Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 18, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Hawthorn

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

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#1
My Friend Ivan Lapshin

My Friend Ivan Lapshin

1985★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hawthorn 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....

#2
Siberian Education

Siberian Education

2013★ 6.8

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

The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The onl...

#3
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hawthorn 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....

#4
Captain Volkonogov Escaped

Captain Volkonogov Escaped

2023★ 6.8

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

Captain Fedor Volkonogov works in law enforcement. He is on the good books of the management, and his colleagues respect him. But one day, his life abruptly changes: he is declared...

#5
Mother

Mother

1926★ 7.1

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

A Soviet woman is caught between her husband and son, who find themselves on opposing sides of the Russian Revolution....

#6
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

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