20 best movies like Bad Genius (2017)

List of the best movies like Bad Genius (2017): Spike Island, Walk. Ride. Rodeo., Kid Cannabis, Top Boy, Jump In!, 55 Steps, One Week Friends, Driven, Dance Academy: The Movie, King Jack.

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Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, drama, music
CountryUnited Kingdom

Teenage musicians travel to England's Spike Island in the hope of attending an outdoor performance by their favorite band, the Stone Roses.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genredrama, biography
CountryUSA

Tells the incredible true story of Amberley Snyder, a nationally ranked rodeo barrel racer who defies the odds after barely surviving a car accident that leaves her paralyzed from the waist down.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:45

An eighteen year old high school drop out and his twenty-seven year old friend start trafficking marijuana across the border of Canada in order to make money and their lives are changed forever.

Markimdb: 8.4
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUnited Kingdom

A thrilling and raw crime drama following a gang of drug dealers in Hackney, London - an honest and gripping rendition of inner-city drug and gang culture.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family, sport
CountryUSA

Story revolves around a young boxer, Izzy Daniels, who trains to follow in his father's footsteps by winning the Golden Glove. When his friend, Mary, however, asks him to substitute for a team member in a Double Dutch tournament, the young man discovers a hidden passion for jump roping

Markimdb: 6.9
Genredrama, biography
CountryGermany, Belgium
Duration02:18

55 Steps is based a the inspiring true story of Eleanor Riese, a mental illness patient herself, who brings a class action suit to give competent mental patients the right to have a say in their medication while they’re in a hospital, and Colette Hughes, the lawyer appointed to her case.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryJapan
Duration01:03

High school student Yuki Hase (Kento Yamazaki) wants to become close with classmate Kaori Fujimiya (Haruna Kawaguchi) who is alway by herself. Kaori Fujimiya refuses to become close with Yuki Hase, because she forgets her friends every new Monday. Even though Kaori tells Yuki why she doesn't want to become friends, Yuki still wants to become close to her.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Puerto Rico

FBI informant Jim Hoffman lures troubled automobile magnate John DeLorean to an undercover sting for cocaine trafficking.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genremelodrama, drama, family, music
CountryAustralia, Germany
Duration01:45

This 2017 movie follows the original dance academy TV show and tracks where the characters are in their lives now.

Markimdb: 7
Genredrama, adventure
CountryUSA

Growing up in a rural town filled with violent delinquents, Jack has learned to do what it takes to survive, despite having an oblivious mother and no father. After his aunt falls ill and a younger cousin comes to stay with him, the hardened 15-year-old discovers the importance of friendship, family, and looking for happiness even in the most desolate of circumstances.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genreaction, comedy, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:41

Barry is an asthmatic kid having trouble in life. He lives with his father, a computer programmer, in Texas. Barry is struggling to get by in life, dealing with his rough school life, bullies, as well as his health. Barry's only source of enjoyment is fantasizing that he is with Chuck Norris. Barry becomes sick of getting picked on by the bigger guys, and decides to learn karate.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:38

    Bianca's universe turns upside down when she learns that her high school refers to her as a ‘DUFF' (Designated Ugly Fat Friend). Hoping to erase that label, she enlists the help of a charming jock and her favorite teacher. Together they'll face the school's mean girl and remind everyone that we are all someone's DUFF… and that's totally fine.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genredrama
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:34

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    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama
    CountrySpain

    To find his therapy dog, a 17-year-old escapes from juvie and embarks on a journey of reconnection with his brother and grandmother through Cantabria.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France
    Duration01:47

    Two first-year students at Oxford University join the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single evening.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:30

    A world-weary college professor is given a life-changing diagnosis and decides to throw all pretense and conventions to the wind and live his life as boldly and freely as possible with a biting sense of humor, a reckless streak and a touch of madness.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genredrama, history
    CountryRussia
    Duration01:55

    The story is set at the times of Peter the Great’s reforms. At those times when an emerging empire was wreaking havoc on provincial medievalism. The times were the melting pot of everything – of beliefs and of nations. The history of Russian Asia was made by captive Swedes, outlanders, Bokharan merchants, civil servants and officers, convicts, architects and chroniclers, Chinese smugglers, shamans and escaped dissenters, Orthodox missionaries and warlike steppe-dwellers Jungars.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrecomedy, drama, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
    Duration02:00

    Based on a true story, the film is set in the summer of 1984 – when Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is on strike. At the Gay Pride March in London, a group of gay and lesbian activists decides to raise money to support the families of the striking miners. But there is a problem - the union seems embarrassed to receive their support. However the activists are not deterred. They decide to ignore the union and go direct to the miners. They identify a mining village of Onllwyn, in the Dulais Valley in Wales, and later set off in a mini bus to make their donation in person. And so begins the extraordinary story of two seemingly alien communities who form a surprising and ultimately triumphant partnership.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryMexico, Netherlands, Germany, France
    Duration01:45

    Heli must try and protect his young family when his 12-year-old sister inadvertently involves them in the brutal drug world. He must battle against the drug cartel that have been angered as well as the corrupt police force.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, biography, history, sport
    CountrySerbia
    Duration02:21

