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Movies that feel likeBuried (2010)

As an American civilian truck driver working in Iraq, Paul Conroy's convoy is attacked by a group of Iraqi insurgents. Some time later, Paul awakes in a coffin with only a lighter, a cell phone, and his ever-growing anxiety. Faced with a dwindling oxygen supply and a dying battery, he must fight panic, despair, and delirium as he races against time to escape the claustrophobic death trap.

If you loved Buried, the closest films we have are Who Am I (2014), Illustrious Corpses (1976) and A Hijacking (2012). All three share Buried's tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Tunnel (2016).

🍅 87% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Rodrigo Cortéstense
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Who Am I
2014 · dir. Baran bo Odar
★ 7.4thriller

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases

Benjamin, a young German computer whiz, is invited to join a subversive hacker group that wants to be noticed on the world's stage.

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Illustrious Corpses
1976 · dir. Francesco Rosi
★ 7.3thriller

Tense thriller in both cases

The difference: Made in the 1970s, in a different era of the craft

A detective is assigned to investigate the mysterious murders of some Supreme Court judges.

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A Hijacking
2012 · dir. Tobias Lindholm
🍅 96%★ 7.1thriller · drama

Both lean on tension more than on thriller

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Buried does

Tensions are high after a Danish freighter is captured and held for ransom by Somali pirates, leading to weeks of high-stakes negotiations – and an escalating potential for explosive violence.

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We Need to Talk About Kevin
2011 · dir. Lynne Ramsay
🍅 74%★ 7.4drama · thrillerPrime VideoPeacock

Thriller in the same key

After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.

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Zero Dark Thirty
2012 · dir. Kathryn Bigelow
🍅 91%★ 7.4thriller · dramaNetflixParamount+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: iraq

A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.

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Foxcatcher
2014 · dir. Bennett Miller
🍅 88%★ 7drama · thriller

Cut from the same thriller cloth

The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.

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Loving Adults
2022 · dir. Barbara Topsøe-Rothenborg
★ 6.5thrillerNetflix

Both working the same thriller territory

The thin line between love and hate turns deadly when a wife discovers her husband’s affair — and they both take extreme measures to get what they want.

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Fall 2: Deadpoint
2026 · dir. Michael Spierig
🍅 53%★ 5.7thrillerRent or buy

Both know what they want from thriller

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

On a perilous climb across Thailand's Mount Kwan, two climbers become trapped thousands of feet above the ground, where vertigo-inducing heights, sheer exposure, and impossible odds turn every moment into a fight for survival.

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Locke
2014 · dir. Steven Knight
🍅 91%★ 7.1drama · thriller

Thriller of the same temperament

Ivan Locke has worked hard to craft a good life for himself. Tonight, that life will collapse around him. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, Ivan receives a phone call that sets in motion a series of events that will unravel his family, job, and soul.

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Tunnel
2016 · dir. Kim Seong-hun
🍅 100%★ 6.8thriller · dramaPrime Video

Both play thriller straight

A man is on his way home when the poorly constructed tunnel he is driving through collapses, leaving him trapped leaving himself for the unexpected whilst emergency services struggle to help.

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The Place
2017 · dir. Paolo Genovese
★ 7drama · thriller

The thriller is handled with the same confidence

The fates of an apparently random group of strangers who each come into contact with a mysterious figure who they believe possesses the power to grant any wish, in return for which they must carry out a task he assigns them.

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To Kill a Man
2014 · dir. Alejandro Fernández Almendras
★ 6.3thriller · drama

The same thriller instincts

Jorge is a peaceful hard-working man who seeks a simple, quiet life for himself and his family. One day, he is mugged and humiliated by a gang of thugs led by Kalule, a delinquent from his neighborhood. This event infuriates his son as much for Jorge’s meek acceptance as for the act itself. The son, looking for retribution, ends up getting himself shot. Kalule is sent to jail and when he gets out 18 months later, begins a campaign of terror against Jorge and his family. The authorities do nothing, so Jorge decides to take matters into his own hands.

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