Movies like Circus

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Circus (2000)
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Circus (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Bruno, a sadistic criminal, wants clever con man Leo out of the way. Leo and his equally clever wife, Lily, are up to something. So too is Julius: he hires Leo to kill Gloria, Julius's wife. Leo does it, but then Julius shows up with the murder on tape, saying Gloria isn't his wife - it's blackmail. Leo's bookie, Troy, is also closing in, wanting to be paid. Bruno and Lily as well as Bruno and Julius have their own scams running, and Leo is their target. Maybe Leo can get Troy off his back, avoid Moose (Bruno's huge enforcer), send Gloria's corpse out of England, turn the tables on Bruno's murderous brother Caspar, and outfox Lily. Or is Lily his fox? It's a three-ring circus.
Style: stylized, neo noir, suspense, suspenseful, realistic, clever, dark comedy, serious, psychological, noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: betrayal, gangster, murder, twists and turns, rivalry, heist, crime gone awry, circus, interracial relations, swimming pool, strangulation, room service, contract killer, foot pursuit, gambling, cigarette smoking, master criminal, laptop, chases and races, bookies, law enforcement, disorder, dishonesty, criminal heroes, tough law enforcer ...
Time: 90s
Place: brighton, england, london, europe
Keyword: gangsters, american, movie theatre

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Most similar movies to Circus

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious and rough films with plots about dishonesty, rivalry, criminal heroes, gangster, murder, deadly and betrayal mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Circus: Spanish Judges (2000), Fargo (1996), Gloria (1999), Flawless (2007), The Outfit (1973). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Spanish Judges (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A con-artist hires two low-lifes to cover him during a deal, ending with three criminals, two dueling pistols, and one night they'll never forget
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Plot: psychopath, criminal heroes, mind game, unlikely criminals, betrayal, dishonesty, rivalry, crime gone awry, criminal's revenge, heist, mentally challenged, murder ...
Time: 90s
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100%
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Fargo (1996)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to ...
Style: neo noir, black comedy, dark comedy, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: snow, dark humor, small town, kidnapping, police, murder, greed, crime gone awry, police investigation, violence, satire, winter ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s, year 1996, year 1987
Place: minnesota, north dakota, usa, minneapolis minnesota, persia
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100%
 5.1
 6K
Gloria (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Sharon Stone plays a street-wise, middle-aged moll standing up against the mobs, all of which is complicated by a 6 year old urchin with a will of his own who she reluctantly takes under her wing after his family has been gunned down.
Style: suspense, serious, suspenseful, touching, erotic ...
Plot: asthma, murder, gangster, justice, mafia, introspection, down on your luck, woman in danger, orphan, twists and turns, prison, betrayal ...
Time: year 1999, 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.7
 26K
Flawless (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Luxembourg
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A female executive (Demi Moore) and a night janitor (Michael Caine) conspire to commit a daring diamond heist from their mutual employer, The London Diamond Corporation.
Style: suspense, clever, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: diamond theft, robbery, heist, redemption, investigation, workplace, criminal heroes, unlikely criminals, revenge, conspiracy, diamond, vengeance ...
Time: year 2007, 20th century, year 1960, 60s
Place: london, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Outfit (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed his brother.
Style: neo noir, realistic, serious, exciting, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, mafia, prison, murder, hitman, bank robbery, brother brother relationship, danger, organized crime, rivalry, crime gone awry, chase ...
Time: future, 70s, 20th century
Place: st. louis missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 4.0
 4K
Deadfall (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: After he accidentally kills his father, Mike, during a sting, Joe tries to carry out Mike's dying wish by recovering valuables that Mike's twin brother Lou stole from him years earlier. But Uncle Lou is also a confidence artist, and Joe is ...
Style: stylized, suspenseful, realistic, serious, neo noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, gangster, criminal heroes, cons and scams, crime gone awry, uncle nephew relationship, greed, danger, fight scenes, tribe, buddies, drug ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
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37%
Federal Protection (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: "Chop Chop" Frankie Carbone has made a career out of stealing cars for the mob in Chicago. An attempted assassination by a mob boss goes badly and Frankie retaliates, only to wind up in the hands of the Feds. Frankie agrees to testify ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, touching, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, rivalry, dishonesty, hidden identity, social decay, master criminal, betrayal, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, assassination attempt, disorder, fish out of water ...
