Movies Like Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009)

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 is a 2009 crime, drama, mystery, tv movie, thriller film from Julian Jarrold with a MovieMagicScore of 6.7/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 and Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983.

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Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

2009

After 6 years of brutal murders, the West Yorkshire Police fear that they may have already interviewed The Ripper and let him back into the world to continue his reign of terror upon the citizens of Yorkshire. Assistant Chief Constable of the Manchester Police, Peter Hunter, is called in to oversee the West Yorkshire Police's Ripper investigation and see what they could have missed.

6.9

MagicScore

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983

2009

Detective Chief Superintendent Maurice Jobson is forced to remember the very similar disappearance of Clare Kemplay, who was found dead in 1974, and the subsequent imprisonment of local boy Michael Myshkin. Washed-up local solicitor John Piggott becomes convinced of Myshkin's innocence and begins to fight on his behalf, unwittingly providing a catalyst for Jobson to start to right some wrongs.

7.0

MagicScore

The Damned United

2009

Taking over Leeds United, Brian Clough's abrasive approach and his clear dislike of the players' dirty style of play make it certain there is going to be friction. Glimpses of his earlier career help explain both his hostility to previous manager Don Revie and how much he is missing right-hand man Peter Taylor.

7.2

MagicScore

Zodiac

2007

The Zodiac murders cause the lives of Paul Avery, David Toschi and Robert Graysmith to intersect.

7.5

MagicScore

The Moor

2024

Claire is approached by the father of her murdered childhood friend to help investigate the haunted moor he believes is his son's final resting place.

5.7

MagicScore

Kes

1970

Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper, a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes. Helped and encouraged by his English teacher and his fellow students, Billy finally finds a positive purpose to his unhappy existence.

7.4

MagicScore

This Sporting Life

1963

In Northern England in the early 1960s, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver.

7.0

MagicScore

Room at the Top

1958

An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.

6.9

MagicScore

Billy Liar

1963

A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertaker's assistant. A number of indiscretions cause him to lie in order to avoid the penalties. His life turns into a mess and he has an opportunity to run away and leave it all behind.

6.8

MagicScore

#10

Brooklyn's Finest

2010

Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty-fifth precinct. Three police officers struggle with the sometimes fine line between right and wrong.

6.3

MagicScore

#11

Cry Freedom

1987

A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, a courageous and outspoken black anti-apartheid activist.

7.0

MagicScore

#12

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

2017

After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Jason Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.

8.1

MagicScore

#13

Black Jack

1979

When honest young Tolly is forced on the run with ‘Black Jack’, a villainous ruffian, adventure and mishap are never far away. As the two enter a world of body-snatchers, private lunatic asylums, and traveling fairs they find friendship in the most unlikely places.

7.0

MagicScore

#14

Q & A

1990

A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuses to help him.

5.8

MagicScore

#15

Jubilee

1978

Queen Elizabeth I visits late 1970s England to find a depressing landscape where life has changed since her time.

5.9

MagicScore

#16

Wasteland

2012

A young man recently released from prison recruits his three best friends to rob the local drug kingpin who is responsible for his incarceration.

6.7

MagicScore

#17

Memories of Murder

2003

During the late 1980s, two detectives in a South Korean province attempt to solve series of gruesome rape-and-murder of young women.

8.1

MagicScore

#18

24 Hour Party People

2002

Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changing concert by a band known as the Sex Pistols, he persuades his station to televise one of their performances, and soon Manchester's punk groups are clamoring for him to manage them. Riding the wave of a musical revolution, Wilson and his friends create the legendary Factory Records label and The Hacienda club.

6.9

MagicScore

#19

The Phantom of the Open

2022

Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process.

6.7

MagicScore

#20

Four Lions

2010

Four Lions tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point. As the wheels fly off, and their competing ideologies clash, what emerges is an emotionally engaging (and entirely plausible) farce.

6.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974?

The top films similar to Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 by MovieMagicScore are Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 (6.9), Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 (7.0), The Damned United (7.2). Each shares crime/drama/mystery/tv movie/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 worth watching?

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.7/10 from 277 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974?

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009) is a crime, drama, mystery, tv movie, thriller film directed by Julian Jarrold, starring Andrew Garfield, Warren Clarke, Sean Bean.

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This ranked list pairs Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009), a crime and drama and mystery and tv movie and thriller film from Julian Jarrold, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Andrew Garfield take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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