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Movies that feel like Into the Abyss (2011)

If you loved Into the Abyss, the closest films we have are The Thin Blue Line (1988), 3:10 to Yuma (2007) and A Fistful of Dollars (1964). All three share Into the Abyss's gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel and AMC+ Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

We do not know when and how we will die. Death Row inmates do. Werner Herzog embarks on a dialogue with Death Row inmates, asks questions about life and death and looks deep into these individuals, their stories, their crimes.

πŸ… 92% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.3 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Werner Herzoggritty

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If Into the Abyss hit the spot, these will too

Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Into the Wild (2007) Β· Into the Woods (2014)

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The Thin Blue Line
1988 Β· dir. Errol Morris
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.9crime Β· documentary

Death penalty and texas, at the center of both

The difference: A 1980s film, from a different era of filmmaking

An unorthodox investigation into the wrongful conviction of Randall Dale Adams for the 1976 murder of Dallas police officer Robert Wood. Using stylized reenactments and interviews with key figures, conflicting testimonies and evidence are presented to argue that Adams was framed by a corrupt justice system, ultimately leading to his exoneration.

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3:10 to Yuma
2007 Β· dir. James Mangold
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.6western

Gritty documentary in both cases

The difference: Plays it as western more than Into the Abyss does

In Arizona in the late 1800s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans, struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, volunteers to deliver him alive to the "3:10 to Yuma", a train that will take the killer to trial.

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A Fistful of Dollars
1964 Β· dir. Sergio Leone
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.9western

Crime built on grit, twice over

The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.

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For a Few Dollars More
1965 Β· dir. Sergio Leone
πŸ… 92%β˜… 8.2western

Gritty documentary, and it commits to that

Two bounty hunters both pursue the brutal and sadistic bandit, El Indio, who has a large bounty on his head.

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The Imposter
2012 Β· dir. Bart Layton
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.4documentary Β· mystery Β· crime

Both are documentary through and through

In 1994, a 13-year-old boy disappeared without a trace from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three-and-a-half years later, he is found alive in a village in southern Spain with a horrifying story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home. But all is not quite as it seems.

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966 Β· dir. Sergio Leone
πŸ… 97%β˜… 8.8western

A 1960s cousin in spirit

While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.

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πŸ… 94%β˜… 8.5documentary Β· crime

Cut from the same crime cloth

In 2001, Andrew Bagby, a medical resident, is murdered not long after breaking up with his girlfriend. Soon after, when she announces she's pregnant, one of Andrew's many close friends, Kurt Kuenne, begins this film, a gift to the child.

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The Place Beyond the Pines
2013 Β· dir. Derek Cianfrance
πŸ… 79%β˜… 7.3drama Β· crime

Crime approached the same way

A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.

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The Drop
2014 Β· dir. MichaΓ«l R. Roskam
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7drama Β· crime

The same crime instincts

Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.

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Frozen River
2008 Β· dir. Courtney Hunt
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.1drama Β· crime

Cut from the same crime cloth

A financially strapped mother joins a Mohawk woman to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States.

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Molly's Game
2017 Β· dir. Aaron Sorkin
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.4drama Β· crime

Both are crime through and through

Molly Bloom, a young skier and former Olympic hopeful becomes a successful entrepreneur (and a target of an FBI investigation) when she establishes a high-stakes, international poker game.

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American Gangster
2007 Β· dir. Ridley Scott
πŸ… 81%β˜… 7.8drama Β· crime

Crime approached the same way

Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.

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