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Movies that feel like Fractured (2019)

If you loved Fractured, the closest films we have are The Machinist (2004), The Coldest Game (2019) and Breaking Surface (2020). All three share Fractured's tense 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, Amazon Prime Video and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

Driving cross-country, Ray and his wife and daughter stop at a highway rest area where his daughter falls and breaks her arm. After a frantic rush to the hospital and a clash with the check-in nurse, Ray is finally able to get her to a doctor. While the wife and daughter go downstairs for an MRI, Ray, exhausted, passes out in a chair in the lobby. Upon waking up, they have no record or knowledge of Ray's family ever being checked in.

πŸ… 56% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Brad Andersontensecontemplative
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If Fractured hit the spot, these will too

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The Machinist
2004 Β· dir. Brad Anderson
πŸ… 77%β˜… 7.6thriller Β· drama

Both are Brad Anderson's work, and they rhyme

Trevor, an insomniac lathe operator, experiences unusual occurrences at work and home. A strange man follows him everywhere, but no one else seems to notice him.

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The Coldest Game
2019 Β· dir. Łukasz KoΕ›micki
πŸ… 17%β˜… 6.2drama Β· thriller

Tense where it counts, contemplative underneath

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

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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Breaking Surface
2020 Β· dir. Joachim HedΓ©n
πŸ… 100%β˜… 6.1drama Β· thriller

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases

Two Swedish/Norwegian half sisters go on a winter diving trip in Northern Norway, when they get trapped after a rockslide.

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Money Monster
2016 Β· dir. Jodie Foster
πŸ… 59%β˜… 6.5thriller Β· drama

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

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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The Hater
2020 Β· dir. Jan Komasa
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.1drama Β· thriller

Tense thriller in both cases

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

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Tunnel
2016 Β· dir. Kim Seong-hun
πŸ… 100%β˜… 6.8thriller Β· drama

Drama built on stillness, twice over

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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The Place
2017 Β· dir. Paolo Genovese
β˜… 7drama Β· thriller

Both working the same thriller territory

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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Nowhere
2023 Β· dir. Albert PintΓ³
β˜… 6.3thriller Β· drama

Drama in the same key

A young pregnant woman named Mia escapes from a country at war by hiding in a maritime container aboard a cargo ship. After a violent storm, Mia gives birth to the child while lost at sea, where she must fight to survive.

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To Kill a Man
2014 Β· dir. Alejandro FernΓ‘ndez Almendras
β˜… 6.3thriller Β· drama

Both know what they want from thriller

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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Red Dot
2021 Β· dir. Alain Darborg
πŸ… 75%β˜… 5.5thriller Β· drama

Both play drama straight

On a hiking trip to rekindle their marriage, a couple find themselves fleeing for their lives in the unforgiving wilderness from an unknown shooter.

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Locke
2014 Β· dir. Steven Knight
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.1drama Β· thriller

The same thriller instincts

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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A Hijacking
2012 Β· dir. Tobias Lindholm
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.1thriller Β· drama

Cut from the same drama cloth

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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