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Movies that feel like The Call (2013)

If you loved The Call, the closest films we have are Nightcrawler (2014), The Chaser (2008) and Red Dragon (2002). All three share The Call's gritty and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 11 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.

Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and quick thinking to help Casey escape, and not just to save her, but to make sure the man is brought to justice.

πŸ… 43% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Brad Andersongrittytenseunsettling

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Call of the Wild (2020)

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Nightcrawler
2014 Β· dir. Dan Gilroy
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.8crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Two things both keep coming back to: underground and psychopath

The difference: Reviewed even better

When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.

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The Chaser
2008 Β· dir. Na Hong-jin
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.8crime Β· thriller Β· action

Common ground in both: kidnapping and serial killer

The difference: Leans harder into action than The Call does

Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp, who's in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by the same client, whom one of his girls is meeting with right now.

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Red Dragon
2002 Β· dir. Brett Ratner
πŸ… 68%β˜… 7.2crime Β· thriller Β· horror

Both are working the same pair: murder, psychological thriller

The difference: Sits closer to horror than The Call does

Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.

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Hannibal
2001 Β· dir. Ridley Scott
πŸ… 39%β˜… 6.8crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Common ground: serial killer

After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make contact with now disgraced Agent Clarice Starling, who is suffering the wrath of a malicious FBI rival as well as the media.

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The Silence of the Lambs
1991 Β· dir. Jonathan Demme
πŸ… 95%β˜… 8.6crime Β· thriller Β· drama

One thread runs through both: kidnapping

The difference: 22 years apart, and the 1990s show

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.

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The House That Jack Built
2018 Β· dir. Lars von Trier
πŸ… 59%β˜… 6.8drama Β· horror Β· crime

Both keep coming back to the same thing: psychopath

Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.

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Panic Room
2002 Β· dir. David Fincher
πŸ… 76%β˜… 6.8crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Both are built on the same subject: psychological thriller

Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul and Junior - during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.

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Saw IV
2007 Β· dir. Darren Lynn Bousman
πŸ… 19%β˜… 5.9horror Β· thriller Β· crime

The same mix in both: grit, then tension

Despite Jigsaw's death, and in order to save the lives of two of his colleagues, Lieutenant Rigg is forced to take part in a new game, which promises to test him to the limit.

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Kill List
2011 Β· dir. Ben Wheatley
πŸ… 79%β˜… 6.4horror Β· thriller Β· crime

Unsettling crime in both cases

Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.

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Killing Them Softly
2012 Β· dir. Andrew Dominik
πŸ… 74%β˜… 6.2crime Β· thriller

The same preoccupation in both: murder

The difference: None of the unease The Call is built on

Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.

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Green Room
2016 Β· dir. Jeremy Saulnier
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7horror Β· crime Β· thriller

Both lean on grit more than on thriller

A punk rock band is forced to fight for survival after witnessing an act of violence at a skinhead bar.

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Fractured
2019 Β· dir. Brad Anderson
πŸ… 56%β˜… 6.5thriller Β· drama

Both are Brad Anderson's work, and they rhyme

Driving cross-country, Ray and his wife and daughter stop at a highway rest area where his daughter falls and breaks her arm. After a frantic rush to the hospital and a clash with the check-in nurse, Ray is finally able to get her to a doctor. While the wife and daughter go downstairs for an MRI, Ray, exhausted, passes out in a chair in the lobby. Upon waking up, they have no record or knowledge of Ray's family ever being checked in.

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