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Movies that feel like Hyena (2015)

If you loved Hyena, the closest films we have are We Own the Night (2007), Layer Cake (2004) and El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019). All three share Hyena's gritty and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Sundance Now, Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads and others, checked against today's data.

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πŸ… 78% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.2 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Gerard Johnsongrittycontemplativetense

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We Own the Night
2007 Β· dir. James Gray
πŸ… 57%β˜… 6.8drama Β· crime Β· thriller

Cocaine runs into murder in each of them

A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.

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Layer Cake
2004 Β· dir. Matthew Vaughn
πŸ… 81%β˜… 7.2drama Β· thriller Β· crime

Both rooted in London

When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...

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El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019 Β· dir. Vince Gilligan
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.3crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Drugs sits at the heart of each

In the wake of his dramatic escape from captivity, Jesse Pinkman must come to terms with his past in order to forge some kind of future.

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Good Time
2017 Β· dir. Benny Safdie
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.3crime Β· thriller Β· drama

The same preoccupation in both: drugs

After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City's underworld to get his brother Nick out of jail.

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The Accountant
2016 Β· dir. Gavin O'Connor
πŸ… 53%β˜… 7.3crime Β· thriller Β· drama

Gritty and contemplative in the same breath

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.

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The Mule
2018 Β· dir. Clint Eastwood
πŸ… 69%β˜… 7crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Crime built on tension, twice over

Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates.

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The Town
2010 Β· dir. Ben Affleck
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.5crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Both built around drug dealer

A proficient group of thieves rob a bank and hold the manager hostage. Things begin to get complicated when one of the crew members falls in love with her.

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Emily the Criminal
2022 Β· dir. John Patton Ford
πŸ… 93%β˜… 6.7crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Drama with a pulse of grit, in both cases

Desperate for income, Emily takes a shady gig buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a charismatic middleman named Youcef. Seduced by the quick cash and illicit thrills, they hatch a plan to take their business to the next level.

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The Silence
2010 Β· dir. Baran bo Odar
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7crime Β· thriller Β· drama

Contemplative thriller, and it commits to that

13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past.

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The Guilty
2018 Β· dir. Gustav MΓΆller
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.5thriller Β· drama Β· crime

Tense crime in both cases

Police officer Asger Holm, demoted to desk work as an alarm dispatcher, answers a call from a panicked woman who claims to have been kidnapped. Confined to the police station and with the phone as his only tool, Asger races against time to get help and find her.

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Law Abiding Citizen
2009 Β· dir. F. Gary Gray
πŸ… 26%β˜… 7.4drama Β· crime Β· thriller

Both trade on grit more than on being drama

A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.

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Lord of War
2005 Β· dir. Andrew Niccol
πŸ… 62%β˜… 7.6crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Both keep circling back to cocaine

Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer and, through some of the deadliest war zones, he struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals and even some of his customers who include many of the world's most notorious dictators. Finally, he must also face his own conscience.

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