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Movies that feel like The Guilty (2018)

If you loved The Guilty, the closest films we have are El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019), The Accountant (2016) and Good Time (2017). All three share The Guilty's tense and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads and YouTube TV and others, checked against today's data.

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.

🍅 98% Rotten Tomatoes7.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Gustav Möllertensecontemplativegritty

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If The Guilty hit the spot, these will too

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

Both land tension and stillness at once

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 Accountant
2016 · dir. Gavin O'Connor
🍅 53%7.3crime · thriller · drama

Thriller built on grit, twice over

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

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.

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Good Time
2017 · dir. Benny Safdie
🍅 91%7.3crime · thriller · drama

Tense drama in both cases

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

Contemplative crime, and it commits to that

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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Shoplifters
2018 · dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
🍅 99%7.9drama · crime · thriller

Both trade on grit more than on being thriller

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 Town
2010 · dir. Ben Affleck
🍅 92%7.5crime · drama · thriller

Drama with a pulse of tension, in both cases

A proficient group of thieves rob a bank and hold the manager hostage. Things begin to get complicated when one of the crew members falls in love with her.

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

Contemplative crime in both cases

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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Emily the Criminal
2022 · dir. John Patton Ford
🍅 93%6.7crime · drama · thriller

Gritty thriller in both cases

Desperate for income, Emily takes a shady gig buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a charismatic middleman named Youcef. Seduced by the quick cash and illicit thrills, they hatch a plan to take their business to the next level.

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Collateral
2004 · dir. Michael Mann
🍅 86%7.5drama · crime · thriller

Cut from the same thriller cloth

Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.

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Lord of War
2005 · dir. Andrew Niccol
🍅 62%7.6crime · drama · thriller

Drama approached the same way

Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer and, through some of the deadliest war zones, he struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals and even some of his customers who include many of the world's most notorious dictators. Finally, he must also face his own conscience.

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A History of Violence
2005 · dir. David Cronenberg
🍅 88%7.4drama · thriller · crime

Both are crime through and through

An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.

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The Silence
2010 · dir. Baran bo Odar
🍅 87%7crime · thriller · drama

The same thriller instincts

13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past.

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