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10 Best Movies Like The Smoke

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

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#1
Fight Back to School 2

Fight Back to School 2

1992★ 6.8

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

Star Chow, an officer in the elite police unit, resigns when he is made a scapegoat for a botched investigation. He goes undercover at a school to complete the case and realizes a ...

#2
With a Right to Kill

With a Right to Kill

2003★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Smoke for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

This documentary looks at the Danish resistance movement's execution of 400 informers during the Nazi occupation and the ensuing cover-up....

#3
For freedom and justice

For freedom and justice

1949★ 6.2

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

A picture of the life of the Danish people from the late 1820s to the introduction of the free constitution in 1849. A fictional character, Rasmus Nielsen, travels around the count...

#4
Beyond the Barricade

Beyond the Barricade

1920★ 7.3

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

Family man Poul Berg is tempted by a questionable investement offer and indebts himself to a point where suicide seems like the only way out. His widow struggles to maintain even a...

#5
Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora

Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora

2010★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Smoke for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The Making-of James Cameron's Avatar. It shows interesting parts of the work on the set....

#6
Fantozzi in Heaven

Fantozzi in Heaven

1993★ 5.8

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

One by one, with a sweet but inexorable rate, Ugo's colleagues, go to a better life. When Ugo is attending at one of the innumerable funerals, he and the priest remain involved in ...