20 best movies like House of Cards (2013)


List of the best movies like House of Cards (2013): Irresistible, Dune, The Wolf of Wall Street, Lansky, Mortal, Judas and the Black Messiah, Body Brokers, Redemption Day, The Eagle, In the Heights.

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Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA

A Democratic political consultant helps a retired Marine colonel run for mayor in a small, conservative Wisconsin town.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
CountryUSA, Canada, Hungary

Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential-only those who can conquer their fear will survive.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
CountryUSA
Duration03:00

    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.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA

    When the aging Meyer Lansky is investigated one last time by the Feds who suspect he has stashed away millions of dollars over half a century, the retired gangster spins a dizzying tale, revealing the untold truth about his life as the notorious boss of Murder Inc. and the National Crime Syndicate.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genreaction, fantasy, drama, adventure
    CountryNorway, USA, United Kingdom

    A young boy must discover the origins of his extraordinary powers before he is captured by authorities hell-bent on condemning him for an accidental murder.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama, crime, biography, history
    CountryUSA

    Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—falling for a fellow revolutionary en route—a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA

    Utah and his girlfriend Opal, are drug addicts living on the streets in rural Ohio. After getting recruited by body broker Wood, and offered treatment in Los Angeles, Wood takes Utah under his wing and introduces him to treatment center mogul Vin. Wood and Vin bring Utah in on their lucrative and illegal dealings, where saving lives comes second to the bottom line.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genreaction, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA

    Having just returned home, decorated U.S. Marine Captain Brad Paxton's wife, Kate, is kidnapped by a terrorist group while working in Morocco. He is forced back into action for a daring and deadly operation to save the woman he loves.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genredrama, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:54

    In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila (Tatum) arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth. Accompanied only by his British slave Esca (Bell), Marcus sets out across Hadrian's Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia - to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father's memory, and retrieve the lost legion's golden emblem, the Eagle of the Ninth.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genremelodrama, drama, musical
    CountryUSA

    The story of Usnavi, a bodega owner who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic or staying in Washington Heights.

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    Genreaction, drama
    CountryUSA

    After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA

    Leo Borlock is an average student at Mica High School. He gets decent grades, is a member of the school's marching band and has always been content flying under the radar. But all that changes when he meets Stargirl Caraway, a confident and colorful new student with a penchant for the ukulele, who stands out in a crowd. She is kind, finds magic in the mundane and touches the lives of others with the simplest of gestures. Her eccentricities and infectious personality charm Leo and the student body, and she quickly goes from being ignored and ridiculed to accepted and praised, then back again, sending Leo on a rollercoaster ride of emotions.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genrefantastic, drama
    CountryUSA

    A young NASA JPL scientist is abducted by extraterrestrials but when no one believes his story he becomes obsessed with finding proof which leads him on a journey of discovery.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genreaction, drama, military, history
    CountryUSA, Bulgaria

    A small unit of U.S. soldiers, alone at the remote Combat Outpost Keating, located deep in the valley of three mountains in Afghanistan, battles to defend against an overwhelming force of Taliban fighters in a coordinated attack. The Battle of Kamdesh, as it was known, was the bloodiest American engagement of the Afghan War in 2009 and Bravo Troop 3-61 CAV became one of the most decorated units of the 19-year conflict.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    Hotel night clerk Bart Bromley is a highly intelligent young man on the Autism spectrum. When a woman is murdered during his shift, Bart becomes the prime suspect. As the police investigation closes in, Bart makes a personal connection with a beautiful guest named Andrea, but soon realises he must stop the real murderer before she becomes the next victim.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genredrama, sport
    CountryUSA, Canada

    A former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction attempts to regain his soul and salvation by becoming the coach of a disparate ethnically mixed high school basketball team at his alma mater.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA

    After 12 years in prison, former high school football star Eddie Palmer returns home to put his life back together—and forms an unlikely bond with Sam, an outcast boy from a troubled home. But Eddie's past threatens to ruin his new life and family.

