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10 Best Movies Like If A Train Is Not Coming

If you loved If A Train Is Not Coming, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to If A Train Is Not Coming for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#2
Imagine

Imagine

2012★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to If A Train Is Not Coming for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A blind teacher breaks the rules to help a female student rediscover the pleasures of life....

#3
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to If A Train Is Not Coming 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...

#4
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to If A Train Is Not Coming for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#5
The Nest

The Nest

2020★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to If A Train Is Not Coming for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of the...

#6
Holy Lands

Holy Lands

2019★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to If A Train Is Not Coming for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When lapsed Jew and former cardiologist Harry suddenly decides to spend his retirement as a pig farmer in Nazareth, Israel, the move deeply shocks his family and his new neighbours...

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