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Ranked by tone match
Movies like Whiplash (2014)
9 films to watch after Whiplash, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.
Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
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12 Angry Men (1957)
Fit 56%Shares Drama with Whiplash.
The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.
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2Miller's Crossing (1990)
Fit 53%Shares Drama and Thriller with Whiplash.
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
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3The Crush (1993)
Fit 48%Shares Thriller and Drama with Whiplash.
A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.
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4Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Fit 46%Shares Drama and Thriller with Whiplash.
After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.
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5Inside Man (2006)
Fit 42%Shares Drama and Thriller with Whiplash.
When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations preoccupied with corruption charges he is facing.
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6Fame (1980)
Fit 42%Shares Drama and Music with Whiplash.
A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.
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Crash (1996)
Fit 36%Shares Thriller and Drama with Whiplash.
A car crash victim inexplicably finds himself aroused by car accidents and becomes involved with an underground subculture of like-minded souls.
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8Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
Fit 35%Shares Thriller with Whiplash.
The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her former associates one-by-one, checking off the victims on her Death List Five until there's nothing left to do … but kill Bill.
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9Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Fit 35%Shares Drama and Music with Whiplash.
A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star.
