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Movies that feel likeThe Accountant (2016)

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.

If you loved The Accountant, the closest films we have are Law Abiding Citizen (2009), Good Time (2017) and Suburra (2015). All three share The Accountant's gritty and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Mystery Road (2013).

🍅 53% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Gavin O'Connorgrittytensecontemplative
6 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · Amazon Prime Video · Peacock Premium

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Law Abiding Citizen
2009 · dir. F. Gary Gray
🍅 26%★ 7.4drama · crime · thrillerNetflix

One brilliant man dismantles the system with cold, planned violence

The difference: Trades quiet character study for lurid revenge spectacle

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 · dir. Benny Safdie
🍅 91%★ 7.3crime · thriller · dramaRent or buy

Another off-grid loner in constant motion through a criminal underworld

The difference: No action-hero polish — pure jittery street-level panic

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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Suburra
2015 · dir. Stefano Sollima
🍅 90%★ 7.4crime · drama · thriller

Cold planners and violent money moving through a corrupt system

The difference: Sprawling Italian mob politics with no lone hero to root for

A gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common goal. But peace is not to last long.

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El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019 · dir. Vince Gilligan
🍅 92%★ 7.3crime · drama · thrillerNetflix

A hunted man uses careful planning to buy himself a way out

The difference: It leans on Breaking Bad — cold viewing without the series

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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The Guilty
2018 · dir. Gustav Möller
🍅 98%★ 7.5thriller · drama · crimePrime Video

One tightly wound professional working a crisis with pure focus

The difference: No action at all — one room, one phone, Danish audio

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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The Mule
2018 · dir. Clint Eastwood
🍅 69%★ 7crime · drama · thriller

An aging outsider quietly good at crime while the feds close in

The difference: Slower and softer — regret over adrenaline

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 Traitor
2019 · dir. Marco Bellocchio
🍅 86%★ 7.1drama · crime · thrillerRent or buy

A man who knows the organization's secrets becomes its biggest threat

The difference: A long, talky Italian courtroom epic, not an action picture

Palermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different clans of the criminal organization. But when, after living several misfortunes, he is forced to return to Italy, he makes a bold decision that will change his life and the destiny of Cosa Nostra forever.

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Mystery Road
2013 · dir. Ivan Sen
🍅 91%★ 6.7thriller · crime · dramaPrime VideoPeacock

One thread runs through both: sniper rifle

The difference: Reviewed even better

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.

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Neighboring Sounds
2012 · dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho
🍅 91%★ 7.1thriller · drama · crime

Unease built from watchfulness — security men, money and quiet threat

The difference: Slow-burn Brazilian art film — atmosphere over plot

An independent private security firm arrives at a middle-class neighborhood in Recife, Brazil.

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Shoplifters
2018 · dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
🍅 99%★ 7.9drama · crime · thrillerNetflixPrime Video

Both land grit and tension at once

In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young girl, their already fragile existence begins to unravel. As the family grows attached to her, buried secrets surface, forcing them to confront the true meaning of love, belonging, and what makes a family.

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The Yellow Sea
2010 · dir. Na Hong-jin
🍅 88%★ 7.3drama · thriller · crime

Contemplative crime in both cases

A Korean man in China takes an assassination job in South Korea to make money and find his missing wife. But when the job is botched, he is forced to go on the run from the police and the gangsters who paid him.

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Holy Spider
2022 · dir. Ali Abbasi
🍅 82%★ 7.3thriller · drama · crime

Both lean on grit more than on thriller

A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.

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