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Movies that feel like Forgotten (2017)

If you loved Forgotten, the closest films we have are Blue Ruin (2014), The Body (2012) and Run All Night (2015). All three share Forgotten's tense and relentless feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

Jin-seok, 21-year-old, moves into a new house with his family. He suffers from a slight schizophrenia but he carries an ordinary life under the warm care of the family. His older brother Yu-seok is a decent college student, a mentor, and role model for Jin-seok. One night, his beloved brother is kidnapped by unidentified assailants before Jin-seok's eye. Jin-seok can’t recognize their faces, but can remember only the VIN that matches with no car. After long silence of 19 days, suddenly Yu-seok returns home, but remembers nothing which had happened in the meantime. And soon Jin-seok feels Yu-seok is a total stranger.

7.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Chang Hang-juntensetwistygrittyrelentless
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Blue Ruin
2014 · dir. Jeremy Saulnier
🍅 96%7.1crime · thriller

The same two preoccupations: revenge, and murder

The difference: Missing the twists of Forgotten

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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The Body
2012 · dir. Oriol Paulo
7.6thriller · mystery

Common ground: revenge

The difference: Not nearly as gritty as Forgotten

A woman’s body disappears mysteriously from the morgue without a trace. Police inspector Jaime Peña investigates the strange occurrence with the help of Álex Ulloa, the widower of the missing woman.

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Run All Night
2015 · dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
🍅 59%6.6action · crime · thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: murder

The difference: Leans harder into action than Forgotten does

Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon has seen better days. Longtime best friend of a mob boss, Jimmy is haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police detective who’s been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years. But when Jimmy’s estranged son becomes a target, Jimmy must make a choice between the crime family he chose and the real family he abandoned long ago. Now, with nowhere safe to turn, Jimmy has just one night to figure out exactly where his loyalties lie and to see if he can finally make things right.

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

Tense where it counts, gritty underneath

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Forgotten does

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

Thriller with a pulse of relentlessness, in both cases

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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Below Zero
2021 · dir. Lluís Quílez
🍅 86%6.2action · crime · thriller

Tense crime, and it commits to that

When a prisoner transfer van is attacked, the cop in charge must fight those inside and outside while dealing with a silent foe: the icy temperatures.

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The Killing of a Sacred Deer
2017 · dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
🍅 79%7drama · thriller · mystery

Both lean on twists more than on mystery

Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the doctor's life in gradually unsettling ways.

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Drishyam
2015 · dir. Nishikant Kamat
🍅 75%8.2mystery · thriller · drama

Thriller built on twists, twice over

When his family stares down the barrel of criminal charges, a commoner channels his street smarts and knowledge of action films to tie the long arm of the law into an investigative Gordian knot.

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The Girl in the Fog
2017 · dir. Donato Carrisi
🍅 75%6.8mystery · thriller · crime

Gritty mystery in both cases

A gripping and chilling thriller that brings us to a hazy mountain village where an enigmatic detective is investigating the sudden disappearance of fifteen-year-old girl.

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Marshland
2014 · dir. Alberto Rodríguez
🍅 91%7.2crime · mystery · thriller

Another one that scratches it

The Spanish Deep South, 1980. A series of brutal murders of adolescent girls in a remote and forgotten town bring together two disparate characters – both detectives in the homicide division – to investigate the cases.

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A Hard Day
2014 · dir. Kim Seong-hun
🍅 82%7.2crime · thriller · mystery

Different title, same corner of the shelf

After trying to cover up a car accident that left a man dead, a crooked homicide detective is stalked by a mysterious man claiming to have witnessed the event.

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In the Fade
2017 · dir. Fatih Akin
🍅 75%7.1drama · crime

Relentless crime, and it commits to that

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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