Best movies like Hell or High Water
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Plot Summary:
A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 247000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: neo western, realistic, neo noir, suspense, atmospheric, harsh, suspenseful, tense, independent film, crime drama
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Let Him Go (2020)
Plot Summary:
Following the loss of their son, a retired sheriff and his wife leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, rough, brutal, emotional, controversial, bloody, dramatic, period piece, deep
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Galveston (2018)
Plot Summary:
After a violent encounter with his boss' men, Roy finds a prostitute and sees something in her frightened, defiant eyes that prompts a fateful decision. He takes her with him as he flees to Galveston, an action as ill-advised as it is inescapable.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, neo noir, suspense, captivating, dark, sad, art house, crying, independent film
Similar in 80%
Rolling Thunder (1977)
Plot Summary:
A Vietnam veteran, Charles Rane, returns home after years in a POW camp and is treated as a hero. When thugs invade his home to steal the silver coins he received for his service, they mangle his hand and leave him and his family for dead. Rane survives and becomes obsessed with getting revenge. Aided by his loyal friend Johnny Vohden, Rane, now wielding a hook for a hand, sets out on his mission of vengeance.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, neo noir, bleak, stylized, harsh, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, road movie
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Good Time (2017)
Plot Summary:
After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through the city's underworld in an increasingly desperate—and dangerous—attempt to get his brother Nick out of jail.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 136000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, independent film, brutal, captivating, retro, suspenseful, hood, crime thriller, psychological
Similar in 85%
Extreme Prejudice (1987)
Plot Summary:
A Texas Ranger and a ruthless narcotics kingpin - they were childhood friends, now they are adversaries.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: neo noir, cult classic, gothic, heroic, southern gothic, hood, action adventure, exciting, rough, serious
Similar in 78%
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
Plot Summary:
An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: road movie, disturbing, black comedy, cult classic, neo western, depressing, neo noir, dark comedy, tense, bleak
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Animal Kingdom (2010)
Plot Summary:
Following the death of his mother, J finds himself living with his estranged family, under the watchful eye of his doting grandmother, Smurf, mother to the Cody boys. J quickly comes to believe that he is a player in this world. But, as he soon discovers, this world is far larger and more menacing than he could ever imagine. J finds himself at the center of a cold-blooded revenge plot that turns the family upside down.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: tense, disturbing, bleak, atmospheric, realistic, neo noir, suspense, intense, visually appealing, rough
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One False Move (1991)
Plot Summary:
Following a series of drug deals and murders, three criminals -- Fantasia, Ray Malcolm and Pluto -- travel from Los Angeles to Houston, finally arriving in a small Arkansas town to go into hiding. Two detectives from the LAPD, who are already on the case, contact the town's sheriff, Dale Dixon, to alert him of the fugitives' presence in the area. Underestimating Dixon, the criminals have no idea what they are about to face.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, tense, suspenseful, independent film, atmospheric, disturbing, intense, rough, serious
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Thief (1981)
Plot Summary:
Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he signs on with a top gangster for a big score.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: neo noir, atmospheric, cerebral, cult classic, retro, tense, realistic, stylized, crime drama, suspense
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Dark Blue (2002)
Plot Summary:
Set during the Rodney King riots, a robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his tactics.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: neo noir, tense, detective, harsh, intense, stylized, serious, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
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Internal Affairs (1990)
Plot Summary:
Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the activities of cop Dennis Peck whose financial holdings start to suggest something shady. Indeed Peck is involved in any number of dubious or downright criminal activities. He is also devious, a womaniser, and a clever manipulator, and he starts to turn his attention on Avila.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, neo noir, suspenseful, erotic, atmospheric, intense, clever, brutal, rough
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Heist (2001)
Plot Summary:
Joe Moore has a job he loves. He's a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman reneges on the money he's owed, and his wife may be betraying him with the fence's young lieutenant. Moore and his partner, Bobby Blane and their utility man, Pinky Pincus find themselves broke, betrayed, and blackmailed. Moore is forced to commit his crew to do one last big job.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, clever, tricky, neo noir, serious, witty, talky, crime drama, cult classic
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Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013)
Plot Summary:
The tale of an outlaw who escapes from prison and sets out across the Texas hills to reunite with his wife and the daughter he has never met.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, bleak, melancholic, heartbreaking, emotional, cult classic, visually stunning, independent film, atmospheric, stylized
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The Way of the Gun (2000)
Plot Summary:
Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, intense, cynical, rough, cult classic, action packed, clever, realistic, stylized
Similar in 81%
