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Movies that feel like To Kill a Man (2014)

If you loved To Kill a Man, the closest films we have are Locke (2014), Bridge of Spies (2015) and A Hijacking (2012). All three share To Kill a Man's tense and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Philo, Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel and Warriors and Gangsters Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

Jorge is a peaceful hard-working man who seeks a simple, quiet life for himself and his family. One day, he is mugged and humiliated by a gang of thugs led by Kalule, a delinquent from his neighborhood. This event infuriates his son as much for Jorge’s meek acceptance as for the act itself. The son, looking for retribution, ends up getting himself shot. Kalule is sent to jail and when he gets out 18 months later, begins a campaign of terror against Jorge and his family. The authorities do nothing, so Jorge decides to take matters into his own hands.

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Locke
2014 · dir. Steven Knight
🍅 91%7.1drama · thriller

Both land tension and stillness at once

Ivan Locke has worked hard to craft a good life for himself. Tonight, that life will collapse around him. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, Ivan receives a phone call that sets in motion a series of events that will unravel his family, job, and soul.

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Bridge of Spies
2015 · dir. Steven Spielberg
🍅 91%7.6thriller · drama

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.

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A Hijacking
2012 · dir. Tobias Lindholm
🍅 96%7.1thriller · drama

Both trade on stillness more than on being drama

Tensions are high after a Danish freighter is captured and held for ransom by Somali pirates, leading to weeks of high-stakes negotiations – and an escalating potential for explosive violence.

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Zero Dark Thirty
2012 · dir. Kathryn Bigelow
🍅 91%7.4thriller · drama

Tense thriller in both cases

A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.

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Argo
2012 · dir. Ben Affleck
🍅 96%7.7drama · thriller

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.

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Hard Candy
2006 · dir. David Slade
🍅 67%7drama · thriller

The same thriller instincts

Hayley’s a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff’s a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff’s place. Jeff thinks it’s his lucky night. He’s in for a surprise.

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The Machinist
2004 · dir. Brad Anderson
🍅 77%7.6thriller · drama

Drama approached the same way

Trevor, an insomniac lathe operator, experiences unusual occurrences at work and home. A strange man follows him everywhere, but no one else seems to notice him.

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The Lives of Others
2006 · dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
🍅 92%8.4drama · thriller

Both are thriller through and through

In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.

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No Way Out
1987 · dir. Roger Donaldson
🍅 92%7.1thriller · drama

Cut from the same drama cloth

The difference: 27 years apart, and the 1980s show

Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell, and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, Farrell is put in charge of the murder investigation. He begins to uncover shocking clues about the case, but when details of his encounter with Susan surface, he becomes a suspect as well.

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Yojimbo
1961 · dir. Akira Kurosawa
🍅 96%8.2drama · thriller

Cut from the same thriller cloth

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.

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A Man Escaped
1956 · dir. Robert Bresson
🍅 100%8.2drama · thriller

The same drama instincts

A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.

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Compliance
2012 · dir. Craig Zobel
🍅 89%6.4drama · thriller

Thriller approached the same way

On a particularly busy day at a suburban Ohio fast food restaurant, manager Sandra receives a phone call from a police officer saying that an employee has stolen money from a customer.

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