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10 Best Movies Like A Night in September

If you loved A Night in September, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Matewan

Matewan

1987★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Night in September for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes"...

#2
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Night in September for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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 a...

#3
A Driver for Vera

A Driver for Vera

2004★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Night in September for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The film is set during 1962 in Sevastopol, Crimea, then a secret Navy Base in the Soviet Union. General Serov hires Viktor, a cadet from the Kremlin Guard to work as his private ch...

#4
Pale Rider

Pale Rider

1985★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Night in September for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land....

#5
My Friend Ivan Lapshin

My Friend Ivan Lapshin

1985★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Night in September for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Russian provincial town in the middle of the 1930s Stalin's Great Purge. Ivan Lapshin, the head of the local police, does what he has to do. And he does it well....

#6
Dear Comrades!

Dear Comrades!

2020★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Night in September for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When the communist government raises food prices in 1962, the rebellious workers from the small industrial town of Novocherkassk go on strike. The massacre which then ensues is see...

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