
Movies that feel likeNow You See Me (2013)
If you loved Now You See Me, the closest films we have are The Lincoln Lawyer (2011), Donnie Brasco (1997) and Snowden (2016). All three share Now You See Me's tense and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008).
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If Now You See Me hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Now You See Me 2 (2016)

A slick operator staying one move ahead of a system out to trap him
The difference: Courtroom grind instead of spectacle — no tricks, just leverage

Never knowing who is performing and who is telling the truth
The difference: Slow, sad and dangerous — here the cost is completely real

Watching a nobody outwit the world's biggest surveillance machine
The difference: A sober true story — paranoia without the stage-show payoff

A framed expert using his own tradecraft to outplay the authorities
The difference: One tense building, no glitter — talk and standoffs do the work

A big loud caper where the crew's showboating is half the fun
The difference: Muscle and mayhem — nothing sleight-of-hand about any of it

Cool crew mechanics and the pleasure of a plan clicking together
The difference: No stage magic or spectacle — smooth craft at a low pulse

Investigators chasing a quarry who always seems a step ahead
The difference: Grim and mournful — a slow serial-killer hunt with no showmanship

Professional competence staged as clean, showy set pieces
The difference: Blunt action nonsense with nothing to figure out

Cops and an impossible bank job circling each other toward a sting
The difference: Sweaty and macho where yours is showy — muscle replaces magic

A robbery designed as a puzzle, the real trick hidden in plain sight
The difference: Cooler and more procedural, patience where this one wants flash

The same mix in both: tension, then grit
The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Both rooted in New York City
The difference: Trades the play of Now You See Me for an angle of its own
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