
Movies that feel like Traffic (2000)
If you loved Traffic, the closest films we have are Side Effects (2013), Layer Cake (2004) and Blow (2001). All three share Traffic's contemplative and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Starz and Sundance Now and others, checked against today's data.
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If Traffic hit the spot, these will too

The same hand behind both of them: Steven Soderbergh

Both are working the same pair: drug smuggling, drug trafficking

Both are built on the same subject: war on drugs
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

The same mix in both: tension, then stillness

Gritty thriller in both cases

The same preoccupation in both: drug dealer

Tense drama, and it commits to that

Crime with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Thriller built on grit, twice over

Both lean on tension more than on drama

Contemplative crime in both cases

Gritty thriller, and it commits to that
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