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10 Best Movies Like The Carpetbaggers

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

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#1
The Padre

The Padre

2018★ 5.9

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

American retired Judge Randall Nemes and his hired gun, Gaspar, track down a con man posing as a priest in a small Colombian town only to be thrown off-course by a scrappy 16-year-...

#2
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

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

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of gettin...

#3
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.5

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

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

#4
Charm City Kings

Charm City Kings

2020★ 7.8

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

Mouse desperately wants to join The Midnight Clique, the infamous Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. When Midnight’s leader, Blax, takes 14-year-old Mouse ...

#5
Imperial Dreams

Imperial Dreams

2014★ 6.6

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

A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Ang...

#6
Battle of the Year

Battle of the Year

2013★ 6.8

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

A down-on-his-luck coach is hired to prepare a team of the best American dancers for an international tournament that attracts all the best crews from around the world, but the Ame...

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