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Movies that feel likeEl Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)

In the wake of his dramatic escape from captivity, Jesse Pinkman must come to terms with his past in order to forge some kind of future.

If you loved El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, the closest films we have are Good Time (2017), Hyena (2015) and The Traitor (2019). All three share El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie's gritty and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Wild Goose Lake (2019).

🍅 92% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Vince Gilligangrittycontemplativetense
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Good Time poster
Good Time
2017 · dir. Benny Safdie
🍅 91%★ 7.3crime · thriller · dramaRent or buy

Common ground: drugs

After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City's underworld to get his brother Nick out of jail.

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Hyena
2015 · dir. Gerard Johnson
🍅 78%★ 6.2crime · drama · thriller

One thread runs through both: drugs

Good policing doesn't necessarily mean doing everything by the book. But as the business of crime in London turns to favour the Albanians and Turks, how does a "good" policeman survive?

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The Traitor
2019 · dir. Marco Bellocchio
🍅 86%★ 7.1drama · crime · thrillerRent or buy

Both land grit and stillness at once

Palermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different clans of the criminal organization. But when, after living several misfortunes, he is forced to return to Italy, he makes a bold decision that will change his life and the destiny of Cosa Nostra forever.

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The Guilty
2018 · dir. Gustav Möller
🍅 98%★ 7.5thriller · drama · crimePrime Video

Tense crime in both cases

Police officer Asger Holm, demoted to desk work as an alarm dispatcher, answers a call from a panicked woman who claims to have been kidnapped. Confined to the police station and with the phone as his only tool, Asger races against time to get help and find her.

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The Mule
2018 · dir. Clint Eastwood
🍅 69%★ 7crime · drama · thriller

Drama built on grit, twice over

Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates.

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Holy Spider
2022 · dir. Ali Abbasi
🍅 82%★ 7.3thriller · drama · crime

Contemplative thriller, and it commits to that

A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.

The Wild Goose Lake poster
The Wild Goose Lake
2019 · dir. Diao Yinan
🍅 91%★ 6.7crime · drama · thriller

Both lean on tension more than on crime

A gangster ends up making a mistake that causes every gun on both sides of the law to point at him. While on the run, he comes across a mysterious woman who might get him out of trouble or make things worse.

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Suburra
2015 · dir. Stefano Sollima
🍅 90%★ 7.4crime · drama · thriller

Drama with a pulse of grit, in both cases

A gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common goal. But peace is not to last long.

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Shoplifters
2018 · dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
🍅 99%★ 7.9drama · crime · thrillerNetflixPrime Video

Thriller with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young girl, their already fragile existence begins to unravel. As the family grows attached to her, buried secrets surface, forcing them to confront the true meaning of love, belonging, and what makes a family.

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The Secret Agent
2025 · dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho
🍅 98%★ 7.2thriller · drama · crimeHulu

Crime built on tension, twice over

Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during Carnival but soon realizes that the city is not the safe haven he was expecting.

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Emily the Criminal
2022 · dir. John Patton Ford
🍅 93%★ 6.7crime · drama · thriller

Drama approached the same way

Desperate for income, Emily takes a shady gig buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a charismatic middleman named Youcef. Seduced by the quick cash and illicit thrills, they hatch a plan to take their business to the next level.

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The Accountant
2016 · dir. Gavin O'Connor
🍅 53%★ 7.3crime · thriller · dramaRent or buy

Both working the same thriller territory

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.

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