
Movies that feel like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
If you loved Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the closest films we have are Shane (1953), The Sting (1973) and Bad Education (2004). All three share Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'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 HBO Max, Paramount Plus Premium and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.
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If Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid hit the spot, these will too

The same mix in both: grit, then stillness

George Roy Hill directing both, with the same fingerprints on each
The difference: Without the same warmth

Crime with a pulse of warmth, in both cases
The difference: 35 years apart, and the 2000s show

Drama built on stillness, twice over
The difference: Not nearly as gritty

Both lean on grit more than on western

Gritty crime in both cases

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

One thread runs through both: male friendship
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

The same preoccupation in both: shootout

Both lean on warmth more than on western


Cut from the same crime cloth
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