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10 Best Movies Like Head South

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

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#1
Hounddog

Hounddog

2008★ 6.4

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

A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley....

#2
Suburbia

Suburbia

1984★ 6.7

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

When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like...

#3
Battle of the Year

Battle of the Year

2013★ 6.8

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

A down-on-his-luck coach is hired to prepare a team of the best American dancers for an international tournament that attracts all the best crews from around the world, but the Ame...

#4
Cadillac Records

Cadillac Records

2008★ 7.1

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

The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Ches...

#5
Coda

Coda

2020★ 6.0

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

A famous pianist at the twilight of his career meets a free-spirited music critic who soon becomes his rock as his mental state deteriorates....

#6
Honey: Rise Up and Dance

Honey: Rise Up and Dance

2018★ 6.9

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

Street dancer Skyler comes out of the shadow of her trained dancer sister, Tosha, & joins a dance competition with the Honey dance studio; the prize is a college scholarship....

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