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10 Best Movies Like The Settlement

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

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#1
Scarecrow

Scarecrow

1973★ 7.0

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

Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh....

#2
Man Without a Star

Man Without a Star

1955★ 6.4

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

A wandering cowboy gets caught up in a range war....

#3
You Can Count on Me

You Can Count on Me

2000★ 6.9

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

A single mother's life is thrown into turmoil after her struggling, rarely-seen younger brother returns to town....

#4
Wendy and Lucy

Wendy and Lucy

2008★ 6.8

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

A near-penniless drifter's journey to Alaska in search of work is interrupted when she loses her dog while attempting to shoplift food for it....

#5
The Great Gilly Hopkins

The Great Gilly Hopkins

2015★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Settlement for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Young and feisty Gilly Hopkins devises a scheme to escape from her new foster home and reunite with her birth mother....

#6
The Yearling

The Yearling

1946★ 6.6

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

Jody convinces his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer misbehaves?...

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