Movies like Motherless Brooklyn
Discover a curated list of captivating movies similar to Motherless Brooklyn. Explore films such as The Wolf of Wall Street, The Dark Knight, and Knives Out, around the themes of neo noir, 1950s, jazz music. Other notable keywords include based on novel and detective.
#1
The Wolf of Wall Street
Synopsis:
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Starring:
Jonah Hill,
Margot Robbie,
Jon Bernthal
#2
The Dark Knight
Synopsis:
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.
Starring:
Gary Oldman,
Morgan Freeman,
Christian Bale
#3
Knives Out
Synopsis:
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.
Starring:
Michael Shannon,
Christopher Plummer,
Chris Evans
#4
Death Wish
Synopsis:
A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.
Starring:
Jack Kesy,
Bruce Willis,
Vincent D'Onofrio
Plot:
remake,
vigilante,
vigilantism,
death of wife,
home invasion,
woman in jeopardy,
urban decay,
finger gun,
detective,
dark hero
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#5
Baby Driver
Synopsis:
After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
Starring:
Kevin Spacey,
Eiza González,
Ansel Elgort
#6
The Dark Knight Rises
Synopsis:
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city t…
Starring:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt,
Gary Oldman,
Anne Hathaway
#7
The Foreigner
Synopsis:
Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage daughter – dies in an Irish Republican Army car bombing. His relentless search to find the terrorists leads to a cat-and-mouse conflict with a British government official whose own past may hold the clues to the identities of the elusive killers.
Starring:
Ray Fearon,
Jackie Chan,
Pierce Brosnan
Plot:
gun,
justice,
terrorism,
explosion,
london england,
handgun,
death,
death of daughter,
affair,
restaurant
...
#8
Ava
Synopsis:
A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.
Starring:
Colin Farrell,
Jessica Chastain,
John Malkovich
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#9
The Invisible Man
Synopsis:
When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.
Starring:
Aldis Hodge,
Storm Reid,
Elisabeth Moss
Plot:
domestic abuse,
invisibility,
mad scientist,
murder,
throat slitting,
escape,
teenager,
restaurant,
evil man,
sadist
...
#10
Bright
Synopsis:
In an alternate present-day where magical creatures live among us, two L.A. cops become embroiled in a prophesied turf battle.
Starring:
Will Smith,
Joel Edgerton,
Lucy Fry
Plot:
orc,
buddy movie,
elf,
magic,
wand,
urban fantasy,
police,
fairy,
alternate reality,
buddy cop
...
#11
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Synopsis:
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
Starring:
Liam Neeson,
Dan Stevens,
David Harbour
Plot:
violence,
drug dealer,
revenge,
murder of wife,
ex cop,
alcoholic,
collateral damage,
faked death,
rapist,
attempted rape
...
#12
Atomic Blonde
Synopsis:
An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.
Starring:
Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson,
Charlize Theron,
James McAvoy
Plot:
female nudity,
sex scene,
bisexual woman,
based on comic book,
bisexual,
spy,
cold war,
macguffin,
blonde woman,
berlin germany
...
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#13
The Kitchen
Synopsis:
The mobster husbands of three 1978 Hell's Kitchen housewives are sent to prison by the FBI. Left with little but a sharp ax to grind, the ladies take the Irish mafia's matters into their own hands — proving unexpectedly adept at everything from running the rackets to taking out the competition… literally.
Starring:
James Badge Dale,
Domhnall Gleeson,
Common
#14
The First Purge
Synopsis:
To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the others, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation.
Starring:
Lauren Vélez,
Marisa Tomei,
Lex Scott Davis
Plot:
abuse of power,
social injustice,
church,
murder,
politics,
fascism,
atrocity,
official corruption,
class conflict,
homicide
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#15
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Synopsis:
Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.
Starring:
Eva Green,
Joseph Gordon-Levitt,
Bruce Willis
#16
Peppermint
Synopsis:
A grieving mother transforms herself into a vigilante following the murders of her husband and daughter, eluding the authorities to deliver her own personal brand of justice.
Starring:
Jennifer Garner,
John Ortiz,
John Gallagher Jr.
#17
Geostorm
Synopsis:
After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But now, something has gone wrong: the system built to protect Earth is attacking it, and it becomes a race against the clock to uncover the real threat before a worldwide geostorm wipes out e…
Starring:
Gerard Butler,
Andy García,
Eugenio Derbez
Plot:
near future,
global warming,
malfunction,
disaster,
failure,
nasa,
tsunami,
u.s. president,
disaster film,
kidnapping
...
#18
8MM
Synopsis:
A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.
Starring:
Nicolas Cage,
Peter Stormare,
Chris Bauer
#19
SuperFly
Synopsis:
Career criminal Youngblood Priest wants out of the Atlanta drug scene, but as he ramps up sales, one little slip up threatens to bring the whole operation down before he can make his exit.
Starring:
Michael Kenneth Williams,
Jason Mitchell,
Esai Morales
Plot:
sex scene,
topless female nudity,
bare breasts,
strip club,
stripper,
drugs,
dojo,
gun fight,
cruise ship,
car chase
...
#20
Spider-Man 3
Synopsis:
The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers are altered by an alien organism, his alter ego, Peter Parker, deals with nemesis Eddie Brock and also gets caught up in a love triangle.
Starring:
J.K. Simmons,
Bryce Dallas Howard,
Kirsten Dunst