
Movies that feel likeA Simple Plan (1998)
If you loved A Simple Plan, the closest films we have are One False Move (1992), SPL: Kill Zone (2005) and The Long Good Friday (1980). All three share A Simple Plan's gritty and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Night Moves (1975).
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If A Simple Plan hit the spot, these will too

Both are built on the same subject: neo-noir
The difference: Trades the warmth of A Simple Plan for an angle of its own

One thread runs through both: neo-noir
The difference: Easier on the warmth than A Simple Plan

Both land grit and stillness at once

The same mix in both: tension, then atmosphere

Crime with a pulse of grit, in both cases
The difference: Made in the 1970s, in a different era of the craft

Both lean on warmth more than on thriller


Contemplative crime in both cases
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Drama built on atmosphere, twice over

Thriller with a pulse of grit, in both cases

Contemplative crime, and it commits to that

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