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10 Best Movies Like Johnny Come Lately

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

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#1
Hungry Hearts

Hungry Hearts

2015★ 6.5

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

The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance....

#2
The Fugitive Kind

The Fugitive Kind

1960★ 6.8

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

Val Xavier, a drifter of obscure origins, arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence. Her husband, Jabe M. Torrance, is dying of cancer. Val is pursued ...

#3
Racing with the Moon

Racing with the Moon

1984★ 6.3

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

In a small coastal California town, Henry and Nicky are pals from blue collar families with only a short time before they ship off to World War II. Henry begins romancing new-to-to...

#4
Flamingo Road

Flamingo Road

1949★ 7.0

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

A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society....

#5
Grace of Monaco

Grace of Monaco

2014★ 6.0

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

The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle, and...

#6
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

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

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes....

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