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10 Best Movies Like A Bend in the River

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

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#1
Imperial Dreams

Imperial Dreams

2014★ 6.6

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

A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Ang...

#2
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

#3
Home Run

Home Run

2013★ 6.2

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

A pro ball player with a substance abuse problem is forced into rehab in his hometown, finding new hope when he gets honest about his checkered past, and takes on coaching duties f...

#4
The Padre

The Padre

2018★ 5.9

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

American retired Judge Randall Nemes and his hired gun, Gaspar, track down a con man posing as a priest in a small Colombian town only to be thrown off-course by a scrappy 16-year-...

#5
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Bend in the River 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
Sergio

Sergio

2020★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Bend in the River 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...

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