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10 Best Movies Like Bad Genius

If you loved Bad Genius, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal

Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal

2021★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bad Genius for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An examination that goes beyond the celebrity-driven headlines and dives into the methods used by Rick Singer, the man at the center of the shocking 2019 college admissions scandal...

#2
The Emperor's Club

The Emperor's Club

2002★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bad Genius for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

William Hundert is a passionate and principled Classics professor who finds his tightly-controlled world shaken and inexorably altered when a new student, Sedgewick Bell, walks int...

#3
The Pelican Brief

The Pelican Brief

1993★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bad Genius for fans of Thriller & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed....

#4
The Words

The Words

2012★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bad Genius for fans of Thriller & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The Words follows young writer Rory Jansen who finally achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next great American novel. There's only one catch - he didn'...

#5
Circle of Friends

Circle of Friends

1995★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bad Genius for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Three girlhood friends now at college share first loves, first kisses and first betrayals. At the center of it all is the best-looking boy on campus. Can a self-conscious dreamer h...

#6
Sleuth

Sleuth

2007★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bad Genius for fans of Thriller & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Locked in a high-tech English manor, bound in a deadly duel of wits, Andrew Wyke and Milo Tindle come together as English gentlemen to discuss the matter of Wyke's wife: the woman ...

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