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The Mastermind (2025)
10K
Genre: Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In a sedate corner of Massachusetts circa 1970, an unemployed carpenter turned amateur art thief plans his first big heist. When things go haywire, his life unravels.
Style:
crime drama, tense, suspense, period piece, road movie, nostalgic
Plot:
heist, art theft, on the run, desperation, character study, anti hero, escape, obsession, isolation, cat and mouse, suspicion, moral ambiguity, small town, identity crisis, revenge, vietnam war, father, money, police, hotel, theft, robbery, father son relationship, museum, painting ...
Time:
70s
Place:
massachusetts, new england
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Most similar movies to The Mastermind
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, crime drama, suspense and noir films with plots about moral ambiguity, revenge, betrayal, cat and mouse, heist, investigation and corruption mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Mastermind: Popsy Pop (1971), 8 of Diamonds (2006), This Is Not Paradise (2000), Fanny Straw-Top (1984), Hero of City (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
166
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy, Venezuela
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Claudia Cardinale is Popsy, who double-crosses her older partner Silva (Stanley Baker). Silva has arranged to divert diamonds from a large corporate-run diamond mine in the South American jungle, and Popsy does her “pop” wrong as they are both ...
Style:
suspense, tense, crime drama, twisted, grindhouse ...
Plot:
heist, jungle, escape, female protagonist, betrayal, pursuit, smuggling, cat and mouse, femme fatale, corruption, police chase, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
70s, year 1971
Place:
south america
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A diamond heist goes wrong when one of the thieves gets shot during the escape after swallowing a priceless diamond. Deception, blackmail, and murder schemes overshadow the lives of the eight people left chasing the diamond.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, crime drama, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
diamond, heist, murder, thief, criminal, jewel robbery, heist gone wrong, partners in crime, diamond theft, problem, teamwork, escapades ...
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Torino, febbraio 1996. Il furgone blindato (e scortato dalla polizia) delle Poste effettua il solito giro di ritiro sacchi-valori dagli uffici periferici. La mattina dopo, all'apertura dei plichi, la sorpresa : denaro ed assegni sono stati ...
Style:
crime drama, serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, desperation, heist, moral ambiguity, poverty, anti hero, escape, friendship, cat and mouse, hopelessness, male friendship, character study ...
Place:
italy, turin italy
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Crime
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In the slums of Barcelona, Fanny, a woman just released from prison, tries to carry out a revenge that has nourished for years: to kill "El Gallego", the corrupt and brutal policeman who killed her boyfriend
Style:
neo noir, crime drama, crime thriller, noir, tense ...
Plot:
revenge, corrupt cop, violence, police brutality, female protagonist, corruption, vengeance, moral ambiguity, obsession, criminal underworld, ex convict, street life ...
Place:
barcelona
Similarity:
86%
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Genre: Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Gordon puts together a team of criminals to execute the bold robbery of a jewelry store. Before the team can get away, alarms go off and the police arrive. An intense gun battle turns into a deadly encounter. The survivors escape, only to begin ...
Style:
detective, crime thriller, crime drama, thrilling, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gang, police, investigation, heist gone wrong, heist, robbery, police officer, criminal, police investigation, fighting crime, police detective, sleuth ...
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A teen convicted of murdering his father escapes from authorities and heads for Arizona with a prostitute.
Style:
crime drama, road movie, tense, dark, suspense ...
Plot:
escape, on the run, wrongful conviction, justice, desperation, murder mystery, road trip, violence, revenge, father son conflict, moral ambiguity, outlaw ...
Place:
arizona
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Crime
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Seetharam, a cop, gets transferred to a remote village in Shimoga Dist Aanegadde finds himself in middle of a bunch of smart yet cruel thieves. The day he takes charge his house gets robbed. Matter of dignity and personal revenge, intense ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Plot:
investigation, countryside, crime solving, police, crime investigation, criminal, police investigation, uncover truth, police detective, murder investigation, rural area, police officer ...
Place:
kannada, india
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In the late 1970s, the most feared hitman in the Montreal underworld, Donald Lavoie, found himself hunted down by his former accomplices and by a tenacious police officer.
