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Movies that feel likeThe Irishman (2019)

Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.

If you loved The Irishman, the closest films we have are Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), Gangs of New York (2002) and The Last Duel (2021). All three share The Irishman's gritty and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Just Mercy (2019).

🍅 95% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Martin Scorsesegrittycontemplativeepicwarm
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Killers of the Flower Moon
2023 · dir. Martin Scorsese
🍅 93%★ 7.5crime · history · dramaApple TV+

Same director's patient unraveling of true greed and betrayal

The difference: A historical murder conspiracy, not one hitman's decades-long loyalty

When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.

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Gangs of New York
2002 · dir. Martin Scorsese
🍅 72%★ 7.5drama · history · crimeParamount+Starz

Same director's sprawling saga of loyalty, violence, and survival

The difference: A revenge-driven immigrant epic, not a quiet hitman's long service

In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people.

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The Last Duel
2021 · dir. Ridley Scott
🍅 85%★ 7.3drama · history · thrillerRent or buy

Both are built on the same subject: male friendship

The difference: Sits closer to thriller than The Irishman does

King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire, Jacques Le Gris, by challenging him to a duel.

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Society of the Snow
2023 · dir. J. A. Bayona
🍅 90%★ 7.8drama · historyNetflix

A true story reckoning with survival, loyalty, and the passage of time

The difference: A single-disaster survival ordeal, not decades of mob entanglement

On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, chartered to take a rugby team to Chile, crashes into a glacier in the heart of the Andes.

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Silence
2016 · dir. Martin Scorsese
🍅 83%★ 7.2drama · historyRent or buy

Same director's patient study of faith, duty, and moral cost

The difference: A spiritual missionary ordeal, not organized crime and betrayal

In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.

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Thelma & Louise
1991 · dir. Ridley Scott
🍅 87%★ 7.6drama · crime · adventurePrime VideoHulu

The same mix in both: grit, then stillness

The difference: 28 years apart, and the 1990s show

Taking a break from their dreary lives, close friends Thelma and Louise embark on a short weekend trip that ends in unforeseen incriminating circumstances. As fugitives, both women rediscover the strength of their bond and their newfound resilience.

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Just Mercy
2019 · dir. Destin Daniel Cretton
🍅 85%★ 7.6drama · crime · history

A true story reckoning with a justice system that failed someone

The difference: A courtroom-advocacy drama, not a hitman's complicity in violence

The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights tirelessly for Walter with the system stacked against them.

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GoodFellas
1990 · dir. Martin Scorsese
🍅 93%★ 8.7drama · crime

Same director's immersive rise through the mob's inner workings

The difference: A charismatic climb up the ranks, not a slow reckoning with regret

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

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Richard Jewell
2019 · dir. Clint Eastwood
🍅 77%★ 7.5drama · history · crime

A true story of an ordinary man caught inside forces bigger than him

The difference: A wrongly-accused-hero drama, not decades of mob loyalty and guilt

Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and sensational media coverage.

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Casino
1995 · dir. Martin Scorsese
🍅 79%★ 8.2crime · dramaPrime Video

Same director's sprawling look at loyalty curdling into betrayal

The difference: Vegas excess and glamour, not a quiet trucker's slow moral drift

In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.

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Black Mass
2015 · dir. Scott Cooper
🍅 74%★ 6.8drama · crime · history

A true-crime portrait of loyalty curdling into betrayal over decades

The difference: An informant's double game, not a hitman's quiet, dutiful service

The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.

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Dances with Wolves
1990 · dir. Kevin Costner
🍅 87%★ 8adventure · drama · westernPrime Video

Epic where it counts, warm underneath

Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.

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