Confession of Murder
2012South Korea★ 7.15 pt match
What ties these together is injustice and figuring out who you are. The world both films live in revolves around corrupt institutions. Same energy: tense, cold and detached, and escalating.
Sicario
2015USALanguage: EnglishDirected by Denis Villeneuve★ 7.4
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
Themes and style
Tone
bleaktensecold and detachedhaunting
Pacing
slow burnmethodicalescalating
Story
warpursuitinvestigationunraveling
Emotion
feeling powerlessloss of innocencefiguring out who you areinjustice
Themes
corrupt institutionslife under oppressionclass and moneycolonial historypoverty
Feel
exhaustingcerebralgut punchdiscussion starterquietly haunting
Violence
graphicWhere to watch
Foreign films like Sicario
These foreign films share the same emotional core, themes, and structural feel as Sicario. Every one of them has confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.
Vikram Vedha
2017India★ 7.25 pt match
Like Sicario, this one is rooted in figuring out who you are and injustice. Both circle the same ground: corrupt institutions, class and money, and poverty. The feel is the same: tense, escalating, and slow burn.
Emergency Declaration
2022South Korea★ 7.54 pt match
What ties these together is feeling powerless. They share the same lens on corrupt institutions and life under oppression. Same energy: tense, bleak, and escalating.
Shin Godzilla
2016Japan★ 7.24 pt match
Both films sit with feeling powerless, injustice, and figuring out who you are. Both circle the same ground: corrupt institutions, life under oppression, and colonial history. Same energy: tense, bleak, and escalating.
Harakiri
1962Japan★ 8.44 pt match
What ties these together is injustice. The world both films live in revolves around corrupt institutions and class and money. Same energy: bleak, haunting, slow burn, and methodical.
Fabricated City
2017South Korea★ 7.73 pt match
Both films sit with injustice and figuring out who you are. They share the same lens on class and money, corrupt institutions, and poverty. Both move the same way too, tense and escalating.
Nikita
1990France★ 7.13 pt match
What ties these together is figuring out who you are and feeling powerless. The world both films live in revolves around corrupt institutions and life under oppression. Same energy: tense, bleak, escalating, and slow burn.
Lost Bullet
2020France★ 6.63 pt match
Both films sit with injustice. Both circle the same ground: corrupt institutions, class and money, and poverty. The feel is the same: tense and escalating.