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10 Best Movies Like Manhattanites

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

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#1
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#2
Hungry Hearts

Hungry Hearts

2015★ 6.5

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

#3
Heights

Heights

2005★ 6.3

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

Spanning twenty-four hours, HEIGHTS follows five New Yorkers challenged to choose their destiny before the sun comes up the next day....

#4
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

1999★ 6.4

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

An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time that wouldn't let some stars in by the front door. Yet against the odds she beat ou...

#5
Not Easily Broken

Not Easily Broken

2009★ 6.3

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

A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple....

#6
Better Start Running

Better Start Running

2018★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Manhattanites for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An eclectic band of misfits becomes an unlikely family as they take a wild journey in the name of love while on the run from an overzealous FBI duo who want them dead or alive - pr...

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