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Movies that feel likeDrive (2011)

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.

If you loved Drive, the closest films we have are The Square (2008), Road to Perdition (2002) and Dogman (2018). All three share Drive's contemplative and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is In the Fade (2017).

🍅 93% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Nicolas Winding Refncontemplativetensegrittyrelentless
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If Drive hit the spot, these will too

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

An ordinary man's one bad scheme tightening into quiet catastrophe

The difference: No cool to it — sweaty suburban noir with nothing stylized

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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Road to Perdition
2002 · dir. Sam Mendes
🍅 82%★ 7.6crime · drama · thriller

A silent killer's tenderness toward a child, told in long painterly stillness

The difference: Depression-era gangster elegy — no neon, no synth pulse, no city night

Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time looking for revenge on those who wronged him.

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Dogman
2018 · dir. Matteo Garrone
🍅 84%★ 7.2crime · drama · thriller

A gentle man pushed by a brute until violence feels like dignity

The difference: Sun-bleached Italian realism — no getaway cool, just slow suffering

Marcello, a small and gentle dog groomer, finds himself involved in a dangerous relationship of subjugation with Simone, a former violent boxer who terrorizes the entire neighborhood. In an effort to reaffirm his dignity, Marcello will submit to an unexpected act of vengeance.

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Wrath of Man
2021 · dir. Guy Ritchie
🍅 68%★ 7.1thriller · crime · dramaPrime Video

An unreadable man in Los Angeles whose calm cracks into precise violence

The difference: Colder and more procedural — no bruised romance under the brutality

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: revenge

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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The Godfather Part III
1990 · dir. Francis Ford Coppola
🍅 67%★ 7.5crime · drama · thriller

Slow mournful crime weighed against a man's need to protect his own

The difference: Operatic and sprawling, not a lean pulp fable inside one city

In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.

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The Salesman
2016 · dir. Asghar Farhadi
🍅 96%★ 7.7drama · thrillerPrime Video

Contemplative where it counts, tense underneath

Forced out of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighboring building, Emad and Rana move into a new flat in the center of Tehran. An incident linked to the previous tenant will dramatically change the young couple’s life.

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Only God Forgives
2013 · dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
🍅 41%★ 5.7drama · thriller · crime

Refn doubling down — neon, silence and violence as pure mood

The difference: Nearly all style — glacial, opaque and openly divisive

Julian, who runs a Thai boxing club as a front organization for his family's drug smuggling operation, is forced by his mother Crystal to find and kill the individual responsible for his brother's recent death.

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Blue Ruin
2014 · dir. Jeremy Saulnier
🍅 96%★ 7.1crime · thrillerPrime VideoPeacock

A quiet man commits to violence he barely knows how to survive

The difference: Strips out the glamour — amateur revenge, ugly and fumbling

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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Green Street Hooligans
2005 · dir. Lexi Alexander
🍅 45%★ 7.4crime · drama

An outsider seduced by a violent code that starts to feel like belonging

The difference: Football-firm melodrama — blunter and far less controlled

After being wrongfully expelled from Harvard University, American Matt Buckner flees to his sister's home in England. Once there, he is befriended by her charming and dangerous brother-in-law, Pete Dunham, and introduced to the underworld of British football hooliganism. Matt learns to stand his ground through a friendship that develops against the backdrop of this secret and often violent world. 'Green Street Hooligans' is a story of loyalty, trust and the sometimes brutal consequences of living close to the edge.

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New Police Story
2004 · dir. Benny Chan
🍅 63%★ 6.9action · thriller · crime

A broken man drags himself back to face the crew that ruined him

The difference: Jackie Chan stunt spectacle — earnest melodrama between set pieces

Sent into a drunken tailspin when his entire unit is killed by a gang of thrill-seeking punks, disgraced Hong Kong police inspector Wing needs help from his new rookie partner, with a troubled past of his own, to climb out of the bottle and track down the gang and its ruthless leader.

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In the Fade
2017 · dir. Fatih Akin
🍅 75%★ 7.1drama · crimePrime Video

Grief hardening into a revenge you watch coming from a long way off

The difference: A courtroom sits at its center — anguish over atmosphere

Katja's life collapses after the deaths of her husband and son in a bomb attack. After a time of mourning and injustice, Katja seeks revenge.

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