Movies Like Cargo

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

The Business

2005·1h 36m·★ 6.6·Nick Love

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Traffic

2000·2h 27m·★ 7.5·Steven Soderbergh

Themes: drug smuggling, smuggling (contraband)Thriller & Drama

Heat

1995·2h 50m·★ 8.3·Michael Mann

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American Gangster

2007·2h 37m·★ 7.8·Ridley Scott

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Once Were Warriors

1994·1h 39m·★ 7.9·Lee Tamahori

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Barren Lives

1963·1h 40m·★ 7.5·Nelson Pereira dos Santos

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Duel

1971·1h 29m·★ 7.6·Steven Spielberg

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Dirty Harry

1971·1h 42m·★ 7.7·Don Siegel

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Remember

2015·1h 34m·★ 7.5·Atom Egoyan

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Sissi

1955·1h 42m·★ 7.0·Ernst Marischka

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Lisbon Story

1994·1h 40m·★ 7.1·Wim Wenders

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Marnie

1964·2h 10m·★ 7.1·Alfred Hitchcock

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Bullitt

1968·1h 53m·★ 7.4·Peter Yates

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The Band's Visit

2007·1h 23m·★ 7.5·Eran Kolirin

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Theorem

1968·1h 35m·★ 7.0·Pier Paolo Pasolini

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Above the Rim

1994·1h 36m·★ 6.6·Jeff Pollack

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Shallow Grave

1994·1h 33m·★ 7.2·Danny Boyle

Both star Peter Mullan & Gary Lewis

Layer Cake

2004·1h 45m·★ 7.2·Matthew Vaughn

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A Dry White Season

1989·1h 47m·★ 7.0·Euzhan Palcy

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Contraband

2012·1h 49m·★ 6.4·Baltasar Kormákur

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