What to read, watch, and listen to if you lovedGood Time
Benny Safdie · Film · 2017
If you loved Good Time, start with Time: The Kalief Browder Story (Julia Willoughby Nason, 2017) — a series on the same thread. Below: 4 books, 4 series and 2 podcasts, each matched to Good Time across media.
If you loved Good Time, you will be drawn to these stories where desperate individuals navigate systemic collapse and moral decay.
Books on the same thread
Crime and Punishment
Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevskii · Book · 1968
Shares a thread with Good Time: Redemption.
Like the protagonist of Good Time, Raskolnikov exists in a state of frantic, isolated desperation where his moral choices lead to a harrowing descent into guilt and psychological ruin.
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Tom Wolfe · Book · 1987
Explores: Class Struggle, Institutional Corruption, Systemic Injustice.
This exploration of urban hubris mirrors the chaotic, high-stakes unraveling found in Good Time, showing how one man's life collapses under the crushing weight of institutional and social pressure.
Swing Time
Zadie Smith · Book · 2017
Explores: Friendship, Race and Identity, Ambition.
While tonally distinct, the intense focus on the complex, fractured bond between two people navigating shifting social landscapes echoes the core brotherly dynamic that drives Good Time forward.
A Time to Kill
John Grisham · Book · 1992
Explores: Racial injustice, Revenge, Morality.
The raw intensity of this legal drama captures the same feeling of inescapable morality and high-stakes consequence that defines the relentless, crime-ridden odyssey experienced by characters in Good Time.
Series on the same thread
The Deuce
David Simon · Series · 2017
Shares 2 threads with Good Time: Moral Ambiguity, Neo-Noir.
This series captures the same gritty, immersive sense of urban decay and moral ambiguity that makes the New York City underworld in Good Time feel so dangerously palpable and real.
The Night Of
Richard Price · Series · 2016
Shares a thread with Good Time: Moral Ambiguity.
The suffocating atmosphere of this legal thriller mirrors the frantic pacing of Good Time, placing an ordinary person in a nightmare scenario where the justice system offers no respite.
Prison Break
Paul T. Scheuring · Series · 2005
Shares 2 threads with Good Time: Brotherhood, Redemption.
This series leans into the same high-stakes brotherhood and desperate, sacrificial love that fuels the protagonist of Good Time as he attempts to rescue his sibling from imprisonment.
Time: The Kalief Browder Story
Julia Willoughby Nason · Series · 2017
Explores: Wrongful Imprisonment, Racial Injustice, Mental Health in Prison.
This documentary highlights the real-world brutality of the justice system, grounding the themes of wrongful imprisonment and systemic failure explored in the fictional narrative of Good Time.
Podcasts on the same thread
Criminal
Podcast
Shares a thread with Good Time: Redemption.
The show mirrors the gray areas of human morality found in Good Time, focusing on the lives of those caught between crime and consequence with a raw, investigative urgency.
S-Town
Serial Productions · Podcast · 2024
Explores: small-town isolation, eccentricity, social decay.
This deep dive into social decay and eccentric isolation captures the same haunting, atmospheric sense of place that defines the gritty, underworld journey of the characters in Good Time.
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Common questions
Is Good Time a movie about a bank robbery?
Yes, Good Time follows Connie Nikas as he navigates the New York City underworld following a botched bank robbery. The primary conflict of the film centers on his desperate attempts to secure his younger brother's release from prison after the initial crime goes wrong.
What is the main goal of Connie Nikas in Good Time?
In Good Time, the protagonist Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City. His singular objective throughout the film is to get his younger brother, Nick, out of jail after Nick is incarcerated following their failed bank robbery attempt.
Does Good Time take place in New York City?
Yes, Good Time is set in New York City. The film depicts a twisted odyssey through the city's underworld as Connie Nikas works to free his brother, Nick, from prison after the two are involved in a botched bank robbery that lands Nick behind bars.
Is Nick the brother of Connie in the movie Good Time?
Yes, Nick is the younger brother of Connie Nikas in Good Time. The plot of the film is driven by the aftermath of a botched bank robbery that results in Nick being sent to prison, forcing Connie to navigate the city to secure his release.