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Movies that feel likeThe Hit (1984)

Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.

If you loved The Hit, the closest films we have are Red Rock West (1993), Caliber 9 (1972) and The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973). All three share The Hit's tense and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Hyena (2015).

🍅 89% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Stephen Frearscontemplativetensegritty
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Red Rock West
1993 · dir. John Dahl
🍅 95%★ 7crime · thriller

The same two preoccupations: hitman, and criminal

The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than The Hit does

When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialize in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money, and runs. During his getaway, things go wrong, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman, Lyle.

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Caliber 9
1972 · dir. Fernando Di Leo
★ 7.4crime · thriller

Both are built on the same subject: gangster

Just out of prison, ex-con Ugo Piazza meets his former employer, a psychopathic gangster Rocco who enjoys sick violence and torture. Both the gangsters and the police believe Ugo has hidden $300,000 that should have gone to an American drug syndicate boss.

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The Friends of Eddie Coyle
1973 · dir. Peter Yates
🍅 98%★ 7.4crime · drama · thriller

The same preoccupation in both: gangster

An aging hood is about to go back to prison. Hoping to escape his fate, he supplies information on stolen guns to the feds, while simultaneously supplying arms to his bank robbing chums.

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Across 110th Street
1972 · dir. Barry Shear
🍅 85%★ 7crime · drama · thrillerPrime Video

The same mix in both: stillness, then tension

In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as are two policemen. Lt. Pope and Capt. Mattelli are two New York City cops trying to break the case. Three small-time criminals are on the run with the money. Will the mafia catch them first, or will the police?

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The Silence
2010 · dir. Baran bo Odar
🍅 87%★ 6.9crime · thriller · drama

Drama with a pulse of grit, in both cases

The difference: 26 years apart, and the 2010s show

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

Both lean on stillness more than on thriller

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

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The Unjust
2010 · dir. Ryoo Seung-wan
★ 6.5crime · thrillerNetflix

Tense crime in both cases

An honest cop has to compromise with his principles when he is told to find a scapegoat for a high-profile serial killer case in exchange for a big promotion.

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Easy Money
2010 · dir. Daniel Espinosa
🍅 85%★ 6.7drama · thriller · crime

Drama built on grit, twice over

When JW becomes a drug runner in order to maintain his double life, his fate becomes tied to two other men: Jorge, a fugitive on the run from both the Serbian mafia and the police, and mafia enforcer Mrado, who is on the hunt for Jorge.

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The Street Fighter
1974 · dir. Shigehiro Ozawa
★ 6.9action · crime · thriller

Common ground: kidnapping

The difference: Sits closer to action than The Hit does

Takuma Tsurugi takes on the government, the police, the mafia and an international ring of kidnappers who aim to dispossess a beautiful young heiress of her millions.

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In the Line of Duty 4
1989 · dir. Yuen Woo-ping
★ 7.1action · crime · thriller

Tense thriller, and it commits to that

Two detectives who are up to their necks in trouble and in each other's face, as they try to shut down a drug-trafficking scheme that could be connected with international ties to organized crime. But in the midst of their investigation, innocent immigrant dock worker Luk Wan-Ting gets caught up in the mix when he witnesses the murder of an intelligence operative and is framed for the crime.

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Hyena
2015 · dir. Gerard Johnson
🍅 78%★ 6.2crime · drama · thriller

Contemplative crime, and it commits to that

Good policing doesn't necessarily mean doing everything by the book. But as the business of crime in London turns to favour the Albanians and Turks, how does a "good" policeman survive?

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The Hypnotist
2012 · dir. Lasse Hallström
★ 5.6crime · drama · thriller

Both lean on grit more than on drama

After a young woman and her parents are murdered by a killer determined to wipe out the entire family, Detective Inspector Joona Linna works with a psychiatrist to hypnotize the son who narrowly escaped death in order to find the one surviving daughter before the murderer does.

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