🎬 Movies Like No Country for Old Men

Loved No Country for Old Men (2007)? 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. Here are 25 films with the same DNA — matched on shared themes, tone, people and story elements by CinePick's similarity engine, with the reasons each one made the list. Or explore No Country for Old Men itself.

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   Fargo1996

   8.1 IMDb95% RT critics92% RT audience78% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim95·92

   Shared talent: director Joel Coen, director Ethan Coen; Both are thriller/crime films

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   Bone Tomahawk2015

   7.1 IMDb91% RT critics74% RT audience69% TMDB🎓 Critics' darling91·74

   Often recommended together; Shared themes: horror western, neo-western, sheriff

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   Inside Llewyn Davis2013

   7.4 IMDb92% RT critics74% RT audience72% TMDB🎓 Critics' darling92·74

   Shared talent: director Joel Coen, director Ethan Coen; Same era (2010s)

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   Killer Elite2011

   6.4 IMDb27% RT critics42% RT audience63% TMDB⚡ Polarizing27·42

   Often recommended together; Shared themes: desert, set in mexico, 1980s

5. 5
   O Brother, Where Art Thou?2000

   7.7 IMDb78% RT critics89% RT audience73% TMDB

   Shared talent: director Joel Coen, director Ethan Coen; Both are crime films

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   The Missing2003

   6.5 IMDb58% RT critics51% RT audience63% TMDB

   Often recommended together; Both are thriller/drama films

7. 7
   The Mule2018

   7.0 IMDb69% RT critics67% RT audience69% TMDB

   Often recommended together; Shared themes: drug cartel, texas, set in united states

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   Hail, Caesar!2016

   6.3 IMDb86% RT critics44% RT audience59% TMDB🎓 Critics' darling86·44

   Shared talent: director Joel Coen, director Ethan Coen; Matching funny, cerebral tone

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   The Man Who Wasn't There2001

   7.5 IMDb81% RT critics85% RT audience75% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim81·85

   Shared talent: director Joel Coen, director Ethan Coen; Both are crime/drama films

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    True Grit2010

    7.6 IMDb95% RT critics85% RT audience73% TMDB

    Shared talent: director Joel Coen, director Ethan Coen; Matching emotional, epic tone

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    The Road2009

    7.2 IMDb74% RT critics68% RT audience70% TMDB

    Shared talent: writer Cormac McCarthy, Garret Dillahunt; Both are thriller/drama films

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    Bridge of Spies2015

    7.6 IMDb91% RT critics87% RT audience72% TMDB

    Shared talent: writer Joel Coen, writer Ethan Coen; Both are thriller/drama films

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    The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada2005

    7.3 IMDb84% RT critics81% RT audience70% TMDB

    Shared talent: director Tommy Lee Jones; Shared themes: usa–mexico border, neo-western, texas

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    Memories of Murder2003

    8.1 IMDb95% RT critics92% RT audience81% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim95·92

    Shared themes: frantic, neo-noir, 1980s; Both are crime/drama films

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    Sin City2005

    8.0 IMDb76% RT critics78% RT audience75% TMDB

    Both are thriller/crime films; Matching tense, dark tone

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    Shutter Island2010

    8.2 IMDb69% RT critics63% Metacritic77% RT audience82% TMDB

    Both are thriller/drama films; Matching tense, cerebral tone

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    Training Day2001

    7.8 IMDb74% RT critics89% RT audience75% TMDB🍿 Crowd-pleaser74·89

    Shared themes: drug trafficking, neo-noir, set in united states; Both are thriller/crime films

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    Sicario2015

    7.7 IMDb91% RT critics85% RT audience74% TMDB

    Shared themes: mexican cartel, texas, desert; Both are crime/drama films

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    Road to Perdition2002

    7.6 IMDb82% RT critics86% RT audience74% TMDB

    Both are thriller/crime films; Matching tense, dark tone

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    Nightcrawler2014

    7.8 IMDb95% RT critics86% RT audience77% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim95·86

    Shared themes: frantic, psychopath, neo-noir; Both are thriller/crime films

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    Extreme Prejudice1987

    6.7 IMDb80% RT critics60% RT audience62% TMDB🎓 Critics' darling80·60

    Often recommended together; Shared themes: texas, set in texas, neo-noir

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    Young Guns1988

    6.8 IMDb67% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Shared themes: tragic, sheriff, set in united states

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    The Thicket2024

    5.9 IMDb80% RT critics78% RT audience64% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Both are crime/drama films

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    Dead for a Dollar2022

    5.4 IMDb53% RT critics34% RT audience58% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Matching intense, emotional tone

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    The Kid2019

    5.9 IMDb43% RT critics46% RT audience60% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Matching emotional, cerebral tone