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Movies like Rattlesnake in a Cooler (1982)

The best movies like Rattlesnake in a Cooler (1982) are Cheaters (2000), TalhotBlond (2012) and Girl in the Box (2016). If Rattlesnake in a Cooler hooked you with its drama and tv movie, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Cheaters (2000)

    In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High conspires with the school's academic decathlon team to cheat on an academic competition.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  2. TalhotBlond (2012)

    Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  3. Girl in the Box (2016)

    The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  4. American Son (2019)

    Time passes and tension mounts in a Florida police station as an estranged interracial couple awaits news of their missing teenage son.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  5. Return to Zero (2014)

    Based on the true story of a successful couple, Maggie and Aaron who are preparing for the arrival of their first child.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  6. Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996)

    A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devote the rest of his life to the young kids of Harlem. 1996 was the 25th anniversary of the first tournament named after him.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  7. Normal (2003)

    A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  8. Heaven (2019)

    Heaven Leigh Casteel, gifted and intelligent, is the eldest of five dirt-poor children struggling to survive in a mountain shack. As she endures neglect and abuse, Heaven discovers a dark secret that changes everything she thought she knew about her family. Then tragedy tears her world apart and she must forge her own way in the cruel, unknown world.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  9. Inherit the Wind (1999)

    Two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  10. I Am Elizabeth Smart (2017)

    The story of Elizabeth Smart's kidnapping and captivity, as told from her perspective.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  11. Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors (2015)

    "Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors" is based on the inspiring true story of living legend Dolly Parton's remarkable upbringing. This once-in-a-lifetime movie special takes place inside the tight-knit Parton family as they struggle to overcome devastating tragedy and discover the healing power of love, faith and a raggedy patchwork coat that helped make Parton who she is today. The film is set in the Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains in 1955. It is neither a biopic nor a musical about Dolly's whole life and performing career, but rather a family-oriented faith-based story about the incidents in her and her family's life around the time she was nine years old.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  12. ...First Do No Harm (1997)

    When Lori Reimuller learns that her young son Robbie has epilepsy, she first trusts the judgment of the hospital staff in how best to bring it under control. As Robbie's health slides radically downhill, however, she becomes frustrated and desperate, and so does her own research into the existing literature on treatments. When she decides to try an alternative treatment called the Ketogenic Diet, devised long ago by a doctor from Johns Hopkins, she is met with narrow-minded resistance from Robbie's doctor, who is prepared to take legal action to prevent Lori from removing him from the hospital.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  13. The Christmas Shoes (2002)

    Two separate stories mesh - in the first, a young music teacher, Maggie Andrews, begins dying of a heart condition and her son Nathan tries to get a pair of Christmas shoes for her before she dies. In the second, lawyer Robert Layton and his wife Kate are slowly drifting apart and the matter comes to a head during Christmas when Kate takes over for Maggie for the school choir.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  14. My Dinner with Hervé (2018)

    An unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous gun-toting dwarf, resulting in life-changing consequences for both.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  15. Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal (2008)

    Based on a true story. Five high school cheerleaders, including the daughter of the school principal, run amok -- and teachers, parents and administrators allow them to get away with a wide range of scandalous behavior. Known as the "Fab Five," the girls disregard school rules, drink alcohol and post suggestive pictures on the Internet. But when the new cheerleading coach attempts to discipline them, her superiors ask her to resign.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

  16. Ray Donovan: The Movie (2022)

    A showdown decades in the making brings the Donovan family legacy full circle. As the events that made Ray who he is today finally come to light, the Donovans find themselves drawn back to Boston to face the past. Each of them struggles to overcome their violent upbringing, but destiny dies hard, and only their fierce love for each other keeps them in the fight.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  17. Hello Sister, Goodbye Life (2006)

    A college student must take care of her 7-year-old half sister after the death of their parents.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  18. The Quick and the Dead (1987)

    In 1876 Wyoming, the gun is the only law. And for Duncan and Suzanna McKaskel, newly arrived settlers beset by outlaws, rugged frontiersman Con Vallian is the only hope.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  19. A Sister's Secret (2018)

    Twin sisters secretly swap places on their thirtieth birthday. The harmless prank becomes a nightmare when one of them is murdered.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  20. Twelve Angry Men (1954)

    Twelve Angry Men is a 1954 teleplay by Reginald Rose for the Studio One anthology television series. Initially staged as a CBS live production on 20 September 1954, the drama was later rewritten for the stage in 1955 under the same title and again for a feature film, 12 Angry Men (1957). The episode garnered three Emmy Awards for writer Rose, director Franklin Schaffner and Robert Cummings as Best Actor.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  21. Dempsey (1983)

    Nominated for two primetime Emmy Awards in 1984, this made-for-TV movie follows the true story of American boxer Jack Dempsey, who became a media sensation in the 1920s as the world heavyweight champion. Based upon the book by Jack Dempsey and Barbara Piatelli Dempsey.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  22. Acting and Reality (1990)

    TV drama set in the modern settings of an artistic couple from well-off background, between their working and sleeping room, as well as Croatian national theater.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  23. Christmas Encore (2017)

    A struggling actress is cast in her last off (off) Broadway show - a modern take on “A Christmas Carol” - before giving up her dream and moving home. Instead, she finds romance with her director and a renewed passion for her craft and the city. But when the historic theater loses its lease and the show is set to fold, she and her cast mates are need of a Christmas miracle.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  24. Concerto for an Exile (1968)

    Young Africans in Paris face insecurity and vague future. Should they stay in France, or return to their homes?

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  25. The Angry Toy (1984)

    Silvio, a young poet and inventor, struggles to find employment and to give meaning to his life. Silvio has a homosexual relationship, which leaves him traumatized.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  26. An Unusual Exhibition (1968)

    The war is over. Once a young sculptor, and now a soldier, he returned home. Married, there were children. In search of work, he was hired to make grave monuments. Time passed... At one time, visiting a cemetery with friends, he saw with different eyes all his work done over the years...

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  27. To the New Girl (2020)

    A bold anthology feature film made by an all-female creative team and cast. Based on the popular play of the same name the 80-minute movie follows 10 women scorned as they directly address their exes' new wives and lovers at an open mic night in Los Angeles. Created by a dynamic group of emerging filmmakers at a time when audiences are demanding films made both by and for women, the project taps into a social and political climate that's left women poised to take back their voices and be heard.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  28. The Two Orphans (1919)

    Early Croatian film adaptation of the play "The Two Orphans", a five-act melodrama set during French Revolution.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  29. Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)

    Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  30. Le Médecin malgré lui (1973)

    Why it matches: Similar story and style

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Rattlesnake in a Cooler?

The closest matches to Rattlesnake in a Cooler are Cheaters (2000), TalhotBlond (2012) and Girl in the Box (2016). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Rattlesnake in a Cooler?

Start with Cheaters (2000), the closest match to Rattlesnake in a Cooler.

What is the highest-rated movie like Rattlesnake in a Cooler?

Ray Donovan: The Movie (2022), rated 6.8/10 by 242 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Rattlesnake in a Cooler?

Ray Donovan: The Movie (2022) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Rattlesnake in a Cooler?

Yes: Cheaters (2000), TalhotBlond (2012) and Girl in the Box (2016).

How are movies similar to Rattlesnake in a Cooler chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Rattlesnake in a Cooler, 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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