Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 16, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Something About Oakland

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

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#1
Scarecrow

Scarecrow

1973★ 7.0

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

Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh....

#2
An American Rhapsody

An American Rhapsody

2001★ 6.4

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

A Hungarian family forced to flee the Communist country for the United States must leave a young daughter behind. Six years later, the family arranges to bring the absent daughter ...

#3
The Irishman

The Irishman

2019★ 7.6

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

Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufal...

#4
The Last Bus

The Last Bus

2021★ 6.5

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

Widower Tom, on the recent passing of his wife Mary, uses his free bus pass to travel the length of Britain from John O'Groats in Caithness to Land's End in Cornwall, their shared ...

#5
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Something About Oakland 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...

#6
An Unmarried Woman

An Unmarried Woman

1978★ 6.7

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

A wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of 16 years leaves her for a younger woman....

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