Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like On the Yard

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

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#1
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to On the Yard 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...

#2
Rise of the Footsoldier

Rise of the Footsoldier

2007★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to On the Yard for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Rise of the Footsoldier follows the inexorable rise of Carlton Leach from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of crimi...

#3
Al Capone

Al Capone

1959★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to On the Yard for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago...

#4
Jawbone

Jawbone

2017★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to On the Yard for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the ...

#5
Trafficked

Trafficked

2017★ 6.6

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

In this story inspired by real characters, three girls from America, Nigeria and India are trafficked through an elaborate global network and enslaved in a Texas brothel, and must ...

#6
The Crew

The Crew

2008★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to On the Yard for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Hoping to raise enough capital to finance a legitimate business and leave behind his life of crime, Liverpool underworld boss Ged Brennan sends his brother Ratter and a crew to pul...

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