If you loved Gangster Squad, try U Turn

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. U Turn has roughly 5.3× fewer votes than Gangster Squad — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Gangster Squad

2013 · dir. Ruben Fleischer

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U Turn

1997 · dir. Oliver Stone

What they share

Theyboth carry the raw mood tag, and they sit in Crime / Drama / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to Gangster Squad, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What U Turn is

A flat tire on a backroad at dusk. Smoke rises from the engine, the radio spits static. A stranded gambler walks into a diner, meets a woman in red, her husband watching from the shadows. Stone’s neon-noir spins on a dime—highway meets hell, love tied in knots.

If you loved Gangster Squad, try U Turn

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U Turn

What they share

What U Turn is

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