Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Smugglers

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

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#1
Home Run

Home Run

2013★ 6.2

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

A pro ball player with a substance abuse problem is forced into rehab in his hometown, finding new hope when he gets honest about his checkered past, and takes on coaching duties f...

#2
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#3
Contraband

Contraband

2012★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Smugglers for fans of Drama. 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...

#4
The Padre

The Padre

2018★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Smugglers 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-...

#5
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Smugglers 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...

#6
El Chicano

El Chicano

2019★ 6.6

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

A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law....

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