Movies Like The Wizard of the Kremlin
If you liked The Wizard of the Kremlin (2026), a drama movie directed by Olivier Assayas, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Gorky Park (1983)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaPolice Inspector Renko tries to solve the case of three bodies found in Moscow's Gorky Park but finds his attempts to solve the crime impeded by his superiors. Working on his own, Renko seeks out more information and…
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Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaWinston Smith is a government employee whose job involves the rewriting of history in a manner that casts his fictional country's leaders in a charitable light. His trysts with Julia provide his only measure of…
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Schindler's List (1993)
★ 8.6/10Also dramaThe true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
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The Goldfinch (2019)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaA boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a rush of panic, he steals 'The Goldfinch', a painting that eventually draws him into a…
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Disgrace (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaDisgrace is the story of a South African professor of English who loses everything: his reputation, his job, his peace of mind, his good looks, his dreams of artistic success, and finally even his ability to protect…
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25th Hour (2002)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaOn the eve of a seven-year prison sentence, a New York drug dealer spends his final day of freedom confronting his past, his relationships, and the choices that led to his downfall in a city still reeling from 9/11.
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Adam Resurrected (2008)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaAfter again attempting to commit murder, a Jewish man with a mysterious past and extraordinary intelligence, charisma, and body control returns to an insane asylum, where he makes a startling discovery.
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Lord of War (2005)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaYuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer and, through some of the deadliest war zones, he struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals and even some of his customers who include…
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Kompromat (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaMathieu, a member of the French institute in Irkutsk, is arrested overnight by the Russian authorities. Imprisoned and accused of sexual abuse on his own daughter, he realises he is a victim of a Kompromat. With the…
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The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaRyevsk, Russia, 1870. Tensions abound in the Karamazov family. Fyodor is a wealthy libertine who holds his purse strings tightly. His four grown sons include Dmitri, the eldest, an elegant officer, always broke and at…
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The Wizard of Lies (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaA 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.
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The Postcard Killings (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaAfter suffering a personal tragedy, and desperate for justice, Jacob Kanon, a veteran New York City police detective, embarks on the search for a twisted killer who is leaving a bloody trail of elaborate murders across…
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Georgetown (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaUlrich Mott is an eccentric and versatile social climber with grandiose plans to affect United States foreign policy. Encouraged in his attempts by his strategically chosen (and much older) wife, the well-connected…
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Eden Is West (2009)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaDesperate to break free from the poverty of his homeland, Elias boards a ramshackle people-smuggling trawler to France. But when the boat is raided by police, Elias leaps into the ocean, eventually finding himself…
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Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
★ 7/10Also dramaThe story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his political beliefs. The other is Molina, a gay window-dresser who fills…
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The Pawnbroker (1965)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaA Jewish pawnbroker, a victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions.
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The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaFormer major league baseball player Moe Berg lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services in World War II Europe.
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Street Flow 3 (2026)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaGrieving and facing the consequences of their crimes, the Traoré brothers get one last chance to forge a new path.
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Heatwave (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaA woman's life takes an unexpected turn when she falls for her boss's wife. She must soon defend herself as she becomes entangled in a web of malice.
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The Operative (2019)
★ 5.8/10Also dramaA young Western woman is recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler and her subject.