Movies like The Wolf of Wall Street

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   The Departed

   Same director

   2006 · 151 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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   To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • substantial genre overlap

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   Killers of the Flower Moon

   Same director

   2023 · 206 min · Crime · Drama · History

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   When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same director
   • substantial genre overlap

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   Public Enemies

   Strong story similarity

   2009 · 140 min · Crime · Drama · History

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   Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the fledgling FBI. Desperate to capture the elusive outlaw, Hoover makes Dillinger his first Public Enemy Number One and assigns his top agent, Melvin Purvis, the task of bringing him in dead or alive.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   War Dogs

   Similar atmosphere

   2016 · 114 min · Comedy · Crime · Drama

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   Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.

   Why it connects

   • strong shared themes: corruption and drugs
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   American Gangster

   Similar atmosphere

   2007 · 157 min · Crime · Drama

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   Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • similar audience response

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   The Wizard of Lies

   Strong story similarity

   2017 · 133 min · Crime · Drama · TV Movie

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   A look behind the scenes at Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme, how it was perpetrated on the public and the trail of destruction it left in its wake, both for the victims and Madoff's family.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared themes: biography and wall street
   • substantial genre overlap

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   American Hustle

   Strong story similarity

   2013 · 138 min · Crime · Drama

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   A conman and his seductive partner are forced to work for a wild FBI agent, who pushes them into a world of Jersey power-brokers and the Mafia.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Can You Ever Forgive Me?

   Similar atmosphere

   2018 · 106 min · Comedy · Crime · Drama

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   When a bestselling celebrity biographer is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   The Laundromat

   Similar atmosphere

   2019 · 96 min · Comedy · Crime · Drama

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   When a widow gets swindled out of insurance money, her search for answers leads to two cunning lawyers in Panama who hide cash for the superrich.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared themes: fraud and money

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    Find Me Guilty

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    2006 · 125 min · Comedy · Crime · Drama

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    Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.

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    • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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