Movies like 21
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21 (2008)
280K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent, student at M.I.T. in Boston who strives to succeed. Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine with the desire to become a doctor, Ben learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 for the four to five years of schooling as he comes from a poor, working-class background. But one evening, Ben is introduced by his unorthodox math professor Micky Rosa into a small but secretive club of five. Students Jill, Choi, Kianna, and Fisher, who are being trained by Professor Rosa of the skill of card counting at blackjack.
Style:
clever, inspirational, suspense, teen, surprise ending, exciting, entertaining, spectacular, intense, touching ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night
Plot:
gambling, casino, mathematics, prodigy, blackjack, genius, card playing, youth, cheating, talented, professor, college, manipulation, teachers and students, twists and turns, friendship, money, desire, destiny, teacher, lifestyle change, student, ambition, dishonesty, shyness ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
las vegas, boston, harvard university, usa, massachusetts
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Most similar movies to 21
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, suspense, serious and clever films with plots about dishonesty, mentor, storytelling, twists and turns, betrayal, greed and corruption mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like 21: Ocean's Thirteen (2007), Ocean's Eleven (2001), The Town (2010), Now You See Me (2013), The Life of David Gale (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Danny Ocean's team of criminals are back and composing a plan more personal than ever. When ruthless casino owner Willy Bank doublecrosses Reuben Tishkoff, causing a heart attack, Danny Ocean vows that he and his team will do anything to bring ...
Style:
clever, entertaining, exciting, suspense, witty ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night, boys' night, date night, teens
Plot:
heist, casino, revenge, robbery, perfect crime, mentor, caper, conspiracy, vengeance, expert, hotshot, bank robbery ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, iran, usa, north america, mexico ...
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to ...
Style:
clever, witty, exciting, entertaining, tense ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
heist, caper, casino, thief, cons and scams, outsmarting, deception, perfect crime, twists and turns, scheme, con artists, robbery ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, iran, usa, atlantic city new jersey, los angeles ...
Similarity:
84%
444K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, rough, stylized, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, robbery, gunfight, romancing a criminal, group of criminals, thief, gang, organized crime, criminal gang, love affair, masked robber ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place:
boston, usa, florida, massachusetts
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.
Style:
surprise ending, clever, entertaining, twist ending, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
heist, teamwork, fbi, outsmarting, scheme, perfect crime, twists and turns, con artists, stage magic, bank robbery, cons and scams, magician ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, new orleans, new york, paris france, usa ...
Similarity:
71%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, thought provoking, twist ending, disturbing ...
Plot:
death penalty, suicide, death, death row, death sentence, fighting the system, murder, professor, reporter, activist, investigation, journalism ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 20th century, 90s, year 1994 ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, houston texas, usa, new york ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Staying one step ahead, he pits his creditor against the ...
Style:
clever, tense, realistic, cynical, independent film ...
Plot:
gambling, addiction, gambling addiction, gambling debt, gambler, writers, gangster, human nature, moral dilemma, character study, police investigation, family relations ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, los angeles, california, usa, nevada ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A University teacher finds three bright students and decides to teach them how to count cards to make lots of money. As they learn how to play the casinos, things get tricky when the debt owing teacher informs them that their front man wants ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, mathematics, college, student life, teachers and students, manipulation, college graduate, power relations, dishonesty, ambition, card playing, cons and scams ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
293K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Argentina
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Nicky, a veteran con artist, takes a novice named Jess under his wing. While Nicky teaches Jess the tricks of the trade, the pair become romantically involved; but, when Jess gets uncomfortably close, Nicky ends their relationship. Three years ...
Style:
sexy, unusual plot structure, entertaining, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
heist, cons and scams, con artists, fall in love, twists and turns, mind game, interracial love, sex scene, femme fatale, manipulation, female thief, gambling ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
peru, argentina, usa, south america, new orleans ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Style:
clever, cynical, captivating, motivational, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
money, corruption, wall street, business, rise and fall, addiction, stock market, stock broker, success, wealth, greed, rags to riches ...
Time:
80s, year 2013, 90s, 20th century, year 1987 ...
Place:
new york, usa, geneva switzerland, big ben london, italy ...
Similarity:
100%
168K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.
Style:
neo noir, clever, suspense, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gambling, poker, mafia, addiction, friendship, casino, voice over narration, underdog, card playing, buddies, destructive relationship, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, atlantic city, usa, atlantic city new jersey, las vegas ...
Similarity:
67%
31K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Las Vegas is an American television series broadcast by NBC from September 22, 2003 to February 15, 2008. The show focuses on a team of people working at the fictional Montecito Resort & Casino dealing with issues that arise within the working ...
Style:
sexy, stylized, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
casino, gambling, hot and sexy, businessman, friends, boss and employee, gambler, cons and scams, team, parents and children, ex law enforcer, sin ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.
Style:
dramatic, entertaining, emotional, psychological thriller, twisted ...
Plot:
twists and turns, con artists, mental illness, heist, cons and scams, plot twist, greed, partner, con men, life philosophy, slick, psychology ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
147K
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Industrious high school senior, Vee Delmonico, has had it with living life on the sidelines. When pressured by friends to join the popular online game Nerve, Vee decides to sign up for just one dare in what seems like harmless fun. But as she finds ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, teen, romantic, entertaining ...
Audience:
girls' night, family friendly, teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, game, internet, hacker, danger, technology, heroine, hacking, moral dilemma, friendship, teenage boy, teenage girl ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 2017
Place:
new york, seattle
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destroy him.
Style:
suspense, tense, intense, realistic, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gambling addiction, college, addiction, gambler, poker, gambling debt, character study, bookies, hopes, gangster, casino, bet ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, las vegas, harvard university ...
