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10 Best Movies Like In the Heat of the Night

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

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#1
To Sir, with Love

To Sir, with Love

1967★ 7.5

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

A British Guianese engineer starts a job as a high school teacher in London’s East End, where his uninterested and delinquent pupils are in desperate need of attention and care....

#2
Oliver!

Oliver!

1968★ 7.0

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

Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and ...

#3
Mr Hublot

Mr Hublot

2013★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to In the Heat of the Night for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Mr Hublot is a withdrawn, idiosyncratic character with OCD, scared of change and the outside world. Robot Pet's arrival turns his life upside down: he has to share his home with th...

#4
Stroszek

Stroszek

1977★ 7.3

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

Bruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. He has few skills and fewer expectations: with a glockenspiel and an accordion, he ekes out a living as a street...

#5
The Mouse That Roared

The Mouse That Roared

1959★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to In the Heat of the Night for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. They send an invasion fo...

#6
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

1970★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to In the Heat of the Night for fans of Crime & Drama & Mystery & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend....