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10 Best Movies Like The Anxious Night

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

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#1
Hello Sister, Goodbye Life

Hello Sister, Goodbye Life

2006★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Anxious Night for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A college student must take care of her 7-year-old half sister after the death of their parents....

#2
The Magic of Ordinary Days

The Magic of Ordinary Days

2005★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Anxious Night for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII....

#3
Burton and Taylor

Burton and Taylor

2013★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Anxious Night for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Legendary acting duo and married couple Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor prepare for a 1983 theatrical production of the play "Private Lives."...

#4
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

1996★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Anxious Night for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devot...

#5
Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors

Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors

2015★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Anxious Night for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

"Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors" is based on the inspiring true story of living legend Dolly Parton's remarkable upbringing. This once-in-a-lifetime movie special takes place i...

#6
Cheaters

Cheaters

2000★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Anxious Night for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High conspires with the school's academic decathlon team to cheat on an academic competition....

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