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Movies that feel like Mystery Road (2013)

If you loved Mystery Road, the closest films we have are The Accountant (2016), Hyena (2015) and The Mule (2018). All three share Mystery Road's tense and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on YouTube TV, TNT and TBS and others, checked against today's data.

A murdered girl is found under a bridge on a remote road and indigenous detective Jay Swan gets the case. Jay finds that no-one is that interested in solving the murder of an indigenous teenager and he is forced to work alone.

πŸ… 91% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Ivan Sentensegrittycontemplativelonely

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The Accountant
2016 Β· dir. Gavin O'Connor
πŸ… 53%β˜… 7.3crime Β· thriller Β· drama

Sniper rifle is the engine of both

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.

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Hyena
2015 Β· dir. Gerard Johnson
πŸ… 78%β˜… 6.2crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Both land tension and grit at once

The difference: None of the loneliness that defines Mystery Road

Good policing doesn't necessarily mean doing everything by the book. But as the business of crime in London turns to favour the Albanians and Turks, how does a "good" policeman survive?

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The Mule
2018 Β· dir. Clint Eastwood
πŸ… 69%β˜… 7crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Thriller with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates.

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The Silence
2010 Β· dir. Baran bo Odar
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7crime Β· thriller Β· drama

Tense crime, and it commits to that

13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past.

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We Own the Night
2007 Β· dir. James Gray
πŸ… 57%β˜… 6.8drama Β· crime Β· thriller

Drama built on grit, twice over

A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.

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The Town
2010 Β· dir. Ben Affleck
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.5crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Both trade on stillness more than on being western

A proficient group of thieves rob a bank and hold the manager hostage. Things begin to get complicated when one of the crew members falls in love with her.

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Law Abiding Citizen
2009 Β· dir. F. Gary Gray
πŸ… 26%β˜… 7.4drama Β· crime Β· thriller

Tense thriller in both cases

A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.

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Good Time
2017 Β· dir. Benny Safdie
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.3crime Β· thriller Β· drama

Both trade on grit more than on being crime

After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City's underworld to get his brother Nick out of jail.

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

Both keep circling back to drug trafficking

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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El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019 Β· dir. Vince Gilligan
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.3crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

In the wake of his dramatic escape from captivity, Jesse Pinkman must come to terms with his past in order to forge some kind of future.

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Emily the Criminal
2022 Β· dir. John Patton Ford
πŸ… 93%β˜… 6.7crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Thriller approached the same way

Desperate for income, Emily takes a shady gig buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a charismatic middleman named Youcef. Seduced by the quick cash and illicit thrills, they hatch a plan to take their business to the next level.

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The Guilty
2018 Β· dir. Gustav MΓΆller
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.5thriller Β· drama Β· crime

The same crime instincts

Police officer Asger Holm, demoted to desk work as an alarm dispatcher, answers a call from a panicked woman who claims to have been kidnapped. Confined to the police station and with the phone as his only tool, Asger races against time to get help and find her.

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