
10 Best Movies Like By the river
If you loved By the river, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Hounddog
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to By the river for fans of Drama & Music. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley....

Grace Unplugged
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to By the river for fans of Drama & Music. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A talented young singer and aspiring songwriter’s Christian faith and family ties are tested when she defies her worship-pastor father and pursues pop-music stardom in GRACE UNPLUG...

Too Late Blues
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to By the river for fans of Drama & Music. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Ghost is an ideological musician and leader of a jazz band who would rather play his blues in the park to the birds than compromise himself. His peripatetic performances lead him t...

Honeydripper
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to By the river for fans of Drama & Music. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In 1950s Alabama, the owner of the Honeydripper juke joint finds his business dropping off and against his better judgment, hires a young electric guitarist in a last ditch effort ...

A Time for Dancing
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to By the river for fans of Drama & Music. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Their love of dance, and their friendship, is challenged for two high school girls when one is diagnosed with cancer....

To Write Love on Her Arms
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to By the river for fans of Drama & Music. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The story follows 19-year-old Renee who has always loved fairy tales: the idea of a princess, a hero and a happily ever after. But Renee’s life is that of a darker tale: she’s a yo...