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Movies like Sugar Bandits

The best movies like Sugar Bandits are In Cold Light (2026), Body Brokers (2021) and Canary Black (2024). If Sugar Bandits hooked you with its thriller, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. In Cold Light (2026)

    Fresh out of prison, Ava's attempt to reclaim her drug operation collapses when she witnesses a brutal crime, forcing her to flee into a nightmarish underworld where allies are scarce and enemies multiply by the minute.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

  2. Body Brokers (2021)

    Utah and his girlfriend Opal, are drug addicts living on the streets in rural Ohio. After getting recruited by body broker Wood and offered treatment in Los Angeles, Wood takes Utah under his wing and introduces him to treatment center mogul Vin. Wood and Vin bring Utah in on their lucrative and illegal dealings, where saving lives comes second to the bottom line.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  3. Canary Black (2024)

    Top level CIA agent Avery Graves is blackmailed by terrorists into betraying her own country to save her kidnapped husband. Cut off from her team, she turns to her underworld contacts to survive and help locate the coveted intelligence that the kidnappers want.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  4. Lights Out (2024)

    A drifting ex-soldier turns underground fighter with the help of a just-released ex-con, pitting him against corrupt cops and hired killers now gunning for him and all those he cares about.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  5. One Ranger (2023)

    A Texas Ranger is recruited by British Intelligence to track down a dangerous terrorist and stop him from attacking London.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  6. Border Hunters (2025)

    After his police officer brother is killed by a drug dealer who flees to the protection of his cartel-connected uncle in Mexico, an American man with a diverse law enforcement/military background goes south of the border to get revenge

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  7. King of Killers (2023)

    Garan is a part of a group of international hitmen who are contracted to take out the most dangerous killer in the world, only to find out that they're the ones being hunted.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  8. The Get Out (2026)

    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 with an interest in buying the business. With danger closing in from all sides, he must navigate a deadly web of deception, power, and survival - where escape may no longer be an option.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  9. Hounds of War (2024)

    After a mission goes wrong, only one of a group of mercenaries is left alive to avenge his fallen brothers.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  10. Chief of Station (2024)

    After learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he thought he knew.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  11. Exit Protocol (2025)

    An assassin whose specialty is killing other assassins trying to get out of the business decides to try to get out himself and must then team up with his former mark to escape the hired killers now gunning for them both.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  12. The MacKintosh Man (1973)

    A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor; only, someone finds him out and exposes him to the gang...

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  13. The Infernal Machine (2022)

    Reclusive and controversial author Bruce Cogburn is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan, forcing the novelist to confront a past that he thought he could escape, and to account for events set in motion by his bestseller decades earlier. Cogburn's search for who is behind the manipulation and mental torment he encounters leads to an emotional roller-coaster ride full of fear and danger, where things are not always as clear as they seem to be, and where past deeds can have dire consequences.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  14. MK Ultra (2022)

    Set during the true and unconscionable Central Intelligence Agency MK ULTRA drug experimentations in the early 1960s. The journey of Ford Strauss, a brilliant psychiatrist, whose moral and scientific boundaries are pushed to the limit as he is recruited to run a subsect of the program in a rural Mississippi Mental Hospital.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

  15. The Best Man (2023)

    Mercenaries seize control of a remote resort hotel during a wedding and it's up to the best man, the groom and their drunken best friend to stop the terrorists and save the hostages.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  16. Section 8 (2022)

    After avenging the murder of his family, a former soldier is sprung from prison and recruited by a shadowy government agency.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  17. The Calling (2014)

    Detective Hazel Micallef hasn't had much to worry about in the sleepy town of Port Dundas until a string of gruesome murders in the surrounding countryside brings her face to face with a serial killer driven by a higher calling.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

  18. Hunting Grounds (2025)

    Desperate to find refuge for her children, Chloe Marvino runs away from her Mafia tied husband, and finds shelter in a cabin with a recluse drifter named Jake. But as her husband's henchmen draw closer to her, it turns out that Jake is the biggest enemy of them all.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  19. The Black Book (2023)

    After his son is wrongly accused of kidnapping, a deacon who has just lost his wife takes matters into his own hands and fights a crooked police gang to clear him.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  20. The Virtuoso (2021)

    Danger, deception and murder descend upon a sleepy town when a professional assassin accepts a new assignment from his enigmatic boss.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Sugar Bandits?

The closest matches to Sugar Bandits are In Cold Light (2026), Body Brokers (2021) and Canary Black (2024). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Sugar Bandits?

Start with In Cold Light (2026), the closest match to Sugar Bandits.

What is the highest-rated movie like Sugar Bandits?

Hounds of War (2024), rated 6.3/10 by 208 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Sugar Bandits?

The Get Out (2026) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Sugar Bandits?

Yes: In Cold Light (2026), Body Brokers (2021) and Canary Black (2024).

How are movies similar to Sugar Bandits chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Sugar Bandits, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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