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10 Best Movies Like Il contrabbandiere

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

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#1
Lamerica

Lamerica

1994★ 7.1

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

Fiore, an Italian conman, arrives in post Communist Albania with Gino, his young apprentice, to set up a shoe factory that will never open. The con requires a native Albanian, so t...

#2
The Raffle

The Raffle

1991★ 6.7

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

Struggling with a financial crisis, a good-looking widow decides to put herself up for grabs. However, going through with it becomes almost impossible with a new love and the legal...

#3
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

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

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes....

#4
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Il contrabbandiere 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...

#5
Strange Weather

Strange Weather

2016★ 5.8

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

Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea....

#6
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Il contrabbandiere 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...

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