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Movies that feel like Read My Lips (2001)

If you loved Read My Lips, the closest films we have are Match Point (2005), Victoria (2015) and Blood Simple (1985). All three share Read My Lips's romantic 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 Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

She is almost deaf and she lip-reads. He is an ex-convict. She wants to help him. He thinks no one can help except himself.

πŸ… 97% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.3 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Jacques Audiardgrittycontemplativeromantictendertense

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Match Point
2005 Β· dir. Woody Allen
πŸ… 77%β˜… 7.6drama Β· romance Β· thriller

The same mix in both: stillness, then romance

The difference: Missing the grit of Read My Lips

Chris, a former tennis pro, takes a job as an instructor and befriends his wealthy young student, Tom. After being introduced to his family, Chris is soon engaged to Tom's sister, Chloe. Despite the professional and financial advantages that this relationship affords him, Chris becomes obsessed with Tom's fiancee, American actress Nola.

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Victoria
2015 Β· dir. Sebastian Schipper
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.6crime Β· thriller Β· romance

Gritty and tender in the same breath

A young Spanish woman who has newly moved to Berlin finds her flirtation with a local guy turn potentially deadly as their night out with his friends reveals a dangerous secret.

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Blood Simple
1985 Β· dir. Joel Coen
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.5crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Both trade on tension more than on being crime

The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.

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Tuner
2026 Β· dir. Daniel Roher
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.2crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Drama with a pulse of grit, in both cases

The difference: 25 years apart, and the 2020s show

A talented piano tuner's meticulous skills for tuning pianos lead him to discover an unexpected aptitude for cracking safes, turning his life upside down.

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Insomnia
2002 Β· dir. Christopher Nolan
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.2thriller Β· crime Β· drama

Contemplative thriller in both cases

Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.

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My Fault
2023 Β· dir. Domingo GonzΓ‘lez
β˜… 6.1drama Β· romance Β· thriller

Romance built on romance, twice over

Noah must leave her city, boyfriend, and friends to move into William Leister's mansion, the flashy and wealthy husband of her mother Rafaela. As a proud and independent 17 year old, Noah resists living in a mansion surrounded by luxury. However, it is there where she meets Nick, her new stepbrother, and the clash of their strong personalities becomes evident from the very beginning.

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The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999 Β· dir. Anthony Minghella
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.4thriller Β· crime Β· drama

Tense crime, and it commits to that

Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.

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Thief
1981 Β· dir. Michael Mann
πŸ… 80%β˜… 7.4crime Β· thriller Β· drama

Thief is the engine of both

Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he signs on with a top gangster for a big score.

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Elevator to the Gallows
1958 Β· dir. Louis Malle
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.9crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Drama built on grit, twice over

A self-assured businessman murders his employer, husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.

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Dial M for Murder
1954 Β· dir. Alfred Hitchcock
πŸ… 90%β˜… 8.1thriller Β· crime Β· drama

Contemplative thriller in both cases

When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.

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Collateral
2004 Β· dir. Michael Mann
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.5drama Β· crime Β· thriller

Tense romance in both cases

Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.

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

Both are crime through and through

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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