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Movies that feel likeAmerican Hustle (2013)

A conman and his seductive partner are forced to work for a wild FBI agent, who pushes them into a world of Jersey power-brokers and the Mafia.

If you loved American Hustle, the closest films we have are Catch Me If You Can (2002), Leviathan (2014) and The Drop (2014). All three share American Hustle's contemplative and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Black Souls (2014).

🍅 92% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. David O. Russellcontemplativegrittyplayful
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If American Hustle hit the spot, these will too

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Catch Me If You Can
2002 · dir. Steven Spielberg
🍅 96%★ 8.1drama · crimeParamount+Peacock

Two things both keep coming back to: fbi and con artist

A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.

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Leviathan
2014 · dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev
🍅 97%★ 7.6drama · crime

One thread runs through both: mayor

The difference: Takes it somewhere less playful than American Hustle does

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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The Drop
2014 · dir. Michaël R. Roskam
🍅 88%★ 7drama · crime

The same preoccupation in both: mobster

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.

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Molly's Game
2017 · dir. Aaron Sorkin
🍅 82%★ 7.4drama · crimeParamount+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: fbi

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.

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The Place Beyond the Pines
2013 · dir. Derek Cianfrance
🍅 79%★ 7.3drama · crimeRent or buy

Contemplative where it counts, gritty underneath

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.

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A Touch of Sin
2013 · dir. Jia Zhangke
🍅 95%★ 7.1crime · drama

Contemplative drama 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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Black Souls
2014 · dir. Francesco Munzi
🍅 89%★ 6.8crime · drama

Crime built on grit, twice over

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 · dir. Tobias Lindholm
🍅 91%★ 7.1crime · drama

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

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 · dir. Mauro Lima
★ 7.2crime · drama

Both lean on grit more than on crime

The true story of João 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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Frozen River
2008 · dir. Courtney Hunt
🍅 88%★ 7.1drama · crime

Both are drama through and through

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

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Inside Man
2006 · dir. Spike Lee
🍅 86%★ 7.6crime · drama · thriller

Crime with a pulse of play, in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to thriller than American Hustle does

When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations preoccupied with corruption charges he is facing.

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Gomorrah
2008 · dir. Matteo Garrone
🍅 90%★ 7drama · crimePrime Video

Both working the same drama territory

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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