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10 Best Movies Like Cargo

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

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#1
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

1970★ 8.2

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

Rome, Italy. After committing a heinous crime, a senior police officer exposes evidence incriminating him because his moral commitment prevents him from circumventing the law and t...

#2
Waking Ned

Waking Ned

1998★ 7.1

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

When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money....

#3
Escape from Alcatraz

Escape from Alcatraz

1979★ 7.5

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

San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one has ever managed to escape fr...

#4
Julieta

Julieta

2016★ 7.0

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

The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madnes...

#5
Mystery Train

Mystery Train

1989★ 7.3

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

In Memphis, Tennessee, over the course of a single night, the Arcade Hotel, run by an eccentric night clerk and a clueless bellboy, is visited by a young Japanese couple traveling ...

#6
12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men

1957★ 8.6

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

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begi...