Movies like Los peligros de fumar en la plaza (2026)
The best movies like Los peligros de fumar en la plaza (2026) are The Christmas Note (2015), Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays (2012) and Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019). If Los peligros de fumar en la plaza hooked you with its mystery, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedMr. Arkadin (1955)6.8/10 from 203 votes
- NewestNavidad en el horno (2025)Released 2025
- In SpanishThose Who Love, Hate (2017)Also in Spanish
The Christmas Note (2015)
Having just moved back to her hometown without her serviceman husband but with her young son, Gretchen Daniels finds her life in disarray as Christmas approaches. But she discovers new purpose when she helps to deliver a message to her neighbor, Melissa, which makes her an ally in the quest to find the neighbor's sibling she never knew she had. The women become bonded not only by the search, but by the understanding that being there for each other means they're no longer alone. This friendship becomes the greatest Christmas gift of their lives. Based on a bestselling novel by Donna VanLiere.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisScooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays (2012)
Scooby-Doo and the gang participate in a toy store's holiday parade where they discover the abandoned haunted clock tower with a troubled past. A sinister snowman haunts the streets and accompanied with a large blizzard, threatens to close down the toy store for good.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisNancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)
Nancy Drew, a smart high schooler with a penchant for keen observation and deduction, stumbles upon the haunting of a local home. A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into her new surroundings, Nancy and her pals set out to solve the mystery, make new friends, and establish their place in the community
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMr. Arkadin (1955)
Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can't remember anything before the late 1920s, and convict Guy Van Stratten is happy to take the job of exploring his new acquaintance's life story. Guy's research turns up stunning details about his employer's past, and as his work seems linked to untimely deaths, the mystery surrounding Mr. Arkadin deepens.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSuburbicon (2017)
In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect family turns to blackmail, revenge and murder.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisNocebo (2022)
A fashion designer suffers from a mysterious illness that puzzles her doctors and frustrates her husband until help arrives in the form of a Filipino caregiver who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying truth.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2022)
A young woman with psychokinetic powers breaks out of a Louisiana asylum and makes her way to New Orleans, where she falls into the city’s netherworld of misfits and miscreants.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThose Who Love, Hate (2017)
Enrique Hubermann, homeopathic physician, travels in flight from a love. By a joke of fate, in that distant place he meets the woman he wants to forget, a beautiful young woman like a demon who manipulates men and triggers dangerous passions.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisManiac (1963)
When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Hideout (2007)
A mystery-thriller about an Italian woman who moves to Davenport to open a restaurant. After her husband commits suicide, she spends fifteen years recovering at a Minnesota mental hospital. When she builds herself up enough to begin another restaurant, she discovers that a murder took place there fifty years earlier. She decides to investigate and finds a secret plot.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Scooby-Doo! Christmas (2002)
On the way to Daphne's relatives' condominium, the Mystery Inc. gang detours through the town of Winter Hollow, where the vengeful Headless Snowman has destroyed the town's Christmas spirit.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisCa$h (2010)
A stroke of good luck turns lethal for Sam Phelan and his wife Leslie when they are faced with a life-changing decision that brings strange and sinister Pyke Kubic to their doorstep. As Pyke leads Sam and Leslie on a tumultuous adventure through the streets of Chicago, each are pulled deeper and deeper into a desperate spiral of deception and violence – all in the name of money.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisLa Casa (2020)
Responding to an urgent call for help, a police officer becomes trapped by the evil spirits of a cursed house.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRushed (2021)
Barbara O’Brien, an Irish Catholic mother, has her life turned upside-down when her son, a freshman in college, is involved in a tragic hazing incident. Taking justice into her own hands, she travels across the country recording mothers who have lost sons to hazing in an effort to prove the university’s liability. When she is confronted by corruption and cover ups, she seeks revenge on the one person she finds truly responsible, proving that hell hath no fury like a mother scorned.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNight Watch (1973)
A woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local London police that she has witnessed a murder in the abandoned house next door.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Tall Man (2012)
When her child goes missing, a mother looks to unravel the legend of the Tall Man, an entity who allegedly abducts children.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRaging Grace (2023)
An undocumented Filipina immigrant lands a job as a careworker for a seemingly terminal old man, securing a better life for her and her daughter. But a dark discovery threatens to destroy everything she’s strived for and holds dear.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBody Cam (2020)
As a police officer investigates the gruesome murder of her colleague, she discovers that a mysterious supernatural force is behind it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Locksmith (2023)
A thief fresh out of prison, tries to work his way back into the life of his daughter and ex-fiancé. Determined, he is forced to use the skills he has as a gifted locksmith. Things take a tumultuous turn after an unexpected disappearance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisGod Told Me To (1976)
A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random citizens who claim that 'God told them to'.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisLa Fiesta (2024)
A family and their friends gather in the city of Funes to celebrate the arrival of the New Year. Unexpectedly, the guests' stories are linked to a crime that has just happened.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Ay Mamá! Una Familia Venezolana en Navidad (2024)
The streaming platform premieres ¡Ay Mamá!, a film that combines humor, nostalgia, and Christmas traditions, directed by Emil Zabala.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
ALISON (2024)
A few months after the breakup of his relationship, caused by coming out as Non-Binary, Alison attends a party with the intention of meeting with Alexa and "get her back" even if it means the search of validation from her and an environment where he doesn't belong. After a night filled with overthinking, awkwardness and reckless drunk people, Alison will find more than just Alexa.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Carne Asada en Navidad (2025)
Alan hasn’t spent Christmas with his family in years. On a lonely night before the party, he falls asleep watching old family videos. When I wake up, something has changed.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
DISASTER: a brief reminder of loneliness (2024)
A group of young people looking for their place in the world through a party night discovers how loneliness and internal conflicts are intertwined with the search for intimacy, love and drugs at a party where no one is the protagonist. An honest and moving look at the complexity of youth and the struggle to find the human connection in an increasingly isolated world. Will they find hope in the darkness of the night? Or will they be lost in their own loneliness?
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Supernova (2024)
Andrea, a young woman in her early twenties, attends the party of her best friend Alan, where she has an unexpected encounter with Diego, a guy she used to have a relationship with. This plunges her into a whirlwind of feelings and memories.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Los peligros de fumar en la plaza?
The closest matches to Los peligros de fumar en la plaza are The Christmas Note (2015), Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays (2012) and Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Los peligros de fumar en la plaza?
Start with The Christmas Note (2015), the closest match to Los peligros de fumar en la plaza.
What is the highest-rated movie like Los peligros de fumar en la plaza?
Mr. Arkadin (1955), rated 6.8/10 by 203 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Los peligros de fumar en la plaza?
Navidad en el horno (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Spanish movies like Los peligros de fumar en la plaza?
Yes: Those Who Love, Hate (2017), La Casa (2020) and Amor en Víspera de una cita. (2024).
How are movies similar to Los peligros de fumar en la plaza chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Los peligros de fumar en la plaza, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.