
Movies that feel like Mean Streets (1973)
If you loved Mean Streets, the closest films we have are Once Upon a Time in America (1984), GoodFellas (1990) and Casino (1995). All three share Mean Streets's contemplative and 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+ Roku Premium Channel and YouTube TV and others, checked against today's data.
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If Mean Streets hit the spot, these will too

Gangster sits at the heart of each

Martin Scorsese working the same nerve twice
The difference: Missing the romance of Mean Streets

Martin Scorsese directing both, with the same fingerprints on each
The difference: A 1990s film, from a different era of filmmaking

Contemplative and gritty in the same breath

The same preoccupation in both: italian american

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Gritty crime in both cases

Both trade on stillness more than on being drama

Both keep circling back to gangster

Money is the engine of both
The difference: Leans thriller where Mean Streets does not

Gritty crime, and it commits to that
The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Both built around secret love
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