Movies Like Calculator: The Only Wise Man
If you liked Calculator: The Only Wise Man (2003), a movie directed by Moses Ebere, 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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The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
★ 6/10A Florida con man uses the recent death of the long time Congressman from his district, who he just happens to share a last name with, to get elected to his version of paradise, the U.S. Congress, where the money flows…
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The Roses (2025)
★ 6.6/10Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy and Theo: successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing – as Theo's career nosedives while…
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Revolutionary Road (2008)
★ 7/10A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.
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Splash (1984)
★ 6.3/10A successful businessman falls in love with the girl of his dreams. There's one big complication though; he's fallen hook, line and sinker for a mermaid.
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UHF (1989)
★ 6.7/10The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.
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The Man from Elysian Fields (2001)
★ 5.9/10A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service, where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husband is a successful writer.
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Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)
★ 6.2/10Dale, Kurt and Nick decide to start their own business but things don't go as planned because of a slick investor, prompting the trio to pull off a harebrained and misguided kidnapping scheme.
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Train Dreams (2025)
★ 7.3/10A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.
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Emma. (2020)
★ 7/10In 1800s England, a well-meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.
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Overboard (1987)
★ 6.9/10Heiress Joanna Stayton hires carpenter Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht—and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overboard and loses her memory, Dean sees…
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Mr. Lucky (1943)
★ 7.2/10A conman poses as a war relief fundraiser, but when he falls for a charity worker, his conscience begins to trouble him.
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Hardball (2001)
★ 6.5/10An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
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Housesitter (1992)
★ 6.2/10Con artist Gwen moves into Newton's empty home without his knowledge and begins setting up house, posing as his new wife.
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The Wedding Year (2019)
★ 5.9/10A commitment-phobic 27-year old’s relationship is put to the test when she and her boyfriend attend 7 weddings in the same year.
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Choke (2008)
★ 6.1/10A sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother's hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death.
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Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)
★ 6.9/10A society woman believes her husband is having an affair, a misconception which may have dire personal consequences for all involved.
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Heatwave (2022)
★ 6.2/10A 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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Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
★ 6.2/10After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they now face. Two intelligent people, Dick and Jane actually get pretty…
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Ballad of a Small Player (2025)
★ 5.8/10Amid the glittering casinos of Macau, a gambler running from his past—and his debts—becomes fascinated by an enigmatic woman at the baccarat table.