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Movies that feel like Amanda Knox (2016)

If you loved Amanda Knox, the closest films we have are TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay - Away from Keyboard (2013), The Thin Blue Line (1988) and Into the Abyss (2011). All three share Amanda Knox's gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Criterion Channel and Kino Film Collection and others, checked against today's data.

This gripping, atmospheric documentary recounts the infamous trial, conviction and eventual acquittal of Seattle native Amanda Knox for the 2007 murder of a British exchange student in Italy.

πŸ… 82% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.9 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Brian McGinngritty
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TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay - Away from Keyboard poster
β˜… 7.4documentary Β· crime

Both are built on the same subject: trial

TPB AFK is a documentary about three computer addicts who redefined the world of media distribution with their hobby homepage The Pirate Bay. How did Tiamo, a beer crazy hardware fanatic, Brokep a tree hugging eco activist and Anakata – a paranoid hacker libertarian – get the White House to threaten the Swedish government with trade sanctions? TPB AFK explores what Hollywood’s most hated pirates go through on a personal level.

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The Thin Blue Line
1988 Β· dir. Errol Morris
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.9crime Β· documentary

Common ground: murder

The difference: 28 years apart, and the 1980s show

An unorthodox investigation into the wrongful conviction of Randall Dale Adams for the 1976 murder of Dallas police officer Robert Wood. Using stylized reenactments and interviews with key figures, conflicting testimonies and evidence are presented to argue that Adams was framed by a corrupt justice system, ultimately leading to his exoneration.

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Into the Abyss
2011 Β· dir. Werner Herzog
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.3documentary Β· crime

Both lean on grit more than on documentary

We do not know when and how we will die. Death Row inmates do. Werner Herzog embarks on a dialogue with Death Row inmates, asks questions about life and death and looks deep into these individuals, their stories, their crimes.

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

Gritty crime, and it commits to that

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Amanda Knox does

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

Crime with a pulse of grit, in both cases

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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7 Prisoners
2021 Β· dir. Alexandre Moratto
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.1drama Β· crime

Cut from the same crime cloth

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.

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

Both working the same crime territory

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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Suburra
2015 Β· dir. Stefano Sollima
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.4crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: italy

A gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common goal. But peace is not to last long.

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

Both are crime through and through

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

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

Crime of the same temperament

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

Contemporaries, and it shows

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

Products of the same few years

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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