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Movies that feel like The Bling Ring (2013)

If you loved The Bling Ring, the closest films we have are Spring Breakers (2013), Men & Chicken (2015) and Adam's Apples (2005). All three share The Bling Ring's contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

Lured by stardom, a crew of aimless teens breaks into celebrity homes for a string of high-profile robberies and fame by appropriation.

πŸ… 59% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 5.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Sofia Coppolacontemplativegrittywarmdarkly funny

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Spring Breakers
2013 Β· dir. Harmony Korine
πŸ… 67%β˜… 5.3drama Β· crime

Both are built on the same subject: female friendship

The difference: Not nearly as darkly funny as The Bling Ring

After four college girls rob a restaurant to fund their spring break in Florida, they get entangled with a weird dude with his own criminal agenda.

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Men & Chicken
2015 Β· dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
β˜… 6.7comedy Β· drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: dark comedy

The difference: None of the grit The Bling Ring is built on

Men & Chicken is a black comedy about two outcast brothers who, by getting to know their unknown family, discover a horrible truth about themselves and their relatives.

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Adam's Apples
2005 Β· dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
πŸ… 70%β˜… 7.7drama Β· comedy Β· crime

The same preoccupation in both: satire

The difference: Leans harder into comedy than The Bling Ring does

A neo-nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devotional priest.

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Force Majeure
2014 Β· dir. Ruben Γ–stlund
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.2drama

One thread runs through both: dark comedy

The difference: Reviewed even better

While holidaying in the French Alps, a Swedish family deals with acts of cowardliness as an avalanche breaks out.

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The Great Beauty
2013 Β· dir. Paolo Sorrentino
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.7drama

Common ground: satire

Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.

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The Square
2017 Β· dir. Ruben Γ–stlund
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.1drama

Contemplative and darkly funny in the same breath

A prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit.

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Uncut Gems
2019 Β· dir. Benny Safdie
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.4drama Β· thriller Β· crime

Drama with a pulse of grit, in both cases

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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Death to Smoochy
2002 Β· dir. Danny DeVito
πŸ… 42%β˜… 6.3comedy Β· crime Β· drama

Contemplative crime in both cases

Tells the story of Rainbow Randolph, the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, who is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by squeaky-clean Smoochy, a puffy fuchsia rhinoceros. As Smoochy catapults to fame - scoring hit ratings and the affections of a network executive - Randolph makes the unsuspecting rhino the target of his numerous outrageous attempts to exact revenge and reclaim his status as America's sweetheart.

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I Care a Lot
2021 Β· dir. J Blakeson
πŸ… 79%β˜… 6.4crime Β· thriller Β· drama

Gritty drama, and it commits to that

A court-appointed legal guardian defrauds her older clients and traps them under her care. But her latest mark comes with some unexpected baggage.

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El Infierno
2010 Β· dir. Luis Estrada
β˜… 7.6action Β· crime Β· western

Both lean on dark humor more than on crime

After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.

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Bad Education
2004 Β· dir. Pedro AlmodΓ³var
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.4drama Β· crime

Drama built on warmth, twice over

When an old friend brings filmmaker Enrique Goded a semi-autobiographical script chronicling their adolescence, Enrique is forced to relive his youth spent at a Catholic boarding school. Weaving through past and present, the script follows a transvestite performer who reconnects with a grade school sweetheart. Spurred on by this chance encounter, the character reflects on her childhood sexual victimization and the trauma of closeting her sexual orientation.

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21
2008 Β· dir. Robert Luketic
πŸ… 36%β˜… 6.8drama Β· crime

Both lean on warmth more than on crime

Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent student at M.I.T. who strives to succeed. Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine to become a doctor, Ben learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 tuition as he comes from a poor, working-class background. But one evening, Ben is introduced by his unorthodox math professor to a small but secretive club of five students, Jill, Choi, Kianna, and Fisher, who are being trained by Professor Rosa to count cards at blackjack.

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