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10 Best Movies Like Native Son

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

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#1
Gotti

Gotti

1996★ 6.5

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

John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the most well-known mafia boss in Am...

#2
Boxcar Bertha

Boxcar Bertha

1972★ 5.8

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

"Boxcar" Bertha Thompson, a transient woman in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30s, meets up with rabble-rousing union man "Big" Bill Shelly and the tw...

#3
I Smile Back

I Smile Back

2015★ 6.1

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

Laney is an attractive, intelligent suburban wife and devoted mother of two adorable children. She has the perfect husband who plays basketball with the kids in the driveway, a pri...

#4
Mammal

Mammal

2016★ 6.2

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

After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his i...

#5
Hider in the House

Hider in the House

1989★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Native Son for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A deranged man hides in the attic of a new house and becomes obsessed with the unsuspecting family that moves in....

#6
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

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

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Ins...

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