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10 Best Movies Like Barren Land

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

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#1
Tango & Cash

Tango & Cash

1989★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Barren Land for fans of Thriller & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are two successful narcotics detectives who can't stand each other. Crime lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income they have caused him, plots an ...

#2
Blow

Blow

2001★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Barren Land for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that G...

#3
Traffic

Traffic

2000★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Barren Land for fans of Thriller & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal w...

#4
Year of the Dragon

Year of the Dragon

1985★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Barren Land for fans of Thriller & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthles...

#5
Deep Cover

Deep Cover

1992★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Barren Land for fans of Thriller & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA—the Colombian foreign minister's nephew. Russell...

#6
The Infiltrator

The Infiltrator

2016★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Barren Land for fans of Thriller & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar....

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