Movies Like The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983)

The Crimson Permanent Assurance is a 1983 adventure, comedy, fantasy film from Terry Gilliam with a MovieMagicScore of 7.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Paperman and The Big Short.

Adventure Comedy Fantasy

Paperman

2012

An urban office worker finds that paper airplanes are instrumental in meeting a girl in ways he never expected.

8.0

MagicScore

The Big Short

2015

The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.

7.4

MagicScore

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

1990

Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the devilish green creatures invade a top-secret laboratory and develop genetically altered powers, making them even harder to destroy!

6.5

MagicScore

The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders

1979

Egon plans to exploit knowledge gained during his latest term of incarceration. By stealing the unmanipulated financial records of DanInvest he obtains the majority of the stocks in the department store Magasin du Nord, just in time for their closing sale. The attempt to get the red suitcase that will save the day they rob the main vault at the EEC headquarters in Brussels and end up hijacking a tank.

6.8

MagicScore

The Shark Who Knew Too Much

1989

Samuel Plottner is a stockdealer who only wants to get richer, but suddenly things starts to get complicated: His sons meets their longlost mother which not only is after Samuels money, but also can tell them what happened to them the day they were born. The financial expert Benny Hörnsteen is also after Samuels money, and so is the clown Conny Corny and Lennart K. Brons too. How will this end?

6.1

MagicScore

The Lady Banker

1980

Ambitious Emma Eckhert successfully makes her way into a world previously reserved for men: that of high finance. She quickly becomes popular with small savers, but leads a scandalous life that will cost her.

5.3

MagicScore

Inside Job

2010

A film that exposes the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, Inside Job traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia.

7.7

MagicScore

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

2011

Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion causing severe destruction to the Kremlin and the IMF to be implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to disavow them. No longer being aided by the government, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks around the globe, although they might still be too late to stop a disaster.

7.1

MagicScore

The Walk

2015

The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.

7.0

MagicScore

#10

Wall Street

1987

A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider, whom takes the youth under his wing.

7.2

MagicScore

#11

Grill Point

2002

In the style of a documentary this tragic comedy tells the story of a relationship crisis between two married couples and their longing to break out of their miserable daily lives. In this East German post-wall movie Andreas Dresen introduces the sad everyday life of two couples from Frankfurt an der Oder in a honest and tolerable manner.

6.6

MagicScore

#12

Too Big to Fail

2011

An intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks.

7.0

MagicScore

#13

Default

2018

Only one week left until South Korea will go under sovereign default. Han Shi-hyun is a leader of the monetary policy team at the Bank of Korea. and is assigned to a crisis team.

6.9

MagicScore

#14

99 Homes

2015

After his family is evicted from their home, proud and desperate construction worker Dennis Nash tries to win his home back by striking a deal with the devil and working for Rick Carver, the corrupt real estate broker who evicted him.

6.8

MagicScore

#15

Boiler Room

2000

A college dropout gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm and is on the fast track to success—but the job might not be as legitimate as it sounds.

6.7

MagicScore

#16

Skyscraper

2018

Framed and on the run, a former FBI agent must save his family from a blazing fire in the world's tallest building.

6.3

MagicScore

#17

Penny Serenade

1941

Julie and Roger are a love-struck married couple who desperately want to have a child. Tragedy after tragedy gets in their way, as the two attempt to rise above their troubles and fulfill their dreams of parenthood.

6.6

MagicScore

#18

Mission: Impossible II

2000

With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera. This mission, should Hunt choose to accept it, plunges him into the center of an international crisis of terrifying magnitude.

6.1

MagicScore

#19

Tower Heist

2011

A luxury condo manager leads a staff of workers to seek payback on the Wall Street swindler who defrauded them. With only days until the billionaire gets away with the perfect crime, the unlikely crew of amateur thieves enlists the help of petty crook Slide to steal the $20 million they’re sure is hidden in the penthouse.

6.1

MagicScore

#20

The Lift

1983

A lift technician finds himself drawn into a web of mystery and peril as he investigates the perplexing deadly accidents occurring in the elevators of a new office building.

5.8

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Crimson Permanent Assurance?

The top films similar to The Crimson Permanent Assurance by MovieMagicScore are Paperman (8.0), The Big Short (7.4), Gremlins 2: The New Batch (6.5). Each shares adventure/comedy/fantasy themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Crimson Permanent Assurance worth watching?

The Crimson Permanent Assurance holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.2/10 from 118 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is The Crimson Permanent Assurance?

The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983) is a adventure, comedy, fantasy film directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Sydney Arnold, Guy Bertrand, Andrew Bicknell.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Crimson Permanent Assurance?

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About movies like The Crimson Permanent Assurance

This ranked list pairs The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983), a adventure and comedy and fantasy film from Terry Gilliam, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Sydney Arnold take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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