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10 Best Movies Like The Magic Circle

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

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#1
Belly

Belly

1998★ 6.0

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

Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in...

#2
The Informer

The Informer

2019★ 6.5

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

In New York, former convict Pete Koslow, related to the Polish mafia, must deal with both Klimek the General, his ruthless boss, and the twisted ambitions of two federal agents, as...

#3
The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle

1950★ 7.5

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

Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in t...

#4
The Anderson Tapes

The Anderson Tapes

1971★ 6.1

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

Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't k...

#5
The Outfit

The Outfit

1973★ 6.8

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

A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to di...

#6
In Cold Blood

In Cold Blood

1967★ 7.5

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

After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of thei...

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