Movies like Gran Torino

Gran Torino (2008) is a drama movie directed by Clint Eastwood. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.

1. The Mule (2018)
★ 6.9 · 5,512 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates.
Movies like The Mule →
2. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
★ 7.7 · 1,309 votes · Crime, Drama, Mystery
African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.
Movies like In the Heat of the Night →
3. The Irishman (2019)
★ 7.6 · 7,783 votes · Crime, Drama, History
Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.
Movies like The Irishman →
4. As Good as It Gets (1997)
★ 7.4 · 4,282 votes · Drama, Comedy, Romance
A misanthropic author, a single mother and waitress, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.
Movies like As Good as It Gets →
5. Straight Outta Compton (2015)
★ 7.8 · 4,330 votes · Drama, Music, History
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.
Movies like Straight Outta Compton →
6. John Wick (2014)
★ 7.5 · 21,471 votes · Action, Thriller
Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
Movies like John Wick →
7. Mudbound (2017)
★ 7.4 · 1,343 votes · Drama
In the post–World War II South, two families are pitted against a barbaric social hierarchy and an unrelenting landscape as they simultaneously fight the battle at home and the battle abroad.
Movies like Mudbound →
8. American History X (1998)
★ 8.3 · 13,020 votes · Drama
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.
Movies like American History X →
9. Heat (1995)
★ 7.9 · 8,785 votes · Crime, Drama, Action
Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.
Movies like Heat →
10. Walking Tall (2004)
★ 6.3 · 1,751 votes · Adventure, Drama, Action
A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.
Movies like Walking Tall →
11. The Equalizer 2 (2018)
★ 6.8 · 6,223 votes · Action, Thriller, Crime
Robert McCall, who serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, embarks on a relentless, globe-trotting quest for vengeance when his former partner is murdered.
Movies like The Equalizer 2 →
12. Gangs of New York (2002)
★ 7.3 · 7,470 votes · Drama, History, Crime
In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people.
Movies like Gangs of New York →
13. Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
★ 7.1 · 644 votes · Drama, Thriller, Crime
A soldier returns to his small town and exacts a deadly revenge on the thugs who tormented his disabled brother while he was away.
Movies like Dead Man's Shoes →
14. Palmer (2021)
★ 8.1 · 1,999 votes · Drama
After 12 years in prison, former high school football star Eddie Palmer returns home to put his life back together—and forms an unlikely bond with Sam, an outcast boy from a troubled home. But Eddie's past threatens to ruin his new life and family.
Movies like Palmer →
15. Romper Stomper (1992)
★ 6.5 · 597 votes · Action, Drama, Thriller
Nazi skinheads in Melbourne take out their anger on local Vietnamese, who are seen as threatening racial purity. Finally the Vietnamese have had enough and confront the skinheads in an all-out confrontation, sending the skinheads running. A woman who is prone to epileptic seizures joins the skins' merry band, and helps them on their run from justice, but is her affliction also a sign of impurity?
Movies like Romper Stomper →
16. Casualties of War (1989)
★ 7.2 · 1,055 votes · Drama, History, War
During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.
Movies like Casualties of War →

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Movies like Gran Torino

Gran Torino (2008) is a drama movie directed by Clint Eastwood. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.

1. The Mule (2018)
★ 6.9 · 5,512 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates.
Movies like The Mule →
2. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
★ 7.7 · 1,309 votes · Crime, Drama, Mystery
African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.
Movies like In the Heat of the Night →
3. The Irishman (2019)
★ 7.6 · 7,783 votes · Crime, Drama, History
Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.
Movies like The Irishman →
4. As Good as It Gets (1997)
★ 7.4 · 4,282 votes · Drama, Comedy, Romance
A misanthropic author, a single mother and waitress, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.
Movies like As Good as It Gets →
5. Straight Outta Compton (2015)
★ 7.8 · 4,330 votes · Drama, Music, History
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.
Movies like Straight Outta Compton →
6. John Wick (2014)
★ 7.5 · 21,471 votes · Action, Thriller
Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
Movies like John Wick →
7. Mudbound (2017)
★ 7.4 · 1,343 votes · Drama
In the post–World War II South, two families are pitted against a barbaric social hierarchy and an unrelenting landscape as they simultaneously fight the battle at home and the battle abroad.
Movies like Mudbound →
8. American History X (1998)
★ 8.3 · 13,020 votes · Drama
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.
Movies like American History X →
9. Heat (1995)
★ 7.9 · 8,785 votes · Crime, Drama, Action
Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.
Movies like Heat →
10. Walking Tall (2004)
★ 6.3 · 1,751 votes · Adventure, Drama, Action
A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.
Movies like Walking Tall →
11. The Equalizer 2 (2018)
★ 6.8 · 6,223 votes · Action, Thriller, Crime
Robert McCall, who serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, embarks on a relentless, globe-trotting quest for vengeance when his former partner is murdered.
Movies like The Equalizer 2 →
12. Gangs of New York (2002)
★ 7.3 · 7,470 votes · Drama, History, Crime
In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people.
Movies like Gangs of New York →
13. Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
★ 7.1 · 644 votes · Drama, Thriller, Crime
A soldier returns to his small town and exacts a deadly revenge on the thugs who tormented his disabled brother while he was away.
Movies like Dead Man's Shoes →
14. Palmer (2021)
★ 8.1 · 1,999 votes · Drama
After 12 years in prison, former high school football star Eddie Palmer returns home to put his life back together—and forms an unlikely bond with Sam, an outcast boy from a troubled home. But Eddie's past threatens to ruin his new life and family.
Movies like Palmer →
15. Romper Stomper (1992)
★ 6.5 · 597 votes · Action, Drama, Thriller
Nazi skinheads in Melbourne take out their anger on local Vietnamese, who are seen as threatening racial purity. Finally the Vietnamese have had enough and confront the skinheads in an all-out confrontation, sending the skinheads running. A woman who is prone to epileptic seizures joins the skins' merry band, and helps them on their run from justice, but is her affliction also a sign of impurity?
Movies like Romper Stomper →
16. Casualties of War (1989)
★ 7.2 · 1,055 votes · Drama, History, War
During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.
Movies like Casualties of War →

1. The Mule (2018)

2. In the Heat of the Night (1967)

3. The Irishman (2019)

4. As Good as It Gets (1997)

5. Straight Outta Compton (2015)

6. John Wick (2014)

7. Mudbound (2017)

8. American History X (1998)

9. Heat (1995)

10. Walking Tall (2004)

11. The Equalizer 2 (2018)

12. Gangs of New York (2002)

13. Dead Man's Shoes (2004)

14. Palmer (2021)

15. Romper Stomper (1992)

16. Casualties of War (1989)

Related lists

1. The Mule (2018)

2. In the Heat of the Night (1967)

3. The Irishman (2019)

4. As Good as It Gets (1997)

5. Straight Outta Compton (2015)

6. John Wick (2014)

7. Mudbound (2017)

8. American History X (1998)

9. Heat (1995)

10. Walking Tall (2004)

11. The Equalizer 2 (2018)

12. Gangs of New York (2002)

13. Dead Man's Shoes (2004)

14. Palmer (2021)

15. Romper Stomper (1992)

16. Casualties of War (1989)

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