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10 Best Movies Like On the Threshold

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

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2003★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to On the Threshold for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation....

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Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

1996★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to On the Threshold for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devot...

#3
Cheaters

Cheaters

2000★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to On the Threshold for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High conspires with the school's academic decathlon team to cheat on an academic competition....

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Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind

1999★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to On the Threshold for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution....

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Heaven

Heaven

2019★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to On the Threshold for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Heaven Leigh Casteel, gifted and intelligent, is the eldest of five dirt-poor children struggling to survive in a mountain shack. As she endures neglect and abuse, Heaven discovers...

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Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors

Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors

2015★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to On the Threshold for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

"Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors" is based on the inspiring true story of living legend Dolly Parton's remarkable upbringing. This once-in-a-lifetime movie special takes place i...

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