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Movies that feel like Cold in July (2014)

If you loved Cold in July, the closest films we have are Nocturnal Animals (2016), Locke (2014) and Bridge of Spies (2015). All three share Cold in July's contemplative and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads and Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of a low-life burglar. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane soon finds himself fearing for his family’s safety when Freddy’s ex-con father rolls into town, hell-bent on revenge.

🍅 84% Rotten Tomatoes6.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Jim Micklecontemplativetenserelentless

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Nocturnal Animals
2016 · dir. Tom Ford
🍅 74%7.4drama · thriller

The same two preoccupations: revenge, and murder

Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.

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

Both land stillness and tension at once

The difference: None of the relentlessness that defines Cold in July

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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Bridge of Spies
2015 · dir. Steven Spielberg
🍅 91%7.6thriller · drama

Both trade on stillness more than on being drama

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.

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Zero Dark Thirty
2012 · dir. Kathryn Bigelow
🍅 91%7.4thriller · drama

Tense thriller in both cases

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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Argo
2012 · dir. Ben Affleck
🍅 96%7.7drama · thriller

Drama built on stillness, twice over

As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.

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Hard Candy
2006 · dir. David Slade
🍅 67%7drama · thriller

Tense thriller, and it commits to that

Hayley’s a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff’s a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff’s place. Jeff thinks it’s his lucky night. He’s in for a surprise.

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The Square
2008 · dir. Nash Edgerton
🍅 86%6.7crime · drama · thriller

Both keep circling back to revenge

The difference: Plays it as crime more than Cold in July does

Ray, a construction worker trapped in an unhappy marriage, pursues an affair with his neighbor, Carla. Carla's husband, Greg, is a mobster who keeps large sums of drug money in their home. With this in mind, Carla comes up with a plan: She and Ray will steal Greg's money, burn down her house, convince Greg the money was lost in the fire and then run away together. Carla's scheme, however, doesn't go off as planned.

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Wrath of Man
2021 · dir. Guy Ritchie
🍅 68%7.1thriller · crime · drama

Shootout is the engine of both

A cold and mysterious new security guard for a Los Angeles cash truck company surprises his co-workers when he unleashes precision skills during a heist. The crew is left wondering who he is and where he came from. Soon, the marksman's ultimate motive becomes clear as he takes dramatic and irrevocable steps to settle a score.

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The Killing of a Sacred Deer
2017 · dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
🍅 79%7drama · thriller · mystery

Drama with a pulse of relentlessness, in both cases

Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the doctor's life in gradually unsettling ways.

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The Machinist
2004 · dir. Brad Anderson
🍅 77%7.6thriller · drama

Cut from the same drama cloth

Trevor, an insomniac lathe operator, experiences unusual occurrences at work and home. A strange man follows him everywhere, but no one else seems to notice him.

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Drive
2011 · dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
🍅 93%7.8drama · thriller · crime

Thriller with a pulse of relentlessness, in both cases

Driver is a skilled Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driver for criminals. Though he projects an icy exterior, lately he's been warming up to a pretty neighbor named Irene and her young son, Benicio. When Irene's husband gets out of jail, he enlists Driver's help in a million-dollar heist. The job goes horribly wrong, and Driver must risk his life to protect Irene and Benicio from the vengeful masterminds behind the robbery.

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The Lives of Others
2006 · dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
🍅 92%8.4drama · thriller

The same thriller instincts

In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.

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