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10 Best Movies Like Cornbread, Earl and Me

If you loved Cornbread, Earl and Me, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Monsters and Men

Monsters and Men

2018★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cornbread, Earl and Me for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After capturing an illegal act of police violence on his cellphone, a Brooklyn street hustler sets off a series of events that alter the lives of a local police officer and a star ...

#2
Two Distant Strangers

Two Distant Strangers

2020★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cornbread, Earl and Me for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A man trying to get home to his dog becomes stuck in a time loop that forces him to relive a deadly run-in with a cop....

#3
The Onion Field

The Onion Field

1979★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cornbread, Earl and Me for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An LA police officer is murdered in the onion fields outside of Bakersfield. However, legal loopholes could keep his kidnappers from receiving justice, and his partner is haunted b...

#4
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cornbread, Earl and Me for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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....

#5
Knock on Any Door

Knock on Any Door

1949★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cornbread, Earl and Me for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court....

#6
Cape Fear

Cape Fear

1991★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cornbread, Earl and Me for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public d...

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