Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 16, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Up North

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

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#1
El Chicano

El Chicano

2019★ 6.6

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

A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law....

#2
Sergio

Sergio

2020★ 6.6

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

A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most tr...

#3
Baadasssss!

Baadasssss!

2004★ 6.5

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

Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Playing his father in the film, Van ...

#4
Skin

Skin

2009★ 6.4

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

Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era....

#5
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

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

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of gettin...

#6
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Up North 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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