FILM ATLAS

Enjoyed McVicar? Start here.

Movies like McVicar

Find your next watch through shared stories, themes and filmmakers. See why each film connects, then explore the map.

McVicar poster

Your starting film

Film · 10 connections

McVicar (1980)

  • Crime
  • Drama
  • 112 min
  • 18 age guide
  • ★ 6.5/10 from 43 ratings

John McVicar was a London Bad Boy. he graduated to armed bank robbery and was Britain's "Public Enemy No. 1". He was captured and put into a high security prison. Will even the highest security prison be able to hold him? This is the true story of his life, his criminal exploits and his eventual rehabilitation.

Directed byTom Clegg

Follow a connection

What to watch after McVicar

A feature-film shortlist from the cached Film Atlas engine. The interactive map may include more titles or newer results. These are similarity matches, not a guarantee of age suitability.

  1. 01

    Made in Britain

    Strong story similarity

    1983 · 76 min · Crime · Drama · TV Movie

    Read synopsis

    16-year-old skinhead Trevor has no regard for authority, and would rather spend his time stealing cars than sitting in the detention centre to which he is sent. Social worker Harry Parker tries his best, but Trevor is only interested when there's something in it for him. The centre authorities try to conform Trevor to the norms of society, but he takes no notice, and would rather speak in a torrent of four-letter words and racial abuse.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared theme: prison
    Explore movies like Made in Britain
  2. 02

    Tattoo

    Similar atmosphere

    1982 · 107 min · Crime · Drama · Romance

    Read synopsis

    An ardent culture-vulture youth, previously charged for the murder of a woman when he was young, plans to hold hostage a local bank.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
    Explore movies like Tattoo
  3. 03

    Let Him Have It

    Strong story similarity

    1991 · 115 min · Drama

    Read synopsis

    In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangster films. Chris and Derek's friendship leads to their involvement in the true case which would forever shake England's belief in capital punishment.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    Explore movies like Let Him Have It
  4. 04

    The MacKintosh Man

    Strong story similarity

    1973 · 99 min · Thriller

    Read synopsis

    A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor; only, someone finds him out and exposes him to the gang...

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    Explore movies like The MacKintosh Man
  5. 05

    Shallow Grave

    Strong story similarity

    1994 · 93 min · Crime · Thriller

    Read synopsis

    When David, Juliet, and Alex find their new roommate dead with a large sum of money, they agree to hide the body and keep the cash. However, this newfound fortune gradually corrodes their friendship.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    Explore movies like Shallow Grave
  6. 06

    Cul-de-sac

    Genre overlap

    1966 · 112 min · Comedy · Crime · Drama · Thriller

    Read synopsis

    On the run and in search of help, two wounded gangsters find refuge in the secluded castle of a feeble man and his wife; however, under the point of a gun, nothing is what it seems.

    Why it connects

    • substantial genre overlap
    Explore movies like Cul-de-sac
  7. 07

    Riff-Raff

    Strong movie match

    1991 · 95 min · Comedy · Drama

    Read synopsis

    Stevie, fresh from prison in Scotland, finds a job on a London construction site. Working conditions are poor and most of the men are working under aliases, due to immigration status and to not conflict with unemployment. Some help Stevie secure housing, squatting in a council estate. Then Stevie meets Susan, from Ireland, an aspiring singer.

    Why it connects

    • strong recommendation signals
    Explore movies like Riff-Raff
  8. 08

    Little Boy Lost

    Genre overlap

    1978 · 90 min · Drama

    Read synopsis

    The True story of Stephen Walls, a young Australian farm boy, whose disappearance galvanized a continent into action. Taught to be wary of strangers, the boy cannot know that the boisterous hordes of volunteers are his saviors and not his enemies.

    Why it connects

    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
    Explore movies like Little Boy Lost
  9. 10

    Fathers

    Shared themes

    1989 · 134 min · Drama

    Read synopsis

    Second half of the 1960s. Novikov, an employee of the apparatus, is a charming and successful functionary, married to the daughter of a former party leader. His life is a success — he has a status, a family, two children, as well as a young mistress — student Tanya, for whom he will never divorce... During the conflict at a youth construction site in Siberia, which he must repay, Novikov shows himself as an experienced dodger and a provocateur. Tanya's father, a war veteran and an honest worker, Ivan Dronov considers himself entitled to punish this scoundrel...

    Why it connects

    • substantial genre overlap
    • shared theme: 1960s
    Explore movies like Fathers

How these movie recommendations work

Film Atlas combines story similarity, movie metadata and TMDB relationship signals. Shared studios can support a match; audience and film-format safeguards help avoid poor fits. The explanations above come from the engine’s recorded evidence—not invented reviews.

A similarity match is different from a quality rating. Use the map to explore the connections and decide what fits your mood.

Start with McVicar