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10 Best Movies Like Opium Poppy

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

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#1
Freelance

Freelance

2023★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Opium Poppy for fans of Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An ex-special forces operative takes a job to provide security for a journalist as she interviews a dictator, but a military coup breaks out in the middle of the interview, they ar...

#2
The Shadow's Edge

The Shadow's Edge

2025★ 7.3

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

Macau Police brings the tracking expert police officer out of retirement to help catch a dangerous group of professional thieves....

#3
From Paris with Love

From Paris with Love

2010★ 6.4

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

James Reese has a good job as an ambassador's aid in France, but his real passion is a side gig—working in a minor role in the CIA. He would love to be a full-fledged agent and can...

#4
The Killer Elite

The Killer Elite

1975★ 5.8

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

Mike Locken is one of the principal members of a group of freelance spies. A significant portion of their work is for the CIA, and while on a case for them one of his friends turns...

#5
Che: Part One

Che: Part One

2008★ 6.8

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

Ernesto Guevara, known as 'Che', leads a group of Cuban exiles under Fidel Castro in a revolution to overthrow Fulgencio Batista, the dictator of Cuba....

#6
Mile 22

Mile 22

2018★ 6.2

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

An elite group of American operatives, aided by a top-secret tactical command team, must transport an asset who holds life-threatening information to an extraction point 22 miles a...

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