    Markimdb: 4.5
    Genrehorror, detective
    CountryUSA

    A renowned exorcist teams up with a rookie priest for his first day of training. As they plunge deeper into hell on earth, the lines between good and evil blur, and their own demons emerge.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    A group of criminals are brought together under mysterious circumstances and have to work together to uncover what's really going on when their simple job goes completely sideways.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genredrama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA, Canada

    The 47-year old Al Capone, after 10 years in prison, starts suffering from dementia and comes to be haunted by his violent past.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genreaction, drama, sport
    CountryUSA

    After a blood- soaked jujitsu match in Dubai, fighting legend Mickey Kelley falls to superstar Blaine. But years later, an online video proves that Blaine cheated, and the world demands a rematch. Can the aging underdog get back into shape in time to vanquish his foe, get revenge, and claim his prize?

    Markimdb: 8.4
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration02:25

    During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA

    A widowed new dad copes with doubts, fears, heartache and dirty diapers as he sets out to raise his daughter on his own. Inspired by a true story.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genremelodrama, drama, sport
    CountryRussia

    What happens in fairy tales after the wedding of the prince and princess? Figure skater Nadia and hockey player Sasha got married and more than anything else they dream of a child. True, the price they will have to pay for this dream will be unimaginably high. After such upheavals, it seems impossible to count on a happy ending. But if you think so, you do not know anything about real tales...

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA

    Scott has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was seven. He’s now reached his mid-20s having achieved little, chasing a dream of becoming a tattoo artist that seems far out of reach. As his ambitious younger sister heads off to college, Scott is still living with his exhausted ER nurse mother and spends his days smoking weed, hanging with the guys — Oscar, Igor and Richie — and secretly hooking up with his childhood friend Kelsey. But when his mother starts dating a loudmouth firefighter named Ray, it sets off a chain of events that will force Scott to grapple with his grief and take his first tentative steps toward moving forward in life.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA

    A mind-bending love story following Greg who, after recently being divorced and then fired, meets the mysterious Isabel, a woman living on the streets and convinced that the polluted, broken world around them is just a computer simulation. Doubtful at first, Greg eventually discovers there may be some truth to Isabel’s wild conspiracy.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrecomedy, drama, biography
    CountryFrance, USA
    Duration01:50

    On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUSA

    In the 1960s, two entrepreneurs hatch an ingenious business plan to fight for housing integration—and equal access to the American Dream.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genredrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Sweden, USA, Poland, Spain

    The film follows 24 hours in the life of father and daughter Leo and Molly as she grapples with the challenges of dealing with her father’s chaotic mental state. But as they weave their way around New York City, their ordinary but stressful day takes on a hallucinatory and epic quality, for Leo is seamlessly flowing in and out of several parallel lives; a passionate marriage with his childhood sweetheart Dolores in Mexico and a life of solitude on a remote Greek island, where a chance encounter with two young tourists unmasks the uncomfortable truths of a family life left behind...

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, military, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
    Duration01:37

    Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama, adventure, military
    CountryUSA

    Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried treasure. These heroes battle forces of humanity and nature while confronted by the lasting ravages of the immorality of the Vietnam War.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genredrama, musical, family
    CountryUSA

    Troubled teen Will Hawkins has a run-in with the law that puts him at an important crossroad: go to juvenile detention or attend a Christian summer camp. At first a fish-out-of-water, Will opens his heart, discovers love with a camp regular, and sense of belonging in the last place he expected to find it.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genremelodrama, drama, musical
    CountryFrance, Belgium, Germany, USA, Japan, Mexico, Luxembourg

    The story of Henry, a stand-up comedian with a fierce sense of humor and Ann, a singer of international renown. In the spotlight, they are the perfect couple, healthy, happy, and glamourous. The birth of their first child, Annette, a mysterious girl with an exceptional destiny, will change their lives.