    A football team from Belgrade, former Republic of Yugoslavia gets a chance to go to the First World Football Championship, but things get complicated along the way.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genredrama, crime, sport
    CountryUSA

    Based on a true story from 1998, five Latino and Black teenagers from the toughest underserved ghetto in Miami fight their way into the National Chess Championship under the guidance of their unconventional but inspirational teacher.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, drama, musical
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    Inspired by global phenomenon of military wives choirs, the story celebrates a band of misfit women who form a choir on a military base. As unexpected bonds of friendship flourish, music and laughter transform their lives, helping each other to overcome their fears for loved ones in combat.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA

    Set in the underworld of debt-collecting, homegrown hustler Peg Dahl will do anything to escape Buffalo, NY.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

    Nicole and Chase live next door to each other but are worlds apart. However, they plot a scheme to date each other in order to attract the interest and jealousy of their respective romantic prey. But in the mist of planning a gala centennial celebration, Nicole and Chase find that the one they always wanted was closer than they ever thought.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration02:28

    The continuing adventures of the Portokalos family. A follow-up to the 2002 comedy, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding."

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration03:03

    The dramatic and inspirational story of a young pitcher who becomes the first woman to play Major League Baseball.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:43

    Three fanatical bird-watchers spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of rare breeds flying up into the U.S., but they quickly discover that there are more important things than coming out on top of the competition

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, comedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:26

    Nerdy high schooler Jerry Mitchell is assigned to write an article for the school paper about the infamous new delinquent transfer student, Buddy Revell. When Jerry accidentally invades Buddy's personal space and touches him, Buddy challenges Jerry to an afterschool fight in the parking lot, which Jerry tries to avoid at all costs.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genreaction, comedy, drama
    CountryIndia
    Duration01:30

    A young mute girl from Pakistan loses herself in India with no way to head back. A devoted man with a magnanimous spirit undertakes the task to get her back to her motherland and unite her with her family.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history, sport
    CountryDenmark, United Kingdom, Sweden

    The 1992 Danish football team competes for the European Championship.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
    CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom
    Duration02:36

    A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountrySlovakia, Czech Republic

    The principal of an elementary school calls a special parents meeting after it’s alleged that the seemingly empathetic and kindly-looking teacher Mrs. Drazděchová uses her students to manipulate their parents.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, history
    CountryFrance, Belgium
    Duration01:52

    Paris, France, December 1897. The young playwright Edmond Rostand feels like a failure. Inspiration has abandoned him. Married and father of two children, desperate and penniless, he persuades the great actor Constant Coquelin to perform the main role in his new play. But there is a problem: Coquelin wants to premiere it at Christmas and Edmond has not written a single word.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, adventure, family, music
    CountryArgentina, Spain, Italy
    Duration00:52

    Shot in Spanish and localized for markets around the world, “Tini – El Gran Cambio de Violetta” is set to thrill fans with everything they loved about the worldwide Violetta phenomenon including strong musical elements with new and original tracks, exciting choreography, compelling storylines, and intriguing characters. All made bigger and better for the big screen. The film shows how taking the role in the TV series was a pivotal moment for Tini leading to a personal ‘coming of age story’ about the young actress. In a story that reflects the teen star’s own real life, Tini will leave behind the world depicted in Violetta, striking out alone and embarking on a brand new adventure over one endless summer that will define her as a person and see her emerge as a new artist.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, drama, family
    CountryFrance, Belgium
    Duration01:29

    Emile is fifteen. He lives in Montargis, between a sweet-crazy father and a mother who has always dyed his hair blond, because, it seems, he is more beautiful like that. When the girl who pleases him more than anything invites him to Venice for the holidays, he is overjoyed. Only problem, his parents decide to accompany him - This is the story of a teenager born into an unclassifiable family, the story of a first love, miraculous and fragile. This is the story of an initiatory and incredible journey where life often takes unawares, but where Venice, it will be at the rendezvous.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama
    CountryRomania, France
    Duration01:46

    Bucharest 1989 - the last year of Ceausecu's dictatorship. Eva lives with her parents and her 7 year old brother, Lalalilu. One day at school, Eva and her boyfriend accidentally break a bust of Ceausescu. They are forced to confess their crime before a disciplinary committee and Eva is expelled from school and transferred to a reformatory establishment. There she meets Andrei, and decides to escape Romania with him. Lalalilu becomes convinced that Ceausescu is the main reason for Eva's decision to leave. So with his friends from school he devises a plan to kill the dictator.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryFrance, Israel, Germany
    Duration01:43

    A young Israeli man absconds to Paris to flee his nationality, aided by his trusty Franco-Israeli dictionary.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA

    After their mother ends up in jail, two sisters turn to train robbery in order to support their family.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure
    CountryChina
    Duration02:01

    At the beginning of the 1990s, famous tomb explorer Hu Bayi decided to retire and move to the United States with his girlfriend Shirley. But before his wedding, Bayi discovers his first love Ding Shitian, who supposedly had died in the "One Hundred Cave" 20 years ago, is actually still alive. Together with Shirley and his old exploration partner, Bayi unravels a terrible millennium-old secret...

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryUSA

    Hours after his release from prison, Jesus Quintana pairs up with fellow misfits Petey and Marie for a freewheeling joyride of petty crime and romance.

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