
Movies that feel like High and Low (1963)
If you loved High and Low, the closest films we have are Stray Dog (1949), The Big Sleep (1946) and The Lady from Shanghai (1947). All three share High and Low's gritty and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.
If High and Low hit the spot, these will too

The same hand behind both of them: Akira Kurosawa

The same two preoccupations: blackmail, and film noir
The difference: None of the stillness High and Low is built on

The same preoccupation in both: film noir

Both are built on the same subject: black and white

Contemplative where it counts, gritty underneath

Both land tension and twists at once

One thread runs through both: black and white

Both lean on atmosphere more than on crime

Gritty thriller in both cases
The difference: Made in the 1940s, in a different era of the craft

Drama built on stillness, twice over

Common ground: police

Both are Akira Kurosawa's work, and they rhyme
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