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10 Best Movies Like Smuggler's Gold

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

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#1
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

1939★ 7.8

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

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting ...

#2
Night of the Living Dead: Re-Animation

Night of the Living Dead: Re-Animation

2012★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Smuggler's Gold for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After inheriting the family mortuary, a pyrophobic mortician accidentally exposes hundreds of un-cremated bodies to toxic medical waste. As the corpses re-animate, the mortician's ...

#3
Afire

Afire

2023★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Smuggler's Gold for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Self-important author Leon joins his best friend on a summer holiday near the Baltic Sea to complete his novel. When they arrive, they find their house is already occupied by a car...

#4
Blue Ruin

Blue Ruin

2014★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Smuggler's Gold for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

When the quiet life of a beach bum is upended by dreadful news, he sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. However, he proves an inept assassin and finds ...

#5
The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend

1945★ 7.6

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

Longtime alcoholic Don Birnam has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by h...

#6
Shotgun Stories

Shotgun Stories

2007★ 6.9

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

Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas,...