Movies Like Contrabando
If you liked Contrabando, a adventure and drama movie directed by João Pedro Gottardo, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Stolen Girl (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also adventureIn 1993, Maureen’s six-year-old daughter Amina is snuck out of the country by her ex-husband, Karim. After years of unsuccessful attempts to find her, Maureen intersects with a professional retriever of internationally…
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Black Gold (2011)
★ 6.5/10Also adventure and dramaOn the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s, two warring leaders come face to face. The victorious Nesib, Emir of Hobeika, lays down his peace terms to rival Amar, Sultan of Salmaah. The two men agree that neither can lay…
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Swapped (2026)
★ 8.8/10Also adventureA small woodland creature and a majestic bird, two natural sworn enemies of the Valley, magically trade places and set off on an adventure of a lifetime to switch back. Their journey soon uncovers a greater threat—one…
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The Last Mimzy (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and adventureTwo siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys, and soon their parents and even their teacher are drawn into a strange new world – and find a task ahead of them that is far more…
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Best of the Best 4: Without Warning (1998)
★ 5.9/10Also adventureA group of Russian mobsters have stolen a huge supply of paper for printing U.S. currency, and are now flooding the market with conterfeit bills. When one of the mobsters decides to give herself in and hand over a data…
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River Wild (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also adventureFollows a pair of siblings who love but distrust each other as they embark on a white-water rafting trip with a small group. One of their friends from childhood turns out to be more dangerous than he appears.
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Limbo (1999)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and dramaTraumatized by a fishing boat accident many years before, Joe Gastineau has given up his hopes for a life beyond the odd jobs he takes to support himself. That quickly changes when nomadic club singer Donna de Angelo…
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Cliffhanger (1993)
★ 6.5/10Also adventureA year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to rescue a group of stranded climbers, only to learn the climbers are…
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Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
★ 6.4/10Also adventureLegends (and myths) from the life of famed American frontiersman Davy Crockett are depicted in this feature film edited from television episodes. Crockett and his friend George Russel fight in the Creek Indian War…
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Weekend in Taipei (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also adventureA former DEA agent and a former undercover operative revisit their romance during a fateful weekend in Taipei, unaware of the dangerous consequences of their past.
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The Black Pirate (1926)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure and dramaA nobleman vows to avenge the death of his father by the hands of pirates. To this end, he infiltrates the pirate band; Acting in character, he single-handedly captures a merchant vessel, but things are complicated…
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The 355 (2022)
★ 6/10Also adventureA group of top female agents from American, British, Chinese, Colombian, and German government agencies are drawn together to try and stop an organization from acquiring a deadly weapon to send the world into chaos.
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Ninja (2009)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaA westerner named Casey, studying Ninjutsu in Japan, is asked by the Sensei to return to New York to protect the legendary Yoroi Bitsu, an armored chest that contains the weapons of the last Koga Ninja.
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Hunting Season (2025)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaWhen a reclusive survivalist and his daughter rescue a mysterious, wounded woman from a river, they become entangled in a deadly web of violence and revenge, forcing them to confront a brutal criminal to survive.
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Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1995)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and dramaTeenager Angus adopts a stray dog and names him Yellow. Several days later, while travelling along the coast of British Columbia with Angus's father, John, the boy and dog become stranded when turbulent waters capsize…
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Black God, White Devil (1964)
★ 7.1/10Also adventure and dramaWanted for killing his boss, Manuel flees with his wife Rosa to the sertão, the barren landscape of Northern Brazil. Thrust into a primordial violent region, Manuel and Rosa come under the influence and control of a…
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Jungle Run (2021)
★ 5.9/10Also adventureA brother and sister's journey into the jungle to find their missing father.
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Remember (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaWith the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.
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Blackthorn (2011)
★ 6.6/10Also adventureIn Bolivia, Butch Cassidy (now calling himself James Blackthorn) pines for one last sight of home, an adventure that aligns him with a young robber and makes the duo a target for gangs and lawmen alike.
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Night Crossing (1982)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and dramaTwo men want to escape from East Germany (under Communist rule) but they will only go if they can take their families with them. Based on a true story.