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Movies that feel like The Power of the Dog (2021)

If you loved The Power of the Dog, the closest films we have are First Cow (2020), The Rider (2018) and Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019). All three share The Power of the Dog's contemplative and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Kino Film Collection and others, checked against today's data.

A domineering but charismatic rancher wages a war of intimidation on his brother's new wife and her teen son, until long-hidden secrets come to light.

πŸ… 94% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Jane Campioncontemplativegritty
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First Cow
2020 Β· dir. Kelly Reichardt
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.1drama Β· western

Contemplative where it counts, gritty underneath

In the 1820s, a taciturn loner and skilled cook travels west to Oregon Territory, where he meets a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two team up on a dangerous scheme to steal milk from the wealthy landowner’s prized Jersey cowβ€”the first, and only, in the territory.

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The Rider
2018 Β· dir. ChloΓ© Zhao
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.4drama Β· western

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Once a rising star of the rodeo circuit, and a gifted horse trainer, young cowboy Brady is warned that his riding days are over after a horse crushed his skull at a rodeo. In an attempt to regain control of his own fate, Brady undertakes a search for a new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of the United States.

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Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
2019 Β· dir. Joe Berlinger
πŸ… 54%β˜… 6.7drama Β· crime

Gritty western in both cases

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.

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Lawless
2012 Β· dir. John Hillcoat
πŸ… 67%β˜… 7.2crime Β· drama Β· western

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

The difference: Leans harder into crime than The Power of the Dog does

In 1931, the Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Virginia, run a multipurpose backwoods establishment that hides their true business β€” bootlegging. Middle brother Forrest is the brain of the operation; older Howard is the brawn, and younger Jack, the lookout. Though the local police have taken bribes and left the brothers alone, a violent war erupts when a sadistic lawman from Chicago arrives and tries to shut down the Bondurants operation.

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Loving Pablo
2017 Β· dir. Fernando LeΓ³n de Aranoa
πŸ… 33%β˜… 6.4crime Β· drama

Western built on grit, twice over

The film chronicles the rise and fall of the world's most feared drug lord Pablo Escobar and his volatile love affair with Colombia's most famous journalist Virginia Vallejo throughout a reign of terror that tore a country apart.

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7 Prisoners
2021 Β· dir. Alexandre Moratto
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.1drama Β· crime

Both know what they want from drama

An impoverished teen seeking to escape the clutches of a human trafficker must weigh living up to his moral code against his struggle to survive.

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Black Souls
2014 Β· dir. Francesco Munzi
πŸ… 89%β˜… 6.8crime Β· drama

The drama is handled with the same confidence

A former narcotics smuggler, now living peaceably in the Calabrian hills, is drawn back into his family’s drug-trade dynasty by his impetuous teenage son.

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The Drop
2014 Β· dir. MichaΓ«l R. Roskam
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7drama Β· crime

The same drama instincts

Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.

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A Touch of Sin
2013 Β· dir. Jia Zhangke
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.1crime Β· drama

Drama of the same temperament

Four people in different provinces are driven to violent ends: An angry miner is enraged by corruption in his village. A migrant discovers the possibilities of owning a firearm. A receptionist is pushed beyond her limits by an abusive client. A young factory worker goes from one job to the next.

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Hell or High Water
2016 Β· dir. David Mackenzie
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.6western Β· crime Β· drama

Western in the same key

A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.

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Leviathan
2014 Β· dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.6drama Β· crime

Both play drama straight

In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.

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R
2010 Β· dir. Tobias Lindholm
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.1crime Β· drama

Drama approached the same way

Imprisoned for violent assault, Rune is placed in the hardcore ward, where his survival depends on quickly learning the prison's parallel world of rules, honor, and obligations.

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