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Movies that feel like Cop Car (2015)

If you loved Cop Car, the closest films we have are Killing Them Softly (2012), Legend (2015) and Phone Booth (2003). All three share Cop Car's gritty and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Lionsgate+ Amazon Channels, Philo and Starz Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

Two kids find themselves in the centre of a deadly game of cat and mouse after taking a sheriff's cruiser for a joy ride.

πŸ… 82% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.3 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Jon Wattsgrittytenseuplifting

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If Cop Car hit the spot, these will too

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Killing Them Softly
2012 Β· dir. Andrew Dominik
πŸ… 74%β˜… 6.2crime Β· thriller

The same preoccupation in both: murder

The difference: Missing the uplift of Cop Car

Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.

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Legend
2015 Β· dir. Brian Helgeland
πŸ… 60%β˜… 6.9crime Β· thriller

The same mix in both: grit, then tension

Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running nightclubs and protection rackets. With police Detective Leonard "Nipper" Read hot on their heels, the brothers continue their rapid rise to power and achieve tabloid notoriety.

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Phone Booth
2003 Β· dir. Joel Schumacher
πŸ… 72%β˜… 7.1thriller Β· crime

Crime with a pulse of grit, in both cases

A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.

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Now You See Me 2
2016 Β· dir. Jon M. Chu
πŸ… 33%β˜… 6.4crime Β· thriller

Tense thriller, and it commits to that

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their mind-bending spectacles, the Four Horsemen resurface only to find themselves face to face with a new enemy who enlists them to pull off their most dangerous heist yet.

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Girl in the Basement
2021 Β· dir. Elisabeth RΓΆhm
β˜… 6.3thriller Β· crime Β· tv movie

Both trade on grit more than on being crime

The difference: Plays it as tv movie more than Cop Car does

Sara is a teen girl who is looking forward to her 18th birthday to move away from her controlling father Don. But before she could even blow out the candles, Don imprisons her in the basement of their home.

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Blue Ruin
2014 Β· dir. Jeremy Saulnier
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.1crime Β· thriller

Both built around murder

When the quiet life of a beach bum is upended by dreadful news, he sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. However, he proves an inept assassin and finds himself in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.

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Ocean's Twelve
2004 Β· dir. Steven Soderbergh
πŸ… 55%β˜… 6.5thriller Β· crime

Thriller built on tension, twice over

Despite pulling off one of the biggest heists in Las Vegas history and splitting the $160 million take, each of the infamous Ocean's crew have tried to go straight, lay low and live a legit life... but that's proven to be a challenge. Casino owner Terry Benedict demands that Danny Ocean return the money, plus millions more in interest. Unable to come up the cash, the crew is forced to come together to pull off another series of heists, this time in Rome, Paris, and Amsterdam – but a Europol agent is hot on their heels.

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No Country for Old Men
2007 Β· dir. Joel Coen
πŸ… 93%β˜… 8.2crime Β· thriller Β· western

The same crime instincts

Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.

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Ocean's Eleven
2001 Β· dir. Steven Soderbergh
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.7thriller Β· crime

Cut from the same thriller cloth

Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to score the cash, Danny risks his chances of reconciling with ex-wife, Tess.

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Now You See Me
2013 Β· dir. Louis Leterrier
πŸ… 51%β˜… 7.2thriller Β· crime

Crime approached the same way

An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.

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King of New York
1990 Β· dir. Abel Ferrara
πŸ… 74%β˜… 6.9thriller Β· crime

Both are thriller through and through

The difference: 25 years apart, and the 1990s show

A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.

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Motor City
2026 Β· dir. Potsy Ponciroli
πŸ… 63%β˜… 5.8action Β· thriller Β· crime

Uplifting crime in both cases

In 1970s Detroit, John Miller falls for a local gangster's girl and lands in prison for a crime he didn't commit. With his life ruined, Miller plots revenge against the man who took his girl away.

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