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10 Best Movies Like The Midnighters

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

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#1
LUV

LUV

2013★ 5.8

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

Over the course of one day, a shy 13-year-old forms a bond with his troubled uncle....

#2
True Believer

True Believer

1989★ 6.2

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

Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases a...

#3
Above the Rim

Above the Rim

1994★ 7.0

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

Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now empl...

#4
The Damned Don't Cry

The Damned Don't Cry

1950★ 7.0

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

Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob....

#5
Winged Creatures

Winged Creatures

2009★ 5.9

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

A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts h...

#6
The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

2021★ 7.4

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

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past....

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