    Markimdb: 4.1
    Genreaction, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    A Dicken’s classic brought thrillingly up to date in the teeming heartland of modern London, where a group of street smart young hustlers plan the heist of the century for the ultimate payday.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    A New Jersey guy dedicated to his family, friends, and church, develops unrealistic expectations from watching porn and works to find happiness and intimacy with his potential true love.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
    CountryUSA

    A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most treacherous mission of his career.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryUSA

    Cherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq - anchored only by his true love, Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in the world.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrefantastic, action
    CountryUSA

    The world is stunned when a group of time travelers arrive from the year 2051 to deliver an urgent message: Thirty years in the future, mankind is losing a global war against a deadly alien species. The only hope for survival is for soldiers and civilians from the present to be transported to the future and join the fight. Among those recruited is high school teacher and family man Dan Forester. Determined to save the world for his young daughter, Dan teams up with a brilliant scientist and his estranged father in a desperate quest to rewrite the fate of the planet.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genreaction, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA

    A devastated husband vows to bring justice to the people responsible for his wife's death while protecting the only family he has left, his daughter.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA

    Bill Baker, an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma, travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, Allison, who is in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit. Confronted with language barriers, cultural differences, and a complicated legal system, Bill builds a new life for himself in France as he makes it his personal mission to exonerate his daughter.

    Markimdb: 8.5
    Genreaction, drama, adventure, history
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Malta, Morocco
    Duration02:35

    In the year 180, the death of emperor Marcus Aurelius throws the Roman Empire into chaos. Maximus is one of the Roman army's most capable and trusted generals and a key advisor to the emperor. As Marcus' devious son Commodus ascends to the throne, Maximus is set to be executed. He escapes, but is captured by slave traders. Renamed Spaniard and forced to become a gladiator, Maximus must battle to the death with other men for the amusement of paying audiences.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrefantastic, action, drama
    CountrySouth Korea

    A former intelligence agent gets involved with the first human clone, Seo Bok, who others seek, causing trouble.

    Markimdb: 4.1
    Genreaction, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA

    A disgraced doctor and his family are held hostage at their home by criminals on the run, when a robbery-gone-awry requires them to seek immediate medical attention.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genreaction
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom

    John Garrity, his estranged wife and their young son embark on a perilous journey to find sanctuary as a planet-killing comet hurtles toward Earth. Amid terrifying accounts of cities getting levelled, the Garrity's experience the best and worst in humanity. As the countdown to the global apocalypse approaches zero, their incredible trek culminates in a desperate and last-minute flight to a possible safe haven.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregon wilderness must visit Portland to find the mysterious person who stole his beloved foraging pig.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryEstonia, United Kingdom

    At the height of the Cold War, a troubled soldier forms a forbidden love triangle with a daring fighter pilot and his female comrade amid the dangerous surroundings of a Soviet Air Force Base.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genreaction, drama, military, biography, history
    CountryRussia

    Mikhail Devyatayev, a captured Soviet pilot who leads an escape from a German concentration camp by hijacking an aircraft.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:37

    In Los Angeles, Nikki is homeless, car-less and closing in on 30, but he's amoral, good-looking, and adept in the sack, moving from one wealthy woman of 35 or 40 to another, a kept boy-toy. His newest gig, with Samantha, an attorney whose house overlooks L.A., is sweet, although it's unclear how long she'll put up with him. Then Nikki meets Heather, a waitress. Is the player being played, or might this be love? What will Nikki discover?

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryPoland

    On the last day of 1999, 20-year-old Sebastian locks himself in a TV studio. He has two hostages, a gun, and an important message for the world. The story of the attack explores a rebel’s extreme measures and last resort.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryUSA, Hungary

    The Blind Man has been hiding out for years in an isolated cabin and has taken in and raised a young girl who lost her parents in a house fire. Their quiet existence is shattered when a group of kidnappers show up and take the girl, forcing the Blind Man to leave his safe haven to rescue her.




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