
Movies that feel like Richard Jewell (2019)
If you loved Richard Jewell, the closest films we have are J. Edgar (2011), House of Gucci (2021) and Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019). All three share Richard Jewell's contemplative and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 5 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.
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If Richard Jewell hit the spot, these will too

The same hand behind both of them: Clint Eastwood
The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Common ground in both: biography and a true story

The same preoccupation in both: biography
The difference: Not nearly as epic as Richard Jewell

Common ground: a true story

Both are Clint Eastwood's work, and they rhyme


Gritty drama in both cases

History built on stillness, twice over


Drama with a pulse of grit, in both cases

Both lean on stillness more than on history
The difference: Made in the 1970s, in a different era of the craft

Both lean on grit more than on crime
The difference: Sits closer to mystery than Richard Jewell does
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