Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Matewan

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

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#1
Rosewood

Rosewood

1997★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Matewan for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Spurred by a white woman's lie, vigilantes destroy a black Florida town and slay inhabitants in 1923....

#2
Pale Rider

Pale Rider

1985★ 7.2

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

A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land....

#3
Free State of Jones

Free State of Jones

2016★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Matewan for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After his nephew ...

#4
Glory

Glory

1989★ 7.5

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

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates....

#5
Son of the South

Son of the South

2021★ 6.5

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

In civil rights era Montgomery, Alabama, Klansman's grandson Bob Zellner must choose which side of history to be on during the Movement. Defying his family and white Southern norms...

#6
Lawless

Lawless

2012★ 7.1

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

In 1931, the Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Virginia, run a multipurpose backwoods establishment that hides their true business — bootlegging. Middle brother Forrest is the...

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