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10 Best Movies Like Brain Drain

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

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#1
The Last Days of American Crime

The Last Days of American Crime

2020★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brain Drain for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In the not-too-distant future, as a final response to crime and terrorism, the U.S. government plans to broadcast a signal that will make it impossible for anyone to knowingly brea...

#2
Trap House

Trap House

2025★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brain Drain for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

An undercover DEA agent and his partner embark on a game of cat and mouse with an audacious, and surprising group of thieves – their own rebellious teenagers, who have begun robbin...

#3
Defendor

Defendor

2009★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brain Drain for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A crooked cop, a mob boss and the young girl they abuse are the denizens of a city's criminal underworld. It's a world that ordinary Arthur Poppington doesn't understand and doesn'...

#4
A Crooked Somebody

A Crooked Somebody

2018★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brain Drain for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An attention-seeking psychic is kidnapped and tries to use the situation to boost his popularity....

#5
Thick as Thieves

Thick as Thieves

1999★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brain Drain for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two master thieves go at odds with one another as one sets the other up for a crime. The first, a suave pro who does his job and then hides in his own privacy, listening to old jaz...

#6
Panic

Panic

2000★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brain Drain for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for hi...

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