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10 Best Movies Like The Long Gray Line

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

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#1
Mildred Pierce

Mildred Pierce

1945★ 7.6

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

A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter....

#2
Sergeant York

Sergeant York

1941★ 7.2

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

Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to...

#3
The Golden Coach

The Golden Coach

1952★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Long Gray Line for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A viceroy, a nobleman and a bullfighter court a comedy-troupe actress in 18th-century Peru....

#4
Hyperlinks or It Didn't Happen

Hyperlinks or It Didn't Happen

2014★ 10.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Long Gray Line for fans of . It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

HYPERLINKS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN is narrated by the failed CGI rendering of a recently deceased actor, PHIL, and follows a group of digital beings—render ghosts, spam bots, holograms...

#5
Four Sons

Four Sons

1928★ 7.2

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

A family saga in which three of a Bavarian widow's sons go to war for Germany and the fourth goes to America, Germany's eventual opponent. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in...

#6
The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep

1946★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Long Gray Line for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees m...