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Movies that feel like Leviathan (2014)

If you loved Leviathan, the closest films we have are A Touch of Sin (2013), Black Souls (2014) and R (2010). All three share Leviathan's contemplative and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.

In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.

πŸ… 97% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Andrey Zvyagintsevcontemplativegritty
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A Touch of Sin
2013 Β· dir. Jia Zhangke
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.1crime Β· drama

Contemplative where it counts, gritty underneath

Four people in different provinces are driven to violent ends: An angry miner is enraged by corruption in his village. A migrant discovers the possibilities of owning a firearm. A receptionist is pushed beyond her limits by an abusive client. A young factory worker goes from one job to the next.

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Black Souls
2014 Β· dir. Francesco Munzi
πŸ… 89%β˜… 6.8crime Β· drama

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

A former narcotics smuggler, now living peaceably in the Calabrian hills, is drawn back into his family’s drug-trade dynasty by his impetuous teenage son.

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R
2010 Β· dir. Tobias Lindholm
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.1crime Β· drama

Gritty crime, and it commits to that

Imprisoned for violent assault, Rune is placed in the hardcore ward, where his survival depends on quickly learning the prison's parallel world of rules, honor, and obligations.

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My Name Ain't Johnny
2008 Β· dir. Mauro Lima
β˜… 7.2crime Β· drama

Drama built on stillness, twice over

The true story of JoΓ£o Guilherme Estrella ("Johnny"), a young middle-class bon vivant who became a big-time cocaine dealer in Rio de Janeiro in the early 1990s.

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

Both lean on grit more than on crime

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

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7 Prisoners
2021 Β· dir. Alexandre Moratto
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.1drama Β· crime

The same drama instincts

An impoverished teen seeking to escape the clutches of a human trafficker must weigh living up to his moral code against his struggle to survive.

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Loving Pablo
2017 Β· dir. Fernando LeΓ³n de Aranoa
πŸ… 33%β˜… 6.4crime Β· drama

Both working the same crime territory

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

The film chronicles the rise and fall of the world's most feared drug lord Pablo Escobar and his volatile love affair with Colombia's most famous journalist Virginia Vallejo throughout a reign of terror that tore a country apart.

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Lilya 4-ever
2002 Β· dir. Lukas Moodysson
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7.8drama Β· crime

The drama is handled with the same confidence

In a struggling post-Soviet community, Lilya a teenage girl is abandoned when her mother moves to the United States with her boyfriend. Facing neglect and poverty, she meets Andrei, who offers her a job in Sweden, giving her hope for a better life β€” and a journey that will change everything.

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Gomorrah
2008 Β· dir. Matteo Garrone
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7drama Β· crime

Cut from the same crime cloth

An inside look at Italy's modern-day crime families, the Camorra in Naples and Caserta. Based on a book by Roberto Saviano. Power, money and blood: these are the "values" that the residents of the Province of Naples and Caserta have to face every day. They hardly ever have a choice and are forced to obey the rules of the Camorra. Only a lucky few can even think of leading a normal life.

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The Rider
2018 Β· dir. ChloΓ© Zhao
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.4drama Β· western

Both are drama through and through

The difference: Sits closer to western than Leviathan does

Once a rising star of the rodeo circuit, and a gifted horse trainer, young cowboy Brady is warned that his riding days are over after a horse crushed his skull at a rodeo. In an attempt to regain control of his own fate, Brady undertakes a search for a new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of the United States.

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A Prophet
2009 Β· dir. Jacques Audiard
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.8crime Β· drama

Crime approached the same way

Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls under the sway of a group of Corsicans who enforce their rule in the prison. As the 'missions' go by, he toughens himself and wins the confidence of the Corsican group.

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First Cow
2020 Β· dir. Kelly Reichardt
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.1drama Β· western

Drama in the same key

In the 1820s, a taciturn loner and skilled cook travels west to Oregon Territory, where he meets a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two team up on a dangerous scheme to steal milk from the wealthy landowner’s prized Jersey cowβ€”the first, and only, in the territory.

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