
Movies that feel like You Were Never Really Here (2017)
If you loved You Were Never Really Here, the closest films we have are We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), Leave No Trace (2018) and Side Effects (2013). All three share You Were Never Really Here's contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.
If You Were Never Really Here hit the spot, these will too

The same hand behind both of them: Lynne Ramsay
The difference: Without the same grit

Both are working the same pair: post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), teenage girl

Both rooted in New York City

The same two preoccupations: murder, and drugs

The same preoccupation in both: drugs

Gritty and contemplative in the same breath
The difference: Played as action first

Both are built on the same subject: murder
The difference: Leans further into mystery

Tense crime, and it commits to that
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Both lean on wistfulness more than on drama

Common ground: hotel

Thriller built on grit, twice over

Contemplative crime in both cases
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