Movies like Polytechnique
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It
2017 · Directed by Andy Muschietti · 135 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: school, 1980s · Also thriller and drama
In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
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A Perfect World
1993 · Directed by Clint Eastwood · 138 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: hostage · Also drama and crime
A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.
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Donnie Darko
2001 · Directed by Richard Kelly · 114 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: school, 1980s · From the same decade (2000s)
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
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The Passenger
2023 · Directed by Carter Smith · 98 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: hostage · Also drama and thriller
Randolph Bradley is perfectly content fading into the background, but when his coworker Benson snaps and goes on a violent killing spree, he’s forced to face his fears and confront his troubled past in order to find a…
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Mad City
1997 · Directed by Costa-Gavras · 114 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: hostage · Also thriller and drama
A misguided museum guard who loses his job and then tries to get it back at gunpoint is thrown into the fierce world of ratings-driven TV gone mad.
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Le Samouraï
1967 · Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville · 105 min7.8
Why you'll like itAlso a French crime film
After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts, finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of…
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Anatomy of a Fall
2023 · Directed by Justine Triet · 151 min7.5
Why you'll like itAlso a French thriller
A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.
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It Was Just an Accident
2025 · Directed by Jafar Panahi · 103 min7.2
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
An unassuming mechanic is reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he encounters a man he suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor.
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The Butcher
1970 · Directed by Claude Chabrol · 93 min7.1
Why you'll like itAlso a French thriller
An unlikely friendship between a dour, working class butcher and a repressed schoolteacher coincides with a grisly series of Ripper-type murders in a provincial French town.
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Case 137
2025 · Directed by Dominik Moll · 115 min6.9
Why you'll like itAlso a French crime film
When Internal Affairs officer Stéphanie investigates a young man severely injured during a chaotic Paris demonstration and finds no police misconduct, the routine case hits close to home upon her discovering the victim…
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A Gang Story
2011 · Directed by Olivier Marchal · 102 min6.8
Why you'll like itAlso a French crime film
After growing up in a poor gypsy camp, Edmond Vidal, aka Momon, has retained a sense of family, unfailing loyalty and pride in his origins.
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Three Days and a Life
2019 · Directed by Nicolas Boukhrief · 120 min6.5
Why you'll like itAlso a French thriller
Christmas 1999, in a peaceful little village in the Ardennes. The life of a young boy named Antoine will soon be devastated by three tragic events : the death of a dog, the vanishing of a child, and a big ravaging storm.