Movies like Boiler Room
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Boiler Room (2000)
54K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A college dropout gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm, which puts him on the fast track to success, but the job might not be as legitimate as it sounds.
Style:
psychological, clever, tense, talky, intense, rough, serious, suspenseful, cynical, intellectual ...
Plot:
stock broker, suspense, money, finance, business, wall street, greed, crime gone awry, twists and turns, plot twist, office, mentor, rise to the top, moral dilemma, workplace, parents and children, ambition, gambling, bus, stock market, illegal gambling, entrepreneur, violence, drug abuse, marketing ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, future
Place:
new york, new jersey, long island, usa, manhattan new york city, boston
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Most similar movies to Boiler Room
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, interesting, talky and serious films with plots about storytelling, twists and turns, dialogue, corruption, greed, mentor and suspense mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Boiler Room: Wall Street (1987), Margin Call (2011), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), Contraband (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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159K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider whom takes the youth under his wing.
Style:
realistic, political, intense, talky, serious ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
stock broker, wall street, stock market, yuppie, stock exchange, businessman, ambition, betrayal, capitalism, business, workplace, lawyer ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, canada, manhattan new york city, usa, california
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100%
136K
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:
realistic, serious, captivating, political, tricky ...
Plot:
stock market, greed, financial crisis, wall street, businessman, stock market crash, economics, corporate america, investments, bankruptcy, millionaire, workplace situations ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, california, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two tiered mission: To alert the financial community to the coming doom, and to find out ...
Style:
stylized, captivating, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
wall street, stock broker, finance, greed, stock market crash, betrayal, economics, vengeance, rivalry, corporate world, business, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
new york, california, usa, london, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, captivating, motivational, cynical, biting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
corruption, money, business, wall street, wealth, greed, stock market, rise and fall, stock broker, rags to riches, addiction, american dream ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century, year 1987, year 1983
Place:
new york, geneva switzerland, usa, manhattan new york city, italy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Glengarry Glen Ross, follows the lives of four unethical Chicago real estate agents who are prepared to go to any lengths (legal or illegal) to unload undesirable real estate on unwilling prospective buyers.
Style:
intense, dark, neo noir, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
office, manipulation, greed, business, workplace, suspense, ambition, deception, real estate agent, rivalry, career, reward ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, florida, chicago illinois, arizona, illinois ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Wolf of Wall Street similar movies
124K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When his brother-in-law runs afoul of a drug lord, family man Chris Farraday turns to a skill he abandoned long ago – smuggling – to repay the debt. But the job goes wrong, and Farraday finds himself wanted by cops, crooks and killers alike.
Style:
realistic, exciting, clever, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
smuggling, gunfight, robbery, criminal heroes, drug lord, dishonesty, conspiracy, drugs, gangsters, caper, rivalry, mafia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
11K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Needing a new partner capable of intricate cons, Richard Gaddis, recruits Rodrigo, a crook with a perfect poker face. The two plan a big-time scam: selling a fake Silver Certificate to currency collector William Hannigan. Rodrigo distrusts his new ...
Style:
suspenseful, surprise ending, tricky, talky, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
twists and turns, forgery, con artists, manipulation, heist, plot twist, justice, crime gone awry, partners, dishonesty, criminal heroes, petty criminal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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:
tense, suspenseful, clever, erotic, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, cons and scams, manipulation, blackmail, judge, uncover truth, black man white woman relationship, protagonist as suspect, rivalry, femme fatale, undercover, police corruption ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on a the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on ...
Style:
intense, dark, atmospheric, tense, serious ...
Plot:
mafia, oil, american dream, gangsters, corruption, organized crime, truck, suspense, business ethics, immigrants, winter, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 1981, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A big time drug dealer Victor Rosa is looking to get out of the game and sees his chance with a big deal with a new friend who happens to be a Wall St. stockbroker. Thinking this will be his chance to go out on top Victor soon finds out that he has ...
Style:
intense, stylized, melancholic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
betrayal, organized crime, greed, drugs, twists and turns, gang, suspense, wall street, drug dealing, cons and scams, going straight, criminal heroes ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Films like Nightcrawler
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A man who has failed as a father and husband commits a heist to make money for his fledging business, but things become complicated when his wife interferes.
Style:
neo noir, tense, melancholic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
heist, dysfunctional family, greed, twists and turns, family relations, family problems, nothing goes right, parents and children, murder, robbery, crime gone awry, merchant ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly line workers hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, clever, neo noir, cynical ...
Plot:
union, working class, labor union, gangsters, heist, female nudity, blaxploitation, fighting the system, crime gone awry, suspense, criminal, factory worker ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
michigan, detroit, africa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
154K
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, psychological, serious, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gambling, poker, friendship, mafia, addiction, casino, law student, suspense, card playing, ambition, gambling debt, poker player ...
Time:
90s
Place:
atlantic city new jersey, new york, texas, las vegas, atlantic city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialise in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money and runs. During his ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, surprise ending, sexy, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
small town, twists and turns, hitman, unemployment, crime gone awry, criminal, war injury, femme fatale, murder, brutality, greed, suspense ...
