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10 Best Movies Like Woodlawn

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

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#1
Radio

Radio

2003★ 7.3

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

In the racially divided town of Anderson, South Carolina in 1976, football coach Harold Jones spots a mentally disabled African-American young man nicknamed Radio near his practice...

#2
Remember the Titans

Remember the Titans

2000★ 7.6

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

After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by Herman Boone – tough, opinionated and as different from the beloved Yoast as he c...

#3
We Are Marshall

We Are Marshall

2006★ 6.9

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

When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the footbal...

#4
The Great Debaters

The Great Debaters

2007★ 7.2

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

The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American college students into a histor...

#5
Friday Night Lights

Friday Night Lights

2004★ 6.9

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

A small, turbulent town in Texas obsesses over their high school football team to an unhealthy degree. When the star tailback, Boobie Miles, is seriously injured during the first g...

#6
Glory Road

Glory Road

2006★ 7.4

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

In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship....

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