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Movies that feel like Emily the Criminal (2022)

If you loved Emily the Criminal, the closest films we have are The Mule (2018), El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019) and The Accountant (2016). All three share Emily the Criminal's gritty and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads and YouTube TV and others, checked against today's data.

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.

πŸ… 93% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. John Patton Fordgrittycontemplativetense

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The Mule
2018 Β· dir. Clint Eastwood
πŸ… 69%β˜… 7crime Β· drama Β· thriller

The same mix in both: grit, then stillness

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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El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019 Β· dir. Vince Gilligan
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.3crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Crime with a pulse of tension, in both cases

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.

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The Accountant
2016 Β· dir. Gavin O'Connor
πŸ… 53%β˜… 7.3crime Β· thriller Β· drama

Gritty drama in both cases

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

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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Good Time
2017 Β· dir. Benny Safdie
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.3crime Β· thriller Β· drama

Both trade on stillness more than on being thriller

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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The Guilty
2018 Β· dir. Gustav MΓΆller
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.5thriller Β· drama Β· crime

Crime built on tension, twice over

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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Hyena
2015 Β· dir. Gerard Johnson
πŸ… 78%β˜… 6.2crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Gritty drama, and it commits to that

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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Shoplifters
2018 Β· dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
πŸ… 99%β˜… 7.9drama Β· crime Β· thriller

Contemplative thriller, and it commits to that

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 Silence
2010 Β· dir. Baran bo Odar
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7crime Β· thriller Β· drama

Both trade on tension more than on being crime

13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past.

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We Own the Night
2007 Β· dir. James Gray
πŸ… 57%β˜… 6.8drama Β· crime Β· thriller

The same crime instincts

A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.

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The Town
2010 Β· dir. Ben Affleck
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.5crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Both are drama through and through

A proficient group of thieves rob a bank and hold the manager hostage. Things begin to get complicated when one of the crew members falls in love with her.

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Law Abiding Citizen
2009 Β· dir. F. Gary Gray
πŸ… 26%β˜… 7.4drama Β· crime Β· thriller

Cut from the same thriller cloth

A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.

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The Departed
2006 Β· dir. Martin Scorsese
πŸ… 91%β˜… 8.5drama Β· thriller Β· crime

The same preoccupation in both: organized crime

To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

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