feelsalike.com

Movies that feel like A Prophet (2009)

If you loved A Prophet, the closest films we have are American Gangster (2007), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) and The Place Beyond the Pines (2013). All three share A Prophet's gritty and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Philo, YouTube TV and Starz Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls under the sway of a group of Corsicans who enforce their rule in the prison. As the 'missions' go by, he toughens himself and wins the confidence of the Corsican group.

πŸ… 96% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Jacques Audiardgrittycontemplative

Not on subscription streaming right now. Rent or buy below.

When is A Prophet streaming? β†’

If A Prophet hit the spot, these will too

American Gangster poster
American Gangster
2007 Β· dir. Ridley Scott
πŸ… 81%β˜… 7.8drama Β· crime

Gangster is the engine of both

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.

Feels alike?
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri poster
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017 Β· dir. Martin McDonagh
πŸ… 90%β˜… 8.1crime Β· drama

Both built around murder

After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Jason Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.

Feels alike?
The Place Beyond the Pines poster
The Place Beyond the Pines
2013 Β· dir. Derek Cianfrance
πŸ… 79%β˜… 7.3drama Β· crime

Gritty and contemplative in the same breath

A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.

Feels alike?
Frozen River poster
Frozen River
2008 Β· dir. Courtney Hunt
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.1drama Β· crime

Gritty crime in both cases

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

Feels alike?
Blow poster
Blow
2001 Β· dir. Ted Demme
πŸ… 56%β˜… 7.5crime Β· drama

Both trade on stillness more than on being drama

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

The story of how George Jung, together with the MedellΓ­n Cartel led by Pablo Escobar, established the billion-dollar cocaine empire in the United States in the 1970s.

Feels alike?
Molly's Game poster
Molly's Game
2017 Β· dir. Aaron Sorkin
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.4drama Β· crime

Crime built on grit, twice over

Molly Bloom, a young skier and former Olympic hopeful becomes a successful entrepreneur (and a target of an FBI investigation) when she establishes a high-stakes, international poker game.

Feels alike?
GoodFellas poster
GoodFellas
1990 Β· dir. Martin Scorsese
πŸ… 93%β˜… 8.7drama Β· crime

Both keep circling back to prison

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

Feels alike?
The Drop poster
The Drop
2014 Β· dir. MichaΓ«l R. Roskam
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7drama Β· crime

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.

Feels alike?
Casino poster
Casino
1995 Β· dir. Martin Scorsese
πŸ… 79%β˜… 8.2crime Β· drama

Crime approached the same way

In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.

Feels alike?
Straight Time poster
Straight Time
1978 Β· dir. Ulu Grosbard
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.4crime Β· drama

Drugs sits at the heart of each

The difference: A 1970s film, from a different era of filmmaking

After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.

Feels alike?
Blue Collar poster
Blue Collar
1978 Β· dir. Paul Schrader
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.5drama Β· crime

Cut from the same drama cloth

Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly line workers hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters.

Feels alike?
The Godfather Part II poster
The Godfather Part II
1974 Β· dir. Francis Ford Coppola
πŸ… 96%β˜… 9drama Β· crime

The same preoccupation in both: gangster

In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

Feels alike?

In the mood for more gritty?

all gritty movies β†’

The best-reviewed films that share A Prophet's defining feeling.