Movies like The Wizard of the Kremlin (2026)

Name: The Wizard of the Kremlin
Released: 2026

10 films to watch after The Wizard of the Kremlin, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.

In the chaos of post-Soviet Russia, rising KGB officer Vladimir Putin joins forces with master manipulator Vadim Baranov to reshape life behind the Iron Curtain, using violence and deception to change the world forever.

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Kompromat (2022)

Fit 72%

Shares Drama with The Wizard of the Kremlin.

Mathieu, a member of the French institute in Irkutsk, is arrested overnight by the Russian authorities. Imprisoned and accused of sexual abuse on his own daughter, he realises he is a victim of a Kompromat. With the help of the FSB, someone has built up a case to frame him. Isolated, he has no one to turn to. Proving his innocence is impossible: the only solution is to escape.
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Lord of War (2005)

Fit 70%

Shares Drama with The Wizard of the Kremlin.

Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer and, through some of the deadliest war zones, he struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals and even some of his customers who include many of the world's most notorious dictators. Finally, he must also face his own conscience.
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Gorky Park (1983)

Fit 69%

Shares Drama with The Wizard of the Kremlin.

Police Inspector Renko tries to solve the case of three bodies found in Moscow's Gorky Park but finds his attempts to solve the crime impeded by his superiors. Working on his own, Renko seeks out more information and stumbles across a conspiracy involving the highest levels of the government.
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The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)

Fit 66%

Shares Drama with The Wizard of the Kremlin.

Former major league baseball player Moe Berg lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services in World War II Europe.
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Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)

Fit 61%

Shares Drama with The Wizard of the Kremlin.

Winston Smith is a government employee whose job involves the rewriting of history in a manner that casts his fictional country's leaders in a charitable light. His trysts with Julia provide his only measure of enjoyment, but lawmakers frown on the relationship -- and in this closely monitored society, there is no escape from Big Brother.
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Disgrace (2008)

Fit 55%

Shares Drama with The Wizard of the Kremlin.

Disgrace is the story of a South African professor of English who loses everything: his reputation, his job, his peace of mind, his good looks, his dreams of artistic success, and finally even his ability to protect his cherished daughter. After having an affair with a student, he moves to the Eastern Cape, where he gets caught up in a mess of post-apartheid politics.
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25th Hour (2002)

Fit 54%

Shares Drama with The Wizard of the Kremlin.

On the eve of a seven-year prison sentence, a New York drug dealer spends his final day of freedom confronting his past, his relationships, and the choices that led to his downfall in a city still reeling from 9/11.
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Georgetown (2019)

Fit 51%

Shares Drama with The Wizard of the Kremlin.

Ulrich Mott is an eccentric and versatile social climber with grandiose plans to affect United States foreign policy. Encouraged in his attempts by his strategically chosen (and much older) wife, the well-connected journalist Elsa Brecht, Mott has a knack for making himself indispensable and impossible to ignore. The only one seemingly immune to his charms is Elsa's daughter Amanda, who might simply disapprove of her mother marrying a much younger man - or perhaps she senses something more sinister beneath the smooth-talking surface?
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The Postcard Killings (2020)

Fit 40%

Shares Drama with The Wizard of the Kremlin.

After suffering a personal tragedy, and desperate for justice, Jacob Kanon, a veteran New York City police detective, embarks on the search for a twisted killer who is leaving a bloody trail of elaborate murders across Europe.
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Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)

Fit 39%

Shares Drama with The Wizard of the Kremlin.

The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his political beliefs. The other is Molina, a gay window-dresser who fills their lonely nights by spinning romantic fantasies drawn from memories of old movies.