Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Contraband

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

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#1
The Counterfeit Traitor

The Counterfeit Traitor

1962★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Contraband for fans of Thriller & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany....

#2
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020★ 6.2

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

During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain....

#3
The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

1957★ 6.8

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

Based on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war captured in Britain to escape back to Germany during the Second World War....

#4
A Time to Love and a Time to Die

A Time to Love and a Time to Die

1958★ 7.2

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

A German soldier home on leave falls in love with a girl, then returns to World War II....

#5
The Long Voyage Home

The Long Voyage Home

1940★ 6.6

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

The crew of the merchant ship Glencairn hope to survive a transatlantic crossing during World War II. Adapted from four Eugene O'Neill one-act plays....

#6
36 Hours

36 Hours

1964★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Contraband for fans of Thriller & War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe out of him....

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