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10 Best Movies Like The Mad Genius

If you loved The Mad Genius, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Flamingo Road

Flamingo Road

1949★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Mad Genius for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society....

#2
Trapeze

Trapeze

1956★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Mad Genius for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A pair of men try to perform the dangerous "triple" in their trapeze act. Problems arise when the duo is made into a trio following the addition of a sexy female performer....

#3
Lili

Lili

1953★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Mad Genius for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Members of a circus troupe "adopt" Lili Daurier when she finds herself stranded in a strange town. The magician who first comes to her rescue already has romantic entanglements and...

#4
The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth

1952★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Mad Genius for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and ...

#5
High Strung

High Strung

2016★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Mad Genius for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When a hip hop violinist busking in the New York subway encounters a classical dancer on scholarship at the Manhattan Conservatory of the Arts, sparks fly. With the help of a hip h...

#6
The Man Who Laughs

The Man Who Laughs

1928★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Mad Genius for fans of Drama & Horror & Romance. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured....

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