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Movies that feel likeCaliber 9 (1972)

Just out of prison, ex-con Ugo Piazza meets his former employer, a psychopathic gangster Rocco who enjoys sick violence and torture. Both the gangsters and the police believe Ugo has hidden $300,000 that should have gone to an American drug syndicate boss.

If you loved Caliber 9, the closest films we have are The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973), Across 110th Street (1972) and Branded to Kill (1967). All three share Caliber 9's gritty and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Hit (1984).

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The Friends of Eddie Coyle
1973 · dir. Peter Yates
🍅 98%★ 7.4crime · drama · thriller

The same preoccupation in both: gangster

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Caliber 9 does

An aging hood is about to go back to prison. Hoping to escape his fate, he supplies information on stolen guns to the feds, while simultaneously supplying arms to his bank robbing chums.

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Across 110th Street
1972 · dir. Barry Shear
🍅 85%★ 7crime · drama · thrillerPrime Video

Gritty and tense in the same breath

In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as are two policemen. Lt. Pope and Capt. Mattelli are two New York City cops trying to break the case. Three small-time criminals are on the run with the money. Will the mafia catch them first, or will the police?

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Branded to Kill
1967 · dir. Seijun Suzuki
🍅 100%★ 7.2thriller · crime · action

Both are built on the same subject: organized crime

After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.

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Red Rock West
1993 · dir. John Dahl
🍅 95%★ 7crime · thriller

Crime with a pulse of grit, in both cases

The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialize in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money, and runs. During his getaway, things go wrong, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman, Lyle.

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The Hit
1984 · dir. Stephen Frears
🍅 89%★ 7drama · thriller · crimePrime Video

One thread runs through both: gangster

Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.

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Assault on Precinct 13
1976 · dir. John Carpenter
🍅 94%★ 7.3thriller · action · crimePrime Video

Both are working the same pair: police, gunfight

A highway patrol officer, two criminals, and a station secretary form an unlikely alliance to defend a defunct Los Angeles precinct against a siege by a bloodthirsty street gang.

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The Unjust
2010 · dir. Ryoo Seung-wan
★ 6.5crime · thrillerNetflix

Thriller built on tension, twice over

An honest cop has to compromise with his principles when he is told to find a scapegoat for a high-profile serial killer case in exchange for a big promotion.

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The Roaring Twenties
1939 · dir. Raoul Walsh
🍅 100%★ 7.9crime · drama · thriller

Gritty crime, and it commits to that

After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.

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Bullitt
1968 · dir. Peter Yates
🍅 98%★ 7.4action · crime · thriller

Common ground: police

Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny, who is in protective custody in San Francisco under the watch of police lieutenant Frank Bullitt. When a pair of mob hitmen enter the scene, Bullitt follows their trail through a maze of complications and double-crosses. This thriller includes one of the most famous car chases ever filmed.

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Blackmail
1929 · dir. Alfred Hitchcock
🍅 88%★ 6.9drama · thriller · crimePrime Video

Both keep coming back to the same thing: blackmail

London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling herself ignored, Alice agrees to go out with an elegant and well-mannered artist who invites her to visit his fancy apartment.

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Gone in 60 Seconds
1974 · dir. H.B. Halicki
🍅 43%★ 6.3action · crime · thriller

Both lean on tension more than on thriller

Insurance investigator Maindrian Pace and his team lead double-lives as unstoppable car thieves. When a South American drug lord pays Pace to steal 48 cars for him, all but one, a 1973 Ford Mustang, are in the bag. As Pace prepares to rip-off the fastback, codenamed "Eleanor", in Long Beach, he is unaware that his boss has tipped off the police after a business dispute.

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Infernal Affairs II
2003 · dir. Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
🍅 75%★ 7.2action · thriller · crimeMax

The same crime instincts

In this prequel to the original, a bloody power struggle among the Triads coincides with the 1997 handover of Hong Kong, setting up the events of the first film.

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