
Movies that feel likeGran Torino (2008)
If you loved Gran Torino, the closest films we have are 21 (2008), Bad Education (2004) and Trainspotting (1996). All three share Gran Torino's contemplative and warm feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is In a Better World (2010).
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If Gran Torino hit the spot, these will too

Both land stillness and warmth at once
The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Gritty drama, and it commits to that
The difference: Sits closer to crime than Gran Torino does

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

An outsider learning a world's brutal rules the hard way
The difference: Explicit industry exposé — transgressive, not redemptive


Two mismatched loners becoming each other's only family
The difference: Seedy 60s New York despair — friendship without rescue

The same preoccupation in both: rape

Both keep coming back to the same thing: war veteran

Clint Eastwood directing both, with the same fingerprints on each
The difference: Trades the warmth of Gran Torino for an angle of its own


Violence, forgiveness and what men teach boys about both
The difference: Danish moral drama — diffuse where Walt is vivid

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