Place: usa, chicago, arkansas
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37%
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Body Count (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A group of thieves attempt to rob an art gallery, but when plans backfire and one of the men winds up dead, the group head down south, running afoul of the law. Along the way, they meet up with a seductive con artist with ideas of her own.
Style: neo noir, hood, cult classic, independent film, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: art theft, heist, murder, urban, highway, on the road, police detective, friends, disorder, on the run, crime gone awry, dishonesty ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Bad Company (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Nelson Crowe is a CIA operative under the thumb of the Company for a disputed delivery of $50,000 in gold. They blackmail him into working for the Grimes Organization, which is set up as a private company for hire, to blackmail prominent ...
Style: suspenseful, clever, psychological, neo noir, stylized ...
Plot: murder, cons and scams, black man white woman relationship, manipulation, blackmail, judge, uncover truth, femme fatale, dangerous attraction, protagonist as suspect, rivalry, undercover ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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 334
Detour (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When Danny and his gang attempt to rob the warehouse of a mob boss, they find themselves on the run. Danny goes back to his hometown to find his mother has recently died leaving him the farm on the condition that he must open the dairy and run it ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: on the run, warehouse, mob boss, gangster, gang, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, rivalry, dishonesty, going straight, law enforcement, betrayal ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Double Bang (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An honest cop enters the dark world of murder and corruption.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, serious, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, investigation, undercover, hidden identity, working undercover, dishonesty, law enforcement, fighting crime, police corruption, master criminal, vengeance, rivalry ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Caught Up (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Daryl gets out of jail after 5 years. His mother has died, his girlfriend is married, and he can't find a job. His new girlfriend Vanessa, whom he meets when a gunman opens fire on them, gets him a job as a car driver. Hitmen are still after ...
Style: hood, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, betrayal, urban, chase, vengeance, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, life is a bitch, criminal heroes, rivalry, femme fatale, crime gone awry ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 4.1
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Ready 2 Die (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: After a violent bank robbery, the trio of hoods make their way across East L.A. carrying a blood-soaked bag of money. When word gets out, they must fend off gangs and crooked cops alike as they strive to keep the loot and stay alive.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, chase, murder, dishonesty, heist, profanity, gangster, disorder, on the run, crime gone awry, criminal's revenge, criminal heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Four Dogs Playing Poker (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: With the help of their mentor Felix, a group of the best friends and first-time thieves steal a valuable statuette for a ruthless black market art dealer. After the amateurs botch the delivery of the objet d'art, the dealer kills Felix and ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, suspense ...
Plot: murder, friends, crime gone awry, betrayal, black market, partner, disorder, dishonesty, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, gambling, art theft, rock ...
Time: 90s
Place: argentina, usa, los angeles, california, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Johnny Handsome (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but he is really planning his revenge on the man who killed his mentor and sent him to prison.
Style: intense, harsh, suspense, neo noir, serious ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: prison, plastic surgery, murder, betrayal, vengeance, gangster, robbery, rehabilitation, revenge, police, girlfriend, doctor ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: new orleans, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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The Box (2007)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A disgraced former LAPD detective leads a home invasion in search of millions in stolen money. The plan goes awry and homicide detectives seeking answers interrogate the only survivors; a thief and a victim.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, surprise ending ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, criminal heroes, police investigation, mind game, crime gone awry, vengeance, law enforcement, survival, dishonesty, master criminal, rivalry, confined ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Backflash (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A woman is released from prison and heads home to help outwit a local mob boss and pull off the scam of a lifetime.
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, action packed, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: femme fatale, crime gone awry, cons and scams, on the run, odd couple, danger, gangster, partner, rivalry, on the road, criminal heroes, disorder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
24 Hours in London (2000)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: London gangster Christian has a plan to kill off the opposition, but things get messy when a witness survives.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, stylized, surprise ending
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, criminal's revenge, hitman, gangster, murder, witnessing a crime, fighting crime, police investigation, rivalry, dishonesty, danger, law enforcement ...
Time: 90s
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Hard Boiled Sweets (2012)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Ex-con Johnny is forced into pulling a heist he wants nothing to do with. Mob boss ‘Shrewd’ Eddie has one million is dirty cash stashed at his home, just waiting to be stolen. But what Johnny doesn’t know is that seven other very dangerous ...
