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Movies Like The Snowman

If you liked The Snowman (1985), a movie directed by Peter F. Bringmann, 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.

  1. 1Less Than Zero

    Less Than Zero (1987)

    ★ 6.4/10

    A college freshman returns to Los Angeles for Christmas at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit.

  2. 2The Get Out

    The Get Out (2026)

    ★ 6.2/10

    A nightclub owner is on the verge of leaving his dangerous past behind for retirement with his girlfriend. When masked gunmen rob him and he finds himself squeezed by ruthless cartels, a mysterious newcomer arrives…

  3. 3Layer Cake

    Layer Cake (2004)

    ★ 6.9/10

    When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...

  4. 4Jackie Brown

    Jackie Brown (1997)

    ★ 7.4/10

    Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan — with help from a bail…

  5. 5Sexy Beast

    Sexy Beast (2001)

    ★ 7/10

    Ex-safecracker Gal Dove has served his time behind bars and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa paradise with a wife he adores. The idyll is shattered by the arrival of his nemesis Don Logan, intent on persuading…

  6. 6Pulp Fiction

    Pulp Fiction (1994)

    ★ 8.5/10

    A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip…

  7. 7Triple Frontier

    Triple Frontier (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Struggling to make ends meet, former special ops soldiers reunite for a high-stakes heist: stealing $75 million from a South American drug lord.

  8. 8Legend

    Legend (2015)

    ★ 7/10

    Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies…

  9. 9American Made

    American Made (2017)

    ★ 6.9/10

    The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.

  10. 10No Exit

    No Exit (2022)

    ★ 6.8/10

    Stranded at a rest stop in the mountains during a blizzard, a recovering addict discovers a kidnapped child hidden in a car belonging to one of the people inside the building which sets her on a terrifying struggle to…

  11. 11Christiane F.

    Christiane F. (1981)

    ★ 7.3/10

    A teen girl in 1970s Berlin becomes addicted to heroin. Everything in her life slowly begins to distort and disappear as she befriends a small crew of junkies and falls in love with a drug-abusing male prostitute.

  12. 12The Mexican

    The Mexican (2001)

    ★ 6/10

    Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"... or suffer the consequences. The…

  13. 13Trainspotting

    Trainspotting (1996)

    ★ 8/10

    Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning…

  14. 1425th Hour

    25th Hour (2002)

    ★ 7.3/10

    On the eve of a seven-year prison sentence, a New York drug dealer spends his final day of freedom confronting his past, his relationships, and the choices that led to his downfall in a city still reeling from 9/11.

  15. 15The Corrupted

    The Corrupted (2019)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Set ahead of the 2012 London Olympics, the film follows Liam, an ex-con trying to win back the love and trust of his family. He has lost everything at the hands of a local crime syndicate run by Clifford Cullen, who…

  16. 16Berlin Alexanderplatz

    Berlin Alexanderplatz (2020)

    ★ 6.9/10

    In 2015, thirty year old refugee Francis, the sole survivor of a boat that illegally crossed the Mediterranean, is drawn into Berlin's seedy underbelly.

  17. 17Unknown

    Unknown (2006)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Five men wake up in a locked-down warehouse with no memory of who they are. They are forced to figure out who is good and who is bad to stay alive.

  18. 18Wardriver

    Wardriver (2026)

    ★ 7.4/10

    He’s a Wardriver: a hacker who steals from banks, not people—until he’s noticed. Now the money turns violent, and the woman caught in it could save him or kill them both.

  19. 19Flashback

    Flashback (2021)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Frederick Fitzell is living his best life—until he starts having horrific visions of Cindy, a girl who vanished in high school. After reaching out to old friends with whom he used to take a mystery drug called Mercury…

  20. 20Blow

    Blow (2001)

    ★ 7.4/10

    The story of how George Jung, together with the Medellín Cartel led by Pablo Escobar, established the billion-dollar cocaine empire in the United States in the 1970s.

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