Movies like Swamp Lion (2021)
The best movies like Swamp Lion (2021) are The Counselor (2013), Body Brokers (2021) and Breakwater (2023). If Swamp Lion hooked you with its drama and crime, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedCherry (2021)7.3/10 from 1,448 votes
- NewestThieves Highway (2025)Released 2025
The Counselor (2013)
A lawyer finds himself in far over his head when he attempts to get involved in drug trafficking.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisBody 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: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBreakwater (2023)
A young ex-con risks his newfound freedom to track down the estranged daughter of a fellow inmate, and unknowingly brings a devil from her past straight to her doorstep.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisKing Ivory (2025)
Based on extensive research involving law enforcement and gang members, a never-before-seen, authentic look inside the underworld of fentanyl trafficking from gangs inside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlester a.k.a. "Big Mac."
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBorrego (2022)
A young botanist relocates to a small desert town to study an invasive plant species. While out on research, she comes to the aid of a downed plane only to find herself taken captive by an inexperienced drug mule who forces her to lead a trek across the sweltering desert to his drop. A local sheriff is drawn into the hunt as his rebellious daughter sets out to find the missing botanist, all the while being pursued by a local drug receiver.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisAmerican Dreamer (2019)
A down on his luck driver making extra cash chauffeuring a low level drug dealer around town, finds himself in a serious financial bind and decides to kidnap the dealer's child.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
The Mule (2018)
Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSavages (2012)
Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel that kidnapped their shared girlfriend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisParadise Highway (2022)
A truck driver has been forced to smuggle illicit cargo to save her brother from a deadly prison gang. With FBI operatives hot on her trail, Sally's conscience is challenged when the final package turns out to be a teenage girl.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Parts You Lose (2019)
An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSpeed Kills (2018)
Speedboat racing champion and multimillionaire Ben Aronoff leads a double life that lands him in trouble with the law and drug lords.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisRunning with the Devil (2019)
A leader of a drug cartel sends his two toughest henchmen to investigate why a shipment was botched.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Order (2024)
A string of violent robberies in the Pacific Northwest leads veteran FBI agent Terry Husk into a white supremacist plot to overthrow the federal government.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhite Boy Rick (2018)
The story of Richard Wershe Jr., a teenager who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s, and was ultimately arrested for drug trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWindfall (2022)
In an opulent vacation home, a mysterious intruder is forced to kidnap the property owners -- a wealthy CEO and his wife -- when they arrive unexpectedly.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisCherry (2021)
Cherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq—anchored only by his one true love, Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in the world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRide (2024)
Desperate to raise money for his daughter’s cancer treatment, a retired bull rider teams up with his estranged son and resorts to robbery to secure payment before time runs out. But after the heist goes awry, keeping the money—and their freedom—requires the duo to outwit a dogged pair of local law enforcement officers, including a justice-minded sheriff who soon suspects that the key to her case may lie uncomfortably close to home.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Last Rampage (2017)
The true story of the infamous prison break of Gary Tison and Randy Greenwalt from the Arizona State prison in Florence, in the summer of 1978.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisFlag Day (2021)
A father lives a double life as a counterfeiter, bank robber and con man in order to provide for his daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThieves Highway (2025)
After discovering a plot to haul stolen cattle in the middle of nowhere, a desperate and isolated lawman becomes the only thing standing between a group of dangerous rustlers and a clear run to the border.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDevil's Peak (2023)
In North Carolina's Appalachian Mountains, eighteen-year-old Jacob McNeely is torn between appeasing his meth-dealing kingpin father and leaving the mountains forever with the girl he loves.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisCoyote Lake (2019)
Two dangerous and unwanted guests threaten a young woman and her overbearing mother at a small bed-and-breakfast near the U.S.-Mexico border.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDriven (2019)
FBI informant Jim Hoffman lures troubled automobile magnate John DeLorean to an undercover sting for cocaine trafficking.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisInherit the Viper (2019)
Since the death of their father, the Riley siblings have kept their heads above water by illegally dealing in painkillers. Josie is managing the business with an iron fist, when her brother, War veteran Kip, is concerned that the risky business is increasingly turning them into outsiders in their small community. While Kip wants to keep his younger brother out of their illegal endeavors, his younger brother is already making plans of his own.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Frontier (2016)
A desperate young woman, on the run from the law, takes a job at a remote desert motel. She quickly discovers the motel's patrons are rendezvousing after a large robbery. With nothing to lose, and all to gain, she hatches a plan to steal their loot.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
The Preppie Connection (2016)
A student at a private school uses his connections to establish a drug trafficking network.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFresh Kills (2024)
Rose Larusso, an inquisitive young girl in 1980s Staten Island, discovers her father is an emerging mafia kingpin. Rose's growing desire to break free from the path set before her soon threatens her existence and alienates her from her closest allies: her mother Francine, her sister Connie, and her aunt Christine.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
The Bygone (2019)
When a young rancher crosses paths with a Lakota girl from a nearby reservation, her mysterious disappearance sparks a search that uncovers a harrowing past and hints at a dire future.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBosco (2024)
Based on the true story of Quawntay “Bosco” Adams. Sentenced to 35 years for attempted possession of marijuana, Adams miraculously escaped from a Federal maximum-security prison while under 24-hour surveillance in solitary confinement with the help of an older woman he met through a lonely-hearts ad.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Public Eye (1992)
A crime photographer gets involved in a conspiracy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Swamp Lion?
The closest matches to Swamp Lion are The Counselor (2013), Body Brokers (2021) and Breakwater (2023). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Swamp Lion?
People who watched Swamp Lion most often go on to The Counselor (2013), Body Brokers (2021) and Breakwater (2023).
What is the highest-rated movie like Swamp Lion?
Cherry (2021), rated 7.3/10 by 1,448 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Swamp Lion?
Thieves Highway (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Swamp Lion?
Yes: The Counselor (2013), Body Brokers (2021) and Breakwater (2023).
How are movies similar to Swamp Lion chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Swamp Lion, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.