Grim crime thrillers
My favourite film genre right now are dark, grim, realistic crime thrillers. I think what grabs me is they all feel like they could be happening in our own neighbourhood (some of them did), and/or there are characters that you can sympathise with. Some you don’t at all, but the acting is outstanding in all of them.
They aren’t as stylishly epic as a Tarantino flick, or ultra violent or gory, but they hover around those boundaries, which I think makes it just that bit more unsettling and gripping.
I absolutely loved these ones. I wouldn’t recommend binging them. Might come out the other end a bit twisted.
- Snowtown (2011)
- Animal Kingdom (2010)
- Dragged Across Concrete (2018)
- Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)
- Blue Ruin (2013)
- Nitram (2021)
- The Iceman (2012)
- The House that Jack Built (2018) - this one was a bit more fun and artsy.
If you know of these and want to recommend anything similar let me know!