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10 Best Movies Like On the Fringe

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

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#1
Home Run

Home Run

2013โ€ขโ˜… 6.2

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

A pro ball player with a substance abuse problem is forced into rehab in his hometown, finding new hope when he gets honest about his checkered past, and takes on coaching duties f...

#2
Babylon

Babylon

1980โ€ขโ˜… 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to On the Fringe 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...

#3
Cardboard Boxer

Cardboard Boxer

2016โ€ขโ˜… 6.3

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

Gentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl....

#4
Nothing Personal

Nothing Personal

2009โ€ขโ˜… 6.5

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

Alone in her empty flat, from her window Anne observes the people passing by who nervously snatch up the personal belongings and pieces of furniture she has put out on the pavement...

#5
Sometimes Always Never

Sometimes Always Never

2019โ€ขโ˜… 6.4

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

Alan is a stylish tailor with moves as sharp as his suits. He has spent years searching tirelessly for his missing son Michael who stormed out over a game of Scrabble. With a body ...

#6
The Young One

The Young One

1960โ€ขโ˜… 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

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