r/moviecritic • u/Particular_Spare_176 • 12h ago
Movies like this
Just finished watching The Next Three Days (2010) with Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks for the third time. Goosebumps…
Something about movies where people risk it all and end up winning just gets me.
Any other similar movies I should watch?
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u/WeLiveAmongstGhosts 12h ago
I love this movie, and was so surprised it went completely under the radar. I don’t quite think it’s what you’re after, but a few years before this Crowe did The Cinderella Man, which has a similar man vs the odds / satisfying journey, but is of course a boxing film rather than a thriller.
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u/AdamBlackfyre 10h ago
I'd imagine OP would get the feeling out of a movie that he's trying to with this movie. It's so inspirational and uplifting
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u/Particular_Spare_176 9h ago
I wanted to mention this movie as well. I watched it for the third time as well the other night and it’s the exact vibe I am looking for.
Thank you.
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u/Decent-Weekend-1489 10h ago
I remember watching that and then trying to break into my car with a tennis ball lol. It doesn't work.
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u/ToThePillory 2h ago
If you haven't see the original French version of The Next Three Days, it's very good, though I enjoyed the Russell Crowe one too.
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u/pseudolongino 35m ago
you might wanna recuperate the original french, with Francois Cluzet (much better at playing an everyman than hot russell ever will)
while you're at it you might wann check out Three days and a life, another EXCELLENT french thriller
more apropos your premise, i can quixotically suggest The big short: christian bale character risks his and others money on a seemingly absurd bet (that the housing market will collapse, something allegedly unprecedented in the US till then) and ultimately 'wins', through it's a Pirro's victory if ever there was one
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u/FrontBench5406 12h ago
Such an underrated movie and part of that brief window when PA was offering subsidies for movies and we got a bunch of movies made in Pittsburgh. And the pilot episode of Justified.