Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 31, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Newtown

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

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#1
Audrie & Daisy

Audrie & Daisy

2016โ€ขโ˜… 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Newtown for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A documentary film about three cases of rape, that includes the stories of two American high school students, Audrie Pott and Daisy Coleman. At the time of the sexual assaults, Pot...

#2
Cheap Thrills

Cheap Thrills

2013โ€ขโ˜… 6.4

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

Recently fired and facing eviction, a new dad has his life turned upside down when he meets a wealthy couple who offer a path to financial security... but at a price....

#3
Undefeated

Undefeated

2011โ€ขโ˜… 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Newtown for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Set against the backdrop of a high school football season, Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martinโ€™s documentary UNDEFEATED is an intimate chronicle of three underprivileged student-athletes f...

#4
Silicon Cowboys

Silicon Cowboys

2016โ€ขโ˜… 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Newtown for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Launched in 1982 by three friends in a Houston diner, Compaq Computer set out to build a portable PC to take on IBM, the worldโ€™s most powerful tech company. Many had tried cloning ...

#5
Freedom Writers

Freedom Writers

2007โ€ขโ˜… 7.9

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

A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school....

#6
Isn't It Romantic

Isn't It Romantic

2019โ€ขโ˜… 6.2

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

For a long time, Natalie, an Australian architect living in New York City, had always believed that what she had seen in rom-coms is all fantasy. But after thwarting a mugger at a ...