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Movies that feel like We Own the Night (2007)

If you loved We Own the Night, the closest films we have are Layer Cake (2004), Lord of War (2005) and Law Abiding Citizen (2009). All three share We Own the Night's contemplative and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Lionsgate+ Amazon Channels, Howdy Amazon Channel and Netflix and others, checked against today's data.

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

πŸ… 57% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. James Graycontemplativegrittytense

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

Both circle gangster and cocaine

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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Lord of War
2005 Β· dir. Andrew Niccol
πŸ… 62%β˜… 7.6crime Β· drama Β· thriller

The same city underneath both: New York City

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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Law Abiding Citizen
2009 Β· dir. F. Gary Gray
πŸ… 26%β˜… 7.4drama Β· crime Β· thriller

Both built around investigation

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

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

The same preoccupation in both: nightclub

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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The Yards
2000 Β· dir. James Gray
πŸ… 64%β˜… 6.4crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Both are James Gray films, and they rhyme

In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big contractors; he's battling with a minority-owned firm for contracts.

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The Departed
2006 Β· dir. Martin Scorsese
πŸ… 91%β˜… 8.5drama Β· thriller Β· crime

Both keep circling back to gangster

To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

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

Hospital is the engine of both

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

Murder sits at the heart of each

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

The same mix in both: stillness, then grit

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

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

Drama built on tension, twice over

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

Crime with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

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

Gritty thriller in both cases

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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