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Movies like The Road to Sampo (1975)

The best movies like The Road to Sampo (1975) are Road to Paloma (2014), Hounddog (2008) and Miss Baek (2018). If The Road to Sampo hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Road to Paloma (2014)

    While Native American Wolf is being pursued by the FBI for having taken the law into his own hands, when his mother was raped and killed on their reservation he crosses paths with Cash, a down and out musician who is coping with the end of his marriage. An unlikely friendship develops, as they ride together towards the Teton mountain range, where Wolf will spread his mothers ashes.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

  2. Hounddog (2008)

    A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  3. Miss Baek (2018)

    A woman's past as a convict follows her everywhere and because of this she doesn't open up to others. But then she strikes up a friendship with a broken child who has suffered from domestic violence and decides to save the girl from the cruel world. A man who holds feelings for the woman, tries to protect her in his own way.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  4. Head Full of Honey (2018)

    A young girl tries to help her grandfather, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s, navigate his increasing forgetfulness, and ends up going on a remarkable adventure with him.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  5. Battle of the Year (2013)

    A down-on-his-luck coach is hired to prepare a team of the best American dancers for an international tournament that attracts all the best crews from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in fifteen years.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  6. O.G. (2018)

    Louis Menkins is five weeks away from being released after 26 years in prison. He is faced with the decision to put his own release at risk in order to protect a young man named Beecher from growing gang controversies.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

  7. The Safety of Objects (2002)

    In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  8. Lucky Them (2013)

    More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to her magazine’s editor: a no-stone-unturned search to discover what really happened to long lost rock god, Matt Smith, who also happens to be her ex-boyfriend. Teaming up with an eccentric amateur documentary filmmaker, Ellie hits the road in search of answers.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  9. Come Sunday (2018)

    Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

  10. The Trials of Cate McCall (2013)

    In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  11. Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)

    A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  12. Hunting Season (2025)

    When 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.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  13. Hands of Stone (2016)

    The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  14. Idol Seungha's R-Rated Film Shooting (2021)

    Film producer Na-eun and director Yeong-tae are on the verge of shelving out cash for an adult film production. They're too busy blaming each other for the messed-up filming. Before another filming begins, Na-eun suggests Yeong-tae to become an actor himself and practice filming. Na-eun leads the shy Yeong-tae very skillfully. How far will the practice go...?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  15. Sky (2016)

    A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  16. A Brand New Life (2009)

    Abandoned by her father, a girl adjusts to life in an orphanage.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  17. The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well (1996)

    The lives of 4 interconnected South Koreans – a married couple, a novelist the wife is having an affair with, and a second woman the novelist is simultaneously involved with.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  18. Omaha (2025)

    A young girl and her brother are awoken by their father and loaded into the car on an early morning in 2008. As they road trip across the American West, she discovers the truth about their seemingly spontaneous journey.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  19. Black Site (2022)

    A group of officers based in a labyrinthine top-secret prison must fight for their lives against Hatchet, a brilliant and infamous high-value detainee. When he escapes, his mysterious and deadly agenda has far reaching and dire consequences.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  20. All Day and a Night (2020)

    While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  21. Ravenous (1999)

    After arriving at his new, remote Army outpost, Capt. John Boyd and his regiment aid a wounded frontiersman who recounts a horrifying tale of a wagon train murdered by its supposed guide – a vicious U.S. Army colonel gone rogue. Fearing the worst, the regiment heads out into the wilderness to verify the gruesome claims.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  22. Until the End of the World (1991)

    In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Paris. On the way, she runs into another fugitive from the law — an American doctor on the run from the CIA. They want to confiscate his father's invention – a device which allows anyone to record their dreams and visions.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  23. Buffalo '66 (1998)

    Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  24. Wonder Boys (2000)

    Grady is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years—not since he wrote his award winning 'Great American Novel' 7 years ago. This weekend proves even worse than he could imagine as he finds himself reeling from one misadventure to another in the company of a new wonder boy author.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  25. Stalingrad (1993)

    A German Platoon is explored through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After half of their number is wiped out and they're placed under the command of a sadistic captain, the platoon lieutenant leads his men to desert. The platoon members attempt escape from the city, now surrounded by the Soviet Army.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  26. The Winter Guest (1997)

    It's winter in a small Scottish village near the sea, and multiple lives intersect in a day. Frances has just lost her husband to an early death, so her mother, Elspeth, travels to Frances' house to reconnect with her daughter and grandson, Alex. Meanwhile, old women Chloe and Lily go to a funeral, youngsters Sam and Tom cut class, and Alex gets a crush on tomboy Nita.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  27. Snow (2015)

    "Snow" is a film for the choice, betrayal and forgiveness between brothers and sons, narrated on the background of the harsh reality in an abandoned place.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  28. Həsrət (2020)

    The film is dedicated to people who lost their homes as a result of the war and live with longing for their homeland. Inspired by real events.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  29. Όνειρα από Χαλκό (TBA)

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  30. Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)

    A driver and mechanic drag racing for money cross paths with a female hitchhiker and a drifter who challenges them to a cross-country race.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like The Road to Sampo?

The closest matches to The Road to Sampo are Road to Paloma (2014), Hounddog (2008) and Miss Baek (2018). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after The Road to Sampo?

Start with Road to Paloma (2014), the closest match to The Road to Sampo.

What is the highest-rated movie like The Road to Sampo?

Hunting Season (2025), rated 7.4/10 by 490 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like The Road to Sampo?

Hunting Season (2025) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there Korean movies like The Road to Sampo?

Yes: Miss Baek (2018), Idol Seungha's R-Rated Film Shooting (2021) and A Brand New Life (2009).

How are movies similar to The Road to Sampo chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Road to Sampo, 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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