Movies like Bad Times at the El Royale
Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) is a thriller movie directed by Drew Goddard. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. No Country for Old Men (2007)
★ 8.0 · 13,913 votes · Crime, Thriller, Western
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. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.
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2. Shutter Island (2010)
★ 8.2 · 26,598 votes · Drama, Thriller, Mystery
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.
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3. Blow Out (1981)
★ 7.3 · 1,773 votes · Crime, Mystery, Thriller
While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terry stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river. Jack jumps into the water and fishes out Sally from the car, but the other passenger is already dead — a governor intending to run for president. As Jack does some investigating of his tapes, and starts a perilous romance with Sally, he enters a tangled web of conspiracy that might leave him dead.
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4. Identity (2003)
★ 7.2 · 4,592 votes · Mystery, Thriller
Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.
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5. Memento (2000)
★ 8.2 · 16,897 votes · Mystery, Thriller
Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.
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6. You Were Never Really Here (2017)
★ 6.5 · 3,149 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered—leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.
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7. The Departed (2006)
★ 8.2 · 16,774 votes · Drama, Thriller, Crime
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.
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8. Taxi Driver (1976)
★ 8.1 · 13,891 votes · Crime, Drama
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.
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9. The Irishman (2019)
★ 7.6 · 7,782 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.
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10. The Usual Suspects (1995)
★ 8.2 · 11,844 votes · Drama, Crime, Thriller
Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.
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11. Casino (1995)
★ 8.0 · 6,801 votes · Crime, Drama
In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.
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12. Bugsy (1991)
★ 6.3 · 471 votes · Crime, Drama, Mystery
New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies, and most of all strong-willed Virginia Hill detain him while his family wait back home. Then a trip to a run-down gambling joint at a spot in the desert known as Las Vegas gives him his big idea.
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13. Lord of War (2005)
★ 7.4 · 5,608 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer and, through some of the deadliest war zones, he struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals and even some of his customers who include many of the world's most notorious dictators. Finally, he must also face his own conscience.
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14. House of Games (1987)
★ 6.8 · 371 votes · Crime, Thriller, Drama
A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men.
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15. Touch of Evil (1958)
★ 7.7 · 1,664 votes · Crime, Thriller, Drama
A border-town bombing draws Mexican investigator Miguel Vargas into a corruption-ridden police investigation led by crooked captain Hank Quinlan, setting off a deadly struggle over power, justice, and truth.
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16. Blue Velvet (1986)
★ 7.6 · 3,993 votes · Mystery, Thriller, Crime
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
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17. The Commuter (2018)
★ 6.4 · 4,785 votes · Action, Thriller, Mystery
A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him.
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18. Hard Eight (1997)
★ 6.8 · 1,031 votes · Drama, Crime
A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.
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19. Sexy Beast (2001)
★ 7.0 · 961 votes · Crime, Thriller, Drama
Ex-safecracker Gal Dove has served his time behind bars and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa paradise with a wife he adores. The idyll is shattered by the arrival of his nemesis Don Logan, intent on persuading Gal to return to London for one last big job.
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20. Revolver (2005)
★ 6.4 · 1,643 votes · Drama, Thriller, Crime
Hotshot gambler Jake Green is long on bravado and seriously short of common sense. Rarely is he allowed in any casino because he's a bona fide winner and, in fact, has taken so much money over the years that he's the sole client of his accountant elder brother, Billy. Invited to a private game, Jake is in fear of losing his life.
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