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Movies that feel like The Aura (2005)

If you loved The Aura, the closest films we have are Following (1999), Sleepless Night (2011) and Sexy Beast (2001). All three share The Aura's contemplative and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel and AMC+ Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

A quiet, epileptic taxidermist plans the perfect crime. All he needs is the right opportunity. An accident, perhaps…

🍅 88% Rotten Tomatoes7.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Fabián Bielinskycontemplativetenseplayfulatmospheric

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Following
1999 · dir. Christopher Nolan
🍅 87%7.4drama · thriller

The same two preoccupations: robbery, and neo-noir

The difference: None of the play that defines The Aura

Bill, an idle, unemployed aspiring writer, walks the crowded streets of London following randomly chosen strangers, a seemingly innocent entertainment that becomes dangerous when he crosses paths with a mysterious character.

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Sleepless Night
2011 · dir. Frédéric Jardin
🍅 97%6.6drama · thriller

Both land stillness and tension at once

Vincent, a police officer, and his partner Manuel steal a large amount of cocaine from José Marciano, a ruthless crime lord who is quick to seek revenge, endangering Vincent's life, career and family.

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Sexy Beast
2001 · dir. Jonathan Glazer
🍅 87%7.3crime · thriller · drama

Heist runs into murder in each of them

The difference: Leans crime where The Aura does not

Ex-safecracker Gal Dove has served his time behind bars and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa paradise with a wife he adores. The idyll is shattered by the arrival of his nemesis Don Logan, intent on persuading Gal to return to London for one last big job.

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Jackie Brown
1997 · dir. Quentin Tarantino
🍅 88%7.5crime · drama · thriller

Heist is the engine of both

Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan — with help from a bail bondsman — to keep the money for herself.

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Barton Fink
1991 · dir. Joel Coen
🍅 90%7.6comedy · drama · thriller

Neo-noir sits at the heart of each

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.

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Detour
1945 · dir. Edgar G. Ulmer
🍅 98%7.3drama · thriller

Both trade on atmosphere more than on being drama

The difference: A 1940s film, from a different era of filmmaking

The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.

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Bound
1996 · dir. Lana Wachowski
🍅 88%7.3drama · thriller · crime

Playful thriller, and it commits to that

Corky, a tough female ex-convict working on an apartment renovation in a Chicago building, meets a couple living next door, Caesar, a paranoid mobster, and Violet, his seductive girlfriend, who is immediately attracted to her.

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Odds Against Tomorrow
1959 · dir. Robert Wise
🍅 88%7.4crime · drama · thriller

Both built around robbery

An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man tensions flare.

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Hard Candy
2006 · dir. David Slade
🍅 67%7drama · thriller

Contemplative drama in both cases

Hayley’s a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff’s a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff’s place. Jeff thinks it’s his lucky night. He’s in for a surprise.

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A Hijacking
2012 · dir. Tobias Lindholm
🍅 96%7.1thriller · drama

Both keep circling back to murder

Tensions are high after a Danish freighter is captured and held for ransom by Somali pirates, leading to weeks of high-stakes negotiations – and an escalating potential for explosive violence.

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The Machinist
2004 · dir. Brad Anderson
🍅 77%7.6thriller · drama

Thriller built on tension, twice over

Trevor, an insomniac lathe operator, experiences unusual occurrences at work and home. A strange man follows him everywhere, but no one else seems to notice him.

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Zero Dark Thirty
2012 · dir. Kathryn Bigelow
🍅 91%7.4thriller · drama

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.

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