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Plot:
hitman, betrayal, manhunt, killer, investigation, organized crime, underworld, killing, police officer, crime and punishment, criminal underworld, accomplice ...
Time:
70s
Place:
montreal, quebec
Similarity:
73%
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Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When a cash-strapped man learns his daughter has a brain tumor, he turns to his old Staten Island buddies to get back into their “family business.”
Style:
crime thriller, serious, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
brain tumor, heist, daughter, life turned upside down, child illness, sick child, friends, illness, cancer patient, betrayal, family relations, money ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Crime
Country: Ireland
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Two petty criminals, tired of living on the breadline and begging for scraps, decide to branch out on their own into a life of crime. They pull off their first job but quickly realize they've messed with the wrong person. Time is now running ...
Style:
crime drama, tension, independent film, suspense, grim ...
Plot:
escape, retribution, desperation, working class, plan gone wrong, dark humor, betrayal, pursuit, cat and mouse, revenge, survival, heist ...
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
When Ajay's world comes crashing down due to debt, he finds himself in a desperate situation after his girlfriend is kidnapped by loan sharks. Short on time, needing the cash, the story follows this man on his maddening hunt for money.
Style:
tense, crime thriller, suspense, fast paced, dark ...
Plot:
money, desperation, debt, kidnapping, moral dilemma, urban, criminal underworld, moral ambiguity, male protagonist, survival, anti hero, betrayal ...
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After an audacious jewellery robbery the whole James family heads for home on the run with the obsessive detective Julia Armstrong in hot pursuit.
Style:
road movie, crime thriller, suspenseful, tense, independent film ...
Plot:
heist, fugitive, family drama, british, escape, broken family, cat and mouse, desperation, empathy, moral ambiguity, siblings, single parent ...
Place:
london, edinburgh scotland
Similarity:
71%
337
Genre: Crime
Country: Poland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A seriously wounded gangster with a bag full of money stops at a deserted gas station.
Style:
tense, suspense, bleak, dark, noir ...
Plot:
gas station, isolation, winter, snow, desperation, showdown, loneliness, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, paranoia, anti hero, violence ...
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Crime
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Based on the 1971 true story known as "The Great Plane Robbery", this tele-movie tells the story of Peter Macari alias Mr. Brown. Under a grand extortion scam, he steals $500,000 in cash from Australian airlines company Qantas. This begins ...
Style:
crime drama, suspense, suspenseful, period piece, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heist, manhunt, con man, investigation, extortion, escape, fraud, police procedural, criminal underworld, cat and mouse, biopic, law enforcement ...
Time:
70s
Place:
australia
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Crime
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A police officer being investigated for his role in a woman’s death rushes to save his son from her vengeful father.
Style:
crime thriller, suspense, noir, tense, crime drama
Plot:
revenge, police investigation, moral ambiguity, family drama, guilt, cover up, fatherhood, corruption, investigation, cat and mouse, small town, whodunit ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A con man pulls a double-cross on a gang of vicious bank robbers.
Style:
suspense, crime drama, tense, poliziottesco, dark ...
Plot:
bank robbery, con man, deception, gangster, manipulation, heist gone wrong, heist, betrayal, organized crime, revenge, master criminal, underworld ...
Time:
60s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Convict Roberto murders a guard and escapes from jail with his cellmate. Once free he joins a group of gangsters and becomes a professional hitman. The gang abduct a young woman and when one them attacks her, Roberto shoots him and takes her to an ...
Style:
crime drama, dark, tense, intense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, kidnapping, ransom, escape, gangster, abduction, organized crime, revenge, betrayal, wrongful accusation, violent, underworld ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
65%
650
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
25 million dollars, 8 safety deposit boxes, and months before anyone will know it’s gone. But Harrison’s perfect heist turns deadly when his safe-cracker, Mack, discovers their getaway pilot brutally murdered. Someone knew about the job, someone ...
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, noir ...
Plot:
heist, criminal, betrayal, heist gone wrong, robbery, race against time, hidden money, traitor, stolen money, gang, money, murder mystery ...
Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After a man gets out of prison, he decides to go straight and leave his life of crime behind him. However, when he gets home he finds that his brother is in danger and the family farm is in foreclosure. He plans to take revenge on those responsible, ...
Style:
crime drama, suspense, tense, grim, noir ...
