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10 Best Movies Like The Brain

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

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#1
Now You See Me

Now You See Me

2013★ 7.3

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

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....

#2
Hold-up

Hold-up

1985★ 6.1

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

Dressed as a clown, the clever rascal Grimm holds up the most secure bank of Montreal and takes 30 hostages. While confusing and ridiculing the police with his strange behavior, he...

#3
Tough Guys

Tough Guys

1986★ 6.0

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

Harry Doyle and Archie Lang are two old-time train robbers, who held up a train in 1956 and have been incarcerated for thirty years. After serving their time, they are released fro...

#4
The Ladykillers

The Ladykillers

1955★ 7.3

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

Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians....

#5
That Darn Cat!

That Darn Cat!

1965★ 6.6

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

A young woman suspects foul play when her cat comes home wearing a wristwatch. Convincing the FBI, though, and catching the bad guys is tougher than she imagined....

#6
Robbery

Robbery

1967★ 6.5

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

In this fictionalised account of the Great Train Robbery, career criminal Paul Clifton plans an audacious crime: the robbery of a mail train carrying millions in cash....

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