Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Tenants

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

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#1
The Landlord

The Landlord

1970★ 5.8

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

At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Initially, h...

#2
The Lost Husband

The Lost Husband

2020★ 6.8

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

Trying to put her life back together after the death of her husband, Libby and her children move to her estranged Aunt's goat farm in central Texas....

#3
That Evening Sun

That Evening Sun

2009★ 6.7

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

An aging Tennessee farmer returns to his homestead and must confront a family betrayal, the reappearance of an old enemy, and the loss of his farm....

#4
The River

The River

1984★ 6.3

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

Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer a...

#5
The Fugitive Kind

The Fugitive Kind

1960★ 6.8

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

Val Xavier, a drifter of obscure origins, arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence. Her husband, Jabe M. Torrance, is dying of cancer. Val is pursued ...

#6
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

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