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Movies that feel like The Silence (2010)

If you loved The Silence, the closest films we have are The Town (2010), Law Abiding Citizen (2009) and We Own the Night (2007). All three share The Silence's gritty and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel and HBO Max and others, checked against today's data.

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.

πŸ… 87% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Baran bo Odargrittytensecontemplative
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Blast of Silence (1961) Β· The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Β· The Look of Silence (2014)

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The Town
2010 Β· dir. Ben Affleck
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.5crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Gritty where it counts, tense underneath

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 Β· dir. F. Gary Gray
πŸ… 26%β˜… 7.4drama Β· crime Β· thriller

Crime with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

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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We Own the Night
2007 Β· dir. James Gray
πŸ… 57%β˜… 6.8drama Β· crime Β· thriller

Gritty thriller in both cases

A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.

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The Accountant
2016 Β· dir. Gavin O'Connor
πŸ… 53%β˜… 7.3crime Β· thriller Β· drama

Both trade on tension more than on being drama

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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The Mule
2018 Β· dir. Clint Eastwood
πŸ… 69%β˜… 7crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Crime built on stillness, twice over

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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Layer Cake
2004 Β· dir. Matthew Vaughn
πŸ… 81%β˜… 7.2drama Β· thriller Β· crime

Gritty thriller, and it commits to that

When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...

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36th Precinct
2004 Β· dir. Olivier Marchal
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.1crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Drama built on tension, twice over

In Paris, two cops are competing for the vacant job of chief of police, in the middle of the search for a gang of violent thieves. The movie is directed by Olivier Marchal, a former police officer who spent 12 years with the French police before creating this story, taken in part from real events of the 1980s.

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A History of Violence
2005 Β· dir. David Cronenberg
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.4drama Β· thriller Β· crime

Both trade on stillness more than on being crime

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

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Memories of Murder
2003 Β· dir. Bong Joon Ho
β˜… 8.1crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Both keep circling back to rape

A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.

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Collateral
2004 Β· dir. Michael Mann
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.5drama Β· crime Β· thriller

The same crime instincts

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 Β· dir. Andrew Niccol
πŸ… 62%β˜… 7.6crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Cut from the same thriller cloth

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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Good Time
2017 Β· dir. Benny Safdie
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.3crime Β· thriller Β· drama

Both are drama through and through

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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