Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Middletown

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

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#1
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

#2
The Prophecy

The Prophecy

1995★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Middletown for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

The angel Gabriel comes to Earth to collect a soul which will end the stalemated war in Heaven. However, it is hidden inside of a Native American girl and only a former priest and ...

#3
The Kindness of Strangers

The Kindness of Strangers

2019★ 6.3

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

Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who get...

#4
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

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

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of gettin...

#5
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

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

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Ins...

#6
The River

The River

1984★ 6.3

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

Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer a...

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