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10 Best Movies Like Shadows over St. Pauli

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

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#1
Contraband

Contraband

2012★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shadows over St. Pauli for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When his brother-in-law runs afoul of a drug lord, family man Chris Farraday turns to a skill he abandoned long ago—smuggling—to repay the debt. But the job goes wrong, and Farrada...

#2
Belly

Belly

1998★ 6.2

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

Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in...

#3
Narco Sub

Narco Sub

2021★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shadows over St. Pauli for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A former U.S. Navy Seal is forced to become the international criminal he once fought against when a powerful and violent drug cartel kidnaps his wife and daughter....

#4
War Dogs

War Dogs

2016★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shadows over St. Pauli for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan....

#5
5lbs of Pressure

5lbs of Pressure

2024★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shadows over St. Pauli for fans of Crime. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

Fresh out of prison after serving time for murder, Adam returns to his old stomping grounds to seek out a son who doesn't know him. Eli, the brother of the man he killed is looking...

#6
Al Capone

Al Capone

1959★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shadows over St. Pauli for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago...

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