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10 Best Movies Like The Trap

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

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#1
Duel at Diablo

Duel at Diablo

1966★ 6.3

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

In Apache territory, a supply Army column heads for the next fort, an ex-scout searches for the killer of his Native wife, and a housewife abandons her husband to rejoin her Apache...

#2
The Fantasticks

The Fantasticks

2000★ 5.4

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

Widowers Amos and Ben plot to romantically unite Amos' daughter Luisa and Ben's son Matt by pretending to feud and forbidding the teens to associate, knowing they will resist their...

#3
Murder Over New York

Murder Over New York

1940★ 6.1

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

When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on....

#4
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#5
Pierrot le Fou

Pierrot le Fou

1965★ 7.3

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

Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the...

#6
Julieta

Julieta

2016★ 7.0

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

The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madnes...