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Movies that feel like Locke (2014)

If you loved Locke, the closest films we have are Argo (2012), Bridge of Spies (2015) and Zero Dark Thirty (2012). All three share Locke's contemplative 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 Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads and Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

Ivan Locke has worked hard to craft a good life for himself. Tonight, that life will collapse around him. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, Ivan receives a phone call that sets in motion a series of events that will unravel his family, job, and soul.

πŸ… 91% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.1 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Steven Knightcontemplativetense

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Argo
2012 Β· dir. Ben Affleck
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.7drama Β· thriller

Husband wife relationship sits at the heart of each

As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.

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Bridge of Spies
2015 Β· dir. Steven Spielberg
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.6thriller Β· drama

Both land stillness and tension at once

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.

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Zero Dark Thirty
2012 Β· dir. Kathryn Bigelow
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.4thriller Β· drama

Contemplative drama in both cases

A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.

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Hard Candy
2006 Β· dir. David Slade
πŸ… 67%β˜… 7drama Β· thriller

Thriller built on tension, twice over

Hayley’s a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff’s a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff’s place. Jeff thinks it’s his lucky night. He’s in for a surprise.

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The Machinist
2004 Β· dir. Brad Anderson
πŸ… 77%β˜… 7.6thriller Β· drama

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

Trevor, an insomniac lathe operator, experiences unusual occurrences at work and home. A strange man follows him everywhere, but no one else seems to notice him.

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The Lives of Others
2006 Β· dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
πŸ… 92%β˜… 8.4drama Β· thriller

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases

In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.

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No Way Out
1987 Β· dir. Roger Donaldson
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.1thriller Β· drama

Cut from the same drama cloth

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

Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell, and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, Farrell is put in charge of the murder investigation. He begins to uncover shocking clues about the case, but when details of his encounter with Susan surface, he becomes a suspect as well.

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Yojimbo
1961 Β· dir. Akira Kurosawa
πŸ… 96%β˜… 8.2drama Β· thriller

The same thriller instincts

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.

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A Man Escaped
1956 Β· dir. Robert Bresson
πŸ… 100%β˜… 8.2drama Β· thriller

Drama approached the same way

A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.

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Nocturnal Animals
2016 Β· dir. Tom Ford
πŸ… 74%β˜… 7.4drama Β· thriller

Both are thriller through and through

Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.

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Cold in July
2014 Β· dir. Jim Mickle
πŸ… 84%β˜… 6.7drama Β· thriller

Both are drama through and through

While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of a low-life burglar. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane soon finds himself fearing for his family’s safety when Freddy’s ex-con father rolls into town, hell-bent on revenge.

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Room
2015 Β· dir. Lenny Abrahamson
πŸ… 93%β˜… 8.1drama Β· thriller

Cut from the same thriller cloth

Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.

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