
Movies that feel likeTrue Grit (2010)
If you loved True Grit, the closest films we have are Hostiles (2017), Short Term 12 (2013) and Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008). All three share True Grit's contemplative and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is City of Men (2007).
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If True Grit hit the spot, these will too

Contemplative where it counts, epic underneath
The difference: Leans harder into history than True Grit does

Both land grit and melancholy at once
The difference: Easier on the scale than True Grit

The same preoccupation in both: grief

Both are built on the same subject: grief

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Adventure built on scale, twice over


Melancholy drama in both cases

Both lean on stillness more than on adventure

One thread runs through both: father murder

Western built on scale, twice over

Melancholy drama, and it commits to that
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