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10 Best Movies Like South

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

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#1
Till

Till

2022★ 7.3

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

The true story of Mamie Till Mobley’s relentless pursuit of justice for her 14 year old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi....

#2
The Tree

The Tree

2010★ 6.4

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

The O'Neills lived happily in their house in the Australian countryside. That was until one day fate struck blindly, taking the life of Peter, the father, leaving his grief-stricke...

#3
Fences

Fences

2016★ 6.9

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

In 1950s Pittsburgh, a frustrated African-American father struggles with the constraints of poverty, racism, and his own inner demons as he tries to raise a family....

#4
Body Double

Body Double

1984★ 6.8

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

After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While peering through the beautiful...

#5
Akeelah and the Bee

Akeelah and the Bee

2006★ 7.0

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

11-year-old Akeelah Anderson has a way with words. After winning her schoolwide spelling bee, she decides to enter the competition, despite her classmates' derision and the antipat...

#6
Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Lord Fauntleroy

1980★ 7.4

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

Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disown...

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