Plot:
revenge, ex convict, redemption, homecoming, desperation, brothers, male protagonist, second chance, farm, danger, retribution, violence ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When three childhood friends are brought back together after years apart, a string of mysterious and brutal "Jack The Ripper" inspired murders erupt, pitting friends against foe in this 80's-style police thriller.
Style:
suspense, crime thriller, enigmatic, mysterious, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, police, old friend, murder mystery, serial killer, puzzle, friends, murder investigation, reunited friends, murder, uncover truth, riddles and clues ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
60%
131
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Four young criminals are planning a heist against a racecourse and in order to obtain a seed capital they rob a gambling den. They celebrate the successful heist by throwing a party but it turns out to be a lot of disagreement within the group.
Style:
crime drama, dramatic, suspenseful, tense, period piece ...
Plot:
heist, robbery, escape, criminal, illegal gambling, prison escape, criminal underworld, gang, betrayal, planning, moral ambiguity, conspiracy ...
Time:
60s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Crime
Country: Austria
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The film is based on the figure of the police inspector Simon Polt of the Austrian author Alfred Komarek.
Style:
detective, atmospheric, tense, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
investigation, police procedural, justice, suspicion, character study, literary, whodunit, slow burn, moral ambiguity, murder, wine, obsession ...
Similarity:
57%
122
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
crime drama, suspense, tension, retro, independent film
Plot:
diamond theft, ski resort, heist, hotel, snow, rock star, greed, isolation, escape plan, semi nudity, betrayal, small town ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Hustlers, players and gangsters rule the urban streets of New York in this story about loyalty and betrayal. Billy Goode, a street-smart crook and his partner Jackie Williams are two small time gangsters with dream of seeing their names in the ...
Style:
hood, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
urban, gangster, ghetto, moll, criminal gang, investigation, criminal, fighting crime, street gang, bandit, gang, con artists ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Crime
Country: India
Story:
A man who has a keen interest in crime stories comes in contact with rowdies and drifts towards a life of crime. What happens next?
Style:
crime drama, tense, crime thriller, dark, intense ...
Plot:
male protagonist, street life, moral ambiguity, urban, betrayal, gang, anti hero, corruption, revenge, crime investigation, dialogue driven
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
For its lack of bucks 'Escape to Passion' packs a big bang.
Style:
crime drama, tense, bleak, dark comedy, psychological ...
Plot:
bank robbery, redemption, heist, anti hero, desperation, moral ambiguity, character study, male protagonist, exploitation, violence, ambition, sleazy ...
Time:
70s
Place:
california
Similarity:
54%
2K
Genre: Crime
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
In the small town of Vikarabad, Soumya, a rookie cop eager to prove herself, is paired with a sincere Officer Abhiram, to unravel the sinister motives of a serial offender Yugandhar, who targets young fan girls of stars, which turns out to be more ...
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, intense, tense, dark ...
Plot:
serial killer, police procedural, investigation, obsession, cat and mouse, small town, psychological trauma, fan culture, moral ambiguity, revenge motive, female empowerment
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Two brothers plot to get their third brother out of jail.
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, suspenseful, tense, suspense thriller ...
Plot:
manhunt, on the run, prison escape, escape attempt, law enforcement, cat and mouse, brotherhood, fugitive, moral ambiguity, outlaw, desperation, underdog ...
Time:
70s
Place:
south africa
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After a job goes sideways, four thieves bounded by honour meet back at the place it all began, the local boozer. Drink, drugs, jokes, reminiscing about old times and even politics, you would think this was a standard night in any South London ...
Style:
crime drama, suspenseful, tense, captivating, bleak ...
Plot:
thief, heist, gang of thieves, true crime, masked robber, burglar, armed robbery, bandit, criminal, criminal gang, gang, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After a kidnapping gone wrong Meeker is sentenced to prison. He escapes with other inmates who take him to collect the ransom he had hidden prior to his incarceration.
Style:
twist ending, tense, suspenseful, crime thriller, crime drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
kidnapping, grand canyon, ransom, abduction, desert, cat and mouse, investigation, hostage rescue, police procedural, federal agent, isolation, technology ...
Time:
year 1970, 60s
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
46%
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