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Movies like Sicario
Villeneuve and Deakins built tension out of geography: a convoy, a tunnel, a border, and no clean side to stand on. If you want thrillers where competence does not equal control, start here.
What connects them
Procedural thrillers about institutions doing ugly work, shot with terrifying patience.
If you loved Sicario, start here
- 01Zero Dark Thirty2012
- 02Traffic2000
- 03Hell or High Water2016
- 04Wind River2017
- 05The Hurt Locker2008
- 06No Country for Old Men2007
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