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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
Awake

Awake

2007★ 6.5

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

While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles pr...

#2
The Killing of a Sacred Deer

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017★ 7.0

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

Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existen...

#3
Dirty Pretty Things

Dirty Pretty Things

2002★ 6.9

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

An undocumented immigrant finds a human heart in one of the toilets of the west London hotel where he works with other undocumented immigrants....

#4
Something the Lord Made

Something the Lord Made

2004★ 7.9

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

A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas....

#5
John Q

John Q

2002★ 7.1

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

John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover i...

#6
Shade

Shade

2003★ 6.2

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

Tiffany, Charlie and Vernon are con artists looking to up the ante from their typical scams. They figure a good way of doing this is taking down Dean "The Dean" Stevens, a well-kno...

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