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10 Best Movies Like Magic Town

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

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#1
Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur

1959★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Magic Town for fans of History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 26 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman govern...

#2
Blue Streak

Blue Streak

1999★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Magic Town for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police buildi...

#3
Alias Nick Beal

Alias Nick Beal

1949★ 6.7

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

After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking stranger named Nick Beal shows...

#4
The Godfather

The Godfather

1972★ 8.7

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

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attemp...

#5
Green Book

Green Book

2018★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Magic Town for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and ...

#6
The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

1994★ 8.7

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

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting ski...