Similarity:
100%
81K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Along with his new friends, a teenager who was arrested by the US Secret Service and banned from using a computer for writing a computer virus discovers a plot by a nefarious hacker, but they must use their computer skills to find the evidence while ...
Style:
teen, cyber, exciting, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night, family outing
Plot:
hacker, internet, cyberpunk, computer cracker, hacking, virtual reality, computer, computer hacker, programmer, secret service, high school, computer virus ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s, year 1988, year 1995
Place:
new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, usa, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Lynn, a brilliant student, after helping her friends to get the grades they need, develops the idea of starting a much bigger exam-cheating business.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, humorous, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
genius, high school, father daughter relationship, heist, teenager, escapades, hopes, rivalry, friendship, prodigy, youth, talented ...
Place:
thailand, australia, sydney australia, india
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A group of wealthy boys in Los Angeles during the early 1980s establishes a get rich quick scam that turns deadly.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, realistic, exciting, intense ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
money, greed, murder, social differences, lie, escapades, scheme, deception, dishonesty, betrayal, friendship, youth ...
Time:
year 1980, 80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When a poor college student who cracks an online poker game goes bust, he arranges a face-to-face with the man he thinks cheated him, a sly offshore entrepreneur.
Style:
tense, suspense, stylized, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
gambling, poker, cons and scams, manipulation, temptation, corruption, casino, chase, conspiracy, money, twists and turns, dirty cop ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
costa rica, usa, latin america, puerto rico
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At twenty-four he was assistant manager of a major branch in the heart of Toronto's financial district. To his colleagues he was a workaholic. To his customers, he was ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, melancholic, enigmatic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
gambling addiction, casino, gambling, gambler, poker, addiction, embezzlement, greed, relationships, banker, police investigation, compulsive gambler ...
Time:
80s, year 2003, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey, toronto ontario canada, new jersey ...
Similarity:
67%
559
Genre: Drama, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Three people discover jealousy and larceny are a dangerous combination in this tense drama. John (Bryan Brown) is a veteran insurance investigator who succumbs to temptation and veers towards the wrong side of the law. With the help of novice con ...
Style:
serious, realistic, stylized, suspense, neo noir
Plot:
greed, seduction, gambling, power relations, insurance, money, femme fatale, love triangle, dishonesty, life is a bitch, betrayal, addiction ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia, sydney australia
Similarity:
100%
42K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
As a corporate auditor who works in a number of different offices, Jonathan McQuarry wanders without an anchor among New York's power brokers. A chance meeting with charismatic lawyer Wyatt Bose leads to Jonathan's introduction to The ...
Style:
sexy, suspense, sensual, sexual, neo noir ...
Plot:
sex, betrayal, twists and turns, hotel, lawyer, escapades, murder, manipulation, police investigation, frame up, life turned upside down, conspiracy ...
Time:
year 2008
Place:
new york, europe, spain, usa, madrid ...
Similarity:
100%
613K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
The life of the gambling paradise – Las Vegas – and its dark mafia underbelly.
Style:
realistic, clever, rough, neo noir, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, casino, rise and fall, gangster, betrayal, money, gambling, greed, criminal heroes, mobster, cosa nostra ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 90s, 80s, year 1973 ...
Place:
las vegas, chicago, missouri, israel, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley ...
Style:
inspirational, clever, intellectual, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
world war two, mathematics, genius, inventor, inventions and discoveries, code, prodigy, code breaking, invention, mathematician, gay interest, computer ...
Time:
1940s, year 2014, 20th century, 1950s, year 1939 ...
Place:
england, london, britain, idaho, los angeles ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, France, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A compulsive gambler plans the heist of his life - a priceless collection of art from the world-class Casino Riviera in Monte Carlo.
Style:
noir, exciting, suspenseful, humorous, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
casino, heist, robbery, poker, gambler, perfect crime, voyeur, one last job, prostitute, drug addiction, female nudity, gambling ...
Time:
year 2002, 70s
Place:
monte carlo, france, french riviera, europe, new york ...
Similarity:
100%
160K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A thriller that revolves around the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis.
Style:
clever, realistic, captivating, serious, political ...
Plot:
stock market, financial crisis, wall street, businessman, finance, greed, stock market crash, corporation, corporate america, investments, bankruptcy, marketing ...
Time:
year 2011, 2000s, year 2008, 2010s, 70s ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, usa, california
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not ...
Style:
clever, exciting, captivating, entertaining, inspirational ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
con artists, adaptation, master criminal, creativity, deception, fbi, fraud, con man, impostor, prodigy, business, biopic ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1967, 70s, year 2002 ...
Place:
los angeles, new orleans, new york, washington d.c., france ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.
Style:
neo noir, noir, cult classic, independent film, clever ...
Plot:
gambling, blackmail, casino, prostitute, secret, redemption, murder, motel, kindness, hostage, honeymoon, wedding ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
las vegas, atlantic city, nevada, usa, atlantic city new jersey ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Russia, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.
Style:
clever, realistic, suspense, stylized, intense ...
Plot:
inventor, technology, electricity, science and technology, genius, rivalry, science, invention, physics, discovery, storytelling, biopic ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, year 2019, victorian era, 1880s
Place:
brighton, chicago, north dakota, pittsburgh, massachusetts ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, surprise ending, tricky, serious ...
Plot:
twists and turns, gambling, con game, cons and scams, betrayal, poker, con artists, mentor, greed, crime gone awry, obsession, loneliness ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s, 20th century
Place:
seattle, usa, washington state
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an ...
Style:
neo noir, surprise ending, twist ending, clever, confusing ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, plot twist, heist, master criminal, whodunit, manipulation, organized crime, murder mystery, criminal, bank robber, killer, dialogue ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s, year 1995, year 1981
Place:
los angeles, new york, hungary, turkey, north america ...
Similarity:
20%
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