Killing Them Softly (2012)
Plot Summary:
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 151000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspenseful, tense, intense, bleak, independent film, dark comedy, rough, bloody, political
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The Town (2010)
Plot Summary:
Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their burgeoning relationship threatens to unveil the identities of Doug and his crew to the FBI Agent who is on their case.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 410000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, captivating, serious, crime thriller, clever, neo noir, rough, stylized, action packed
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Out of the Furnace (2013)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. His brother is then lured into one of the most violent crime rings in the Northeast.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 123000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, bleak, tense, realistic, neo noir, atmospheric, harsh, serious, rough, dark
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The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)
Plot Summary:
A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 286000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: harsh, captivating, psychological, stylized, neo noir, suspense, gloomy, melancholic, atmospheric, crime thriller
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Wind River (2017)
Plot Summary:
An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 274000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, neo western, neo noir, surprise ending, bleak, sentimental, detective, psychological thriller, atmospheric
Similar in 82%
Wild at Heart (1990)
Plot Summary:
Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 99000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: surreal, road movie, black comedy, avant garde, dark comedy, sexy, atmospheric, erotic, art house, mindfuck
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Sicario (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young female FBI agent joins a secret CIA operation to take down a Mexican cartel boss, a job that ends up pushing her ethical and moral values to the limit.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 462000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Hong Kong
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: suspense, realistic, serious, tense, neo noir, enigmatic, brutal, harsh, bleak, atmospheric
Similar in 81%
Red Rock West (1993)
Plot Summary:
When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialise in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money and runs. During his getaway, things go wrong, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman, Lyle.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspenseful, sexy, atmospheric, road movie, suspense, rough, independent film, black comedy, clever
Similar in 87%
Training Day (2001)
Plot Summary:
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 463000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: neo noir, tense, realistic, harsh, suspense, hood, detective, crime thriller, psychological, clever
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Heat (1995)
Plot Summary:
Obsessive master thief, Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective, Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 702000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags: neo noir, tense, detective, suspense, suspenseful, intense, exciting, bleak, atmospheric, clever
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Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Plot Summary:
Bonnie and Clyde is based on the true stories of the gangster pair Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow who in the 1930s began robbing banks in U.S. cities until they were eventually killed. The film is a major landmark in the aesthetic movement known as the New Hollywood.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 119000
Genere: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: road movie, controversial, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, disturbing, captivating, grim, witty, black and white
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3:10 to Yuma (2007)
Plot Summary:
In Arizona in the late 1800s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans, struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, volunteers to deliver him alive to the "3:10 to Yuma", a train that will take the killer to trial.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 327000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, tense, dramatic, harsh, intense, brutal, serious, atmospheric, exciting
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Den of Thieves (2018)
Plot Summary:
A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 121000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: suspense, captivating, tense, suspenseful, exciting, enigmatic, disturbing, clever, experimental, detective
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True Grit (2010)
Plot Summary:
Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find, a man with "true grit," Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn. Mattie insists on accompanying Cogburn, whose drinking, sloth, and generally reprobate character do not augment her faith in him. Against his wishes, she joins him in his trek into the Indian Nations in search of Chaney. They are joined by Texas Ranger LaBoeuf, who wants Chaney for his own purposes. The unlikely trio find danger and adventure on the journey, and each has his or her "grit" tested.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 353000
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, scenic, visually appealing, serious, captivating, dark
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The Hateful Eight (2015)
Plot Summary:
Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 645000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 168 min
Plot tags: captivating, bloody, talky, exciting, stylized, suspense, clever, semi serious, grindhouse, cult classic
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No Country for Old Men (2007)
Plot Summary:
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 10000000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: neo noir, tense, serious, atmospheric, suspense, bleak, suspenseful, neo western, gloomy, rough