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10 Best Movies Like A Diamond in the Rough

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

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#1
Cruel Winter Blues

Cruel Winter Blues

2006★ 6.8

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

A gangster's quest for revenge is sidetracked by an encounter with his target's mother in this deeply-felt hybrid of a crime thriller and a family drama....

#2
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Diamond in the Rough 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....

#3
Sunflower

Sunflower

2006★ 7.0

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

Tae-sik gets out of a prison after spending 10 years for killing a man and wishes nothing but an ordinary life. A local lady welcomes him into her household like a son and he gets ...

#4
The Girl in the Book

The Girl in the Book

2015★ 5.8

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

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present....

#5
The Pumpkin Eater

The Pumpkin Eater

1964★ 6.7

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

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatib...

#6
Tigertail

Tigertail

2020★ 6.7

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

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter....

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