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Movies that feel likeNatural Born Killers (1994)

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

If you loved Natural Born Killers, the closest films we have are Fargo (1996), Uncut Gems (2019) and Cop Car (2015). All three share Natural Born Killers' gritty and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Miller's Crossing (1990).

🍅 52% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Oliver Stonegrittytensecontemplativedarkly funny
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If Natural Born Killers hit the spot, these will too

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Fargo
1996 · dir. Joel Coen
🍅 95%★ 8.1crime · drama · thrillerHulu

Both land grit and tension at once

The difference: Reviewed even better

Jerry Lundegaard is a small-town Minnesota car salesman deeply in debt and willing to do almost anything to get out. Police chief Marge Gunderson discovers a string of violent crimes as Jerry's schemes spiral out of control.

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Uncut Gems
2019 · dir. Josh Safdie
🍅 91%★ 7.4drama · thriller · crimeRent or buy

The same mix in both: stillness, then dark humor

The difference: 25 years apart, and the 2010s show

A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.

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Cop Car
2015 · dir. Jon Watts
🍅 82%★ 6.3crime · thrillerPrime Video

Both lean on grit more than on crime

The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than Natural Born Killers does

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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Lethal Weapon 3
1992 · dir. Richard Donner
🍅 63%★ 6.7action · thriller · crime

Tense thriller in both cases

The difference: Trades the stillness of Natural Born Killers for an angle of its own

Riggs and Murtaugh pursue a former officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies to steal and sell confiscated guns and ammunition to local street gangs.

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American Psycho
2000 · dir. Mary Harron
🍅 69%★ 7.6thriller · drama · crimePrime VideoHulu

One thread runs through both: satire

A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.

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Sleepers
1996 · dir. Barry Levinson
🍅 76%★ 7.5crime · drama · thriller

The same preoccupation in both: sadistic

Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.

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Irreversible
2002 · dir. Gaspar Noé
🍅 60%★ 7.3drama · thriller · crime

Both keep coming back to the same thing: trauma

A woman’s lover and her ex-boyfriend take justice into their own hands after she becomes the victim of a rapist. Because some acts can’t be undone. Because man is an animal. Because the desire for vengeance is a natural impulse. Because most crimes remain unpunished.

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Traffic
2000 · dir. Steven Soderbergh
🍅 93%★ 7.5thriller · drama · crime

Common ground: daughter

An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a drug kingpin's sheltered trophy wife must learn her husband's ruthless business after he is arrested, endangering her luxurious lifestyle.

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A Time to Kill
1996 · dir. Joel Schumacher
🍅 66%★ 7.5crime · drama · thriller

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

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Falling Down
1993 · dir. Joel Schumacher
🍅 77%★ 7.6crime · drama · thriller

Crime built on grit, twice over

An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.

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Primal Fear
1996 · dir. Gregory Hoblit
🍅 77%★ 7.7crime · drama · thrillerParamount+

Tense thriller, and it commits to that

Defense attorney Martin Vail takes on jobs for money and prestige rather than any sense of the greater good. His latest case involves an altar boy, accused of brutally murdering the archbishop of Chicago. Vail finds himself up against his ex-pupil and ex-lover, but as the case progresses and the Church's dark secrets are revealed, Vail finds that what appeared a simple case takes on a darker, more dangerous aspect.

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Miller's Crossing
1990 · dir. Joel Coen
🍅 93%★ 7.7drama · thriller · crime

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.

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