Time:
90s
Place:
texas, wyoming, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Four sons of well-known New York mobsters must retrieve a bag of cash from a small Montana town ruled by a corrupt sheriff.
Style:
stylized, twist ending, intense, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, organized crime, gang, violence, father son relationship, small town, suspense, twists and turns, corrupt cop, one last job, money ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new jersey, new york, usa, montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
16%
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Movies similar to The Town
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Jack Casey ('Kevin Bacon' )used to be a hot-shot stock market whiz kid. After a disastrous professional decision, his life in the fast lane is over. He loses his nerve and joins a speed delivery firm which relies on bicycles to avoid ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, feel good, visually appealing, talky, bad ending ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
bicycle, stock market, murder, bicycle race, father son relationship, guilt, drug dealer, attempted murder, riches to rags, money, chase, gang ...
Time:
80s
Place:
san francisco, california, new york, usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The Bank, a world ripe with avarice and corruption, where O'Reilly and his ilk can thrive and honest Aussie battlers lose everything. Enter Jim Doyle a maverick mathematician who has devised a formula to predict the fluctuations of the stock ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, cynical, thought provoking ...
Plot:
stock exchange, greed, business, mathematician, finance, computer genius, rise to the top, ambition, fighting the system, workplace, money, cons and scams ...
Time:
70s, 2000s
Place:
australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
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, thought provoking, melancholic, enigmatic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gambling, gambling addiction, poker, gambler, greed, casino, addiction, police investigation, embezzlement, banker, suspense, drugs ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, new jersey, toronto ontario canada, atlantic city new jersey, atlantic city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
An Argentinian crime drama revolving around a sheet of rare stamps (the Nine Queens).
Style:
clever, tense, surprise ending, twist ending, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
twists and turns, heist, thief, swindle, plot twist, manipulation, crime gone awry, justice, partner, police, forgery, partners in crime ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina, spain, venezuela, latin america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
155K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.
Style:
tense, serious, captivating, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
twists and turns, gangsters, robbery, organized crime, crime boss, criminal heroes, fall in love, catholic, mafia, character study, church, criminal's revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, boston, brooklyn new york city, usa, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Margin Call similar movies
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, France, USA, Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over $4 million in cash is discovered at the remote site of a downed small airplane. Their simple plan to retain ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, psychological, surprise ending, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
greed, snow, suspense, small town, betrayal, fbi, bag of money, winter, twists and turns, heist, character study, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, minnesota, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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, sexy, talky, visually appealing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, gang, betrayal, heist, murder, kidnapping, violence, money, death, twists and turns, criminal, nude ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, florida, usa, palm springs california
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
100K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer.
Style:
clever, tense, twist ending, surprise ending, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
court, lawyer, corruption, courtroom drama, courtroom, jury, suspense, twists and turns, legal, lobbyist, justice, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, san francisco, louisiana, indiana, cincinnati ohio ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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21K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The accidental shooting of a boy in New York leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.
Style:
tense, political, realistic, thought provoking, talky ...
Plot:
investigation, corruption, police, political corruption, murder, mafia, lawyer, mayor, suspense, society, uncover truth, gangsters ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, new jersey, new orleans, usa, brooklyn new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young short-con grifter suffers both injury and the displeasure of reuniting with his criminal mother, all the while dating an unpredictable young lady.
Style:
neo noir, sexy, tense, cynical, intense ...
Plot:
femme fatale, manipulation, betrayal, hidden money, twists and turns, gangsters, con trick, con artists, nude, suspense, swindle, couples ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, arizona, phoenix arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Movies like Fracture
210K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful game of ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, intellectual, serious, clever ...
Plot:
twists and turns, suspense, lawyer, courtroom drama, manipulation, murder mystery, adultery, investigation, murder, obsession, police investigation, guilt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A convert to Islam sends the U.S. government a tape showing him in three nondescript storage rooms, each of which may contain a nuclear bomb set to detonate in less than a week. Helen Brody, an FBI agent in L.A., is tasked with finding the bombs ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, rough, thought provoking, twist ending ...
Plot:
terrorism, suspense, counter terrorism, investigation, fbi, nuclear bomb, violence, twists and turns, politics, spy, cia, interrogation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, middle east, iran
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A con man travels to Cambodia (also on the run from law enforcement in the U.S.) to collect his share in an insurance scam, but discovers more than he bargained for
Style:
intense, stylized, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
betrayal, father son relationship, character study, greed, law enforcement, dishonesty, police investigation, cons and scams, unlikely friendships, friendship, runaway, fbi ...
Place:
usa, cambodia, new york, bangkok thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young interracial couple has just moved into their California dream home when they become the target of their next-door neighbor, who disapproves of their relationship. A tightly wound LAPD officer has appointed himself the watchdog of the ...
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, suspenseful, harsh ...
Plot:
neighbor, racism, interracial relations, interracial couple, home invasion, family in danger, interracial love, obsession, suspense, corrupt cop, family problems, interracial romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
43K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A naive young man assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble behind closed doors on the lives of other men.
Style:
bleak, psychological, tense, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
russian roulette, greed, gambling, game of death, organized crime, murder, survival, fish out of water, suspense, twists and turns, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, pennsylvania, delaware, grand central station manhattan new york city, midwest ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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