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These 18 titles extend You Were Never Really Here through mood and genre. The selection runs from 1960 to 2026. The highest rated is Forrest Gump (8.5). 5 of them are on HBO Max, Netflix.

Nightcrawler
★ 7.7
Nightcrawler2014

Also crime · In common: murder

The Wolf of Wall Street
★ 8.0
The Wolf of Wall Street2013

Also crime · In common: drugs

The Punisher: One Last Kill
★ 8.3
The Punisher: One Last Kill2026

Also crime · In common: New York

The Usual Suspects
★ 8.2
The Usual Suspects1995

Also crime · In common: New York

Lord of War
★ 7.3
Lord of War2005

Also crime · In common: hotel, New York

Psycho
★ 8.4
Psycho1960

In common: mother son relationship, hotel

Memento
★ 8.3
Memento2000

In common: murder

Pearl
★ 7.2
Pearl2022

In common: murder

Sicario
★ 7.8
Sicario2015

Also crime · In common: drugs, murder

Joker
★ 8.2
Joker2019

Also crime · In common: mother son relationship

Eyes Wide Shut
★ 7.5
Eyes Wide Shut1999

In common: drugs, New York

Once Upon a Time in America
★ 8.4
Once Upon a Time in America1984

Also crime · In common: New York, murder

Taken 3
★ 6.3
Taken 32014

In common: murder

Irréversible
★ 7.2
Irréversible2002

Also crime · In common: drugs

The Shining
★ 8.3
The Shining1980

In common: hotel, mother son relationship

Disclosure Day
★ 6.7
Disclosure Day2026

In common: New York

Forrest Gump
★ 8.5
Forrest Gump1994

In common: mother son relationship

Léon
★ 8.3
Léon1994

Also crime · In common: New York, murder