Style: captivating, suspense, tense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, gangster, rivalry, pimp, cons and scams, danger, mob boss, murder, escapades, violent, outlaw, shrewd ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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The Real McCoy (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Karen McCoy is released from prison with nothing but the clothes on her back. Before being incarcerated Karen was the bank robber of her time, but now she wishes for nothing more than to settle down and start a new life. Unfortunately between a ...
Style: suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, exciting, retro ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: bank robbery, betrayal, heist, robbery, bank, chase, dishonesty, destiny, kidnapping, life philosophy, culture clash, redemption ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
Place: atlanta georgia, usa
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33%
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The Crew (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Hoping to raise enough capital to finance a legitimate business and leave behind his life of crime, Liverpool underworld boss Ged Brennan sends his brother Ratter and a crew to pull a daring final heist. But when Ratter kills a drug kingpin during ...
Style: realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, crime drama
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, betrayal, dishonesty, gang, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, gangster, brother brother relationship, lesbian, organized crime, british gangster, mafia ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.3
 1K
The Fighter (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Jacques Darnay has served 8 years for robbing a jeweller. Now he is out of prison and looking for his loot worth 6 million francs.
Style: neo noir, tense, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, murder, ex convict, female pubic hair, diamond, dishonesty, law enforcement, criminal heroes, vengeance, chase, criminal's revenge, on the run ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.5
 4K
The Rise (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A young man recently released from prison recruits his three best friends to rob the local drug kingpin who is responsible for his incarceration.
Style: tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, bleak
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, criminal heroes, crime gone awry, betrayal, dishonesty, law enforcement, friends, renewed love, frame up, one more chance, cons and scams, twists and turns ...
Time: 21st century
Place: yorkshire, northern england, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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The Hard Easy (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Two separate teams of jewel thieves, one low-rent and one upscale, both desperate, converge on the same score at the exact same time, and a simple job turns out very complicated and very bloody.
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: criminal's revenge, gang, unlikely criminals, heist, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, master criminal, gangster, stock broker, gambling, compulsive gambler, ex wife ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
City of Industry (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, perverse, hood, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, betrayal, gangster, gang, robbery, murder, violence, money, kidnapping, brother, ghetto, criminal ...
Time: year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, florida, palm springs california
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 4.5
 488
Sunset Heat (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A former drug-dealer photojournalist (Michael Paré) returns to Los Angeles and helps friends terrorized by his ex-partner (Dennis Hopper).
Style: erotic, independent film, neo noir, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: motorcycle, beach, hitman, female nudity, photojournalism, stolen money, drug overdose, rivalry, witnessing a crime, criminal heroes, drug dealing, life is a bitch ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 6.6
 5K
Face (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Ray is an aging ex-socialist who has become a bankrobber after seeing the demise of socialism in 1980s Britain. Teaming up with a gang of other has-beenish crims, he commits one bank job too many. The gang dissolves in a murderous flurry of ...
Style: political, independent film, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, robbery, criminal, corrupt, betrayal, corruption, british gangster, angry, singer, prison, corrupt cop, caper ...
Time: 90s
Place: england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.5
 948
Men of Respect (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: In this modern day version of Shakespeare's Macbeth, a hitman heeds a spiritualist's prophesies that he will rise to the head of his family. He starts his ascension by clandestinely executing the heads of the family and casting the blame ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, suspense, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, hitman, shakespeare, mob boss, dishonesty, ambition, rivalry, murder, tough heroes, gangster, macbeth, fortune teller ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa, new york, bronx new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.4
 1K
Swindle (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, criminal heroes, disorder, gang, dishonesty, fall in love, master criminal, money, rivalry, law enforcement, police corruption, cons and scams ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.4
 2K
Swerve (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Driving cross-country to a job interview, Colin takes a short cut and comes across a fatal road accident. One of the drivers, Jina, is shaken but unhurt; the other has been killed instantly. Beside the dead body is a briefcase full of money, which ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, realistic, rough, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: dishonesty, betrayal, police corruption, disorder, twists and turns, rivalry, cons and scams, small town, car accident, chase, desert, sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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