving her hope for a better life β€” and a journey that will change everything.

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A Touch of Sin
2013 Β· dir. Jia Zhangke
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.1crime Β· drama

The same mix in both: stillness, then grit

Four people in different provinces are driven to violent ends: An angry miner is enraged by corruption in his village. A migrant discovers the possibilities of owning a firearm. A receptionist is pushed beyond her limits by an abusive client. A young factory worker goes from one job to the next.

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Black Souls
2014 Β· dir. Francesco Munzi
πŸ… 89%β˜… 6.8crime Β· drama

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

A former narcotics smuggler, now living peaceably in the Calabrian hills, is drawn back into his family’s drug-trade dynasty by his impetuous teenage son.

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R
2010 Β· dir. Tobias Lindholm
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.1crime Β· drama

Crime with a pulse of grit, in both cases

Imprisoned for violent assault, Rune is placed in the hardcore ward, where his survival depends on quickly learning the prison's parallel world of rules, honor, and obligations.

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My Name Ain't Johnny
2008 Β· dir. Mauro Lima
β˜… 7.2crime Β· drama

Contemplative drama in both cases

The true story of JoΓ£o Guilherme Estrella ("Johnny"), a young middle-class bon vivant who became a big-time cocaine dealer in Rio de Janeiro in the early 1990s.

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Hyena
2015 Β· dir. Gerard Johnson
πŸ… 78%β˜… 6.2crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Both lean on grit more than on crime

The difference: Sits closer to thriller than 7 Prisoners does

Good policing doesn't necessarily mean doing everything by the book. But as the business of crime in London turns to favour the Albanians and Turks, how does a "good" policeman survive?

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First Cow
2020 Β· dir. Kelly Reichardt
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.1drama Β· western

Cut from the same drama cloth

In the 1820s, a taciturn loner and skilled cook travels west to Oregon Territory, where he meets a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two team up on a dangerous scheme to steal milk from the wealthy landowner’s prized Jersey cowβ€”the first, and only, in the territory.

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The Rider
2018 Β· dir. ChloΓ© Zhao
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.4drama Β· western

Both are drama through and through

Once a rising star of the rodeo circuit, and a gifted horse trainer, young cowboy Brady is warned that his riding days are over after a horse crushed his skull at a rodeo. In an attempt to regain control of his own fate, Brady undertakes a search for a new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of the United States.

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Loving Pablo
2017 Β· dir. Fernando LeΓ³n de Aranoa
πŸ… 33%β˜… 6.4crime Β· drama

Crime in the same key

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

The film chronicles the rise and fall of the world's most feared drug lord Pablo Escobar and his volatile love affair with Colombia's most famous journalist Virginia Vallejo throughout a reign of terror that tore a country apart.

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Leviathan
2014 Β· dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.6drama Β· crime

Both know what they want from crime

In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.

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Gomorrah
2008 Β· dir. Matteo Garrone
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7drama Β· crime

The same drama instincts

An inside look at Italy's modern-day crime families, the Camorra in Naples and Caserta. Based on a book by Roberto Saviano. Power, money and blood: these are the "values" that the residents of the Province of Naples and Caserta have to face every day. They hardly ever have a choice and are forced to obey the rules of the Camorra. Only a lucky few can even think of leading a normal life.

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