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10 Best Movies Like The South

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

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#1
The Nanny

The Nanny

1965★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The South for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Nanny, a London family's live-in maid, brings morbid 10-year-old Joey back from the psychiatric ward he's been in for two years, since the death of his younger sister. Joey refuses...

#2
Cleveland Abduction

Cleveland Abduction

2015★ 7.2

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

A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years....

#3
Untamed Heart

Untamed Heart

1993★ 6.9

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

Caroline, a young waitress who seems to have bad taste in men, is on her way home one night when thugs attempt to rape her. Adam, the mysterious busboy who works at the same diner,...

#4
The Disappearance of Alice Creed

The Disappearance of Alice Creed

2009★ 6.5

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

A rich man's daughter is held captive in an abandoned apartment by two former convicts who abducted her and hold her ransom in exchange for her father's money....

#5
Woman of Straw

Woman of Straw

1964★ 6.2

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

Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he employs, to marry him....

#6
New York Stories

New York Stories

1989★ 6.2

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

Three tales of love, ambition, and neurosis unfold in the city that never sleeps. In "Life Lessons" (Martin Scorsese), a tormented painter channels heartbreak into his art. In "Lif...

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