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Movies that feel like Killing Them Softly (2012)

If you loved Killing Them Softly, the closest films we have are Legend (2015), Phone Booth (2003) and No Country for Old Men (2007). All three share Killing Them Softly's gritty and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium and Paramount Plus Essential and others, checked against today's data.

Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.

πŸ… 74% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.2 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Andrew Dominikgrittytense

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Legend
2015 Β· dir. Brian Helgeland
πŸ… 60%β˜… 6.9crime Β· thriller

Gangster is the engine of both

Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running nightclubs and protection rackets. With police Detective Leonard "Nipper" Read hot on their heels, the brothers continue their rapid rise to power and achieve tabloid notoriety.

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Phone Booth
2003 Β· dir. Joel Schumacher
πŸ… 72%β˜… 7.1thriller Β· crime

The same mix in both: grit, then tension

A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.

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No Country for Old Men
2007 Β· dir. Joel Coen
πŸ… 93%β˜… 8.2crime Β· thriller Β· western

Both keep circling back to hitman

The difference: Plays it as western more than Killing Them Softly does

Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.

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Girl in the Basement
2021 Β· dir. Elisabeth RΓΆhm
β˜… 6.3thriller Β· crime Β· tv movie

Gritty crime, and it commits to that

Sara is a teen girl who is looking forward to her 18th birthday to move away from her controlling father Don. But before she could even blow out the candles, Don imprisons her in the basement of their home.

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Cop Car
2015 Β· dir. Jon Watts
πŸ… 82%β˜… 6.3crime Β· thriller

Both built around murder

Two kids find themselves in the centre of a deadly game of cat and mouse after taking a sheriff's cruiser for a joy ride.

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Now You See Me 2
2016 Β· dir. Jon M. Chu
πŸ… 33%β˜… 6.4crime Β· thriller

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their mind-bending spectacles, the Four Horsemen resurface only to find themselves face to face with a new enemy who enlists them to pull off their most dangerous heist yet.

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Blue Ruin
2014 Β· dir. Jeremy Saulnier
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.1crime Β· thriller

The same preoccupation in both: murder

When the quiet life of a beach bum is upended by dreadful news, he sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. However, he proves an inept assassin and finds himself in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.

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Ocean's Twelve
2004 Β· dir. Steven Soderbergh
πŸ… 55%β˜… 6.5thriller Β· crime

Both trade on grit more than on being crime

Despite pulling off one of the biggest heists in Las Vegas history and splitting the $160 million take, each of the infamous Ocean's crew have tried to go straight, lay low and live a legit life... but that's proven to be a challenge. Casino owner Terry Benedict demands that Danny Ocean return the money, plus millions more in interest. Unable to come up the cash, the crew is forced to come together to pull off another series of heists, this time in Rome, Paris, and Amsterdam – but a Europol agent is hot on their heels.

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Ocean's Eleven
2001 Β· dir. Steven Soderbergh
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.7thriller Β· crime

Tense thriller in both cases

Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to score the cash, Danny risks his chances of reconciling with ex-wife, Tess.

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King of New York
1990 Β· dir. Abel Ferrara
πŸ… 74%β˜… 6.9thriller Β· crime

Gangster sits at the heart of each

The difference: A 1990s film, from a different era of filmmaking

A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.

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

The same preoccupation in both: hitman

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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Taken 2
2012 Β· dir. Olivier Megaton
πŸ… 22%β˜… 6.2action Β· crime Β· thriller

The same crime instincts

In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.

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