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Movies that feel like Foxcatcher (2014)

If you loved Foxcatcher, the closest films we have are Dark Waters (2019), A Hijacking (2012) and The Place (2017). All three share Foxcatcher's contemplative and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.

The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.

🍅 88% Rotten Tomatoes7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Bennett Millercontemplativetense

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Dark Waters
2019 · dir. Todd Haynes
🍅 89%7.6drama · thriller

Both are working the same pair: biography, a true story

A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything — his future, his family, and his own life — to expose the truth.

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A Hijacking
2012 · dir. Tobias Lindholm
🍅 96%7.1thriller · drama

Both land stillness and tension at once

Tensions are high after a Danish freighter is captured and held for ransom by Somali pirates, leading to weeks of high-stakes negotiations – and an escalating potential for explosive violence.

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The Place
2017 · dir. Paolo Genovese
7drama · thriller

Contemplative drama in both cases

The fates of an apparently random group of strangers who each come into contact with a mysterious figure who they believe possesses the power to grant any wish, in return for which they must carry out a task he assigns them.

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Tunnel
2016 · dir. Kim Seong-hun
🍅 100%6.8thriller · drama

Both lean on tension more than on thriller

A man is on his way home when the poorly constructed tunnel he is driving through collapses, leaving him trapped leaving himself for the unexpected whilst emergency services struggle to help.

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Locke
2014 · dir. Steven Knight
🍅 91%7.1drama · thriller

Drama built on stillness, twice over

Ivan Locke has worked hard to craft a good life for himself. Tonight, that life will collapse around him. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, Ivan receives a phone call that sets in motion a series of events that will unravel his family, job, and soul.

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To Kill a Man
2014 · dir. Alejandro Fernández Almendras
6.3thriller · drama

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases

Jorge is a peaceful hard-working man who seeks a simple, quiet life for himself and his family. One day, he is mugged and humiliated by a gang of thugs led by Kalule, a delinquent from his neighborhood. This event infuriates his son as much for Jorge’s meek acceptance as for the act itself. The son, looking for retribution, ends up getting himself shot. Kalule is sent to jail and when he gets out 18 months later, begins a campaign of terror against Jorge and his family. The authorities do nothing, so Jorge decides to take matters into his own hands.

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The Hater
2020 · dir. Jan Komasa
🍅 87%7.1drama · thriller

The drama is handled with the same confidence

A duplicitous young man finds success in the dark world of social media smear tactics — but his virtual vitriol soon has violent real-life consequences.

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Money Monster
2016 · dir. Jodie Foster
🍅 59%6.5thriller · drama

Thriller of the same temperament

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes over their studio.

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We Need to Talk About Kevin
2011 · dir. Lynne Ramsay
🍅 74%7.4drama · thriller

Drama approached the same way

After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.

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The Coldest Game
2019 · dir. Łukasz Kośmicki
🍅 17%6.2drama · thriller

Both are thriller through and through

Warsaw, Poland, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. Josh Mansky, a troubled math genius and former US chess champion, is recruited to hold a dangerous public match against the Soviet champion, while playing the deadly game of espionage hidden in the darkest shadows of a hostile territory.

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Hard Candy
2006 · dir. David Slade
🍅 67%7drama · thriller

Both play drama straight

Hayley’s a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff’s a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff’s place. Jeff thinks it’s his lucky night. He’s in for a surprise.

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On My Skin
2018 · dir. Alessio Cremonini
7.3drama

Common ground: biography

The difference: Not nearly as tense as Foxcatcher

The incredible true story behind the most controversial Italian court cases in recent years. Stefano Cucchi was arrested for a minor crime and mysteriously found dead during his detention. In one week's time, a family is changed forever.

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