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Movies that feel like The Outfit (1973)
A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed his brother.
If you loved The Outfit, the closest films we have are Rolling Thunder (1977), Lady Snowblood (1973) and The Square (2008). All three share The Outfit'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 Point Blank (1967).
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If The Outfit hit the spot, these will too
The same hand behind both of them: John Flynn
Sits closer to thriller than The Outfit does
Both are built on the same subject: revenge
Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft
One thread runs through both: parker
Both land grit and stillness at once
Relentless crime, and it commits to that
Contemplative drama in both cases
Crime built on relentlessness, twice over
Crime with a pulse of grit, in both cases
Trades the stillness of The Outfit for an angle of its own
Both lean on stillness more than on drama
Both run relentless where it counts
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The best-reviewed films that share The Outfit’s defining feeling.
