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10 Best Movies Like Sterling

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

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#1
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

#2
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

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

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

#3
Charm City Kings

Charm City Kings

2020★ 7.8

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

Mouse desperately wants to join The Midnight Clique, the infamous Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. When Midnight’s leader, Blax, takes 14-year-old Mouse ...

#4
The Best of Me

The Best of Me

2014★ 7.5

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

A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown....

#5
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

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

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes....

#6
The Road Dance

The Road Dance

2022★ 6.7

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

A young girl lives in the Outer Hebrides in a small village in the years just before WWI. Isolated and hard by the shore, her life takes a dramatic change when a terrible tragedy b...

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