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Movies that feel like Force of Evil (1950)
Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants to stay that way, preferring not to deal with the gangsters who dominate the big-time.
If you loved Force of Evil, the closest films we have are The Set-Up (1949), The Big Combo (1955) and Blast of Silence (1961). All three share Force of Evil'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 Kansas City Confidential (1952).
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If Force of Evil hit the spot, these will too
Both are built on the same subject: film noir
Common ground: film noir
Both keep coming back to the same thing: gangster
The same mix in both: grit, then stillness
Crime with a pulse of atmosphere, in both cases
Gritty drama in both cases
Contemplative crime, and it commits to that
Both lean on atmosphere more than on drama
Crime built on grit, twice over
Takes it somewhere less contemplative than Force of Evil does
Atmospheric drama in both cases
The crime is handled with the same confidence
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The best-reviewed films that share Force of Evil’s defining feeling.
