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10 Best Movies Like Smoke and Shorty

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

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#1
A Wrinkle in Time

A Wrinkle in Time

2003★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Smoke and Shorty for fans of TV Movie & Family. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Meg and Charles Wallace are aided by Calvin and three interesting women in the search for their father who disappeared during a government experiment. Their travels take them aroun...

#2
The Call of the Wild

The Call of the Wild

1972★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Smoke and Shorty for fans of Adventure & Family. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

John Thornton, is a fearless man who's after more than gold; he wants to do what's right. Thornton works for the U.S. mail and is the only person daring and smart enough to figure ...

#3
Ostap Bender: Gold of the Empire

Ostap Bender: Gold of the Empire

2021★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Smoke and Shorty for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The hunt for imperial gold continues. A priceless scepter, a treasure that could secure a worry-free life in sunny Rio de Janeiro for Ibrahim Bender and his young apprentice Ostap,...

#4
It Was Always You

It Was Always You

2021★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Smoke and Shorty for fans of TV Movie. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

Elizabeth's engagement plans are thrown into disarray when her fiancée's free-spirited brother David returns home. David's unexpected influence prompts Elizabeth to question her li...

#5
12 Chairs

12 Chairs

1971★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Smoke and Shorty for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A former aristocrat Ippolit Vorobyaninov leads a miserable life in Soviet Russia. His mother-in-law reveals a secret to him - she hid family diamonds in one of the twelve chairs th...

#6
Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century

Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century

1987★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Smoke and Shorty for fans of Adventure & TV Movie. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

This film version was released before the premiere of the full two-part television version (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Approaches). In ...

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