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10 Best Movies Like Contraband

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

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#1
Don't Be Bad

Don't Be Bad

2015★ 7.8

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

A story set in the 90s and in the outskirts of Rome to Ostia. A world where money, luxury cars, night clubs, cocaine and synthetic drugs are easy to run. A world in which Vittorio ...

#2
High Crime

High Crime

1973★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Contraband for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

An Italian police inspector matches wits with a powerful European drug ring. As he comes closer to the top of the underworld organization, his odds of survival decrease....

#3
Loro 1

Loro 1

2018★ 6.8

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

"Loro", in two parts, is a period movie that chronicles, as a fiction story, events likely happened in Italy (or even made up) between 2006 and 2010. "Loro" wants to suggest in po...

#4
The Boss

The Boss

1973★ 6.9

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

A hitman finds himself embroiled in the middle of a Mafia war between the Sicilians and the Calabrians....

#5
The Big Racket

The Big Racket

1976★ 6.9

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

Nico Palmieri is a police inspector who battles a criminal gang terrorizing a sleepy Italian town, extorting cash from the local merchants. With the threat of violence, no one dare...

#6
Rulers of the City

Rulers of the City

1976★ 6.4

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

Tony, a mob loan collector, is dissatisfied with his station in life. Though he dreams of one day being rich, he is stuck with the dead-end job of beating up borrowers who fall beh...

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